Ruo Ning knew her own prince's past extremely well—calling it knowing him inside and out would not have been an exaggeration.
During the Old Tiangong Era, in order to deal with that old bastard He Zheng, the Right Wing King, he began approaching He Xi, deceiving her feelings to obtain useful intelligence.
To be honest, Ruo Ning understood Hua Zhen's actions at the time, but she could not accept them. She also felt immense sympathy for He Xi, a fellow female angel.
Now that the two had cast aside their past entanglements and reconciled, it should have been something worth celebrating. Yet for some reason, Ruo Ning instead felt a knot in her heart.
Especially when He Xi publicly declared that she wanted to live with Hua Zhen. Everyone else gave His Highness extremely suggestive looks upon hearing it, but the more Ruo Ning listened, the more uncomfortable she felt.
It was not that Ruo Ning was jealous. Though she had once imagined that, if His Highness were her true love, she would be willing to lay down her sword and recite the oath of guardianship to him, that had only ever been a fantasy. What she felt toward Hua Zhen was more respect and admiration.
The reason she disliked He Xi was that Ruo Ning believed this woman had absolutely come running over to seduce His Highness while Queen Kesha was not at his side.
Compared to He Xi, Ruo Ning naturally sided with her own queen. In her mind, the queen and His Highness were the perfect match. That Old Enchantress was nothing more than a cat that stole cream.
Hmph! All men were the same. Even His Highness could not escape the temptation of feminine charms, and in the end, he happily agreed to that woman's request.