The reason Zhao Jiangning felt familiar yet couldn't recall was due to an event two years ago for Empress Xiao Yunxi's birthday (who is now the Empress Dowager) where the entire harem, including concubines, participated.
As an Empress, Zhao Jiangning, who had a good relationship with the Empress, naturally attended as well.
At the birthday event, Zhao Jiangning had fleeting encounters with Consort Yu and Consort Jing, but the impressions weren't particularly deep, which is why she couldn't recall immediately.
But now, upon suddenly remembering, Zhao Jiangning was utterly shocked.
She hadn't expected that Consort Jing didn't die in the great fire; instead, she became the old master's woman and was taken out of the palace by him.
Consort Jing, being a consort of her father, was an elder to Zhao Jiangning; in civilian terms, she would have to address her as 'little mother.'
Yet now, they're actually calling each other sisters.
Then there's Consort Yu.
