Bab 431: Our Daughter Has Grown Up (1)

"Jingtang has been out for three days…"

In the afternoon, Pei Xiangjun was sitting on the porch at the kitchen door at the back of the new residence, holding a jade artifact in her hand and slowly polishing it. She said in boredom, "He doesn't want to be a carefree young master of a wealthy family. Instead, he goes to the government to work. He's so busy that he doesn't even have time to go home and rest… The Imperial Court is really… Since Jingtang is easy to use, they're using him so much…"

Luo Ning was wearing an apron and busying herself in the spacious kitchen that was being used for the first time. Her expression was cold and aloof, like a single mother who was not interested in men at all. When she heard Third Lady's words of lovesickness, she said unhappily, "He can't ask for more than to serve the princess. How can he be willing to come back? Aren't you afraid that the maids will see you playing with such an impure thing during the day?"