Ning Cheng sealed the envelope, his strange, determined expression shadowed by the flickering candle light.
The night was loud. When Yan Huaiying woke, she cried and screamed and yelled the entire night, calling for Prince Chu and yelling for Feng Zhiwei. Feng Zhiwei ignored the summons and had people stuff the girl's out hand tie her to her bed in the hopes that she could finally have restful sleep for whatever night remained, but she could not sleep at all. She dreamed and dreamed of a faraway Ning Yi in the Emperor's Audience Hall speaking to her and telling her that with all the trials and tribulations of life, none of them could truly be themselves.
When she woke, she stared up at her ceiling for a long time, thinking to herself that Ning Yi was an evil man who could only speak truth in dreams.