"To solidify her position, she completely disregarded others' childhood sweetheart feelings."
Lady Guo's eyes were bloodshot: "After all, it was your aunt's weak feelings with her cousin that let them be easily torn apart by a few words. Why blame it all on my mother?"
Concubine Guo let out a mocking laugh, her shoulders trembling as if she heard something very amusing.
She retorted to Lady Guo: "Sister Guiren, if Young Master Zhang now comes to you saying he's realized he loves you and wants you to elope with him, would you dare?"
"Nonsense! I belong to His Majesty now; I love His Majesty!"
"What about before entering the palace? If you hadn't met His Majesty yet, and Young Master Zhang came and told you this, what would you do?"
"Since His Majesty has decreed, I am His Majesty's woman. Whatever he says is useless!" This time, Lady Guo's tone was not as firm.
In fact, a corner of her mind was shouting a different voice.
