Nurse Ping raised her hand to dab the tears on her face, then tugged Chen Rong’s sleeve and repeatedly said, “Come in, come in.”
By the time the door closed, four or five lanterns must have been lit in Chen Wei’s courtyard.
Chen Rong glanced that way, asking Nurse Ping in a low voice: “Nurse, that day you…”
The nurse struggled to find her voice as she said, “You had barely left that day when the master had sent people here to watch me. It was the same for Old Shang. We were only allowed to go about our activities in the courtyard. Old Shang tried to climb out a few times at night, but they always caught him.”
Chen Rong’s face grew dark. “Did Chen Yuan send them to watch you? And now? When did they leave?”