[Suggested song for this chapter – Whiffing, by Borrtex]
"My Lord, would it be very forward of me to ask you to give me the grant of marriage now?"
Meili decided it would be best to strike while the iron was hot. Things changed so rapidly in the palace, who knew what the position might be tomorrow?
"It would be very forward of you yes, young lady, but you've caught me feeling very magnanimous on the back of this good news. I suppose I might be able to be coaxed…" he teased her.
"Really Lord?" Meili exclaimed with delight. "Just tell me everything you want, and I shall do it for you tenfold! One hundredfold! I plan to spoil you rotten from now until the day I am married," her smile was so pure and delighted it was infectious, and the Emperor gave a rare smile in return.
"You're my witness Feng Bao," he called to the old eunuch.
