121. Full Moon
As they left Zhangde Palace, the looks on the faces of the noble ladies as they regarded Ye Li became somewhat strange. Their expression carried a mixture of envy and jealousy, tainted with a touch of fear and schadenfreude. In the more than one hundred years since the founding of Great Chu, let alone a thousand years prior, no woman had ever dared to draw a sword in the palace and declare in front of the Empress Dowager and the Empress that she would kill any woman who wanted to become her husband's concubine. Her audacity and courage naturally aroused the envy and jealousy of these high-born ladies, who themselves had to endure a multitude of wives and concubines in their own homes. At the same time, they all knew that Princess Consort Ding was probably destined to bear the infamy of being a jealous woman.
"Li'er." Just as Ye Li stepped outside the palace, Madam Xu was already waiting for her outside the hall.
