Su Rong understood the intentions of wet nurse Zhao, asking her to rely on the Crown Prince to confront the Nanchu Queen. She owed Yan Huisheng a life-saving favor, and he seemed to harbor protective feelings for her. Logically speaking, all these factors should weigh in her favor, and she shouldn't reject them. But before Su Rong took any step, she needed to ascertain her true identity, to know how she should proceed and whether she should jump into the fray at all.
After all, accepting the goodwill of Yan Huisheng and continuing to interact with him, meant, in effect, tying their fates together in the same ship. Yet, Yan Huisheng himself was hardly in a secure position. The princes around him harbored vast ambitions and were watching him like tigers, waiting to unseat him. His circumstances were hardly better than hers.
