Chapter 150 – A Living Reminder

As Ye Zhen came forward, the Empress Dowager stretched out her hand as if to encourage her. She looked carefully at Ye Zhen’s facial features which was becoming clearer to her sight as the distance became narrower.

When Ye Zhen was finally in front of her, the dowager looked at Aunt Cheng in astonishment.

Aunt Cheng was already in utter shock when she saw Ye Zhen entering Cining Palace. She gently nodded to the Empress Dowager, confirming secretly to the dowager that the rumor was true all this time.

The Third miss of the Lu family did look very much like the dead Wang Fei of Qin.

“What’s your name, child?” When the Empress Dowager thought of her daughter-in-law, she felt sad and spoke softly to Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen gazed back at the Empress Dowager, who was the only elder that made her feel warmth when she became nothing but a soul trapped inside the imperial palace. Her eyes naturally shone with respect and gratitude.

“To answer Her Highness, this maiden’s name is Lu Yaoyao.”

Lu Yaoyao. The Empress Dowager nodded with a sad smile–this girl was indeed another person, she concluded in her mind.

“What a good name. Did you grow up in the Border town?”

“Yes, has the Empress Dowager ever been to the Border town?” Ye Zhen pretended to be ignorant of the dowager’s isolating herself in the palace.

“This widowed Empress Dowager has never visited the Border town but she has heard of it.” The Empress Dowager eyes crinkled deeply as she spoke again, “Then what did you use to do in the Border town?”

Lu Wushuang’s face turned green when she saw the dowager’s sheer interest to her third sister. She thought the dowager only wanted to see the Old Madam Lu and Lu Yaoyao, just to accord respect to her, a high-ranking imperial concubine, by accepting her family. After a few nice words, she expected the