Jun Qing was stumbling over himself and had to be helped to his room by Long Qi who was almost as drunk as him. The men from the Ruilin Army, while sore that the flower in their midst had been taken away, acknowledged that it was by a man they ultimately admired and stopped making a fuss.
The banquet was nearing its end, and the crowd started to disperse.
As a member of the Jun household, Jun Wu Xie sent off the guests with Jun Gu and the rest of the family.
A figure walked hesitantly towards the main door of the Jun residence.
"May I have a few words with you?" Qu Ling Yue said to Jun Wu Xie, who despite becoming a mother and showing some weariness from the years that have passed, she still looked as radiant as she did in her past.
Jun Wu Xie nodded her head, passed her tired child to Jun Wu Yao and walked together with Qu Ling Yue to the backyard.
