Mo Liancheng stayed seated for a while longer.
Yu Hao mentioned he had things to attend to, so he went to the study.
Qu Tan'er, left alone, returned to her room. She had not even warmed the chair when the butler arrived.
"Princess Consort, the Lady has come to see you," Butler Zhou said.
"Really? Please invite my mother to Snow Courtyard."
"Yes." The butler left and, after a short while, reappeared, followed by the Ninth Lady. However, there was a woman following her who shouldn't have been there.
After being quiet for most of the year, she had returned to the Capital?
"Oh, Mother, why have you come?" Qu Tan'er exclaimed with delight, immediately standing up.
"Tan'er," the Ninth Lady said, her head lowered slightly as if afraid of Qu Tan'er's blame, she did not dare to speak more.
