[Suggested song for this chapter: Soulmate by Andrea Vanzo]
"My status," said Mei Meili slowly, playing for time. "Well… that's the trouble. The Second Prince has asked me to agree to become his concubine."
She checked for Bai Li's reaction, but he had managed to school his face now; knowing he had to so that she would share the conversation with him more willingly.
"I would of course, be living underneath Li Fengfeng who will be his first wife. He has some far-fetched plan for me to live in a secret residence with guards to keep me safe. But…" her voice hitched, as even talking about this still upset her, "I told him how impossible that would be and how Li Fengfeng will still find a way to harm me, and how," she started to sob now, "t…that's no way to raise children… and I just… I don't want to live like that. Is that so wrong Bai Li?" tears were streaming down her cheeks now.
