Accepting Orchid

Lei Xing was glad when the banquet finally ended and absentmindedly made her way back to her palace, still brooding over the events of the evening and the annoyance of having to babysit some princess added onto her plate. No matter how she thought about it she could not come up with an explanation for why the princess wanted her. There was also Tung Mei's behavior and the bracelet's ridiculous demands further irritating her.

She lightly sighed and glanced around only to find the Emperor walking beside her. She had been so wrapped up in her troubles that she had not noticed that he continued following her after they all went their separate ways. 

Lei Xing sighed, she was not in the mood to deal with him. Not to mention that she could see from his frowning expression that he was not in a happy mood either. When they arrived at her palace, she stopped at the entrance to attempt to talk him into leaving, but he just went inside ahead of her.