CH 62

If we are speaking about people within the palace, while it was true that the Empress Dowager and Wanyan Xu both inspired great fear in this Concubine Yin, the person she feared the most was actually none other than this little Crown Prince, Wanyan Shuo. She had always been a clever woman; smooth and slick, she could adapt and present an aspect of herself that would be most pleasing to her interlocutor. Her social graces had won her popularity with both the Empress Dowager and the Emperor; only Wanyan Shuo had never fallen for her attempts to win him over. If one were to compare them in terms of intellect, then Concubine Yin could not hope to catch up with him even if she were riding a horse and whipping it. Even before Su Yi had arrived in the palace, she had already suffered much bitterness at the hands of Wanyan Shuo. At first, she had thought that she would bring up Wanyan Shuo so as to strengthen her hand as the most suitable candidate for the position of Empress but in less than two months, she had been compelled to appear before Wanyan Xu to beg that the responsibility for the care of the Crown Prince be lifted from her. The little demon king had messed with her so much that she was truly scared of him.