Dou Fangchun felt her body go limp, collapsing weakly to the floor.
Empress Dowager Zong looked down at her, her eyes icy and distant. She recalled her own youth, the brutal battles she had fought against other women to finally ascend the throne as Empress, and how she had watched countless others scramble for power, only to end up dead or broken. In the inner palace, there was no scheme she had not seen.
Seeing through Dou Fangchun’s petty and despicable plot, she could not hide her disdain. "Such a foolish plan—I cannot believe you actually thought of it!"
Chapter 27