"No!" exclaimed Empress Sophia. "Pathetic! It goes like this."
She then demonstrated and took her fan out and started fanning herself. Lily tried to imitate her. She flipped the fan open and it fell out of her hands.
"Practice this and then come to me. I am the Empress for heavens sake and have more important things to attend to than teach some tomboy how to flip a fan open,"
The Empress stalked out of the room and Lily glared daggers at her.
Molly sighed. "Come on Lily," she said. "One more time."
"No," said Lily tears pouring down her face. "She's ridiculed me enough today. For the entire three days that I have been here, it's been the same thing everyday! I can't stand it! She's made fun of my rank, my family, my home and made fun of me! Enough is enough," Lily threw her dark b
