Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 160

Qian Yin said as she trembled, "The women in the Imperial Palace are so terrible. They were siblings. But the rivalry between them was so harsh that they even plotted against each other."

Yun Shang grinned at Qian Yin's words. However, she could not help but feel a little depressed. "Maybe life is too lonely in the Palace. The ladies cannot find better ways to entertain themselves than rivaling with each other."

Lady Ming woke up in a couple of days. But she had been paralyzed by a stroke. Lady Ming, who had been beautiful and dignified, had lost the ability to speak as her mouth and tongue were deformed.

Since Lady Ming was seriously sick, no one was in charge of the imperial household. In the imperial household, only ladies with a high ranking could be entrusted with the responsibility of running the imperial household. As the Empress had shut herself in her Palace, Lady Jin was the only other person qualified to assume the duty. However, it was impossible for Lady Jin to take this responsibility now, as she was staying in Laifeng City due to her pregnancy. She would not return to the Imperial City before the delivery.

"Your Highness, don't you think it was too early to set Lady Ming up? What should we do now? Since Lady Jin is far away from the Imperial City, I'm afraid His Majesty would ask the Empress to run the imperial household again. The Empress would be happy if that happens." Qian Yin had no patience to hold back anything that crossed her mind. She had spotted the undercurrents of the seemingly peaceful life in the Imperial Palace. "I saw many ladies going to Qiwu Palace to pay the Empress a visit."

But Yun Shang still retained a calm smile. She said while staring at the eight-facet glazed lamp at the far end, "Of course, she needs to run the imperial household again. If she keeps herself isolated in Qiwu Palace, how can I plot against her?"

Qian Yin grew agitated while thinking of the return of the Empress. Qian Yin was very straightforward. Though she was more patient after the training by Ning Qian, she was, after all, still a child.

"I want to kill her," muttered Qian Yin. Yun Shang raised her brows a little when she heard Qian Yin. "Oh my! I didn't expect that our Qian Yin has such a quick temper. You will, of course, be very happy after you kill the Empress. But what will we face then? The Empress of a country dies for no reason. And she dies in the Imperial Palace which is strictly guarded. What if the Li clan insists on looking into the death of the Empress? His Majesty and my mother would land in big trouble."

Qian Yin felt depressed at Yun Shang's words. She leaned on the wall in defeat, and said sullenly, "Hum, how troublesome this is."

Yun Shang smiled at Qian Yin before shaking her head. "I ordered you to leak some of my information to the Empress. How are things going now?"

Qian Yin rallied herself from her depression after hearing Yun Shang's question. "The Empress is willing to hear my reports now. I told the Empress that Your Highness came into contact with two of Lady Geng's servants, and had asked Prince Jing to interrogate them. It seems that the Prince knew many things about the older generation in the imperial household. The Empress was quite nervous when I told her about all this. She looked so grim that I was afraid she was considering killing her enemies. The Empress must have been enraged when I told her how Lady Ming snared Lady Geng and then killed Lady Geng. She clasped her hands tightly to suppress her fury. She even asked me for more information. But I told her nothing. I just told the Empress that maybe there are more stories about ladies in the imperial household, but the Princess didn't tell me."

Yun Shang curled her lips into a smile. Qian Yin's words had attracted her attention. "She will, of course, have the intention to kill. The sibling rivalry between Lady Ming and Lady Geng for the love of the former Emperor is a lesson from which the Empress can learn something. After all, the Empress and her sister, Lady Fu, are sharing the same husband, aren't they? Lady Fu is by no means a simple-minded woman."