The Grand Princess trembled with rage, yet she was forced to maintain a polite smile. "The Crown Princess is truly one of a kind."
"You are too kind, Aunt," Su Mingyu replied with a graceful, composed bow. "If there is nothing else, I shall take my leave."
As she turned to depart, the noblewomen gathered in the garden instinctively parted to clear a path, as if fearing that the quiet resolve and sharpness hidden beneath her simple robes might cut them.
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