Just then, someone came to report that Consort Ning had sent her something. No one else in the palace had sent anything except Consort Ning. As for why no one else in the palace had sent anything, those who understood knew that Yide wanted Emperor Mingde to be angry with the Empress, but the Empress genuinely did not want anyone to curry favor with Yide.

When Emperor Mingde learned that she was alright, he went to attend to state affairs after watching her fall asleep. When she woke up, Emperor Mingde was not by her side. After listening to the palace maid's report, she thought for a moment and said, "What did you send? Let me see it."

She entered the palace alone. All the palace maids and eunuchs were assigned to her by Emperor Mingde. Naturally, she also had the ability to select her own people to enter Weiyang Palace. The person who came to report at this time was her spy who had been planted in the palace in her early years.

The palace maid, Die'er, brought the item over, opened it, and presented it to her. The item wasn't particularly special, but it was valuable—a Hetian jade bracelet. "Take a look and see if there are any problems."

Although the jade bracelet was expensive, Yi De didn't care about it. As her confidante, Die'er naturally knew a lot, otherwise she wouldn't have been kept by her side. She took out a silver handkerchief and wiped it on the bracelet. After a while, the silver handkerchief was fine. She smelled it with her nose, and it was still fine.

No one in the palace sent anything to Yide except Consort Ning. Die'er was very suspicious and checked it twice without letting it go. She took out a small porcelain bottle from her bosom, which contained a potion that could detoxify. She dripped a little bit onto the bracelet, and suddenly, the bracelet started to bubble. "Weiwei?" she exclaimed.

Yi De's face was as cold as ice. "You're courting death!"

Die'er's face was also cold. "Master, should we deal with him?" She made a beheading gesture.

Yi De sneered, "Killing her would dirty my hands. Hmph, does she think I need her son? She can barely protect herself, yet she dares to attack me. How foolish. Associating with someone like her will only drag me down sooner or later."

"Then what should we do?" Die'er was unwilling to let Consort Ning off so easily.

"Isn't her son having an affair with Hao Shumei?" Yide was really looking forward to Emperor Mingde's reaction when he found out that his son and daughter were having an affair; it would definitely be quite a spectacle.

However, Yi De thought herself clever, but little did she know that all of this was being manipulated by someone behind the scenes.

When Zhao Shu received the letter from the Empress, she squatted by the haystack, laughing so hard she almost fell over. She knew that Hao Shumei and Consort Ning were not the kind of people who were truly united. Hao Shumei had an affair with Zhao Bi and wanted to become Zhao Bi's empress. Would Consort Ning allow her to do so?

This battle among women is even more subtle and turbulent than the one in the imperial court, and Zhao Shu is very much looking forward to it.