385: Walking on a road at night too much, you'll meet ghosts_4

Zhu Chanyi: ...

"Her Majesty the Empress speaks thus, truly it startled and frightened me," she mused, "entirely different from what my mother told me."

Her mother had said that Prince Rong was the Empress's only son, the prince favored by the Emperor, and that his reputation in the capital had never been good for many years. After her marriage, she must not act willfully or rashly. She should restrain her temperament, step back when necessary; better to use words than actions, for should someone become injured, it would not be easily settled.

She had resolved to grit her teeth and bear it, to endure with forbearance like the hilt of a blade pressed to one's head.

However, Prince Rong last evening seemed so different from the rumors, and today, the Empress's words again differed, leaving her wondering whom to believe?