The Emperor cast Lei Xing an "I told you so" glance and Lei Xing looked off to the side pretending to be oblivious to it.
"Explain yourself." The Emperor sternly said to Ah Jin.
Ah Jin sat back on her knees and glanced up at the Emperor, looked down and then hesitantly began, "I-I was only helping...Um, then there were rumors of Your majesty returning soon...and that the late Empress was already looking at candidates for your Imperial wives...So, so my mistress in order to gain a bit of favor with the late Empress...she wanted to do something memorable to stand out...a little..."
The Emperor glanced at Lei Xing again to find her frowning down at the top of Ah Jin's head.
{...Hey, why are you opening up another can of worms?! Honestly, these people are just trying to piss me off today! -_-)...}
