She mentioned that Fang Xuan's face showed genuine affection, a genuine emotion without a trace of pretense. The Empress, looking at her expression, suddenly felt a pang of envy and jealousy.
"Ah Xuan, Ah Xuan, you only have Ah Xuan in your heart." She said helplessly, "You are really afraid of your wife."
“He is the person I love, what’s wrong with cherishing him?” Shen Wangshu said dismissively. “This is not being afraid of one’s wife, it’s love.” She blinked with a sigh.
The Empress touched the goosebumps that had risen from the cheesy sentimentality, pointed at Shen Wangshu, and remained silent for a long while.
Shen Wangshu didn't think he had said anything wrong. He then diligently served food to the Empress and comforted her, "Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who forgets his mother after marrying a ruler. You will still be very important to me in the future."
Her smile was incredibly cunning, and her eyes and brows were strikingly beautiful, yet the Empress could faintly discern a resemblance between her and the Phoenix King on her face.
Looking at her daughter with longing, the Empress's eyes dimmed, a dimness so profound that she no longer wished to see Roujun.
For the first time, she felt utterly alone in the harem.
A young couple grows old together, but her beloved husband died, and no matter how many men came, she was still lonely.
"Come visit me in the palace more often." Every meal eventually ends. Seeing Shen Wangshu finish her meal and cheerfully push her bowl away to leave the palace to find her lover, the Empress lowered her eyes and, with her daughter nodding, gently said, "Later, have your elder sister bring her daughter into the palace so I can see her more often."
In her heart, the eldest princess was more like a satisfactory princess, a qualified heir, than a daughter. However, since she was also born to the Phoenix Lord, the Empress valued her more. Seeing Shen Wangshu vividly describing the chubby little baby, her gaze softened.
"I'll have my older sister bring it next time." Shen Wangshu nodded, smiled, and took one of the empress's gemstone rings without any hesitation.
Only after she stepped out of the palace gates did she turn back and quietly glance at the bustling inner palace, a faint smile on her lips.
She was a filial princess. The Empress's kindness in raising and giving birth to her was absolute in this world. No matter how much the eldest princess resented the death of the Phoenix Prince, if she were to kill the Empress, the eldest princess would not forgive her either.
So let the Empress live on. She'll spend the rest of her life remembering the Phoenix Prince, remembering the one who will never return, and live out her life in regret. As for Consort Lin, she too was abandoned by her wife and daughter, losing everything and barely clinging to life—that's enough. She gained the life of the Third Princess, and that's all she had to do.
The eldest princess's daughter is favored by the empress, which will further solidify the eldest princess's position in the future.
As for the second princess...
Shen Wangshu simply smiled.
When the Second Princess accepted the Marquis of Jingbei's advice to collude with Roujun, she had already been rejected by the Empress.
With collusion between the court officials and the emperor's favorite in the harem, she was so ambitious and aggressive that the empress could not possibly tolerate her any longer.
The more she jumps around, the faster she dies, but unfortunately, the second princess has no choice but to jump around.
With her biological father out of favor, if she doesn't make a move soon, it's uncertain whether the Empress will even remember her. She also lacks the lineage of the eldest princess and her sisters; once she loses power, utter ruin awaits her.
The Second Princess had to thank her. She had agreed to the request of the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jingbei to find a way to prevent her younger brother from marrying the Second Princess. However, the marriage was an imperial decree, and since she could not disobey it, she could only send the Second Princess to her death.
Nianyu's appearance at the gate of the Jingbei Marquis's residence was certainly one of them. As for the Jingbei Marquis's brilliant plan regarding Roujun, it was merely her eldest daughter's vague and "immature" idea, which was also not worth paying attention to. Shen Wangshu felt that this was quite good. Everything had settled down, and with Nianyu by the Second Princess's side, wasn't she satisfied with Nianyu's sincere feelings?
The Third Princess loved Nianyu so much, so of course she should grant Nianyu's wish to be with her.
"Your Highness?" A maid led the imperial carriage over and, seeing Shen Wangshu's increasingly beautiful smile, called out softly.
"It's alright, let's go," Shen Wangshu said calmly.
That's all she can do to help the eldest princess.
She only knew these schemes and tricks because she was just a young woman; she was unfamiliar with the power struggles of the previous dynasties or the politics of the court.
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That was the eldest princess's battlefield.
The eldest princess was indeed more suitable for the supreme position than her, because she didn't really understand these things and could only be a support. For example, in that world, she just hid in the harem, flattering the concubines and empress dowager, and winning over the royal princesses, but she couldn't give that potential emperor any advice on politics.
She took a deep breath, feeling calm yet strangely chilled. It wasn't until the imperial carriage returned to Fang Xuan's courtyard and she saw Fang Xuan sitting quietly at the door waiting for her to come home that the darkness and coldness of the conspiracy disappeared.
In front of Fang Xuan, she was the true Luan Wang, a useless piece of trash who didn't care about anything.
Shen Wangshu pounced on the tall man who had risen from the high palace carriage, like a flying squirrel.
Fang Xuan casually opened his arms and held the woman who rushed towards him tightly in his arms.
Shen Wangshu rubbed her face against his with satisfaction and hummed softly.
"What a strong embrace!" She felt she loved him even more.
Fang Xuan picked up the two women who were acting coquettishly towards him and carried them in his arms.
The young master embraces her.
That... a dignified woman, being embraced by a young master.
The maids of Prince Luan's mansion were all in despair, looking at Prince Luan who was actually quite pleased with himself and didn't seem to feel ashamed at all.
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