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The Lin Lang Princess’s foot that was about to cross the threshold suddenly stopped, and she turned to leave, “I hate meeting these palace people the most. I’ll come back after she leaves.”
“Is the princess here?”
Before the Lin Lang Princess could walk away, a maid from inside called out to her.
“I wasn’t here!” The Lin Lang Princess definitely didn’t want to awkwardly accompany Xin Fei, firmly denying her presence.
That maid chuckled: “Princess, Xin Fei Niang Niang already knows you’re here and requests you to come in and talk.”
The Lin Lang Princess instantly became dispirited, hanging her head as she entered the courtyard.
Gu Qingtong had nowhere to go and stood in the courtyard waiting for her.
“Is this Gu Qing Niang?”
Gu Qingtong was lost in thought when a maid suddenly called her: “Yes.”
“Xin Fei Niang Niang requests you to come inside and talk.”
“Me?” Gu Qingtong never expected to meet a palace noble while entering a royal residence.
“Yes.” The maid smiled and led her inside.
The Princess Consort saw this and hurriedly drove out the maid and the princess, leaving only an old wet nurse by Xin Fei’s side.
Gu Qingtong did not know what connection she had with this Xin Fei and just lowered her head.
“Tong’er!” Xin Fei called out but was stopped by the wet nurse behind her.
“Your Highness, one must not disregard rank and status.”
Xin Fei glared with reddened eyes: “What rank and status, that is…”
The wet nurse’s voice was louder, cutting her off before she could finish: “Your Highness, you must remember, you are Xin Fei!”
Xin Fei instantly wilted like a frost-beaten eggplant, lowered her head, and stammered: “Yes, I am Xin Fei, I am Your Highness, so she doesn’t recognize me anymore.”
Gu Qingtong remained silent, watching the old Princess Consort hold her hand: “Xin’er, she is doing well now, so please let it go.”
“Doing well?” Xin Fei’s eyes filled with tears, staring intently at Gu Qingtong’s face, but her eyes held only surprise, no other emotion. She had truly forgotten her, and wouldn’t even mention Han Yue’an?
