The light was glaring, and the girl languidly squinted her eyes into a slit.
"Have you just returned from the palace?"
Cui Yun sat down on a round stool beside her, his posture still impeccably noble. Yet, the look he gave the girl was intriguingly patient.
"Hmm."
After a moment's thought, he added.
"This morning's court assembly started with the Imperial Censor Shu leading the criticism of the Governor Mansion due to the suicide of Lady Yan."
Shen Hua straightened up upon hearing this.
"How so?"
"Commander Yan and Duke Wei's faces must be especially sullen, right?"
She had been pondering this matter early in the morning.
"I reckon that the court is divided into four factions, with one faction supporting the marriage alliance between the two families and spouting self-righteous sage logic. Ultimately, marriages are often blind, and how could they let outside gossip prevent it? Such opinions could only come from the Crown Prince Faction."
