Chapter 64 Using Flowers to Offer to Buddha
"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager."
Tang Li's clear voice broke the deathly silence in the arena:
"My sisters were being impolite and disturbed Your Majesty's enjoyment. I apologize on their behalf."
She held the glass with both hands, looking sincerely at the old woman on the platform:
"I have just thought about it. Such a precious 'Harmony Wine' is too precious for me, a mere concubine's daughter and a junior. I am extremely afraid that I will suffer a loss of good fortune and longevity if I enjoy it all by myself."
Tang Li paused, then changed the subject, her tone becoming exceptionally respectful and obsequious:
"The Empress Dowager is of inestimable worth and the pillar of the Great Sheng Dynasty. This fine wine, brewed from a hundred flowers, should rightfully be enjoyed by the Empress Dowager."
"How about... I borrow this cup of wine bestowed by the Empress Dowager to offer a toast in return!"
She smiled sweetly and uttered auspicious words:
May Her Majesty the Empress Dowager live a long and prosperous life, and enjoy eternal bliss!
These words were spoken so flawlessly that they even sounded somewhat humble and ingratiating.
Upon hearing this, the civil and military officials and noble ladies below all showed expressions of disdain.
"Tch, they were just relying on the Regent's power to bully others, and now they're scared?"
"That's how a concubine's daughter behaves. She's short-sighted and rushes to curry favor with the Empress Dowager as soon as she senses something is wrong."
"Trying to appease the Empress Dowager's anger with a cup of wine? Naïve."
On the high platform.
The Empress Dowager looked at Tang Li, who was holding a wine cup and had a submissive expression, and a hint of contempt flashed in her eyes.
He really is a spineless coward.
Since she's come to me of her own accord, I'll just find an excuse to throw the wine in her face when she's offering a toast, thus punishing her for "disrespecting the emperor." The effect will be the same.
"Since you have such filial piety..."
The Empress Dowager waved her hand with a forced smile, as if she were beckoning a dog:
"Then come on up."
With permission granted, Tang Li's smile grew even brighter.
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!"
Holding her wine glass, she left her secure seat and walked step by step toward the phoenix throne, which symbolized supreme power.
step.
Two steps.
Behind him, Pei Yunjing maintained that lazy sitting posture.
But the hand that was resting on his knee had already silently pressed down on the hilt of the "Delusion-Slaying" sword.
He pushed open the sword guard with his thumb, revealing a sliver of bright, cold light.
He stared at Tang Li's red-clad figure, his phoenix eyes narrowing slightly. There was no disdain in his eyes, only a deep scrutiny and a tense killing intent.
He had no idea what this little swindler was up to.
Trying to please the Empress Dowager? Absolutely not.
She dared to pinch his thigh, how could she possibly kneel and lick that old hag?
As Tang Li drew closer, the atmosphere on the platform became increasingly eerie.
The Empress Dowager remained seated, her eyes filled with malice as she plotted how to launch an attack.
But the Persian cat "Snowball" in her arms was completely unable to remain calm at this moment.
As the scent of "ultimate catnip" drew closer and grew stronger...
Snowball's pupils had dilated to their limit, filling the entire eyeball, and looked pitch black, exuding a kind of madness.
Its whiskers trembled violently, and the gurgling sound in its throat grew louder and louder, even drowning out the sound of the wind in the distance.
[They're here! They're here!]
[The fragrant water is here!]
[Give it to me! It's mine! No one can take it from me!]
Its claws had sunk deep into the Empress Dowager's phoenix robe, even tearing the skin on her thigh.
But the Empress Dowager was so focused on Tang Li that she didn't notice anything unusual about her beloved pet in her arms.
Tangli climbed up the last step.
She stopped just three steps away from the Empress Dowager.
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