The Queen forced a smile and said, "My Queen Mother and Consort Xian are so thoughtful."
The Queen chatted with the Empress Dowager and the others, but she was still thinking about her daughter's thoughts. Her daughter just said that the Concubine Xian was actually Liang Chaozong's sister?!
Liang Chaozong was the prince of a fallen country, so wouldn’t she be the princess of a fallen country?
Isn't she Lord Niu's daughter? How could she be Liang Chaozong's sister?
The Empress Dowager and the others exchanged greetings for a while, then said goodbye and left.
The queen was still thinking about her daughter's unfinished words, so she quickly sat down next to Xia Miaoyuan and looked at the calming incense.
"This virtuous concubine and the empress dowager are really cunning." The queen pretended to talk to Yingxue and deliberately led the topic to the virtuous concubine.
"Yes, a box of incense, given to two people together. Whose intention is this?" Yingxue sarcastically said from the side.
The Queen looked up at her daughter's expression and said calmly, "What are you talking about? It was Concubine Xian's father who arranged this. It must have been received as a gift by Lord Niu."
[Wow! The virtuous concubine is really Niu Fangfei!] Xia Miaoyuan bit her nails in shock.
[I remember the book saying that the Liang Kingdom still had a princess, Liang Chaozong's younger sister.]
[Back then, there was a minister named Niu. His ancestors had served as ministers of the Liang State and still maintained private connections with the remaining forces of the Liang State.]
The queen was suddenly shocked when she heard this.
What? This Niu Baijinniu's ancestor was actually a former minister of the Liang State!
It was through the Niu family that Liang Chaozong's sister entered the harem of Daxia.
She changed her name to Niu Fangfei, pretending to be the daughter of the Niu family, and entered the palace to become a concubine.
She endured for over a decade in the harem, just to pass on information to her brother. She's a seasoned spy in the book.
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