While Lin Yun was plotting the assassination of the sovereign, Zhao Lingyu was also on her way to the palace for an audience.
Suddenly, she received an imperial edict from Zhao Hao, summoning her to accompany him to the palace, saying that her birth mother missed her.
A bad premonition arose in Zhao Lingyus heart; she knew all too well what kind of person her birth mother was.
This woman had the appearance of peach and plum blossoms but a heart like that of a viper. She showed no affection for her or Zhao Jing, indulged in her lust for men, and was never satisfied. Zhao Lingyu had even witnessed, as a child, an indecent scene involving her and a palace eunuch.
Not only that, after enjoying the eunuchs oral sparring and attendance, she would then cruelly torture them to death.
Such behavior was extremely disturbing.
To her own children, Consort Shu showed no concern, yet in front of others, she put on the facade of a loving mother, which made Zhao Lingyu loathe her even more.
