Not expecting someone else to react too, Ye Ai Ning sharply turned to Su Mei Fan. "What are you looking at?!"
"I-I'm not looking..." Su Mei Fan got startled.
"Tsk. Forget it. Show more spine, will you?!"
Then Ye Ai Ning stepped inside on her own carriage.
Su Mei Fan wanted to laugh towards her mighty acts. In her eyes, Ye Ai Ning is comparable to a declawed kitten. After the empress got favored, all she could do is hissed.
In the inner palace, it is usually mistaken that power and favor came hand in hand. While there's some truth in it, the reality is a lot worse. You might be favored for now, but feelings are fleeting in the harem.
The emperor's most favored consort. How long can one hold on to such title?
Affections are irrelevant. Your rank is influenced by your family's nobility. A visit is fueled by political motivations and rarely by his majesty's personal feelings.
What's absolute is the power that you could command without your man.
