Ye Zhi couldn't help but get curious about her mother's childhood friend, leaning her little head forward and asking, "And then?"
"Alas."
The matron of the Ye Family sighed.
"Afterward, I wrote to her, but received no reply. When she left with that scholar, she didn't take a single piece of silver from the mansion, leaving in haste.
I never thought that would be the last time I'd see her. All I gave her was a Hollow Lotus Patterned White Jade Bracelet, telling her she could pawn it if she ever faced difficulties, and if she ever had trouble, she could come find me at the mansion. The bracelet was a token with this very purpose."
Ming Yan, who had long gotten used to life at the Ye Mansion, chimed in with comfort, "Mistress has a kind heart."
The matron of the Ye Family fell into reminiscence:
