Chu Ning stepped into the room and saw the Go board on the table and the pieces in the bowl. Smiling, she said, "So Sister Xiaoxin likes playing Go. I haven't played in a long time either. As it happens, I'm in the mood today. Why don't I play a game with you, Sister Xiaoxin?"
"Your Highness, you can just call me Xiaoxin. I truly wouldn't dare call myself your sister." Cui Xiaoxin spoke softly, correcting the impropriety in the way Chu Ning addressed her.
Chu Ning turned to look at Cui Xiaoxin. Her expression was calm, but her eyes were sharp as she asked in a low voice, "Don't dare, or don't want to?"
Cui Xiaoxin was somewhat surprised by Chu Ning's sensitivity. She had long heard that this woman was willful and unruly, arrogant and overbearing to the extreme. Apart from her imperial father and a few brothers, there were very few people in the entire empire whom she took seriously.
She had interacted with Chu Ning before and found that the rumors had not been exaggerated in the slightest. Compared with those rumors, her true nature was even worse.
How had she suddenly become like a different person?
Hardship makes a person mature quickly, Cui Xiaoxin thought. Perhaps it's because of the series of events that have taken place in the empire recently. Especially after the Former Emperor passed away, they went from being members of the imperial family to relatives of the Emperor. Their status and position changed far too drastically.
"Your Highness is a daughter of gold, both honored and noble. How could Xiaoxin not want to?" Cui Xiaoxin no longer dared speak carelessly and began weighing every word. "It's only that Xiaoxin is ignorant and unlearned, with a lowly status. I truly wouldn't dare