Thinking of Qingchen's methods, Concubine Mei trembled. It was genuine fear, for she knew the Red Messenger's warning tonight came directly from her master.
She truly couldn't control her own heart.
Perhaps it was because she had lived in the Imperial Palace for so long, and Chu Xiong had recently been treating her like a treasure. This taste of being high and mighty had made her conceited and lose her sense of proportion. She had started to see herself as someone truly important.
Tonight's harsh wake-up call had sobered her.
Concubine Mei immediately scrambled to her feet, knelt before the Red Messenger, and said sincerely, "Red Messenger, please tell Master that I will certainly abide by my duty and complete the tasks assigned by Master."
"Hmph. Seeing that you're sensible enough, I won't make things difficult for you." The Red Messenger noted her genuine fear, though what Concubine Mei was truly thinking, the Red Messenger couldn't be sure.
