Upon learning that she was to become the Ghost King's concubine, Situtu Qinger felt both hatred and urgency in her heart, with no mind to care for Lady Tang, and returned with two maids to Peacock Court.
Once back in her room, consumed by anger, she could no longer hold back. With a swipe of her hand, she cleared the dressing table of its cosmetics, her eyes rounded with fury, and she gritted her teeth and cursed out, "Xuexue, you little cheap person, I, Situtu Qinger, am absolutely irreconcilable with you. To think you'd have that ugliest of uglies take me as concubine, just you wait."
Since childhood, Lady Tang had instilled in her that she was so stunningly beautiful that she absolutely had to marry into the Imperial Palace.
Her lifelong ambition had been to marry into the Imperial Family. And now, this aspiration of over a decade was shattered by Long Rui in the span of a meal. It was only natural for her to be furiously embarrassed.