Upon returning to the imperial palace, Di Xin walked back to his bedchamber with a gloomy expression. Seeing this, Queen Jiang hurried forward to attend to him. She asked with concern, "Did Your Majesty not go to Nuwa Palace to offer incense today? Why have you returned so quickly? Could it have happened that some unexpected event occurred?"
Queen Jiang was the daughter of Eastern Grand Duke Jiang Huanchu. As King Zhou's principal queen, she usually resided in the palace. Virtuous, kind, and of noble character, she was deeply favored by Di Xin and had borne him two sons, Yin Jiao and Yin Hong.
Hearing Queen Jiang's question, Di Xin stopped himself mid-sentence, his lips parting slightly, but in the end, he remained silent. This matter was truly too difficult to speak of. How could he possibly tell the Queen that, in a moment of bewilderment, he had actually written verses in Nuwa Palace to flirt with Goddess Nuwa?
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