Yu Ying'er feigned a look of terror, her voice delicate and weak as she explained, "Please calm your anger, Noble Consort Hua. Your lowly concubine is wronged. These things were all bestowed upon your concubine by the Emperor."
It would have been better had Yu Ying'er not offered an explanation. The moment she spoke, hearing a voice so noticeably more melodious than her own only added to Noble Consort Hua's fury.
"You seductive creature who bewitches the Sovereign, how dare you still talk back! Songzhi, slap her across the mouth for me!"
Chapter 253