At The Liu Yan Imperial Palace a woman with long red hanfu with golden phoenix embroidery on her tail dress walk gracefully followed by lines of maids with lavish green jade uniform, behind her a young woman with soft blue hanfu followed. They are walking through the garden surrounded by flower peach blossom tree, camellia flower and rose flower bush on the lush green grass, the colourful butterfly flew from one flower to another and beside them, there's a giant pond with Koi fish and floating pink lotus flower, the garden is so beautiful is almost surreal.

"Do you meet with long Ming?" the red dress woman ask with solemn voice. ​​

"No, mother empress" Qian Mu Ting answer politely "But I met with his fiancée"

"Just like you wish, so are you become friends now?" the empress said in mockery tones, in a normal situation her proud daughter would not even pay attention to a lowly birth woman like Luo Ri Yi, it must be vexed her.

Qian Mu Ting silent for a moment before she speaks again "No, we don't…." she timidly said.

The empress suddenly halted her pace, she turns around to her Daughter "Don't tell me that lowly vixen is to proud to be your friend?" she said in disgusted, fo the Empress the royal family status is beyond everyone else in the Kingdom even Long Ming should feel grateful for The Emperor attention, if not because his high cultivation who wants to notice someone like Long Ming who has questionable background, everyone knows he is not the biological son of The Emperor from the Jiang Wei Kingdom.

"No, it is not like that…."Qian Mu Ting feel hesitated "I don't think she is what we think she is"

"What you mean?" The Empress frowned.

"I don't think she is just an ex-maid, the way she talks, the way she carries herself and that temperament….is not something you can learn in a two or three years….and that eyes" Qian Mu Ting shuddered when she remembers the way Luo Ri Yi staring at her, her gaze pierce through her soul, that woman knew everything the moment she entered the manor.

"That can't be we've been investigated that woman background meticulously, they're also a witness that woman was working at Lao Manor for two years" The Empress couldn't believe they're's something more about that mediocre woman.

Qian Mu Ting shakes her head "I believe she 's more than that, the aura exuded from that woman is not like a maid at all, even if Long ming send a teacher to teach her it's still impossible for a mere maid to have that kinda temperament"

"What kinda temperament she had, is she haughty or overbearing?" the Empress becomes curious.

"No, she is gentle, kind and warm but….is like talking with someone behind the glass" Qian Mu Ting contemplating "You can see her but you can't get close, I used to feel like that when I talk to noble daughters…well not even with them, is like she see through me"

The Empress thin eyebrows creased, Qian Mu Ting is not someone who like exaggerated things, but that doesn't mean she can't ve fooled, that woman might not easy opponent it seems she needs to adjust her plan, at first she wants to make a connection with long Ming through his fiancée like Liang Zu empress and if they're lucky maybe they could match one the princess with Long Ming but the situation might not be that simple.

"Mother Empress Long Ming fiancée remind us something" Qian Mu Ting suddenly said, the empress face unperturbed she didn't look interested or worry but she didn't stop Qian Mu Ting to speak either.

"Long Ming doesn't care about background family, wealth or power because he already has it all, she reminds us not to treat him just like any other men, many women try to get close but all of them end miserably so we must think it through, she said…not because we want it, doesn't mean we can have it" Qian Mu Ting face become nervous she subconsciously look down avoiding her Mother gaze.

"She dare to warn us?" the Empress scoffed in disdained.

Qian Mu Ting didn't dare to refuted the empress, The empress glare at her daughter "You believe that woman?"

Listen her Mother threatening voice she's not dare to answer because she does believe Luo Ri Yi but the Empress didn't feel the same "Is it not crossed you're mind she give you emty words because he doen't want anyone get close to Long Ming?" The Empress flick her sleeve.

"That woman is only a vixen who climb her master bed, her future depend on long Ming of course she wouldn't let anyone get close to him, but I do admit she's not a simple woman if not Tang Mei Yi, Huang Ni yang and everyone else will not dead on Long Ming hand if not because that vixen incited him" The Empress snort in disgust, her daughter still to young to understand the wicked in woman heart, a woman like Luo Ri Yi she had seen a lot of them in the Imperial harem.

"Why should you believe the word of a vixen like her, used your head don't back down just because a few words, you are smarter than that" The empress patted Qian Mu Ting shoulder lovingly "Find another way to get Long Ming attention, this is the only chance for us to rope Long Ming to our side, with his support our kingdom will get stronger just like the Liang Zu Kingdom, look how far the could do with Hei Shen as her back up, even woman can rule a kingdom, don't you want that too" The empress gently lift Qian Mu Ting chin with amiable smiles.

"Yes, Mother empress," she said with a low voice.

"Good" the Empress nods her head in satisfied expression.

But Qian Mu Ting wonder if her mother said is true, she uses to interact with concubines inside the imperial harem is easy for her to realizes the worry, anxiety, fear in their eyes or in the way she talks, the concubines always worry they will lose the Emperor favor eventually they learn to hide their true feeling if not people would used their weakness to against them but that woman Luo Ri Yi she can't see any of that in her either she's very confident with her relationship with Long Ming or she better at hiding it.