Empress Dowager Zong was a rather strange woman. She did not care for Consort Xian, nor did she harbor much affection for Prince Duan, Xiao Mingyu. Why, then, would Xiao Mingyu be here now?
Qiutong, sensing the Empress Dowager's confusion, probed tentatively, "I heard the Prince recently got engaged to the Yan family and is set to return to his fief in Lianzhou soon. Perhaps he has come to bid you farewell, Your Majesty."
"That makes sense." Empress Dowager Zong nodded. "Let him in, then."
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