Zeng Anmin studied Princess Wencheng carefully for a long while.
He deliberately took another look at the Empress's face.
Clearly, the Princess Wencheng before them was a living, breathing person.
Though he did not know Princess Wencheng well,
the Empress was extremely close to her and had not detected the slightest irregularity either.
In other words, the Princess Wencheng before them was real...
"The last time I came here, have you forgotten everything I warned you about?"
The Empress's face darkened, a trace of majesty in her gaze.
"Repeat what I told you last time."
Her gaze was somewhat stern.
She stared indifferently at Princess Wencheng.
"Ah?"
Princess Wencheng looked utterly bewildered. Raising her head, she looked at the Empress and asked,
"When Sister came last time... you did not instruct me about anything? You only brought Wencheng a spirit sparrow to keep me company, but I thought it was ugly, so I did not take it..."
After hearing that,
the trace of vigilance on the Empress's face slowly faded.
She gently stroked Wencheng's head.
"I remembered incorrectly."
Watching this scene unfold,
Zeng Anmin's brow furrowed even deeper.
He knew
that Gu Xiangnan had naturally considered the same concerns he had.
Those few lines of dialogue just now had merely been a test.
And the result of that test was that the Wencheng before them truly was Wencheng.
There was not the slightest thing wrong with her.
Strange.
The entire matter had sunk into something strange and uncanny.
"Since the Princess has returned, let us disperse."
Empress Gu Xiangnan waved a hand indifferently, then took the Empress's hand and headed outside.
"Yes."
Niu Baiye and the palace maids all breathed sighs of relief and slowly withdrew.
Zeng Anmin sensed the Empress's gaze.
Without a word, he followed behind the