At the palace gate, the empress stood there, behind her two ladies whom she barely knew. But unlike the first time she entered the palace with great fanfare, in a white gown and with a smile on her face, full of excitement and hope, now all she was filled with was anger and regret. Because after years of great performance, all it took was one mistake for her to fall from grace. And regret—after all, she had been so emotional after the emperor had just taken one of his consorts to his pavilion that she lost her baby. Looking back, it wasn't even that big of a deal. She wished that she had just ignored it, and now her baby would have been born. She touched her stomach, feeling empty within.
Lady Elara was about to give birth, and it didn't even take her that much effort. And unlike her, she also survived a fall. She was very lucky that everything worked in her favour.
