Ji Yanhong, hearing this, how could she not understand that His Majesty had no intention of standing up for her?
She dug her nails into her palms, knelt on the ground, and spoke softly again, "I greet Your Majesty, the Empress. Long live the Empress."
The first time a concubine meets the Empress, she must perform the grand ceremony of three bows and nine kowtows.
The Empress glanced at her and said indifferently, "You may rise."
After Ji Yanhong stood up, she carefully examined Ji Ruyan and only then realized that Ji Ruyan bore some resemblance to her own appearance.
Upon discovering this, a flash of understanding crossed her mind.
Could she be Ji Ruyan's substitute?
Upon thinking of this possibility, Ji Yanhong felt as if her entire body was plunged into an icy cavern, unable to imagine if this were true, how she could bear to remain here?
The favored concubine of His Majesty?
