"It's your birthday soon. It's been a long time since we last had a lively occasion in the palace, so I thought we could invite the court officials and their families for a grand celebration if you don't mind. Besides, the peach blossoms in the Western Gardens happen to have bloomed too. I can get everyone to admire the flowers together with me." Lu Liangwei's tone was perfectly even, seeming to assert the idea that this was her one and only goal.
She could not let the Emperor know the real purpose of her proposal, or else he would laugh at her for being jealous.
The truth was—she was hardly jealous at all.
Long Qingzhi was right about one thing—instead of allowing Madam Li to be a nuisance and secretly covet the Emperor, she should just deal with the problem once and for all.
Although she believed that nothing had ever happened between the Emperor and Li Tong'er, she was curious to know what his attitude would be if he were to meet Li Tong'er again.
