In the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Jiang Yifan received a letter from the capital. After reading the letter, Jiang Yifan was filled with melancholy; sending sturdy threaded components and hand-pulled hoists to the capital was meant to elicit this response from the court, so having artisans bring the drawings to the capital was an expected development.
What caused Jiang Yifan's melancholy was the implicit message in Jinrong's letter, which basically confirmed that his term in Qingyuan County had ended, and he would be transferred back to the capital. However, Ah Yan's affairs in Clear Water Village couldn't be wrapped up so soon, and he had to leave her in Qingyuan County while he returned to the capital alone.
Initially, he had risked offending Duke An's Mansion and resolutely divorced Ye Xinyan, resulting in the anticipated outcome: being sent away from the capital.
