"I didn't know before," Wanyun said. "But after hearing what Ye Yu said yesterday, I realized my husband didn't truly mean it when he agreed to let me adopt a child. He was just making a concession so I wouldn't get sick anymore."
"Oh, Yunyun," Ning Fang said, "the very fact that Lu Jingxing would say such a thing proves how much you mean to him. Why can't you just accept it happily instead of creating trouble for yourself?
You talk about finding a kindhearted woman. She might be kindhearted before giving birth, but how could she not fight for her own child's future afterward?
To be perfectly blunt, even if you were the one to bring me into the palace, I'm afraid I'd eventually turn on you as well.
Yunyun, we're talking about the imperial throne. The lure of that kind of power is just too great."
Ning Fang continued to persuade her, "I don't know what's gotten into you, but you need to get this idea of finding a concubine for your husband out of your head, and fast!"
