Bai Wutong marveled to herself, never expecting the Empress Dowager to hold such a trump card.
She rose and curtsied. "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for informing me. I now understand how to proceed. Since Yunhe is no longer crying, I shall take my leave."
"Very well, you may go." The Empress Dowager watched Bai Wutong’s retreating figure, feeling a strange sense of relief. Perhaps deep down, she had long harbored the desire to use others to change the status quo, only having never met the right person. Now that Bai Wutong had appeared, she had spoken her secret; regardless of the outcome, she had done her best.
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