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Chapter 45 Aunt Xiang's Surprise
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Seeing that the Honored Consort Ya going into the inner room to have a bath, the 30-year-old woman left the house.
"Aunt Xiang, it's late, where are you going?" Seeing Aunt Xiang came out, the eunuch who guarded the door asked with a smile.
"I heard that there is a sole chrysanthemum outside our yard. I'll go and see it first. If Honored Consort Ya asks about it tomorrow, I can tell her." Aunt Xiang answered with a faint smile. She was Honored Consort Ya's servant and in charge of the flowers and plants in Honored Consort Ya's palace for her. She was good at growing flowers and plants, so the flowers in Honored Consort Ya's palace bloomed better than that of anywhere else and even was praised by the emperor.
Since these flowers could attract the emperor for Honored Consort Ya, Aunt Xiang was not an ordinary servant anymore. Everyone respectfully called her Aunt Xiang. Aunt Xiang came into the palace with Honored Consort Ya and was Honored Co
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