The Crown Prince was dominating in the capital, and the King was apparently taking the Crown Prince as his favorite. Lord Yan who was basically grounded, Lord Yu who was idling about, and Lord Huai who was standing right in front of her, were all out of the picture in the King's eyes.
Duke North Mansion was not going to have any cooperation with Lord Huai in the future, so she was using her deceased husband's relationship with Lord Huai to beg for Lady Chaoyan's medical skills, which was totally worth the while for her. That was the only function Lord Huai could have for the moment.
She would make full use of this man.
Zhou Huaijin had no expression, but he still had some changes in his eyes.
He had been, implicitly and openly, helping Duke North Mansion during the past few years, and he agreed to accompany Duke North back to the capital because he had been thankful for the deceased Duke North.