The furor at Qiu Yejiao’s one-year-old banquet was not mentioned by any of the parties involved after they returned to the Marquess’s Mansion. So, it passed.

Three days after that, it was Wang Qingqian’s birthday.

Qiu Yelan brought Jiang Jingkun and Jiang Jinglang to visit her as promised. And the Lian Family received them with great enthusiasm. At the birthday banquet, Madame Lian sought an opportunity to ask quietly, “I heard that Princess Royal ...