Chapter 86 - The Favor He Never Intended to Give

Yeon Joo remained beside Lee Yeong after Eunuch Jang left the chamber, watching the closed door for several moments while the idea forming in her mind became increasingly difficult to ignore. They had already decided that Concubine Seo's punishment needed to remain quiet enough that whoever had encouraged her would not realise the scheme had been noticed, but simply confining the woman to her quarters would still tell the mastermind that the attempt had failed completely. If someone had gone to the trouble of feeding Concubine Seo's jealousy, watching the bathing pavilion and arranging an opportunity when Lee Yeong was alone, Yeon Joo wanted to give that person something more interesting to believe.