Su Muchen mustered up his spirits, struggled to suppress his grief, squeezed out a smile, and walked toward the four little ones. He comforted the four little ones and played with them. Soon, they stopped crying and happily accompanied Su Muchen into the Jun Palace.
...
On the twelfth day since An Jing and the others had entered the city, more people from the Imperial Capital had arrived at Nanshen City.
These two were Tobanya and Crown Princess Ning Wen Xian.
Tobanya's arrival was, of course, because of Meng Zhuqing. She didn't believe the epidemic could be cured, and felt it likely that Meng Zhuqing would eventually succumb to it and die in this city. Therefore, she came.
Meng Zhuqing was her only concern, the only tie she could not feign ignorance of while merely staying in the Imperial Capital.
