The question of where exactly Liu Mingyan has been in this Mansion and what exactly she's done here is slightly muddled in her mind.¹ But their current business seems concluded, so she bows, shallowly; she is amused at the idea of Shen Yuan, Luo Binghe's only truly chosen consort, fetching the tea himself, though it is true this place seems to have no servants, despite its size. "I would be honored," she says, politely, and then she hesitates. "My husband tells me that in your world, my brother yet lives. I—" her throat closes, humiliatingly, and she has to take a moment before she can speak again.

¹ Yeah, that'll happen.