Chapter 438: Chapter 438 Palace Banquet (10)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Yang Wanning, who was lagging behind, looked at Granny Liu and asked, “Granny, do you recognize the tall and strong woman?”
Yang Wanning had lived two lives, and even if her status in both lives was not high, she had always lived in the capital. Why had she never seen this person in both of her lives?
“If I remember correctly, she’s the direct daughter of Lord Yan, the commander of the Nine Gates. She married a scholar of the highest degree and has been working with her husband outstation.
“It seems her husband is to be rewarded for his meritorious service in quelling a rebellion.” Granny Liu replied.
Yang Wanning nodded to show she understood, but her thoughts were muddled.
In her previous life, there were no sweet potatoes and no manifestations of Mother Goddess.
Therefore, the Great Ming Dynasty fell into chaos at this time.
It fell into turmoil for over ten years before it calmed down. However, less than 10 percent of the population survived.
Ultimately, although the First Prince killed his father and brothers, he was eliminated by the biding Second Prince, who ascended the throne.
Although the Third Prince was disabled and sat in a wheelchair, he was said to be the “ruler in the shadows”. Unfortunately, he had never married.
Of course, the Yang family members were all executed, but Yang Wanyu survived by changing her looks and becoming a servant girl in Yang Wanning’s manor.
Furthermore, in order to live a better life, Yang Wanyu seduced Yang Wanning’s husband—a scholar who was also a teacher—and murdered Yang Wanning before assuming her identity.
Before she died, she also learned from Yang Wanyu that Yang Wanning’s mother had been deliberately frozen to death, that she had been duped into marrying the scholar, and that her brother had been forced to become a hooligan who did all kinds of evil deeds—he died tragically in a gambling den.
But everything changed after Yang Wanning regressed; everything in her previous life could no longer be used as a reference.
No, not entirely. The fight for the throne would not change, and what changed was only that the commoners had ended their troubled times ahead of schedule.
When the Empress arrived at the side hall of the Hall of Diligent Government, she turned around and kicked Madam Cui, “What are you doing? I’ve already set up the stage for you, and you ruined it.”
“Empress, please calm down. I, I was acting according to the plan. Who knows, who knows…” Madam Cui paused for a moment and continued, “Could it be that the little bitch sensed something, so…”
When the Empress heard what she said, she remembered Yang Wanning’s new clothes. The fabric and style were definitely not something that she could afford.
After that, she quickly asked her personal palace maid to go outside and ask around.
Because Yang Wanning had previously spilled the beans to the others, the palace maid quickly got wind of what happened and returned to the Empress.
“Gu Chengrui, the third son of the Gu family.” The Empress muttered and fell silent.
Since that was the case, she might as well push him to the opposite side. It would be easy to deal with all of them in one fell swoop.
“Since she’s already acquainted with the Third Prince, why don’t we let her marry him?” The Empress suggested.
“But that would make things too easy for her,” Madam Cui said in shock.
The issue was that her daughter was only a secondary consort, and Yang Wanning was about to become a main consort. At that time, Yang Wanning would definitely suppress them.
“So, I guess it depends on your capabilities?” The Empress turned her head and looked at her meaningfully.
Madam Cui was stunned momentarily and did not understand what the Empress meant.
When she saw this, a hint of disdain flashed across the Empress’ eyes. She then turned around, sat to the side to drink tea, and ignored Madam Cui.
The Emperor’s representative had also arrived to remind the Empress Dowager that it was time. The Empress Dowager rose and stated, “We’ve had enough tea, and I’m sure you’re all finished talking. Let’s get there quickly so the Emperor doesn’t have to wait any longer.”
After that, she waved at Zhou Ying and walked toward the Hall of Diligent Government with the help of her personal maid.
The other women immediately stood up and followed after the Empress Dowager..