Empress Dowager Li calmly burned incense: "She is merely an orphan, with no one to rely on. If she doesn't listen to what I say, who else can she listen to? Once she bears a child, I will hand her over to you for care. You always complain that Jingwei doesn't come close to you. Once we have a child, he will surely visit Cining Palace often, and by then, there will naturally be endless conversations between you two."
The young girl was delighted and shyly bowed: "Thank you, Imperial Grandmother!"
Empress Dowager Li watched the curl of incense smoke rise, and a glimmer of intrigue shone in her cloudy old eyes: "Our Li Family must produce another Empress."
Shen Yinning quietly returned to Shen Garden by carriage.
That night, Gui Quan came to deliver a message saying that the Crown Prince would visit tonight.
