At this moment, Concubine Jin's face was extremely exciting. She was the one who shouted the loudest and was convinced that Su Lijin would fall today. At this moment, she could not show off at all.

"Your Highness, how dare I? I didn't do that at all. Your Majesty, you are wrongly accusing me..."

"Humph, do you think I'm blind or deaf?"

Su Lijin sneered: "Or, are you blind or deaf?"

She spoke the last few words very slowly, but it frightened Concubine Jin so much that her face turned pale.

"Your Highness, you have come to me with such a fuss to accuse me of something. I dare to ask, what crime have I committed?"

Looking at the Queen Mother, Su Lijin said calmly, "If you can just casually accuse me, the mother of a country, it would be a violation of the rules of the court. Don't you agree?"

Her words directly slapped the empress dowager in the face, accusing her of overstepping her bounds both explicitly and implicitly.

How could the Queen Mother not hear it, but she was wrong in the first place, and now she was choked and couldn't say a word in return.

After glaring fiercely at the culprit, Concubine Jin, the Queen Mother chuckled and smoothed things over, saying, "I'm worried that the Queen is overworked and bored staying in the ancestral hall all day."

"Yeah?"

Su Lijin raised an eyebrow and said, "I made a vow to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures for my country and people, but before the time came, I was forced to open the door. If the Buddha knew about this, he would blame me."

The Queen Mother replied perfunctorily, "How could that be? The Buddha must understand the Queen's kindness."

After saying this, the Queen Mother made an excuse and was about to leave.

Jin Guiren hurried to catch up, but someone blocked her way. It was Su Lijin.

"Mr. Jin, you came here and injured me for no reason. Are you going to leave without an apology?"

Clutching the handkerchief in her palm, Concubine Jin felt her teeth itch with hatred, but she could only swallow her anger. She looked at the palace maids on the ground perfunctorily and said casually: "I was careless. I am sorry for you two palace maids. Please don't blame me."

Before she could finish her words, she heard two loud slaps in her ears, and her cheeks swelled up instantly.

"ah!"

Concubine Jin screamed, covering her face in anger, and glared at the queen: "You actually hit me!"

"Is that how you address me? Believe it or not, I'll give you two more slaps!"

Su Lijin snorted coldly, "I am the empress, how can I not beat a noble like you who committed insubordination?"

When her identity as queen was brought up, Concubine Jin could only glare at her with secret hatred.

The Queen Mother said, "Lady Jin, today's incident was caused by you, and you were the one who beat the man. You should apologize sincerely, and we will let it go."

This was a staircase, how could Concubine Jin not see it? She could only apologize in frustration: "It is my fault, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"That's not an apology."

Su Lijin shook her head: "If you want to apologize, you can kneel down in front of the Buddha and slap yourself in the face to apologize."

She smiled and looked towards the ancestral hall.