Huo Yuning had just taken the red brocade carp from the eunuch's embrace when she heard the commotion behind her.
Without regard for her own dishevelled state, she slowly turned around while holding the carp.
Then she saw a crowd of eunuchs and palace maids surrounding a palace consort dressed in red.
Huo Yuning hadn't seen the woman's face but guessed she might be from Zhongchui Palace, the Daqian Emperor's highest-ranking consort.
She scoffed lightly and turned away with the carp in arms.
Huo Yuning always avoided consorts of higher rank than herself.
Just to avoid occurrences like the other day when a second-rank consort actually dared to make her kneel.
She merely crippled the woman's arms, which was letting her off lightly.
But for that, Huo Yuning, a fifth-rank beauty, was also put under house arrest by the dog Emperor.
House arrest was one thing, but that dog Emperor whom she had never even met had actually ordered her to eat vegetarian—it was outrageous!
