Ying Qi bowed her head heavily towards the ground: "It is Ying Qi’s honor to share the worries of Her Highness the Eldest Princess."
She bowed so earnestly that her forehead struck the white jade-paved ground with a clear sound.
Gu Shengyin felt a headache just listening to it.
But the necessary words still had to be said.
"Ying Qi, I set you free, how about it?"
Ying Qi suddenly raised her head.
Gu Shengyin wasn’t offended by her abruptness, and continued, "You can leave this place, find a small town where no one knows you, and live your own life. No longer need to live for others."
Ying Qi was silent.
She was moved.
It was impossible not to be moved.
Only those who had been a stand-in would know how despairing it was.
Forever shrinking in soone else’s shadow, unseen, unknown, and unrembered by others.
They exist in this world without even a witness.
Always hidden from the light.
Moreover, in order to maintain an identical appearance as the master, they need continuous secret training and dication.
Such things, used long-term, surely affect the body.
At least as far as Ying Qi knew, no one had lived past the age of knowing one’s destiny while being a stand-in.
If it were before, knowing she could regain freedom, Ying Qi would have delightedly and decisively agreed.
But now...
In her eyes was Gu Shengyin’s reserved and elegant profile.
Even though she just bathed, without any luxurious ornants on her body, just her sitting there was dazzling enough that one couldn’t look away.
Having followed the Eldest Princess Yong Le for seven years, she naturally knew how luxurious and refined her life was.
Every day, the Eldest Princess Yong Le uses the palace’s secret Condensed Dew Cream all over her body twice, hence her skin is more tender and smooth than a newborn baby’s.
The Eldest Princess’s jet-black hair, as smooth as if dyed with ink, has two palace attendants specially to serve.
The Eldest Princess only drinks flower tea made from the Frost Haze Flower buds...
Ying Qi lowered her eyes.
As the stand-in for the Eldest Princess Yong Le, she was also ticulously nurtured. Although not as much as the Eldest Princess, she was still far more precious than the noble ladies of prominent families.
If she left, what could she still enjoy?
Having traveled outside with the Eldest Princess, Ying Qi had seen those won who exposed themselves outside doing business, their skin sallow, hands coarse, speaking with a rough loud voice.
Poverty had stripped away their feminine grace, their manners coarse and rude.
If she went out, would she beco like them?
Ying Qi had long made up her mind.
"Replying to Her Highness the Eldest Princess, Ying Qi is willing to share Her Highness’s worries for life." She heard her own voice.
Then she heard a laugh from above, one with an unclear aning.
"You may withdraw."
Ying Qi left as quietly as she had co.
Gu Shengyin waved a hand behind her, "I’m tired, I want to rest for a while. All of you leave, I don’t want anyone left here."
This ant not only the people in plain sight but also those hidden.
The maids retreated quietly.
Gu Shengyin closed her eyes, pondering Ying Qi’s words just now.
She had given the other a choice, but it was obvious Ying Qi didn’t want it.
Originally, she thought Ying Qi had doubts after the Eldest Princess Yong Le’s marriage alliance, but now it seems...
The ambitions of a wolf had been planted so early on.
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