Shih Wanxin smiled mysteriously.
"Being stuck in the deep palace, you can't rely on anyone, so naturally, I have to find some other ways out, right?"
The Empress Dowager gave her a deep look.
"Although I don't know where you learned these crooked ways from! But..."
"Fortunately, you have these!"
Shih Wanxin smiled smugly.
"So! I count as having some skills and something to rely on! Am I not?!"
The Empress Dowager forced a slight smile, her lips barely curving, and said no more.
...
Time passed swiftly, and by mid-April, the weather began to heat up.
The rumors in the Capital City faded with time, and Zhaochen Palace had been quiet for a long time.
The Empress Dowager pondered, thinking that the Emperor had likely been subdued by her once again.
Indeed.
After all, she was his 'real mother'; no matter how excessive, what could he really do to her?
He just repeatedly suppressed her, daring not to harm her in the slightest.
