When Second Son Su heard that something happened to his father he did not make any more fuss but inwardly he was very dissatisfied with what was happening in their family. Just a few months ago they were the proudest family in the capital, however, in just a few months, their family had been turned upside down. He could not understand what went wrong!


    At that moment, Su Yiqian spoke up, " Mother, I am thinking about throwing off the family of the Empress. You can ask Father if he is willing to help me or not."


    Old Madam Su was stunned. She did not expect her daughter to say such a thing, she blinked her eyes and then asked her daughter carefully, " Yiqian, what do you mean by throwing off the family of the Empress."


    In the past, her daughter did have big ambitions but they had never escted to the point where even she was scared of her daughter. What did her daughter mean by that they should throw off the Empress''s family, that was the Empress and not a concubine!


    Su Yiqian raised her head and then looked at her mother with a stern expression, " I mean it, mother. I am not saying this only because I want to make them suffer for what they did to my brother but also because I think it''s necessary. We can see that the Emperor is trying to weaken our family as he thinks that we have surpassed the power that an official''s family should hold."


    " He even refused to let me get pregnant with his child, isn''t it because he thinks that our family will be a danger to him?"


    " Then why don''t we throw him off?I mean if we take care of the Empress''s family even if the Emperor refuses, he has to take me as the Emperor as the Empress of the country cannot be someone from the fallen family."


    She then caressed her belly before saying, " I am not saying this because I am greedy but I think this is the only way I can protect my child. If this goes on, I am sure that his majesty will snatch my child and hand him to the Empress to raise. We cannot allow that to happen."


    Su Yiqian''s eyes darkened when she thought about how the Emperor was trying to hold her down while the Empress kept suppressing her on ount of the Emperor. If that was the case then she might as show the two of them how it feels to be suppressed.


    Old Madam Su was really startled when she heard the ambitions of her daughter but then she thought of it carefully and felt that what Su Yiqian was saying was indeed right. If this went on then they might not even be able to save themselves but also the child in Su Yiqian''s belly.


    The Emperor retaliated against them and caused her second son to lose his arms and he be a useless man, if somehow by a stroke of luck, her daughter gave birth to a son, who could guarantee whether or not the Emperor would allow her to keep this child?


    Old Madam Su stared at her daughter with aplicated look in her eyes and asked, " Are you sure? Have you thought it through?"


    " Throwing off the Empress is not a small matter. Even if the Empress''s family is not as big as ours. It is also a schrly family that has existed for more than two hundred years if not for the fact then why would his majesty marry her as his official wife?"


    " If you throw the Empress off, then her children and the Emperor will bear a grudge against you."


    Old Madam Su was ruthless to the women in her backyard and killed them one by one once her husband was done ying with them. Her hands were covered in blood but she truly cared about her children. She did not want her children to throw their lives in trouble all for the sake of power.


    Su Yiqian could not help butugh when she heard Old Madam Su''s words. She shook her head and then said, " Mother, you are really naive," she pointed to the direction where the imperial pce was built and then stated coldly, " In the eyes of that family, our family is like a thorn even if we do nothing, they will not leave us alone.


    Do you think that his majesty would leave me alone if I didn''t make a move? No!"


    " For years I stayed in the pce and he never looked at me, I waited for years and did not make a fuss but just once I snatched my right, he crippled my brother."


    " Is this how we are going to avoid trouble? By sacrificing? If that is the case then you might ask father and elder brother to give up their positions, if they do it then his majesty will leave us alone at the same time I will leave the pce after divorcing the Emperor."


    When Old Madam Su heard her daughter say that she would divorce his majesty, she was stunned. She immediately scolded her daughter, " What are you saying? Pei Pei! Who is going to divorce?"


    " I am just telling you the truth, Mother," Su Yiqian pointed to her head and then stated solemnly, " Unless I have the crown of Empress on my head, we will not be safe. For the sake of us living a peaceful life, we need that throne. And once I be the Empress, what can the crown prince or the Emperor even do? It''s not like they can kill me. It''s a risk they will not take."


    Su Yiqian knew deep down that although the Su family was powerful, the Emperor was wary of her family. This child that she got pregnant with was something she had to work hard for, if this goes on then how many schemes she would have to whip up only to protect herself?


    It was better to take a gamble and watch the world burn.


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    Once she throws off the Empress even if she did it through means that were not clean, who would dare to point fingers at her? She would be the Empress. They could talk about her behind her back but in the end, they would have to lower their head and bow in front of her.


    Old Madam Su was still not convinced, she pursed her lips and then after giving it some thought she could not help but say, " But what if we fail? It''s not like we can throw off a family that existed for so long just because we want to right ?"


    "I am not saying that we will seed right away but," Su Yiqian curled her lips into a smile and then said, " Even if we fail, I will still hold the royal seed in my hand. It does not matter if it''s a girl or boy, they will be the child of the royal family how will they dare to kill me? I will keep this talisman really close to me."


    Su Yiqian was really tired of being looked down upon by the Empress especially when thetter showed off in front of her as if she was better than her.


    What was more the Emperor''s stance scared her, he trusted the Empress too much and every child born from the problematic concubine was sent to the Empress to be raised, this was to make sure that the concubine and her family would not cause trouble for the imperial family.


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    Su Yiqian was worried that her child would be snatched away as well, which was why she needed to think of a way to deal with the Empress. If she was sitting on the phoenix''s throne, Su Yiqian would love to see how the Emperor would snatch her child and hand it to someone else.


    " Didn''t you and Father often tell me that I should move forward without caring about anything or anyone? Then I need to move forward."


    Otherwise, should she wait on the chopping board and wait for the Emperor to kill her in one sweep move?


    She suspected that their scheme was thest nerve that they touched causing the Emperor to attack them, if this was the case then how were they supposed to live?


    If she was the Empress would the Emperor dare to attack her brother like this without worrying about the consequences?


    Would they be worrying around like this while looking for the culprit?


    She would also not need to worry about that woman. She could destroy her with ease instead of hiding in the dark.


    Without the Empress looking at her as if she was waiting for her to fall, she could do anything that she wanted!


    Old Madam Su stared at her daughter''s determined face. Though she thought that her daughter was pushing her luck way too much, she thought that it was better like this as well.


    It was better to scheme and survive than wait for death silently.