Xia Qiao didn't know why, but how Yi Xue questioned her sounded a bit sarcastic, and that was why she could only keep her lips in a thin line when she heard that. She could see how the pink-clothed girl was coldly staring at her, and even if such gazes were normal when it came to Yi Xue, Xia Qiao still felt uncomfortable.
"You can keep calling me by my name, Master. There's no need to change it," replied the veiled girl. "Besides, I'm still a commoner now, not yet a concubine of the Prince, and that's why no one needs to respect me now," she added as she glanced at the group of girls who were still kneeling on the ground even after Prince Lan Zihao left the place.
Duan Shuchun followed Xia Qiao's line of sight, and she could see that the girl felt bad for the other girls who looked frightened while continuing to kneel even after the Prince left, and that was why she sighed before she asked the girls to get up and return to the hall to continue the practice.
