Liu Mingyan frowns at this, a little. "It is not that she spurns me," she says. "She only--does not--" she stops, feeling suddenly and unexpectedly embarrassed. What was the problem, truly? That Yingying did not offer herself, prostrate, the moment Liu Mingyan began acting as de facto Emperor? "I have not asked," she admits, finally. "But I do not need to ask. Not with anyone else."