Shen Yinning wrote and revised the letter repeatedly, only finishing it late at night.
The next morning, she instructed Haitang to deliver the letter to the palace.
Lu Ying read the letter with a blank expression after handling the court deliberations.
It was nothing more than a recounting of past events, using their former feelings as a raft to push him to let go, urging him to part amicably, to forget everything between them. She wrote that since their fate had run its course, it would be better for them to marry others and remain uninvolved, that henceforth, the distinction between ruler and subject should stand, inside and outside the palace walls.
Uninvolved…
Lu Ying couldn't accept it—Shen Yinning wanted to become an uninvolved person in his life.
"Your Highness," Gui Quan entered, "Miss Huo requests an audience."
