When Ning Qing returned to the general's residence, she went to pay respects to her father and mother-in-law as usual when she returned to the residence early. They told Ning Qing to sit down first because they had news to tell her.
Ning Qing sat down as the two of them had instructed. She wondered what was going on between them that made them look so serious.
“There will be a banquet in the palace in three days. Ning Qing, you must go, you know. This time, the emperor is holding a banquet to see what kind of talent a general like you, the wife of a general, has. You must prepare a performance just in case. Do you think you can do it?”
“Mother, I have never learned any acting skills. The only thing I can do is design or create things for them to see. I wonder if I can do that.”
“What do you think, big brother? If Ning Qing were to create some small things as her performance?”