With Jiang Wumei out of danger, Xiao Tong chased everyone else out of the room.
As Qingzhi closed the door, she caught a glimpse of her two masters. Seeing the tenderness and anxiety on Xiao Tong’s face, she quietly pulled the door shut. She stood by the threshold for a moment, recalling the words Madam Liu had spoken while pulling her out of the room earlier, then sighed and headed to the room next door.
The candlelight crackled occasionally. With no other people around and no crying infant, Xiao Tong could finally use the candlelight to observe her appearance closely. Niaoniao was thinner than when he had first arrived in Yun City; carrying a child was too arduous. If they were in the Imperial Palace, there would be countless precious medicinal herbs to nourish her body. But here, hiding in the shadows, even if he wanted to know how she was doing, he had to rely on peripheral people to learn even the smallest details of her life, let alone being able to offer her every treasure for her to use at will.
Chapter 140