“Haven’t you heard of the principle of shared glory? Since you know your status is low, you should know that if something happens to the prince, your days will be even harder!” He was getting worked up and started arguing with me.
“I know, but if there’s glory, it’s your glory. You’re the prince’s favorite concubine, and I’ve heard you’re the most favored. Besides, I think the prince needs you concubines to serve him more.” I emphasized the words “concubines” especially loudly.
A Gunpowder Flavor (Part Two)
I lowered my voice and answered: “This concubine does not know!
I am merely a shallow woman, with a small mind and narrow heart, and truly do not understand the grand ambitions of the King and the Prince.” I lowered my head, trying to reduce my own worth to the lowest possible level. I didn’t believe he would dare to strike someone with a smiling face.
“Small mind, narrow heart?” Wu Han repeated my words, laughing lightly while looking at me, the smile spreading from the corners of his mouth to his eyes.
“Yes!” I nodded sullenly, despising myself to the point of humility.
“This Prince truly doesn’t know where your mind is small?” Wu Han suddenly blurted out this sentence, then reached out to lift my chin with his fingertips, examining me with a smile full of interest.
But he gave me no chance to avoid him.
“I do not know why the Prince has summoned this concubine. If there is nothing, then this concubine will return to rest.” Seeing him so lighthearted, I began to feel angry, my rage rising to my forehead.
I didn’t know what had gotten into me – Yin Can, Wu Han, and even his male companion who kept pulling at my pigtails.
“My concubine seems to have quite a temper, with a backbone! Is this how Yin Can raised you?” His tone suddenly shifted, bringing up Yin Can with each word laden with barbs.
I looked at him in confusion, but in my heart, I wondered why I felt a hint of jealousy in his words. Yet I knew he definitely would not be interested because of me, not only because I was a woman, but also because of my relationship with Yin Can; he would likely be wary of me.
