Other names: It'll be better to be the Empress Dowager, How i became the Empress, Ambitious Empress
Author: 九月流火
Translator: Just for Fun Trans and Me (Liyan)
Editor: Me (Liyan)
Tang Shishi was the number one beauty in court. She was arrogant, domi...
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Empress Dowager Yao
What Feng Momo said caught Empress Dowager Yao's attention. She let go of the bird cage, and the court ladies on both sides immediately stepped forward to wipe the nails of Empress Dowager Yao. Without looking back, the Empress Dowager raised her eyes and asked: "Didn't he say that he doesn't want to marry a wife? Which lady has such charm that can make Prince Jing change his mind?"
Feng Momo's expression changed slightly. She leaned closer and whispered: "Replying to Her Highness, this person is Tang Shishi."
Empress Dowager Yao raised her eyebrows, obviously surprised: "Tang Shishi?"
"She is the woman you picked out from the girls last year and sent to the fief of Prince Jing."
"Aijia remembers her." The Empress Dowager raised her hand, and Feng Momo immediately stepped forward, holding her hand, and carefully assissted the Empress Dowager in sitting down. After sitting down, the Empress Dowager looked at her nails and said: "There are so many women who was qualified to go to Prince Jing, and she is obviously the most outstanding. She is obviously wearing the same clothes, but stood out in the crowd, it is dazzling. In the many years since Aijia entered the palace, I have seen many beautiful people coming and going, but only two people really shone. One is her, the other is Imperial Concubine Gonglie."
Imperial Concubine Gonglie.. Feng Momo became nervous when she heard the name: "Your Highness, it's already a thing of the past, what do you mention her for?"
"Yes, it's been a long time." Empress Dowager Yao was dissatisfied with her nails no matter how she looked at her nails. She put her fingers on the armrests and said flatly, "Imperial Concubine Gonglie has been dead for twelve years."
Feng Momo knelt down, not daring to say anything. Imperial Concubine Gonglie and Prince Jing are the only obstacles that the empress dowager can't pass. It's no wonder that the Empress Dowager is bitter. When she was the Empress, she couldn't compete with the Imperial Concubine's family. After finally becoming the Empress Dowager, she obviously won, but her son Zhao Chengting died young, leaving her alone. But Zhao Chengjun, who everyone thought was bound to die back then, lived longer and grew into a tiger that couldn't be offended.
How could Empress Dowager Yao swallow her breath? Fortunately, in recent years, Zhao Chengjun has been in the wind and rain, and has not left any offspring. If Zhao Chengjun had any children, it would be the end for Empress Dowager Yao.
(*in the wind and rain: Chinese idiom meaning that a person chooses not to have any relationships)
But having said that, Empress Dowager Yao has been able to tolerate Zhao Chengjun for so many years, to a large extent, because Zhao Chengjun has no heirs, not even a wife. As for the adopted son who was not in the eyes of the Empress Dowager at all, he was not from the Zhao family, and he could not change his blood even if he changed his surname.
