Under the expectant gaze of Jiang Wumei, a woman dressed in palace attire and walking with a steady, composed gait stepped into the hall.
She wore a phoenix hairpin, her features were elegant and dignified, and her eyes were calm yet concealed a sharp edge. Upon seeing her face, Jiang Wumei was momentarily stunned before frowning. This Princess Luoling bore a thirty percent resemblance to Xiao Tong; she was beautiful, certainly, but nowhere near the point of driving a man to distraction. Considering the subsequent events in the book, her rise to power as Empress of the nomadic tribes must have been due to her formidable methods and capabilities, not by relying on her looks or using her beauty to serve men. To possess both the skill to win hearts and the ability to command respect requires a complex character; the person before her was definitely no simple soul.
A flash of inspiration struck Jiang Wumei. If this Princess Luoling was so calculating, did that mean there were pawns planted even within Zhongcui Palace? If she were to display a blatant intent to trample the disgraced former Empress every single day, would she, just as she had killed Chun Yurong in the book, send someone to assassinate her? At this thought, Jiang Wumei felt an inexplicable excitement; she knew the opportunity she had been waiting for was not far off at all.
Chapter 104