Lady Xue stood at the palace gate watching the Saint's procession leave, bowed in respect, and only when they were far did she turn and return to the Palace, her gaze indifferent and weary.
"My Lady, don't you dislike the Qin family? Why then do you speak for them?" After returning to the hall, her trusted palace maid Xiangcao handed her a cup of Snow Lotus Tea.
Holding the tea, Lady Xue said, "Dislike them I might, but I dislike even more the idea of the little master bearing the title of a traitor's granddaughter, tiresome."
Xiangcao smiled lightly, "You're troubled because you've heard those show girls in Li Garden discussing the traitor's daughter, and it displeased you?"
