Although her gaze could not penetrate the thick curtain at all, Consort Wu could not help looking toward the study again and again.
Her pineapple-like backside seemed as though something had bitten it, grinding back and forth against the soft couch and tracing one eye-catching curve after another.
"Elder Sister."
After a long while, she finally could not bear the loneliness any longer. Turning to Princess Consort Niu, who sat quietly with her eyes closed, she asked, "Do you think that little bitch was really behind this?"
Princess Consort Niu seemed not to have heard her at all and showed no intention of replying.
Consort Wu secretly curled her lip. A few years ago, she might well have responded with some cold mockery.
But now, her favor was steadily waning, and Lady Liu was pressing her at every turn. Even the Heir Apparent's position no longer seemed secure. Princess Consort Niu had instead become her natural ally, so she could hardly continue opposing her at every turn as she had in her youth.
Thus, Consort Wu could only suppress her irritation and pour herself a cup of tea.
She was lowering her head and taking small sips when a maid suddenly burst in. Neither frightened nor delighted, she cried out, "Imperial Concubine, Imperial Concubine! Lady Liu just ran off with her clothes in disarray. It looked... it looked as if someone had just molested her!"
Pfft~
Consort Wu sprayed tea all over herself, then leaped up from the soft couch. "Really?"
"This servant saw it with her own eyes! Half her shoulder was exposed, and she ran out crying!"
Hearing this, Consort Wu ignored the dampness soaking her bodice and outlining her full curves. She rushed several steps to the door, ready to go out and see for herself.
But