"Don't even mention the master — even we servants hardly feel any reality. Sometimes I think I'm dreaming."
"That's why the master feels so incredulous looking at how big the Fifth Prince has already grown."
Ye Zao nodded slightly and gently pinched the child's hand. The small hand was soft and tender, yet it had grown much bigger than when he was born.
In the dream, the Fifth Prince smacked his lips, oblivious to what Mother was thinking, as he was sleeping soundly at that moment.
Sister Jiang learned from Ah Ling and finally understood Consort Ming's thoughts. She, too, felt a deep sigh within.
"In this imperial harem, truly, no one is simple," she said.
Apparently magnificent, Consort Ming herself harbors hidden pains.
Time in the garden passed quickly. Ye Zao did not feel the loneliness unbearable at all.
She wandered everywhere every day, gradually regaining her health, able to eat anything again.