Han Feng 42    

Rui Hua's thoughts shifted quickly as she observed Han Feng's interaction with his Empress. Xue Li stood beside him, her posture regal and poised, his hand never leaving hers, her presence a constant beside him.

 

A flicker of jealousy stirred in Rui Hua's chest as she watched the way Han Feng seemed to listen intently to his Empress, his eyes kinder to her, and only her.

 

She was married to Liang Wei, the Crown Prince, but in all those months, she had never experienced the closeness or the attention that Xue Li seemed to command so effortlessly.

 

Though Rui Hua had been raised to be a dutiful wife, her heart had always been torn between duty and desire. Her position as the Crown Prince's wife had granted her power, but it had also come with restrictions—her every action scrutinized, her every word judge.