Due to the presence of too many eyes, the Emperor and Lei Xing were left with little choice but to indulge the Empress dowager and accept this ambush of an event. So Lei Xing and the Emperor sat across from each other, exchanging looks as the Empress dowager quietly went about brewing a new batch of tea because their distraction had "ruined" the pot.
The musicians began playing a soft melody while a dancer moved with the warm spring wind. Honestly, it was quite a beautiful and peaceful setup that one could easily enjoy... if one was not currently sitting a few feet away from what seemed to be the devil playing house.
Lei Xing inwardly sighed and faced forward at the Emperor, who was currently busy scrutinizing the Empress dowager and her right-hand man standing behind her, who was looking anywhere but at the Emperor.
{...Guilty conscience, Eunuch Li? You must be one orchestrating all this crap (≖_≖ )...}
