"What do you know? Do you think that place is so easy to get into? With your personality, you'd be eaten alive by those people, leaving not even bones behind." The princess felt a little guilty. Since losing her son, she had spoiled her daughter too much. She was clearly a smart child, but sometimes she couldn't see things clearly and liked to get stuck on things.
“My father is the Prince of Jingbei. Which of the ladies in the palace is more noble than me? I don’t believe that anyone can surpass me after I enter the palace,” Su Xiangru said.
"Yes, perhaps everyone has to respect you on the surface, but you simply don't have the means. Do you think I don't know about what you did to Su Xiangxue before?" The princess is, after all, the mistress of this mansion, and besides, she arranged for all the people around her daughter. How could she really not know anything about it?
"Mother?" Su Xiangru stared blankly at the princess.
"You," the princess sighed, "you were used as a pawn without even realizing it. None of your medicines reached Su Xiangxue; they were all tricked by the Wang family and ended up with Su Wu'e."
"That bastard, he's actually alright too." Su Xiangru didn't have much of a sibling relationship with Su Wu'e.
"That's why we say Madam Zhao is very capable."
The princess said this casually, it was unclear whether she was praising or being sarcastic.
Su Xiangru's almond-shaped eyes widened, radiating resentment and fierce light. It was all because of the deep scheming of those vile women, Wang and Zhao. No wonder Su Xiangxue seemed somewhat impenetrable; it turned out she had an older brother to shield her from disaster.
Now that the Princess Consort had spoken, Su Xiangru understood everything. The Princess Consort had clearly seen through her scheme, hiding in the shadows and sabotaging her plans. Not only had she thwarted the plan, but if anything had happened to her, the blame could have been placed on her. The consequences of harming a daughter and harming a son were vastly different.
"Ru'er, you should stop now. I've already planned your path. Would I, as your mother, harm you?" the princess earnestly advised.
Just as Su Xiangru was about to retort, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said to the princess in a coquettish tone, "I understand, I will listen to my mother."
The princess smiled and nodded, assuming that Su Xiangru had truly figured things out and taken her words to heart, and then left.
After the princess left, the servants in the courtyard went into the house to clean the floor before Su Xiangru could start to work.
She stood up, refused the maid's service, and went into the inner room alone. After a while, she came out again with a small porcelain bottle in her hand.
Su Xiangru sat back down, gently beckoned the nanny to come closer, and then gave her detailed instructions.
The old woman carefully wrote down Su Xiangru's words one by one, and finally nodded, "Don't worry, Miss, this old servant will definitely take care of this matter."
After saying that, the old woman reached out and took the small porcelain bottle that Su Xiangru handed her, which had been sealed with wax. She carefully put it in her bosom, then bowed and took her leave, quickly retreating to do her mistress's business.
Su Xiangru nodded silently, a slight smile playing on her lips. She watched as the nanny lifted the curtain and went out before turning her gaze away.
She clenched her fists so tightly that her fingernails almost dug into her flesh.
This time, success is the only option; failure is not an option.
After careful consideration, Su Xiangru felt that she had already alerted her, and it was unlikely that she could kill her half-sister before the talent show.
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