"Ah Ze... when it comes to drawing lots, someone always ends up last, don't they?" Jiang Xinli reached out to rub his ear, her voice gentle. "Besides, you're already 4th Rank."
"Yue Hua Yin is 3rd Rank now, too. At home, only Ye Kuo is still 2nd Rank..."
Thinking of Ye Kuo, who never fought or scrambled for attention, made Jiang Xinli feel a pang of guilt and heartache.
For some reason, her mind drifted to the historical court dramas she'd watched in her past life.
In those shows, the fates of the imperial concubines were starkly different.
The favored ones monopolized the emperor's affection, while the spurned might go their whole lives without ever seeing his face again.
An Emperor's favor depended on the power of a concubine's family at court as much as it did on his personal whims.
But she... she only had five Beast Husbands, and yet she was already failing to give each of them the attention they deserved.
