[Suggested song for this chapter – Gladiator, Honor Him (Epic Orchestra), Mathias Fritsche]
Ling Lumei sipped delicately on her tea behind a raised hand, lifting one perfectly arched eyebrow.
"Has something happened since we last spoke on this topic?" she asked lightly.
"Only that the little bitch continues to try to seduce both my husband and yours," Li Fengfeng said hatefully.
"Hm," hummed the consort without giving anything away. "You've no doubt heard she's sleeping in the Emperor's bedchamber now and playing the guqin for him every night. As if any one of us in his harem couldn't do that for him," the Noble Consort's voice was cold. "I think it's most unlikely you have anything to worry about though, Madam Li. It can only be a matter of time before the Emperor beds her and she joins the inner courtyard."
