The empress suddenly oozed a bit of fine sweat, and she abruptly realized that she had lost her composure.
Contacting ministers was not only absurd, but extremely dangerous; not only could it cause her to lose her virtue, it could even allow the emperor to effortlessly drive the Imperial Grandson to his death!
"Then what is your view?"
Yu Han knocked his head heavily again and said, "Empress, what must least be startled right now is the emperor, and even more so we must not give His Majesty a handle to grasp. Even if there were no handle, the emperor growing vigilant would inevitably cause us to suffer more surveillance, and would also implicate the Imperial Grandson. The losses would outweigh the gains this way."
"Then what is this palace supposed to do now?" The empress sat in silence for a moment, then asked.
"Empress, please forgive this maid's boldness. The Imperial Grandson is not like the crown prince in benevolence. To say nothing else, this Imperial Examination saw the Imperial Grandson launch a fierce counterattack while seizing the high ground of human sentiment and morality, completely without any sign of yielding, and almost without a trace of mortal smoke..."
"In this maid's few meetings with him, in terms of demeanor, the Imperial Grandson deeply resembles the crown prince—with his arched eyebrows, phoenix eyes, and elegant, dashing flair, they are simply cut from the same mold."
"Yet when it comes to temperament and disposition, the crown prince grew up deep within the palace, while the Imperial Grandson hacked and slashed his way out of a grassroots quagmire. This maid has carefully examined the Imperial Grandson's past, and cannot help but feel a deep sense of awe."
"String the Imperial Grandson's deeds together in secret, from the Black Scarf Society of