'Why should she be the lucky one? We're all Honored Ladies here.'
'Not only did she gain favor, but she's also carrying the heir!'
'The New Year is almost upon us; she might just get promoted.'
'By the time she gives birth to a Prince, she'll at least be a Consort, even if she's nothing else!'
When we see her then, won't we have to kneel and kowtow? And even call her Consort? Tsk tsk! We're all the same kind of people, yet she rises through the ranks while I... The more I think about it, the more restless I become.
As for the other Honored Ladies, well, they've never been favored and have abandoned any such hopes.
But Honored Lady Du just couldn't sit still!
A token of loyalty! Sincerity! The words the Empress once said still echoed in her ears at all times.
