After the opera was over, Madam Mei said to Anning, "That little girl who sang 'The Dream Interrupted' was quite good."
Princess Fengyang, puffing with indignation, said, "Old Madam, you are mistaken, that is a young man."
Oh?
Madam Mei chuckled, "I truly couldn't tell, that child's features are so refined. Poor thing, how did he become so thin? Is he not getting enough to eat? Empress, these children are quite pitiful. You should see to it that they are well provided for."
