Chapter 421 A New Start (Part One)


    Jing Kui was assassinated by the emperor, and Li Jingyan had just been put in prison and died. Jing


    Wenxi and Yun Shang had been given all of them to Emperor Ning, so they didn''t ask anything about it.


    Soon it was eighth of the April.


    On April 8th, the weather was a bit cloudy, which was a good day for parting. Yun Shang looked down


    at the plum blossoms embroidered on the hem of her dress and thought to herself.


    Xia Huanyu and Prince Jing went to the pce together to say goodbye to Emperor Ning. As a woman,


    she was not allowed to enter the pce on such an asion. At this moment, she could do nothing but


    wait outside the Imperial City, waiting for Xia Huanyu and Prince Jing toe back. Then they could all


    set out.


    Qian Yin and Yun Shang were in the same carriage. Qian Yin poked her head out of the window and


    looked out. She said in a somewhat disappointed voice, "Your Highness, is something wrong in the


    pce? Why didn''tdy Jine here to see you? "


    Yun Shang nced at Qian Yin and said to her, "no need to look. Mother will note here. I didn''t tell


    her that I will leave the imperial city today."


    Qian Yin turned her head abruptly at Yun Shang''s words. As she was about to hit the wall of the


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    carriage, she lowered her head and looked at Yun Shang with her eyes wide open in surprise. "Didn''t


    your highness telldy Jin about this? Why is that? "


    Yun Shang looked down, "for no reason, what I fear most is to leave. If mother cries, I''m afraid I will


    regret doing this."


    A noise came. It seemed that someone came from outside. Qian Yin red at Yun Shang and put her


    head out again. After a while, she said excitedly to Yun Shang, "Your Highness, his highness is back."


    However, she said in a sad voice again, "why does his highnesse back so soon?"


    Yun Shang closed her eyes and forced a smile on her face. "What difference does it make if it''s toote


    or too soon?"


    It seemed that the horse''s hooves were approaching the carriage in which Yun Shang was in. Qian Yin


    quickly pulled Yun Shang''s arm and said, "His Highness is here." Then she dragged Yun Shang to the


    window and opened the curtain so that people outside could see the people inside.


    "Shang''er, this is the letter that his majesty has asked me to pass you." Prince Jing looked in the


    carriage and passed a letter to her. Yun Shang kept silent for a moment before taking the letter in her


    hand. She smiled at Prince Jing and said, "Okay, thank you, your highness..." But on second thought, it


    seemed inappropriate to call him "Your Highness" at this time, so she paused and didn''t go on.


    "Let''s go!" Someone shouted outside. The square of people outside the carriage started to move. Yun


    Shang leaned against the wall of the carriage and clenched the envelope in her hands. Her heart


    ached as she thought to herself, ''the State of Ning, you gave birth to me and brought me up. After


    bearing a lot of her happiness and pains, I''m leaving you.''


    "Shang''er." There seemed to be a faint and anxious voice behind her. Yun Shang''s heart suddenly


    tightened. It was Prince Jing. "Lady Jin is here. Shang''er, you''d better go and see her."


    Yun Shang kept silent for a while and closed her eyes. After a long while''s silence, Prince Jing said in a


    worried tone again, "Lady Jin rode on a horse. But she didn''t seem to ride steadily. I saw she was


    about to fall off the horse."


    Yun Shang suddenly opened her eyes at his words. She pushed away Qian Yin who had been


    upying the window and looked back, but she saw nothing. She looked up at Prince Jing and said,


    "Prince Jing, I''d like to borrow your horse." As she spoke, she opened the door of the carriage, jumped


    out, and quickly got on Prince Jing''s horse, strangled the reins, turned the horse around, and ran


    backward.


    The woman''s figure became clearer. Yun Shang stopped in front of her and grabbed the hood of her


    horse. She looked at the woman, whose hair was a little messy, with a frown. "Mother, are you crazy?


    You can''t ride a horse and you still ride it so fast. "


    Lady Jin''s eyes turned red, but she restrained her tears. After a long time, she slowly raised her


    corners and opened her mouth in a smile. Her lips trembled, and she said after a long time, "I''m just


    afraid that I won''t see you again if I''mte."


    Yun Shang wanted to say something to her. She was afraid that she woulde back no matter what.


    But she couldn''t say it out aloud. Lady Jin smiled even more happily. "Shang''er, you must be happy. If


    you are bullied in the state of Xia,e back. I can protect you anyway. "


    Yun Shang nodded her head, and shed her mother a smile. But then she put on a forced smile as if


    she had just learned how to smile.


    "You''d better have a child as soon as possible, or you will be lonely in the State of Xia." Lady Jin softly


    ordered her.


    "Okay." Yun Shang could only say "yes". She was afraid that with one more word, she would be unable


    to hold back her tears.


    Lady Jin smiled at her response. "Well, I''ll go back now. Just go back, in case they go away and you


    can''t catch them up." Then she held the reins firmly, turned around and walked towards the gate of the


    city.


    Looking at her retreating back, Yun Shang choked with sobs, standing there.


    "Shang''er, it is time to go." A voice came from behind her. Yun Shang wiped the tears off the corner of


    her eyes, turned around and said with a forced smile, "okay. Let''s go... " Then she rode to the man who


    was waiting for her not far away. ''Now I only have him, '' she thought to herself.


    Prince Jing walked to Yun Shang''s side, got on the horse, and held her in his arms. He said softly,


    "shang''er, thank you so much."