Nan Xueyin thought for a moment and said, "Because Your Highness considers His Majesty’s paternal love. If you didn't keep me, His Majesty would be saddened. And you do not wish for His Majesty to be sad."
"That is only one of the reasons," Xiao Youlan said. "If I were only considering His Majesty, I could have kept everyone. If Linglang and Hantao were simply out to prove themselves, I could have just as easily kept them alone."
Nan Xueyin thought to herself, *Is it because I stood there for a long time without blushing or sweating?*
Chapter 35