Liu Yi, the young prince, led about twenty guards and ran out of the city, heading south from Pingyang City straight for Zhao Hanzhang's camp.
The emperor and the courtiers of Pingyang City were busy and didn't notice their young prince running off to the enemy's main camp. It wasn't until dusk, when dinner was being served, that Empress Shan remembered she hadn't seen her son all day. Only then did they realize he was missing.
Upon learning that her son had left the palace, Empress Shan wasn't worried, thinking he was annoyed by the palace's boredom and went out to play. So she sent someone out to call him back for dinner, calmly waiting for his return.
As the sun set on the horizon and the last ray of sunset disappeared, her son had still not been found, and she began to worry a little.
In the first month in the north, the sky still darkens early. When night falls, the whole city quiets down, shops close, leaving only the music halls with lanterns lit.
