"Ah Yan chose her himself. The Emperor and I did not interfere."
Empress Gu added.
Though Mei Wanying was determined to let go of Pei Yan, her heart still ached at those words.
She finally understood. Pei Yan wasn't opposed to getting married; he was opposed to marrying *her*.
It wasn't that he went to the Border and suddenly found another woman. It was that as long as the woman wasn't her, Mei Wanying, she had a chance to get close to him.
The hand hidden by her wide sleeve trembled slightly. Mei Wanying had to dig her nails into her palm just to maintain a calm expression.
She shook her head. "This servant cannot guess His Highness's thoughts."
But in her heart, she thought of Xue Yunshu.
She was the daughter of the Duke Mansion, deeply favored by Duke Xue. Even the daughter of the main wife was outshone by Xue Yunshu.
Duke Xue had even sent Xue Yunshu to study medicine, not confining her to the rear courtyards, saying he wanted her to be as free as her birth mother.
