Chapter 12 Seeing Her Legal Mother again

The carriage stopped at the main entrance of the Grand Commandant's Mansion. The horizontal inscribed board was radiant in the evening glow as if it had been gilded. Qin Yunuan raised her eyebrows and glanced at the vermilion courtyard wall. This was the place she lived for ten years or so. And this was also the place where her simple dream was buried. She counted days and years, but she never figured out how her story would end. The return was mixed with feelings.

Her feelings were set aside when Qin Yunuan saw Dou Qing'e, her legal mother, in the courtyard. She hid all her emotions under a bland and gentle expression, "Good evening, mother."

Dou Qing'e had bright eyes, white teeth, and decorous appearance, wearing a jade headband on her forehead. As a woman already in her thirties, she had no wrinkles around her eyes, which was surprising. But her face of grace disappeared after Qin Yunzhuang stepped out of the carriage.

"Yun Zhuang, Yun Z