Tong'er was appalled and furious. How dare they spout nonsense like that?
She wiped her tears away with her sleeve before walking back to Ji'er with feigned nonchalance. Stifling her unease, she said softly, "Your Highness, some servants just love to gossip and make stories up, so don't worry too much about what they said. It's getting late—you should head back for your bath. The General's still waiting for you in the study."
"All right," Ji'er replied and returned to her room with Tong'er.
Meanwhile, Chu Qi was attending to military affairs in the study.
Although there was no active warfare between Great Shang and the Yan Kingdom due to their friendly relations, the frontier was a place of military importance. There was still a lot to oversee, and there could be absolutely no slackening of defense.
Since Ji'er came to the West Water Frontier, she would spend time with him in the study every day.
