The official road from Chen County to Luoyang is bumpy due to years of neglect, having been trampled by the army before, even with pits dug for ambushes.
The advance troops filled some big pits, but ignored the smaller ones, so carriages still bounced as if trying to shake a person's head off.
Zhao Hanzhang had long abandoned the carriage for a horse. As the horse trotted forward, the autumn breeze made her eyes droop with drowsiness.
Zeng Yue and Ting He followed behind her, afraid she'd fall asleep and tumble off the horse, potentially becoming the first regent minister in history to die from falling off a horse in their sleep.
Fortunately, she traveled safely, albeit with her head nodding, but since the horse was ambling along, she managed to remain stable on it.
