Yaohua Palace.
Consort Ru stared coldly at Xiao Lansi, who was kneeling before her.
"Didn't you say you were going to ask Ye Chutang to come and examine me? Where is she?"
Xiao Lansi bit her lip.
"Forgive me, Mother Consort. I was incompetent and failed to bring her."
Consort Ru scoffed. "Did you think she would be so easy to manipulate?"
Since Ye Chutang returned to the Capital City, none of those who had troubled or tormented her had met a good end.
I heard that business at her Yunlai Tavern is also flourishing.
'How could such a person be an ordinary woman with a simple mind?'
"She's not some delicate lady raised by a noble family in the Capital City. On the contrary, she's vengeful and incredibly cunning. With the irresolvable grudge between her and Cheng Xuan, why would she ever agree to come here?"
Consort Ru looked down at her painted nails. She had been ill for so long that she hadn't had the energy to maintain them, and the color had faded considerably.
