While the Empress Consort was entwined in tenderness beyond the palace.
「Within the palace.」
The news of Consort Xian Pin's sudden confinement spread like wildfire through the Harem. People went from schadenfreude to confusion because no matter how much they gossiped, they couldn't find a reason.
"The more I think about it, the more something seems off!"
"Indeed!"
"She was fine, so why suddenly confine her?!"
"Exactly, and there's no way to find out why."
The chatter grew louder, until even the Empress began to feel that there was more to it than met the eye.
「Inside Ningshou Palace.」
Upon hearing the news, the Empress Dowager furrowed her brows. "When was she confined?"
The confinement of a concubine was not an uncommon matter, so she hadn't inquired about it. Could there be further developments to this matter?
The Empress replied, "To answer the Empress Dowager, she was confined before the Emperor left!"
