Xia Ruqing glanced at Honored Lady Du with a hint of surprise.
"Oh, Honored Lady Du, what happened to your face?"
"Why is it so red? Did you get heatstroke?"
Honored Lady Du, unwilling to speak with her, kept her gaze fixed on the Emperor. She just hoped the kind and gentle Emperor would help her.
But Zhao Junyao, however, seemed not to have heard and remained unmoved.
Honored Lady Du hesitated for quite a while. Seeing that the Emperor might really not help her, she had to leave reluctantly.
Zhao Junyao said indifferently, "You may leave."
Honored Lady Du, on the verge of tears, could only walk away.
Zhao Junyao then spent a good while with Xia Ruqing before sending her back to Qingya Residence.
Along the way, Xia Ruqing tactfully refrained from mentioning Honored Lady Du.
Jealousy, after all, isn't conducive to surviving in the harem.
Besides, the Emperor had finally put Honored Lady Du out of his mind. If I brought her up now, wouldn't that just remind him?
