Written by: Qian Shan Cha Ke
Crying blood and tears, she pledged a poisonous vow. The gods did not fail her. She was sent back to a decade ago. The legitimate daughter of Jiang family returned from hell.
Forget it, whatever. Since they already claim...
Within the imperial palace, in the Si Meng Palace, Imperial Consort Chen reclined on her couch, but long gone was the leisurely ease that she usually displayed. The multi-coloured knotted pouch she was working on was carelessly tossed to one side only partially done. The interwoven silk threads had become tangled; looking at them made her feel irritated.
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Example of an ancient Chinese knotted pouch.
"Lao Chen, how's the situation on my father's side?" Imperial Consort Chen asked as she pressed her hands to her forehead.
Eunuch Chen lowered his eyes and said, "Old Master's situation . . . is not too good. Over the past few days the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War have come up with many ways to oppose him, and so Old Master is very angry."
Losing control, Imperial Consort Chen smashed to smithereens a snow-jade porcelain vase in front of her as she said, "Zhao Guang, that old lout!" In recent days, Imperial Duke Chen had had to deal with a series of adverse situations, and anyone with a working brain cell could tell that this had Zhao Guang's stamp all over it. The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War were generally on friendly terms with the General fu; they were a group of stubborn old fogeys, who in the past had loved to contradict the Chen family. That they would be so out of character in openly instigating trouble these past few days must be due to Zhao Guang's prompting.
Eunuch Chen frowned as he did not fully agree with Imperial Consort Chen's line of thought. Hesitantly, he asked, "From this humble servant's perspective, this may not be the General fu's doing."
"Eh?" Imperial Consort Chen glanced at him from the corner of her eye. "Apart from him, who else in the imperial court would dare to step on the Chen family so brazenly?"
Only that bunch of obstinate, military men in the General fu would set themselves against the Duke fu in all aspects. Did they not consider that, in future, the world would belong to her son, and if they wanted to crush the General fu, it would be as simple as crushing an ant.
"The General fu has always been straightforward and impulsive when taking action, but they lack careful consideration. Judging from what Old Master has said, the incidents that he has encountered were all executed flawlessly and have been absolutely ruthless and overpowering. At the moment, Imperial Consort may have her suspicions, but you are unable to offer a solution to this situation. The General fu can not come up with this kind of scheme. If this humble servant were to be so bold as to make a guess, this is the work of His Highness, Jinying Wang." Thus was Eunuch Chen's analysis of the situation.
