Luo Qingyu fed Murong Jing and Murong Fu the medicine, allowing them to attend Xiuer's recognition banquet. However, as they were prisoners under sentence, they were restricted to a small table in the furthest corner.
Noble Consort Shu sat with them. Since Imperial Noble Consort Rou had already insisted on dropping her title, Noble Consort Shu felt she could no longer call herself a consort either, and instead had people address her as Lady Ning.
From afar, Lady Ning watched Lady Xie. Her eyes held not only longing but, more prominently, jealousy. Back in the day, when both held the rank of consort, Lady Ning had always kept Lady Xie firmly under her thumb. Yet now, Lady Xie was the mistress of the head table, while she was relegated to a corner, picking at leftovers.
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