20 Dancing Lotus Flower 2 (2/2)

The Grand Dowager Empress tiredly raised her hand again, like earlier and with much respect, the officials settled down.

”Young Lady what would you like? Don't let these power-hungry frogs decide your future.” The Grand Dowager Empress tiredly looked down at Le-anne.

Princess Le-anne did not waste time thinking. The answer was so easy.

”This servant is pleased to honor Virtuous Consort's request by having her title stripped.”

An uproar broke out inside the large hall.

”Stupid!”

”How ungrateful.”

”Wretched child!”

They thought she was insane but to her it was simply a game of xiangqi(chess) . Only General Feng nodded his head in understanding while the princess man blankly stared at him, unaware of anything else but him.

In situations like these, stepping back when victory is not assured was appropriate for Le-anne's uprising.

If she became a concubine she would just become a number, one of the women who used her feminine skills to become an emperor's unmarried woman. She would then spend another year flaunting around her beauty but never having met the emperor, while being bullied by higher ranking concubines and that vexed Consort Wang.

Her refusal, on the other side would cast a different spotlight.

'The dancing flower who refused the emperor', would be something to talk about in that haven of gossip that they called the palace. Obviously this was bound to reach the emperor's ears in no time. Rejection doesn't work well with men and that was enough to be her weapon.

S.V