Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

The Princess of England, unable to defeat Consort Liu, sought allies, which led her to Consort Zhang.

After all, she couldn't directly confront Consort Liu, lest the Prince of Ying be displeased and reprimand her. Therefore, she needed a henchman to vent her dissatisfaction with Consort Liu, using the other woman as her mouthpiece.

That way, even if she angered the King of England, the thugs would be punished, not her.

The reason she dragged Consort Zhang into this was because she thought that Consort Zhang had become a consort because of her suggestion, so now she should be grateful to her and help her deal with Consort Liu.
Consort Zhang was naturally grateful to Princess Ying for being promoted to the rank of Consort, and was willing to do things for her. However, she was naturally unwilling to deal with Consort Liu, who was currently in favor of the Princess.

She could thank the Princess in any way, but not in this way that would ruin everything for her—after all, going against Consort Liu would anger the King and destroy her.

The Princess did help her, but she didn't save her life. So what right does the Princess have to make her risk losing everything to help her?
So when the Princess of England suddenly summoned Consort Zhang and implied that Consort Liu was not good, intending to make her her henchman to fight against Consort Liu, Consort Zhang naturally declined tactfully.

What a joke! The Princess Consort herself didn't dare to directly cause trouble for Consort Liu, fearing that the Prince would blame her, so she sent her to her death.

If she, an unfavored nobody, dared to cause trouble for Consort Liu, the Prince of Ying would definitely be angry and strip her of her position as Consort. At that time, not only would she not be able to return to her position as a concubine, but she might not even be able to keep her position as a selected lady-in-waiting, and she might even be sent to a family temple to be locked up.

She wasn't afraid that if she politely refused, she might offend the Princess and suffer some bad consequences.

Offending the Princess Consort would at most mean she would cause trouble for him, but he couldn't remove her from the position of concubine. Even if she spoke ill of him to the King, removing her from the position of concubine would only result in the King making her a secondary consort, as long as she didn't commit any serious offense. However, if he offended Concubine Liu, and she spoke ill of him to the King, it was highly likely that he would be punished severely.

So the solution is obvious.

Seeing that her suggestion had been rejected by Consort Zhang, Princess Ying was clearly furious and directly scolded her for being ungrateful and forgetting who had helped her become a consort.

Consort Zhang was scolded, but she could only pretend not to hear it. After all, being scolded was already a light punishment. Next, Princess Ying would probably cause her trouble. At the very least, her life would be difficult, and at worst, Princess Ying might persuade the Prince to demote her title.

Thinking of this, Consort Zhang couldn't help but sigh. She thought that some people always thought that as concubines of a prince, their status was already very high and their lives must be easy. But in fact, no matter how high their status was, they were still concubines. As long as they were not favored, they would still be troubled by the principal wife at any time.

Seeing that Princess Ying was angry that Consort Zhang refused to help her, Linlang began to pay attention to Princess Ying. She knew that since Consort Zhang refused to help Princess Ying deal with Consort Liu, Princess Ying would probably cause her trouble. Naturally, Linlang didn't want Consort Zhang to be troubled, after all, they were family.

As long as Princess Ying's antics are minor, Linlang won't do anything to her, since she can't be vengeful. But if Princess Ying's antics are not minor and cause Zhang Consort a lot of trouble, then Linlang will definitely step in to help Zhang Consort, because she doesn't want Zhang Consort to be bullied by Princess Ying for no reason.

Linlang soon discovered that the Princess of England's punishment for Consort Zhang's lack of cooperation was not a minor matter, but rather aimed at killing her.

The weather was already quite cold. That day, Consort Zhang went to pay her respects to Princess Ying, but the princess refused to see her, making her stand in the cold wind in the courtyard. Soon, it started snowing, but Princess Ying still wouldn't see Consort Zhang. Only when Consort Zhang was covered in snow did Princess Ying finally grant her a visit. Seeing Consort Zhang's disheveled appearance, Princess Ying sneered inwardly, thinking, "I can't handle that little bitch Liu, but I can handle you! I refuse to believe you can withstand this! What if you can't? Just submit to me and become my henchman!"
Consort Zhang was cold and hungry, and coupled with her advanced age, she quickly caught a cold.

Of course, with Linlang around, Consort Zhang will be fine.

But if Linlang hadn't been there, Consort Zhang's fate would have been uncertain. After all, she was old, her immunity was weakened, and she caught a cold, which could have been fatal.

Seeing that the Princess Consort of Ying was determined to destroy Consort Zhang, Linlang's face turned cold. She then made the Princess Consort of Ying experience what it was like to catch a cold – extracting and releasing the virus was not a difficult task for Linlang.

In fact, after Consort Zhang caught a cold, Princess Ying was particularly concerned about her life, so she did not allow Consort Zhang to come in and pay her respects, fearing that Consort Zhang would infect her with the cold. However, she would not kindly exempt Consort Zhang from paying her respects, but instead let her pay her respects in the courtyard.

She hadn't expected that she would still catch a cold, and she was immediately startled, since Consort Wu had died from a cold before, so she was naturally afraid of this situation.

He had previously been smugly planning to cause trouble for Consort Zhang and make her submit, intending to use her as a henchman to attack Consort Liu. But now that he had caught a cold, he had lost all his ambition and quickly closed his doors to guests to recuperate.

She was old and caught a cold. Even though she didn't die, she wasn't fully recovered for a while, which prevented her from attending the New Year's banquet. She had to stay in the yard to recuperate.

Of course, it was mainly Consort Liu who caused this. She told the Prince that the Princess Consort was not fully recovered and should not be allowed to work hard during the New Year, lest her illness continue. In addition, she was also afraid that if she did not fully recover before taking charge of the New Year's affairs, she might spread her illness to others. If many people caught a cold during the New Year, that would not be good.

That's absolutely right, and the King of England naturally took it to heart. Of course, the main reason was that he was getting old and didn't want to catch a cold from the Princess Consort, so he naturally wouldn't let her come out until she was completely recovered.

As for the New Year celebrations, let Consort Liu and the other three consorts preside over them.

—And this is precisely why Consort Liu wouldn't let Princess Ying come out; she wanted to seize control of the household.

Seeing this change, Princess Ying was almost furious. After all, she originally wanted to deal with Consort Zhang so that Consort Zhang would submit and become her mouthpiece to cause trouble for Consort Liu. How come Consort Zhang didn't submit, but instead, she was indirectly imprisoned by the Prince of Ying? How could she not be furious?

Of course, what's even more infuriating is that Consort Liu has taken over the power to manage the household affairs.

But who cares if she's angry or not? After all, it's the New Year, everyone's in a good mood, who cares about a patient with a strange temper? (End of Chapter)