Madame Song also realized she had inadvertently spoken too much and quickly refrained from saying more, attending to the Princess as she went to bed.
The next day.
The journey back to the capital was bustling.
A huge retinue of people and horses guarded the central carriage; the Princess lay on a soft couch, with Yuwen Ming and Yun Jinnian sitting on one side, Madame Song and Linglong attending to the Princess.
Chu Yu rode on horseback as an escort beside the carriage.
Knowing that Chu Yu was outside the carriage, Yun Jinnian's heart was slightly at ease.
Chu Yu, knowing that Yun Jinnian was inside the carriage and that a lift of the carriage curtain would allow him to see her, was overjoyed.
Around noon, they passed through a stretch of woodland.
Within the forest lay a clear stream, and Chu Yu suggested they rest by the stream and take the opportunity to catch and grill fish, or make a fish soup.
The Princess laughed and said, "Then let's rest in the little woodland!"
