Meng Wan’s lips trembled, and her meticulously painted makeup cracked like a fractured mask.
Zhu Yinshu performed a curtsy and said, "Meng Wan possesses a token, one that the Eastern Depot discontinued five years ago. She claimed it was a gift from a noble benefactor at the Eastern Depot, who told her that the iron token was as binding as a promise and must never leave her side. She said this benefactor had waited for her for seven years, only for them to pass each other by when she arrived in the capital because he mistook another person for her."
Meng Wan instinctively blurted out, "I never said it was Xie—"
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