, considered as giving Xia Ling Mei a lullaby, she dizzily fell asleep.

In the depth of night, this Lady Xia who was an early riser, rolled up her bedding, packed up her valuables, climbing out the window, taking her two personal maids with her, she ran away.

[1] The guqin is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family.