Zheng Nianru slowly released her grip, as if only at this moment did she grasp the full meaning of Zheng Congyuan's words.
"The Empress Dowager agreed?" asked Zheng Nianru, her doubt evident. Why would the Empress Dowager, who couldn't stand to see her happy, agree to this marriage? It was something she had never considered. "Is there really no way to change it?"
Zheng Nianru's voice was laced with indignant resignation as she glanced at Zheng Congyuan, seeming as though there were things she dared not speak aloud.
Zheng Congyuan was in turmoil. Why had he told her? To make her sad? Her little schemes might as well have been laid out before him, open for his perusal, utterly without subterfuge.
