The empress had a lot of things on her mind as usual, stepping out of the provisionary den that morning. She had arrived in the East House during the night before, and, understandably tired from the journey, hadn’t really gotten anything done. But she figured that was all right, this wasn’t exactly a business thing. Sometimes Ting Lan just visited the other lords and ladies to check up on how they were doing.
So this morning the plan was to just chat a little with her lady-in-the-East. Since Wu Yin Yue had taken up her position, the empress had regrettably not really had the chance to properly know her, which was rather pathetic, in her opinion. She should know her ladies better.
Ting Lan didn’t bother to alert Shiang, the big blue brute that had followed her around for so long, that she had left, and headed out towards the spot they had agreed to meet. Certainly she wouldn’t need something as excessive as a watch dog to have a little chit-chat with Wu Yin Yue!