What Happened?

Gu Ruxue was not trying to counter Junyi, it was just that she never took what Junyi said and was going to report to heart. So she did not care about Junyi, and forgot that Junyi needed to speak with Zhou Huailing.

She was only thinking about herself.

She had been married to Lord for a long time, and intended to have a child with him, just as the King wanted them to. At first, she had been proud that she was approved by the Crown Prince [1.] and the King. However, she got a bit anxious these days.

That was because the Empress Dowager and Honored Princess Jing kept blaming her for not having advanced.

Lord had once mentioned to her that the Empress Dowager had some other plan, and that Honored Princess Jing also hoped that she could have a child first. She understood why Honored Princess Jing behaved like this, but she hated the Empress Dowager deeply inside her heart.