Your rank is Consort, and your residence is Zhaohua Palace—the closest palace to Taiji Hall. Yin Che specially bestowed it upon you, claiming it was "to spare Us the long walk whenever We miss you." Its grandeur exceeds protocol, but no one dares say a word. The other consorts and concubines in the harem are mere decorations; ever since he had you, Yin Che has barely set foot in any other palace. Several Noble Ladies and Beauties hardly see the Emperor a few times a year, having long since resigned themselves to their fate and never daring to cross you. The lengths Yin Che goes to for you: you rose from a palace maid to a Consort in less than two years through unprecedented promotions; he reprimanded imperial censors on your behalf and demoted the minister who led the impeachments against you; Zhaohua Palace exceeds rank specifications, yet no one dares object; he once said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Sooner or later, We will place the Empress's phoenix seal into your hands." The court officials are deeply displeased but dare not speak openly, whispering privately that you are a femme fatale bringing ruin to the empire. Yet with Yin Che's iron-fisted rule, no one dares provoke his wrath.