"Your Highness, we haven't seen each other in so long. Could it be that even you don't miss me?"
The Princess Consort of the King of Jiujiang had just been rejected by Emperor Yongchang, and she was feeling particularly sensitive and vulnerable.
When she sensed the Prince of Jiujiang's hesitation and resistance, her glass heart shattered again.
This man had once knelt at her feet, begging her to make love to him.
If he hadn't liked wearing her clothes and making her wear his, perhaps she wouldn't have been so averse to him.
She could accept Emperor Yongchang rejecting her. After all, she had been the one fawning over him back then.
But what right did the Prince of Jiujiang have?
It was only natural for her to take the initiative with the man she was having an affair with. Why should she have to lower her head before her own husband?
The Princess Consort of the King of Jiujiang couldn't accept it.
Thousand Faces, however, was keenly perceptive. "What do you mean, 'even'? What do you mean, 'you'?"
Normally, the princess consort should have said, "Your Highness, we haven't seen each other in so long. Don't you miss me?"
But the princess consort had added two extra words.
To Thousand Faces, the overall impression was completely different.
Thousand Faces had, after all, served as Deputy Mountain Lord of White Deer Grotto Academy. He did possess some learning.
He immediately noticed something was amiss.
The princess consort's heart jolted at his words. She realized that Emperor Yongchang's rejection had sent her state of mind into turmoil. She was no longer as emotionally stable as before, and she had exposed a flaw.
But that didn't matter.
In her experience, men were all very easy to fool.
Sometimes, she didn't even need