Although the question was directed at Song Wanwan and Liu Xinyue, the Empress felt, inexplicably, that it was aimed at her.
Song Wanwan and Liu Xinyue were stunned, and after a long silence, they replied helplessly:
"Haha, the poems of some cousin from who knows where can naturally never compare to those of Princess Changning."
Liu Xinyue chimed in, "From the very beginning, I suspected that for this cousin to be so eloquent, she must have plagiarized them."
"Otherwise, how could an obscure cousin outshine Princess Changning?"
Chapter 79