She pushed open the door. The sun was high in the sky—a beautiful day.
Song Lianhe stretched. It felt as if she had been asleep for ages.
"Princess Consort? Princess Consort!"
As soon as Manager Meng walked in, he spotted her. He was so excited he didn't know what to do with his hands. "Princess Consort, you're finally awake! You have no idea how worried we were! Princess Consort…"
Before he could finish, someone who had rushed over at the sound of his voice bumped him aside.
Xuan Mei ran up to her, carefully looking her over from head to toe, afraid something might be wrong.
Song Lianhe took her hand. "I'm perfectly fine."
Only then did Xuan Mei truly look at her. She seemed to want to say something, but she just pressed her lips together and looked away. "The heavens watch over the virtuous, Princess Consort."
It was rare to hear such an auspicious phrase from her, and Song Lianhe smiled and nodded. "Then I'll take that as a blessing, Sister Mei."
"Sister!!"
