Main Courtyard.
Upon seeing Ping Xiao return, Madam Li immediately asked, "How went it, has the eldest miss come out from the old lady's courtyard yet?"
Ping Xiao shook her head, "No, but the lights in the old lady's courtyard have been extinguished, so I imagine the eldest miss has gone to sleep there."
Hearing this, Madam Li breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as she's asleep, that's good."
Ping Tong glanced at the sky and remarked, "Madam, you're tired today as well, you should rest early too!"
Madam Li nodded, and after washing up, she lay down in bed. Looking at the empty space beside her, and thinking of what Yan Zhigao had said in the old lady's room—that she wasn't as good as the Lin Family—tears couldn't help but fall from the corners of her eyes.
Meanwhile, at the main courtyard of Zhou Residence.