But she never anticipated that her sister would not only fail to appreciate her well-meant efforts but on the contrary, blame her for standing idly by.
Thinking of these matters, the Empress felt pain in her heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys. Was she not affectionate enough toward Qiongsi?
The Empress, with her heart wounded, simply decided to abandon the matter.
She had now realized that as long as Shang Junyan didn't marry, Qiongsi probably wouldn't marry anyone else. Did her sister still expect her to force Shang Junyan into marriage?
Although she was the Empress, she couldn't bring herself to commit such a cruel act. It wasn't as if Shang Junyan had shifted his affections from Qiongsi after a mutual romance; the two had barely any interactions before. Shang Junyan had no other thoughts about Qiongsi. If she were to coerce Shang Junyan into marrying Qiongsi, was her sister implying that she, the Empress, was too comfortably seated in her position?
