A scoff broke the deadlock between them.
Consort Rui was so furious that she began to laugh. "Fine, very fine. My son, it seems you really aren't qualified to be her man."
"Imperial Mother, she isn't bad by nature; she’s just young..." Lu Fengjin felt a chill run through him. He rarely saw this look on his Imperial Mother's face. The last time he had, she had been smiling as she ordered the execution of an old mammy who had served her for years. Lu Fengjin continued to explain, "Imperial Mother, Yuan'er meant no offense to you. I..."
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