Jingzhe was keeping an eye on Mingzhu at the tea party which was now a wine and flower competition party. He could not begin to understand how the tea party had changed form after the Empress Mother arrived but it had done so.
Lunch had been ordered from the royal palace and it was delivered. Ladies had eaten and stayed around because etiquette did not allow them to leave before the Empress Mother left or called it a day.
His mother was interacting with the noble women, waiting for the Empress Mother to declare it cake time. He was doing his best to stop Mingzhu from plucking leaves or flowers from the expensive orchids that the noble women had called their servants to bring over.
He knew all of Mei Mei's history by heart. Mingzhu's habit of destroying leaves, flowers and papers was just like Mei Mei's childhood habit of doing the exact same thing.
Jingzhe received a call from Mei Mei sharing her current location. He winced.
Something shattered.
