After exchanging a few pleasantries, Qian Manjiang led Pan Yue out of the cabin. Pan Yang told them to keep some distance, as Pan Yue was now somewhat afraid of strangers.
Eunuch Li, who had previously served in Cining Palace where little Pan Yue played, bowed deeply from afar to Pan Yue and was so moved that he cried. He said softly, "Princess Zhenyue, whom the Empress Dowager thinks of daily, has finally returned. It's strange, despite it being fourteen years and having given birth to three children, the princess still looks like a girl in her teens."
Liang Jinzhao took the opportunity when nobody was paying attention to them to talk with Qian Yixiu, "Yixiu, you've changed so much. In the blink of an eye, the little girl has grown into a young lady."
Qian Yixiu wasn't shy like women of ancient times, and she laughed, "General Liang's changes are big too. In three years, you've gone from a soldier to a general. Not even urgent dispatches over eight hundred li are as fast as you."
