Fearing her daughter would not agree, Lady Jiang surreptitiously winked at her, "Mother has inquired thoroughly; that Third Prince is immaculate and commands respect, and he doesn't even have a single woman by his side. If he takes a fancy to you, my daughter, even if you cannot be the Main Consort, you will still be a concubine."
Lady Jiang's perfect plan was clanging loudly in her mind, but Chen Leyao had turned pale with anxiety. Consort or Main Consort, she had no desire whatsoever to marry a Prince. Even as a person from Jiangnan, she was all too familiar with the backstabbing and scheming of the imperial harem.
And hadn't they just been discussing the issue of offending Lin Yuan? How had the conversation shifted to her marriage without her noticing?
