97 Eclipse (1/2)

Jiang Mingyue was crouching down beside the stream to pick up a few herbs when the sky slowly turned darker. She stood up and stuffed the herbs she picked into her sack. When she looked up, Yang Yun arrived beside her. Mingyue grabbed the hem of Yang Yun's sleeve as her head tilted up to look at the sky.

”What happened? Is it going to rain?” Princess Lingchen spoke up.

The servants scurried around to pack up things into the carriage once they heard the Princess's words. The soldiers inched closer to both the Princess and the Prince as they saw that something was wrong with the sky.

Mingyue looked at Yang Yun and saw his frown. ”It doesn't look like it's going to rain.”

Yang Yun shook his head, signaling his wife that he has no idea what was happening. Their view was obstructed from the leaves and tree branches upon them. Yang Yun moved away to get a clear look of the sky with Mingyue hanging onto his shirt. His eyes widened as he watched something moved to block the sun.

”It's not rain,” Prince Lu Wei spoke after a long silence.

The servants immediately paused from their tasks. Since it was not going to rain, they do not have to move the belongings into the carriage to prevent rainwater from spoiling the goods.

”It's an eclipse,” the Prince continued.

In an instant, everyone turned to look at the Prince.

”Don't tell me you've never witnessed a solar eclipse before?” Prince Lu Wei asked with skeptical. Although he thought that it would be strange if the others have not seen a solar eclipse before, looking at the others' reaction, he was uncertain.

”That's not it,” Princess Lingchen shook her head. ”Solar eclipse is not something strange. Just that, we did not expect that a solar eclipse will occur today. After all, an eclipse is easier associated with something bad.” The Princess frowned. The astrologist did not predict anything about the solar eclipse.

The atmosphere was quiet as everyone was watching the moon moved slowly to block the sun.

”Don't just stare at the sky,” Vice General Fei Liu spoke to alert the soldiers around. ”Don't slack off. Go back to your tasks. It's easy for anything to go awry when you're not paying attention.”

The soldiers nodded and scampered to get back to their duty.

”It's better for us to move after the eclipse ended,” Yang Yun said.