Just three days after the King of Lingnan raised the banner of rebellion, Yun Chi and Hua Yan quietly returned to the Capital City in a simple and unassuming manner.
The carriage did not enter the Eastern Palace through the main gate, but rather through a back door. Besides the butler Fu, no one was alerted to their arrival, not even An Shuli, who was discussing affairs with court officials in the study and did not receive the news immediately.
After the exhausting journey by boat and carriage, and already weak with pregnancy, Hua Yan fell into a deep slumber upon the bed as soon as Yun Chi lifted her from the carriage, hardly uttering a word.
Yun Chi gave instructions to Butler Fu, "Quick, go and summon Tian Bujue."
Butler Fu hastily sent a nimble Little Eunuch to call for Tian Bujue.
