Shen Wei was stunned.
Sun Qingmei had already left the capital?
Zhao Yang recounted the entire sequence of events to Shen Wei.
Three days prior, Sun Qingmei had obtained an imperial decree to annul her marriage with Shangguan Xuan. She had stayed at the princess's residence for two days, during which she calmly calculated her dowry and tallied the ten thousand taels of silver the marquis's household owed her.
With Zhao Yang's assistance, Sun Qingmei ensured that the South Garrison Marquis's Mansion would repay the debt. Then, taking only a modest sum of silver, she and her maidservant rode out of the capital at dawn, galloping toward Liangzhou City.
In Liangzhou City, there were former subordinates of her father. There, she might find refuge.
In short, the seemingly delicate Sun Qingmei had left without hesitation, cutting all ties cleanly.
