Zhu Yunyan furrowed her brow and remained silent. As for Ning Taifei, Zhu Yunyan was indeed in a difficult position. Although she had been raised by Ning due to her own schemes and calculations, no matter what, Zhu Yunyan couldn't avoid this matter. Especially since Ning Taifei still had some face in front of the current emperor, if she were to fight for the throne, she would have to support Ning Taifei no matter what.

  At this thought, Zhu Yunyan's mood turned gloomy.

  "By the way, your wise queen Ning Taifei has never been too fond of you. I think it's best if you inform Shen Youxia in advance, so she can be prepared and not cause any more trouble for you."

  In An Yi Han's eyes, Shen You Xia was a "troublemaker", no matter when or where, Shen You Xia always became the focus of everyone's attention, unfortunately, more often than not, also the laughing stock.

  "After all, she is the legitimate daughter of the Dingguo Marquis's household. If you always have opinions about her, how can the Dingguo Marquis's household think? Now is a critical moment, put aside your bias."

  Although Zhu Yunyan knew that An Yihans words were true, she just didn't want to listen. She also understood that if she continued to speak on Shen Youxias behalf, it would likely provoke even greater resentment from An Yihan. So she had no choice but to adopt a roundabout strategy, hoping that An Yihan could improve his impression of Shen Youxia.

  If it were someone else, Zhu Yunyan wouldn't care about his attitude towards Shen Youxia, but An Yihans was different. Not only was he his own military strategist, but also his older cousin and the person Zhu Yunyan regarded as a lifelong brother, so he wanted him to get along peacefully with Shen Youxia.

  Zhu Yunyan never thought about why she had such an idea and when she started to include Shen Youxia in her lifelong plan.

  But Zhu Yunyan didn't think that, not to mention An Yihuan who had heard Zhu Yunyan speak for Shen Youxia twice or thrice, hadn't thought that Zhu Yunyan's words wouldn't make him change his opinion of Shen Youxia, on the contrary, it made him raise his guard against Shen Youxia's tactics once again.

  The news of Princess Ning's impending return to the capital quickly spread throughout the major families in Xiyang City.

  For this imperial concubine who was most favored by the previous emperor and most respected by the current one, every household wanted to deliberately try to win her favor.

  Especially those princes who are competing for the throne, although Ning Taifei's relationship with Zhu Yunyan is closer, but Ning Taifei did not exclude getting along with other princes, and even often released signals of intentional friendship, which made many princes and nobles feel that Ning Taifei could be used by themselves, pulling her into their own camp.

  But these means have long been nothing new to Zhu Yunyan.

  Shen Youxia learned of Empress Ning's return to Beijing from Zhu Yunyan.

  "Do you want me to go to Puxian Temple and welcome Princess Ning?"

  Shen Youxia suspected that she had misheard, in her memories of her past life, Ning Taifei and Zhu Yunyan were like fire and water.

  What is maternal love? For Zhu Yunyan and Ning Taifei, it's all a deception.

  According to Shen Youxia's memory, Zhu Yunyan already knew about the things that Ning Taifei had done in the past and was now at odds with her.

  Could it be that this is also because of his own rebirth and changed the course of history?

  "What? Do you have an opinion about Empress Ning? I remember that you used to try to get on her good side, didn't you?"

  Zhu Yunyan's words reminded Shen Youxia of how she had tried to curry favor with Empress Ning in order to marry him, thinking that if she could gain the empress's approval, Zhu Yunyan would look at her differently.