Pei Yan's first words made Mei Wanying choke.
'Tattling?'
'So that's the kind of person he thinks I am.'
Mei Wanying laughed self-deprecatingly. 'What kind of person I am has nothing to do with Pei Yan.'
'And what he thinks of me is none of my business!'
Mei Wanying curtsied to Empress Gu to take her leave. "I have been away from home for quite some time. My mother will be worried."
Empress Gu had been wanting to discuss the matter of switching candidates with her son, so she summoned a Palace Attendant. "See the young lady of the Mei family out."
Mei Wanying curtsied once more before following the Palace Attendant out.
From start to finish, she didn't spare Pei Yan a single glance.
'She's really not the same as before.'
Pei Yan hadn't even taken a seat yet; he subconsciously started to follow Mei Wanying.
Empress Gu called out to stop him. "Ah Yan, wait."
The delicate figure walked out of the main hall, vanishing from his sight once more.
