Xie Fanghua replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "In response to Your Grace, this humble daughter entered the palace with my father to visit my gravely ill stepmother. As there are misunderstandings between Father and my stepmother, I thought it improper to interfere and thus waited in the imperial garden for my father's return."
Last night, Concubine Zhao had written a letter to the head of the Xie Family.
Xie Ji rushed back to the capital overnight.
At dawn, Xie Ji brought Xie Fanghua into the palace to visit his ailing wife.
"Judging by your attire—satin embroidered with chrysanthemums—do you favor chrysanthemums?" Shen Wei deliberately inquired.
