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Chapter 404 The Betrothal Gifts from Prince Yi's Manor
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2024-10-29 19:42:56In the Auspicious Clouds Courtyard, most of the people were asleep, but Madam Ling's room was flooded with flickering lights. It was evident that the people inside were not asleep yet. Madam Ling had been in poor health for a long time. After the incident at the Cloud Reflection Courtyard, she had been screaming in the night, which frightened all the people in the courtyard so much that they could not sleep well.
Later, the Marquis came over and stayed for a night. The First Madam seemed to have made a miraculous recovery. As if she had taken a magic drug, the First Madam stopped taking her medicine. Although she looked weak and could not get up for a while, she obviously felt much better than before.
However, Mother Chen, who had always served the First Madam, sometimes did not show up in the morning. It was said that she had a lot of things to do, and the First Madam allowed her to go out. Rumors among some of the older female servants said that Mother Ch
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