An Jing didn't want Shi Xiaolan to know her and her husband's true identities, so she found such an excuse, claiming that she had received relocation orders and hence she went to the Imperial Capital.
As soon as Shi Xiaolan heard An Jing had been reassigned to the Imperial Capital as an official, she immediately expressed delight, "An Jing, this is a wonderful thing! The Imperial Capital is right under the Son of Heaven's feet, it's so much better than here, you've essentially been promoted!"
Then, Shi Xiaolan's joy faded, and she said dejectedly, "Is it not next month... the sixth day of the first lunar month?"
"Yes."
"So how many years will you be relocated?"
An Jing shook her head, "The order didn't specify, so I don't know for how many years." She and her husband planned to return here after the Emperor of Xiyun's death, and they couldn't predict exactly when that would be, so she indeed didn't know how long they would stay in the Imperial Capital.
