"Chu Zhaohua is going to become the Grand Princess again?"
Only then did Chu Youning realize what was happening, and she whipped her head around.
But...
No one gave her a definite answer.
Even more bewildered than she was, System could only ever give her the same reply: [Host, I don't know either.]
In the end...
With a heart full of questions, Chu Youning could only walk step by step to the bed in the inner chamber.
On the bed, Wu Qingyuan slept peacefully.
Her complexion was even better than at any other time Chu Youning had seen her.
She went over and gently patted her awake.
"Mother, wake up."
When Wu Qingyuan first opened her eyes and saw Chu Youning, she was still a little dazed.
She could not help rubbing her eyes before closing them again. "How strange... Have I slept so long that I'm seeing things? Why does it feel as though I'm seeing my Yu'er?"
Chu Youning could not help laughing at that. "Mother, I'm here. I'll take you back in a little while. We should be heading back to the Capital in the next day or two as well."
Wu Qingyuan immediately opened her eyes and sat up, then pulled Chu Youning into her arms.
"Yu'er! Has my Yu'er really come? My eyes aren't playing tricks on me!"
Wu Qingyuan was rather overcome with excitement.
During these past few days trapped in the Nunnery, her greatest worry had been Chu Youning, who had traveled south with her.
She had never expected her to appear before her now, completely unharmed.
Once her excitement subsided, Wu Qingyuan could not help looking at her with worry filling her eyes.
"Yu'er, how did you come to be here? Does Zhaohua want to imprison you here too?"
"Come! I'll cover