The cunning of these two women shocked Xia Wanwan so badly that a shiver ran down her spine.
Imperial Grandmother, won't Uncle Emperor be heartbroken if you do this?
The Empress Dowager naturally saw her confusion. She bent down and scooped Xia Wanwan into her arms.
"Consort Xian has her own dreams and ambitions. She stopped wanting to be trapped here long ago. What does it matter whether the emperor is heartbroken? We cannot clip a woman's wings simply because it would hurt him. That isn't fair!"
That was what the Empress Dowager said.
Consort Xian was moved to tears.
Sob, sob! As expected of the last champion of palace intrigue! The Empress Dowager truly understood her!
If only she had entered the palace a generation earlier, she could have had a proper contest with the Empress Dowager.
If Heaven gave birth to Zhou Yu, why did it also give birth to Zhuge Liang?
Consort Xian gazed at the Empress Dowager with sparkling eyes. The Empress Dowager silently raised a hand to block her gaze. "I am not competing with you!"
Mostly, it was because she had spent so much effort bringing the harem into its present order. How could she let Consort Xian stir up another battle?
Later, after shifting her focus to the affairs of the court, she had lost interest in the harem.
And now...
Even the court no longer satisfied her. East Lin's actions had angered her so much that she lay awake night after night!
She wanted to unite the world!!!
That left her even less inclined to indulge Consort Xian in these childish games of house.
Consort Xian pouted. "One day, I'll move on from palace intrigue to political maneuvering too!"
Then I'll compete with the Empress Dowager!
The Empress Dowager: "..."
*If Heaven