She's not stupid. This Qianhua Xianchi Garden was too close to the emperor's Changqing Hall. His eunuchs or servants could pass by at any time. If word of this reached the emperor, wouldn't he think she was a petty woman venting her jealousy on a lower-ranked concubine just because he had summoned her?
It would seem as though she were slapping him in the face in public. She would never risk that. Only a foolish, big-breasted woman like Imperial Concubine Jing would do something so petty.
"Elder Sister Jing must be joking. How could someone like me, a low-ranking concubine, dare let Younger Sister Mei rise when Elder Sister Jing, who holds a higher rank, hasn't allowed it?" Xia Meiren said sweetly, her face all innocent and naive—as if that were truly the reason.
Mei Liang simply watched the two of them like they were performers on a stage.
