Everyone's eyes betrayed a sense of grievance, as if to say: weren't these your own words…?
How could they be blamed for misunderstanding?
Mingshu frowned deeply, enunciating each word, "What this palace meant was that His Majesty wanted to see a talent performance, but this palace is not proficient in those arts, thus I was unable to satisfy His Majesty."
Upon the mention of "talent performance," Consort Rong Pin shuddered, as if recalling some unpleasant memory, and her usually calm face showed a hint of fear in her eyes.
Zhong Changzai twitched at the corner of her mouth, and her right hand trembled involuntarily.
Yet, some dullards were completely oblivious to the tension, like Noble Lady Liu, for example.
