"For all the times I've pitied her for being inflicted by the poisonous insect, turning into an old hag and feeling heartache, she just calculated my sympathy and wanted to plot against me. Bah, this Ji wench is not worthy of sympathy!"
Empress Dowager Wang stood in the cleansing room, letting Lian Qiao and a few palace maids tidy her clothes, while complaining about Princess Consort Ji.
Lian Qiao smiled and said, "You have always been kind-hearted. The Dowager probably saw this and dared to speak out, thinking about the Princess Consort and the Prince, it seems they've not consummated the marriage. If this marriage is annulled and he remarries, it'd be perfect."
Empress Dowager Wang scoffed, "It's perfect for her, but did she not consider the new bride? Prince Min's health might not last for a few more years, and he bears a guilty status. Which noble lady would be willing to tie her future to such a man? She's thinking too naively and simply."
