Chapter 922 A Strange Letter (Part One)

The noise continued, but Yun Shang just turned a deaf ear to it. She took a book to read, but lost in thought. She had moved into the Palace for several days and had already dealt with the things in Weiyang Palace. It was time for her to manage the imperial household. Before Empress Hua returned to the Palace, it was Empress Su, and the Lady Shu, who were responsible to run the Imperial Household. Empress Hua was favored by Xia Huanyu, but she didn't know much about the imperial household, so she paid little attention to it.

It had been several months that no one oversaw all those departments in the Imperial Household.

All sorts of matters in the imperial household were complicated, and there were some loopholes in the rules. With no one managing it for a long time, some unscrupulous people might have taken the advantage to line their pockets. However, if she rashly took it over and forcibly arranged everything, it might antagonize everyone. If everyone was unwilling to cooperate, she would have no way to run the Imperial Household. But if she just let it go, people would think that she was incapable of managing the Imperial Household. Someone would become even more aggravated, which would make it harder for her to deal with.

It was really tricky. She had to calculate to a nicety.

"Your Majesty." Qin Yi called her softly.

Yun Shang came to her senses and looked up at Qin Yi. Seeing her expression, Qin Yi knew that she must be thinking about something else just now. She reported softly, "Lady Cao is here."

Yun Shang was stunned. After a long time, she remembered that Lady Cao was the fifteenth Princess's mother. She must have come to plea

, I'm afraid she would make the family in turmoil."

Listening to Yun Shang, Lady Cao was clutching the hem of her dress tightly.

Yun Shang's eyes fell on the wrinkles she had made on her dress. She smiled and said, "As the fifteenth Princess is a royal daughter, no matter which family she will marry into, they will surely show respect to the royal family in public and maintain the seemingly harmonious relationship. But when they are alone in the family, it might be totally different. I think, for women, temperament is more important than status."

Lady Cao smiled helplessly, "I know it, but..." Then she shook her head with a bitter smile.

Yun Shang knew how the fifteenth Princess became like this. She smiled and said, "Among all the ladies of His Former Majesty, Lady Cao is one of the people I have a deep impression on as you are quite and calm which is rarely seen on the people in the Palace. If you trust me, just leave the fifteenth Princess to me and I'll tutor her for a few days."

Hearing this, Lady Cao's eyes lit up. She quickly said, "It's her fortune to be taught by Your Majesty."