"Aunt?" Xiao Yu rubbed his eyes in disbelief and said in a trembling voice.
"What, it has been so long since we last met that you no longer recognize me?" The Empress's cinnabar-painted fingertips lightly grazed the blue jade table, producing a faint scratching sound. The corners of her lips curved into a smile that was not quite a smile.
"This recent stint in prison..." She leaned forward suddenly, her gold-threaded and kingfisher-feather hair ornament's hanging beads swaying sharply. "Has Yu'er learned his lesson?"
Chapter 97