Chapter 230: Nose
"I don't need to divorce, and I don't need to marry someone else. I just need to break it and I can have absolute control. This feeling is really addictive."
"Once I get it, I don't want to lose it again in my life."
"Shen Wei, I finally understand what kind of freedom you need."
"In the past, I scoffed at your decision to enter the Marquis' Mansion without a title. Everyone laughed at you. Instead of believing that a man would always love you, you should fight for a concubine's status while the love is still there. At least it is much better than having no title or status."
"It is only today that I understand that what you pursued back then was freedom and dignity."
"You don't want to be bound by rules and regulations. If you don't love someone anymore, you can just turn around and leave. Just wave your hand and you can leave at any time."
"If you had gone to great lengths to get a concubine position then, it might have constrained you in the future."
"Now I understand that many times our thinking is confined to a box. Only by breaking out of it can we see through it, plan, and win the final victory."
"turn out to be."
“It feels like having decision-making power…”
It was rare for Qin Shuyu to speak so much at once. She was really happy and grateful to Shen Wei.
If it weren't for Shen Wei's reminder, she would still be going back to her parents' home to complain, being scolded by her father and being advised by her mother to be magnanimous as a person with experience.
Instead of being able to make the decisions on your own like we do now.
Now in the Marquis' Mansion, she no longer had to be careful with her words and actions, she no longer had to ask for permission even to go back to her parents' home, and she no longer had to have someone watching her to make sure she made no mistakes no matter what she did or said.
Even the old lady had to rely on her to support the mansion and no longer dared to punish her.
Shen Wei listened to Qin Shuyu quietly, occasionally responding a word or two.
The two talked for a while before Qin Shuyu got to the point.
Her expression suddenly became serious, and she spoke in a lower voice:
"The last sentence of the letter was given to me by the Queen."
"Tomorrow morning, I will take you to the palace. However... I need you to pretend to be my maid. After all, I need you to enter the palace quietly without being discovered by anyone."
Shen Wei pondered and said, "Why would the Queen suddenly summon me? And she is so mysterious. Shuyu, can you guess what it is?"
Qin Shuyu replied: "I asked my father, and everything in the court is normal recently. I really can't guess why the Queen wants to summon you."
After hearing Qin Shuyu's words, Shen Wei felt a little more uneasy.
Could it be that something unexpected happened to the Huns?
This shouldn't be the case...
That's it.
We'll know tomorrow.
The next day.
Shen Wei disguised herself as Qin Shuyu's maid and followed her into the palace.
The Queen Mother did not summon Shen Wei to the Queen's Palace, but chose to meet her in the Imperial Garden.
This made Shen Wei feel even more puzzled. Why were they in the Imperial Garden?
However, in the Imperial Garden, looking at those colorful flowers, I guess the atmosphere won’t be too serious.
After Shen Wei and Qin Shuyu paid their respects to the empress who was sitting in the pavilion with elegance and grace, Shen Wei could feel a pair of eyes looking at her carefully, as if they wanted to see through her.
Without looking up, Shen Wei knew that the owner of this gaze was the Queen.
She stood there neither humbly nor arrogantly, allowing the eyes to probe and examine her.
"Shuyu, accompany me for a walk around the Imperial Garden."
Her voice was steady and carried the unquestionable authority of someone who had been in a dominant position for a long time. After she stood up, Qin Shuyu followed closely.