Early the next morning, Chen Afu kissed a teary-eyed Dabao goodbye and entrusted him to Xue Dagui who carried him off to Tang Garden with Alu.
Chen Afu joined Auntie Zeng and her daughter Xia Yue in a horse-drawn carriage. Tang Garden also assigned four guards, including Guard Wang who had accompanied her twice before, to protect them.
They waved goodbye to Mrs. Wang and Chen Ming, and their pets Zhui Feng, Sasa, Qi Qi, Hui Hui, and Wang Cai in the distance, before driving away towards the capital of Dingzhou.
She saw tears in Sasa's eyes. Since its arrival at Fu Garden, this was the first time it was separated from its mistress.
