"By the way, you just mentioned that someone gained imperial favor by cross-dressing as a woman?" Qiong Hua raised her curious question belatedly.
Cai Wei replied, "Exactly! Now the whole palace is abuzz with the gossip."
"Then, then..." Qiong Hua grew anxious, disregarding even her injuries, and struggled to sit up, her face pale as she asked, "What's the empress's reaction?"
All along, she dared not let Jun Ning present herself in her true gender, knowing Emperor Yongning had always yearned for a princess.
While other concubines from powerful families, including the empress, had failed to bear a child, she, without any backing, managed to conceive one. And this happened precisely when she offended His Majesty and was punished to the Cold Palace.
The concubines who hadn't birthed a princess must surely loathe her.
Thus, to protect Jun Ning, she had no choice but to disguise the naturally female Jun Ning as a male.
