Song Xian frowned and pushed away his thoughts, refocusing his attention on governmental affairs.
Li You's secret report had arrived at the Capital City, and the criminals were to be taken there by Li You; Song Qizheng would go as well. Qu Chengmei questioned the prisoners daily and ordered the clerks to draft reports, all of which Song Xian had to review.
After a while, Chang An entered and reported: "Master, Chang Yue sent a message, Miss Xie is ill." Chang Yue's latter half of the message was that Mr. Xu had examined the pulse, and it shouldn't be anything serious.
However, Chang An decided to swallow the latter half of the sentence for now; what Chang Yue said was uncertain, and if any delay caused problems, it would be a disaster. He knew the urgency and importance in his heart.
One had to know that within this short while, the master had checked the hourglass four times, looked out the window three times, as if worried about missing the news.
