When the Grand Princess interrogated Zhou Xuejia, only the women were present. This was a private matter of the Marquis An Yuan Mansion, stemming from grievances between the Grand Princess and Zhou Xuejia, into which outsiders had no place to interfere.
Fengyu arrived at the banquet together with Princess Xue Lan, and Zhou Xuejia, overwhelmed by embarrassment and anger, had turned bright red. Back then, when Zhou Xuejia was forced to leave the Marquis An Yuan Mansion, she had been extremely unwilling. That year coincided with the Marchioness seeking a husband for her. However, a scandal concerning her origins suddenly erupted. Originally, after Princess Xue Lan returned, so long as the Marquis Mansion publicly declared her the Second Miss, Zhou Xuejia would still be acknowledged as the adopted daughter of the Mansion.
