Chapter 472 - 470: Not Bickering with the Girl
Princess Fu actually did take her hand, looked her over attentively for a moment, and then said to the two ladies with a smile, "It seems the capital has truly stifled this girl, look, after running around for two years, she’s not the same upon her return. At one glance, she emanates an air of greater maturity and understanding."
The two ladies naturally followed Princess Fu’s lead, lavishing Ye Xinyan with compliments from head to toe.
Ye Xinyan rose again, curtsied to Princess Fu and the two ladies, and said with an apologetic tone, "The young woman did not know better in the past, and must have made a laughingstock of the princess consort and the ladies."
Princess Fu turned to Old Lady Pei and Madam Tian with a smile, "See, she really has become wise."
Just as Ye Xinyan was trying to muster a fully ashamed expression, a nanny came in leading guests. Upon seeing the arriving guests, Old Lady Pei and Madam Tian stood up to greet them.
Ye Xinyan also stood up accordingly and stepped back to Madam Yin’s side.
The visitors she recognized, were the wife of the Cabinet Prime Minister Han, Old Lady Li, her eldest daughter-in-law Madam Jiang, and her granddaughter Han Yufang.
Everyone exchanged greetings and courtesies, took their seats, and after tea was served, Old Lady Li turned to Madam Yin and Ye Xinyan and smilingly asked Madam Yin, "The Elder Master Ye has many rules; it’s already the eighth day of the first month of the lunar year, and I am just now seeing someone from Duke An’s Mansion. Why has Elder Master Ye made such a rare exception to allow the wife of the heir apparent to attend this feast?"