The carriage procession moved into the distance. This time, Mei Wanying was truly gone.
Xue Xingyao stood for a long time, not preparing to head back until the procession was completely out of sight.
For the sake of their reputations, she and Chen Shujing rode in separate carriages.
As they parted ways at the city gates, Chen Shujing said to Xue Xingyao, "I will send an urgent message home! The marriage proposal will come in a few days. Just you wait for me."
Xue Xingyao had been worried before. 'What if Empress Gu takes a liking to me?'
Now that the problem was solved, she wasn't afraid in the slightest.
She couldn't wait to get home and tell her mother the good news, lest her mother keep worrying.
As for Xue Yunshu?
'Hmph, let her be delusional.'
'Her chances of marrying Pei Yan were already slimmer than climbing to heaven. Now that Pei Yan is starting to come to his senses about romance, it would be a miracle if he married Xue Yunshu.'
