The matter of Second Lady's family reunion was finally settled.
In the study, tendrils of sandalwood smoke drifted through the air.
Zheng Xiu clutched a piece of beautiful, antique jade. The craftsmanship was exquisite; the core was carved with a pair of mandarin ducks. On the back was an elegant character, 'Mei,' that looked to have been inscribed by a woman.
For some reason, when Zheng Xiu learned that the couple weren't Second Lady's birth parents, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Human nature couldn't be judged in simple terms of good or evil. Humans were, by their very nature, complex creatures.
The couple might have had kind hearts once, adopting the abandoned Second Lady. But later, as times grew hard, they gradually lost their way and revealed a much uglier side.
