Leaving Capital Jingcheng behind, Pei Qin spurred her horse into a wild gallop, filled with an all-consuming sense of freedom. Even the air she breathed felt fresh and liberating, her spirit so buoyant she felt as though she could float away.
When she first learned that she could leave, she was incredibly eager. But now, having actually escaped that golden cage, her urgency had waned. That idiot, to actually trust the unreliable Shen Songming and run off to Jiangnan to look for her!?
