"Oh, I'd like some tea," said Lady Zhao.
Zihe replied, "I'll have someone prepare it right away."
The little maid outside heard the command, quickly came in to change the tea, and Lady Zhao asked, "Is your father's health getting better?"
Zihe said, "Thank you for your concern, Lady Zhao. After taking the ginseng gifted by the Old Madam, he's much better."
Lady Zhao, making conversation, said, "Did you return today?"
Zihe said, "Yes."
"What a coincidence, Bai Que left, and you came."
Zihe said, "Yes, I just happened to run into Bai Que."
The two fell into silence again.
Initially, Lady Zhao often invited Gu Jinghui to the Fengxuan Pavilion and boasted everywhere that she was the mother of the Marquis's two children. Zihe thought she was a border woman who grew up in the Northern Border and didn't understand the customs of the Central Plains, so she advised her several times.
