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""You flatter me, Your Majesty," Fu Zhen replied with a faint smile, neither overbearing nor humble."

"The Queen stared at her for two seconds but said nothing in the end. She let out a soft snort and then turned to look at other people's paintings."

"Fu Zhen heaved a sigh of relief. So what if her painting implied mockery? Could the Queen point it out directly in public?"

"Moreover, even if the Queen lost her senses and punished her on the spot, as long as she flatly denied it, how could the Queen convince others that a woman who had only been in the capital for a little over a year and was confined to the inner courtyard had such profound insights?"