Don't say the Empress doesn't understand; even Xiao Jinyan himself doesn't understand. When did he ever say he liked plump girls?
He wouldn't be so bored as to discuss such things with the women in the East Palace.
He truly couldn't fathom the thought processes of those women.
"Mother, I also have no idea where this rumor came from," he replied.
"How could Lady Chang so easily believe such rumors?"
The Empress was both angry and distressed as she looked towards Lady Chang on the bed, noticing that she had become much rounder, with significantly more flesh on both cheeks. Her eyes, originally single-lidded, now seemed even smaller from being squeezed together.
"Her figure was so good before, why would she consider fattening up? Her phoenix eyes are almost gone."
Xiao Jinyan glanced at Lady Chang and indeed, just as the Empress had said, her face was too fleshy and not at all attractive.