The carriage traveled steadily along the official road, while Zhou Li rode atop a tall horse, side by side with Zhu Qianyun.
"It will be midnight soon."
Glancing at the moon in the sky, Zhu Qianyun murmured softly, "Good, we'll make it in time."
"Didn't expect this little episode over such a short distance."
Zhou Li's horse riding skills weren't particularly outstanding; the Imperial Academy could only teach so much, but he could manage a steady ride. He looked at his black horse and stroked its mane, lamenting, "Quite a lot of incidents."
"Don't you know you're a trouble magnet?"
Sitting behind Zhu Qianyun, Tang Wan twirled her hair around her fingers, speaking out of sheer boredom, "The few of us reunite for less than two months, and we've stirred up more trouble than what I've seen in several years at Tang Sect."
"Indeed."
Zhu Qianyun nodded with lingering fear, "I've never come across so much trouble even in the Capital City."
"The Capital City..."
