[Meiniang can probably credit the other concubines, credit Xu Hui for the fact that she notices the pause, the sudden tension in his hand as he goes completely still.
He's hiding something, isn't he? It may have been a long time ago but clearly it still affected him. It's the concubines that she's thinking of as she frowns, straightening up and tucking her own purchases closer to her before speaking.]
...I'm sorry, I shouldn't have assumed. [It's been years since Meiniang has seen her own family, she expected she never would again. As for the emperor, Xu Hui...]
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He's hiding something, isn't he? It may have been a long time ago but clearly it still affected him. It's the concubines that she's thinking of as she frowns, straightening up and tucking her own purchases closer to her before speaking.]
...I'm sorry, I shouldn't have assumed. [It's been years since Meiniang has seen her own family, she expected she never would again. As for the emperor, Xu Hui...]