An Delu went to the Court of Judicial Review in person to take Tuoba Mingyue away.
No one knew what had actually transpired within the palace walls after Tuoba Mingyue was brought inside, save for those involved.
In any case, the Tuoba Mingyue of the past had now become Qin Mingyue.
She entered the capital openly and with great fanfare; from that moment on, her identity was entirely transformed.
The day Chu Yueli returned to the Duke's Estate, she saw Chu Xiaohe storming in from outside. "Ali, guess who I saw today?"
"Qin Mingyue?" Chu Yueli was busy drying medicinal herbs.
Chu Xiaohe walked up behind her, still fuming. "She is no Qin Mingyue! She is clearly Tuoba Mingyue! How dare they? Has the Emperor not already met her? Does she truly think she can deceive the Emperor?"
Chu Yueli cast a glance at him.
Suddenly, she was reminded of something her mother had said while she was still alive.
The way her mother had looked at her eldest brother back then was likely the same way she was looking at him now.
Her mother had said, "Your eldest brother is just like your father—upright to a fault, and once he goes too far, he becomes a simpleton. Fortunately, my little Ali takes after me; otherwise, by the time we grow old, our Duke's Estate would be trampled by others."
Although Chu Yueli was young at the time, she understood her mother’s meaning perfectly.
Her father had known, too, that her mother was indirectly calling him a fool.
Yet, her father had not been angry at all; in fac…
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