Gu Youyou approached her and walked with her toward where the carriage was waiting.
"You certainly ran fast. Have you been waiting for me a long time?"
Lin Qianqing smiled and said, "Not really, just for an hour or so."
An hour is two hours, girl—that's not a long time?
"The Empress actually let you go?" She was a bit curious.
Lin Qianqing smiled and said, "It's because the eldest Prince and the second Prince almost got into a fight at the racetrack; they had a verbal spat and nearly came to blows, so she didn't have time to bother with me."
So that's how it was.
"Since the Empress is so fond of you, she must already regard you as her daughter-in-law. With the selection coming in two months, I heard that the major selection will be set a month before the imperial examination, meaning you can still frolic for a month. Do you have any unfulfilled wishes?"
Lin Qianqing glared at Gu Youyou and said, "Cousin, are you delighting in my misfortune or what?"
