Chu Yun couldn't take her tortured display any longer. "Enough," he told Gu Wei with a hiss. "Make her stop."
Gu Wei had no reaction beyond smiling at Concubine Qin. "Sister should get ready, his Majesty is going to pay her a visit today."
Just like that, Concubine Qin's face brightened immediately. "He is? Of course he is!"
She scrambled out of the bed ungainly, and only then did Chu Yun notice the thin silver chain attached to her ankle. It seemed to be long enough to allow her to move around the room freely but go no further than that. She sat in front of the low vanity overlooking the window, and started trying to comb through her matted hair.
Chu Yun watched her with extreme discomfort. After some time she started humming a tune while looking at her reflection in the gold mirror, her gaze completely unfocused.
