Seeing that Bai Wutong did not react, the Empress asked again, "Noble Concubine Zhao, have you prepared a surprise?"
The Empress Dowager beside her also looked over. "Indeed, I have heard as much, too."
The high-ranking officials opposite them all turned to look, seemingly waiting in anticipation. Most were sizing up this concubine who had appeared out of nowhere. Carrying the only imperial heir in the entire Darong State, yet so thin and frail, she was starkly different from the other consorts—different, even, from any other woman in the Darong State. Every aspect of her was far too conspicuous.
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