Qiao Qingyue's heart was filled with jealousy, but she quickly sobered up. The tone in the letters the Emperor wrote to her did not seem deceitful, how could the mutual affection they once shared be fake? The Emperor had just reassured her!
Thinking of this, Qiao Qingyue's gaze at Ye Qiu turned sympathetic. What did it matter if the Imperial Concubine was beautiful? What did it matter if her family was powerful? The Ye Family, who now held much influence over the Emperor was unlikely to truly win his favor. Does she not know she's unable to bear a child? Everyone thought it was the Empress Dowager's doing, but she guessed from the Emperor's letters that it was Ji Fei's doing.
Unwilling to even give her a child, how could the Emperor truly love her? She was merely a chess piece used by the Emperor to appease the Ye Family and to restrain the Empress Dowager.
