Empress Chun De looked over at her as well, her profound gaze now tinged with scrutiny.
'Song Lianhe's reputation wasn't exactly stellar,' she mused. 'How did she suddenly become so filial? So that's why.'
Zhou Junlin kept his eyes downcast, sitting there with an air of indifference. In his heart, however, he scoffed at Song Lianhe.
He knew exactly what kind of person Song Lianhe was. But since she was his fiancée in name, he couldn't let his loathing show too obviously.
Murmurs of discussion could be heard from the sides. "What did I tell you? This one from the Song Family is no simple character! To dare pull these petty tricks on the Empress... she's truly courting death!"
"Heh, if the Song Family didn't have at least one good daughter, we'd all still be in the dark, wouldn't we? Tsk, tsk. Looks like General Song took that caning for nothing."
Cao Ying dried her tears and quietly returned to her seat.
