Surprising Her Again and Again

As Madam Lanyang’s voice fell, palace servants immediately brought a censer and lit a stick of incense.

Seeing the Empress nod, the servant ignited the incense in the censer.

The noble ladies saw the incense burning and hurriedly picked up their brushes, furrowing their brows in contemplation.

Only two people in the corner showed no signs of haste.

While secretly stuffing something into her mouth, Cheng Zhen said to Hua Qianqian, “We’re being tested on poetry, but I thought Madam Lanyang would examine our knowledge of female virtues and rules.”

Hua Qianqian glanced at the stern Madam Lanyang and heard that she was known for her strictness, responsible for women’s virtues and rules in the court.

She was indeed the model of women in the court, which was why she was invited to this Plum Blossom Banquet.

Looking at the papers on the table, Hua Qianqian gently curved her lips.