Xu An has left the palace, yet Xu Yu's corpse remains within the harem. Everyone in the palace is busy, but Manbao and Bai Shan seem to have returned to their previous routine, spending days reading, repairing books, or teaching outside the palace, with much more leisure time.
Even when Princess Mingda and Princess Changyu visited them, Manbao still had the time to sit on the rockery with them, swinging her legs and chatting.
But they themselves know that each of them has changed in some way, even Mr. Zhuang remarked, "You have all become much more composed."
His words carried a touch of comfort and sigh.
Princess Changyu was mostly unhappy, she flipped a small stone from the rockery and tossed it down, swinging her legs and said, "Are you in a bad mood too?"
Manbao curiously turned to her and asked, "Why are you unhappy?"
