Gu Qing didn't attempt to comfort the Royal Dowager Hu with words as he looked at her quietly.
He acted exactly like his Master, who didn't cry even after Lian Sanyue had died.
She could cry as much as she wanted to, but it had nothing to do with him; why should he care about her?
He felt this way until he realized that something unexpected appeared on his face. He touched his cheek with his hand and found it was wet with his own tears. As such, he came back to his senses and recognized that he was unlike his Master after all.
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He was not the same as Jing Jiu, of course.
Jing Jiu was a son of an emperor, and was born and grew up in the royal palace.
