"Consort Fupin is really flexible and adaptable," Ye Zao smiled. "Sadly, with all your flexibility, His Majesty just can't see it."
"Why is Consort Ming Guipin so hostile towards me? I realized my mistake after talking back to Lady last time and understood I was wrong. I beg for your forgiveness for my youthful ignorance," Consort Fupin said with her head lowered.
"Youthful ignorance? So you're saying I'm old?" Ye Zao gently stretched out her hand, looking at her pink fingernails.
It was this very hand that had slapped him; now that it was extended, Consort Fupin really did feel uneasy.
"This servant wouldn't dare," Consort Fupin stepped back.
Just then, Fu Xin announced, "The Empress Dowager has arrived."
All present then rose to pay their respects.
The Empress Dowager's first glance fell on Ye Zao.
Then she noticed the Empress among others, "Rise, all of you. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's inevitable to have guests at my place; please, everyone, take your seats."
