Consort Song walked silently. She wondered, why did she say those words?
In fact, she herself did not know; perhaps she simply found Changzai rather pleasing to the eye.
Living together was also a matter of fate, to prevent her from straying down the wrong path and dying an untimely death.
She also wanted to see if there would be anything different in the palace.
Having given up, she wanted to watch the drama unfold, to see if His Majesty would always dote on Consort Ming Guipin. She also wanted to see how that venomous Empress would die in the end.
In this deep palace, the only person she truly despised was the Empress herself.
Now, seeing Noble Lady Quan keeping her distance from the Empress, she felt like bursting into triumphant laughter three times!
Retribution, perhaps?
Inside Jinyu Pavilion, Ye Zao changed into a new set of clothes. Her jade-colored cheongsam was embroidered with simple hibiscus petals.