The Luanqi Library was in a remote location, so people rarely passed by.
Ma Wanyi, however, had been confined for some time and was going stir-crazy in the palace, so she brought a palace maid out for a stroll. She had originally intended to go to the Imperial Garden, where the scenery was lovely. But then she recalled that the Emperor had only just released her. If she were to run into other concubines and stir up trouble, she would inevitably give the Emperor the bad impression that she was "unrepentant." So, she wandered toward a more deserted area instead.
She never expected to run into anyone.
'What is she doing here?' Ma Wanyi only needed one glance from afar to confirm it was Jiang Xian. 'Zhenqiu, the maid beside her, is holding so many things. Did the Emperor give her gifts?' Noticing the familiar way the Palace Attendants from the Luanqi Library were chatting with Jiang Xian's group, she could tell it clearly wasn't their first meeting. A seed of suspicion was planted.
