She was indeed wearing the same color as the Crown Princess—though in truth, that was of little consequence, as State Duke Xiao's Estate had distant kinship ties with the Crown Prince.
Yet Jiang Lingzhi had never met the Crown Princess before, nor did she know her temperament; she could not tell whether the Crown Princess's words were genuine indifference or merely polite courtly manners.
Moreover, she reflected, in the wake of the Prince Rui incident, Emperor Youning would likely harbor lingering suspicions toward Xiao Jingyi.
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