Princess Fu actually did take her hand, looked her over attentively for a moment, and then said to the two ladies with a smile, "It seems the capital has truly stifled this girl, look, after running around for two years, she's not the same upon her return. At one glance, she emanates an air of greater maturity and understanding."
The two ladies naturally followed Princess Fu's lead, lavishing Ye Xinyan with compliments from head to toe.
Ye Xinyan rose again, curtsied to Princess Fu and the two ladies, and said with an apologetic tone, "The young woman did not know better in the past, and must have made a laughingstock of the princess consort and the ladies."
Princess Fu turned to Old Lady Pei and Madam Tian with a smile, "See, she really has become wise."
Just as Ye Xinyan was trying to muster a fully ashamed expression, a nanny came in leading guests. Upon seeing the arriving guests, Old Lady Pei and Madam Tian stood up to greet them.
