They spent the next few days in preparation for the twins' one month celebration. The event was meant to celebrate Chu Yun coming out of his bed-rest as well, but enough people had seen him out and about the palace that the cat was truly and well out of the bag.
Invites had already been sent to his parents in Xin weeks ago, and they arrived in Xin on the day before the anniversary. From the brief conversation Chu Yun had with them, they couldn't wait to leave. Both found everything in Zui too cold and sombre for their tastes.
Lieba Chun too was itching to go back to the grasslands. "I never expected to stay so long here," he told Chu Yun over a cup of tea in one of the inner courtyards. "And while our stay has been agreeable I have affairs to handle at home. Summer will soon be over, and we'll be moving camps. I need to be there for that."
And Chu Hean with him.
