Arriving at the Prime Minister's Estate even faster than the Emperor's verbal decree was a flustered Xiao Lin. Normally a shy and reserved person, Xiao Lin was showing a range of expressions that Ruan Jiaojiao was witnessing for the very first time. "M-Madam! Are you really Lord Pei's lawful wife? The wicked woman everyone talks about in whispers? ...No, no, Madam is an exceptionally good person, definitely not a wicked woman. You must have had your unspeakable reasons back then, Madam! You will always be Xiao Lin's Madam!"
Ruan Jiaojiao's ears were ringing from her noisy chatter. Ever since Ruan Jiaojiao had openly admitted in the Imperial College that she was An'an's mother, and Pei Huaiyu had made it clear he was protecting her, the number of people wanting to see Ruan Jiaojiao had skyrocketed—surpassing even the number of visitors who normally came to pay respects to the Prime Minister.
It had taken Xiao Lin a tremendous amount of effort just to sneak in, and she never imagined that one day she would have to follow her employer's example and crawl through a hole in the wall.
Chapter 49