Chapter 784: Below One Person, Above Ten Thousand People

Xuexue's fingernails, hidden under her sleeves, dug deeply into her flesh, using the pain to remind herself not to act rashly. Her enemies were of noble status, and she couldn't strike until the time was ripe; otherwise, her foster parents would lose their lives because of her impetuousness.

The tragedy of her past life could not be allowed to repeat itself.

Indeed, the Fourth Prince's mother was the reigning Empress, and her own father was the Prime Minister, a man second only to the Emperor himself.

It was because of the Empress's powerful maternal family that she was able to sit securely on the throne of the Empress within the Harem.

Not even the Emperor dared to shake her position lightly.

Even though the Empress did many outrageous things to pave the way for the Fourth Prince to become the Crown Prince,

the Emperor and the Empress Dowager mainly turned a blind eye to her actions.

Such trifles were insignificant compared to the stability of the state.