Gu Fei shook her head. "No need to change. This is perfectly fine."
Lan Zhi didn't understand Gu Fei's reasoning, but since she said so, she obediently got into the carriage.
Inside the carriage, Lan Zhi was frantic with anxiety, clinging to Gu Fei like a startled bird.
An hour later, the carriage arrived at the Prince Qi Mansion. It entered through a side gate and stopped at the second gate.
As they stepped out of the carriage, two matrons came from the second gate and led them toward the main courtyard.
Upon reaching the main courtyard, a maid went inside to announce their arrival. Afterward, two other maids led them in.
The moment they stepped inside, before Gu Fei and Lan Zhi could get a clear look at the furnishings, a matron snapped, "Why are you not kneeling before the Princess Consort?"
Gu Fei and Lan Zhi had no choice but to kneel.
Then, a calm, unhurried voice drifted down from the head of the room. "Raise your heads. Let me see you—"
