Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 921

"Your Majesty, it's too late. The princess... she..." Granny Su stepped forward to support her.

"Oh!"

Just then, the door opened.

Murong Yun walked in wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, the gold-embroidered dragon patterns gleaming fiercely in the candlelight.

She moved gracefully to stand before the Empress Dowager. "Mother, when you forbade me from entering the palace, did you ever think of today?"

"you......"

The Empress Dowager was lying weakly on her sickbed, but the moment the Princess entered in her dragon robe, she was struck as if by a thunderbolt and suddenly sat up.

His thin, bony hands seemed to be infused with boundless strength as he gripped the brocade quilt beside him tightly. His knuckles turned a horrifying bluish-white from the excessive force, as if he wanted to tear the quilt apart.

Her eyes widened instantly, burning with a raging rage capable of destroying everything, and she glared directly at the princess.

Clutching his chest, his lips trembled violently as he forced out a sentence through clenched teeth: "You...you unfilial and wicked child!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a mouthful of blood welled up in her throat, and she coughed violently, her whole body trembling as if she were about to cough up her heart and lungs.

"Hmph!" Murong Yun's eyes were filled with hatred.

As her cough subsided slightly, the Empress Dowager mustered all her strength, her trembling finger pointing at the Eldest Princess, her fingertips shaking slightly with anger.

"How dare you do this? Are you insane? Take this off right now! This imperial robe is not something you are allowed to touch! Are you trying to ruin the dignity of my royal family and the legacy of my ancestors!"

Her voice was already hoarse, but it was still full of unquestionable authority.

Murong Yun slightly raised her chin and burst into laughter, "Why is it that Murong Yu can sit on this dragon throne and wear this dragon robe, while I, as the eldest daughter of the Murong family, cannot?"

"Mother, you are a woman too. You have held power for so many years, isn't it all for the sake of power? But no matter how hard we try, we can never openly and legitimately possess supreme power."

"Do you know why? It's because deep down you're still insecure and cowardly. You don't dare to wear this dragon robe. So you'll suffer from others' tempers your whole life. But I don't want to be a cowardly woman like you. I will trample everyone under my feet, Murong Yun! I will make them kneel down and beg me."

Seeing her like this, the Empress Dowager was even more furious. She tried to struggle out of bed, but she was too weak and could only lean against the bedside. She shouted angrily, "Do you think that by wearing the dragon robe you can rule the world? This is treason! This is usurpation! You will be punished by heaven and be infamous for ten thousand years!"

Murong Yun, her eyes bloodshot, roared at the Empress Dowager, "Shut up!"

"Do you think I wanted this? You forced me to do it. Murong Yu used to respect me as his elder sister, but because of how Yun Xiyue treated me, he forced me to marry a concubine and have a child with a man I didn't like. This is humiliating me."

"And you, Mother, you've always loved me the most since I was little, but because of the bastard child Yunxi Yue gave birth to, you actually wouldn't allow me to enter the palace and publicly scolded me?"

"It's not that I've changed, it's that you've changed."

Murong Yun laughed heartily, "I thought about it for a long time after I got back, but I couldn't figure it out. Later I realized it was all because of Yun Xiyue, Madam Yun, and their Yun family."

"That's why I've become like this."

"Where is Madam Yun! Arrest that woman immediately. I'll make an example of her tonight."

The Empress Dowager's face turned ashen. "You... Yun'er, don't make another mistake."

"Princess, the Empress Dowager is unwell. I beg you, please don't upset her anymore. Please go back quickly! We'll pretend we didn't see anything tonight," Su Mama pleaded.

But she didn't realize that the fact that Murong Yun dared to enter the palace so openly wearing a dragon robe was enough to show that she controlled the entire palace.