Overnight, the news had spread through every corner of the Harem.
When Xia Ruqing opened her eyes, Zi Yue was already by her ear, delivering the news.
Xia Ruqing stretched lazily under her blankets and yawned.
"AH!"
Does this count as fighting poison with poison? she wondered. Noble Concubine Shih was poisonous enough, but Lady Xi was even more so!
"Luckily, I kept my distance back then," Xia Ruqing said. "If I had casually offended either of them, your mistress wouldn't be here today!"
Zi Yue was also terrified.
"Back then, Honored Lady Lan and Lady Xi came to our door so many times. Fortunately, My Lady, you were sensible!"
If it were someone else, they might have befriended them.
Women like that are venomous snakes, ready to strike anyone, devoid of all sentiment! Xia Ruqing thought.
Xia Ruqing smiled.
"That's why I say, talking about sisterhood in the Harem is naïve!"
"All of you, always remember this saying!"
