Su Wanwan lowered her eyes.

It seems that Xia Xueyi has become a pawn that Empress Dowager Zhang wants to discard.

It's been three years.

The Xia family will finally receive the punishment they deserve.

She let out a long sigh and smiled slightly: "The Empress Dowager summoned me here. What advice does she have for me?"

"There's nothing else to it. I was just tidying up Xiuyi's things a few days ago and found a painting that you gave her, so I thought I'd like to come and catch up with you."

Empress Dowager Zhang knew that the three-day freeze was not caused by a single day's cold.

Being too enthusiastic in trying to win over Su Wanwan now would backfire; I plan to get to know her slowly first.

Su Wanwan thought of that little girl who was only seven or eight years old.

She is showered with love and affection.

Unfortunately, he died young from a sudden illness.

She used to envy Princess Xiuyi, who was able to enjoy all of her parents' love.

Even her princess title was the envy of many: Princess Taikang.

Unlike others, I have no one to rely on, so I have to desperately try to please those around me in order to get a slightly better situation.

A child, from the moment he loses his mother, is as if his father has also died.

They simply lived a lonely and miserable life, struggling on.

If she hadn't been around the same age as Lu Xingjian and become his inseparable companion and good friend, her experiences in the palace during those years would have been quite bleak.

"Since Your Majesty misses Princess Xiuyi, I am willing to go to the temple to light an everlasting lamp to pray for the princess's well-being," Su Wanwan continued.

Empress Dowager Zhang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Breaking the ice was not easy, but we barely managed to get through this first hurdle.