"Never left the palace?" the Empress Dowager repeated her words.
Consort Shu was confused and could only tell the truth: "The Seventh Princess was a bit difficult today. I have been in the palace trying to appease her and have not left the palace. Please enlighten me, Your Majesty. I really don't know what I did wrong."
"Sister Shufei, actually the Empress Dowager knows everything. I think you should stop hiding things and just say what you have to say," Consort Liang said with a sigh as she sat to the side.
“I think this might just be a misunderstanding. Consort Shu only did it accidentally. We are all sisters, so please forgive her this time, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager,” Consort Hui added.
"Yes, Your Majesty, there must be some misunderstanding..."
Everyone chimed in with their own comments, leaving Consort Shu even more confused.
She didn't even leave the gate of Qiluan Garden.
These people were talking back and forth.
It made it seem like she had done something utterly rebellious.
The more she listened, the less it seemed that it was simply because Emperor Yuanwu was staying in her palace today.
If it really was because Emperor Yuanwu stayed at her place.
It's understandable that the Empress Dowager was angry.
What are Consort Liang and Consort Hui talking about again?
As she carefully recalled the past few days, who she had met, what had happened, and what was wrong with her, she began to think.
The Empress Dowager threw a cloak covered in water and mud in front of her: "Consort Shu, is this your cloak?"
Consort Shu frowned and carefully examined the cloak.
This...this cloak wasn't from the last heavy rain.
She asked Ling'er to deliver it to Consort Zhen.
How did it end up here now?
Could it be...?
Consort Shu vaguely understood something.
This was done intentionally.
She paused for a moment, then said, “Your Majesty, this cloak is indeed mine.”
The Empress Dowager seemed surprised that Consort Shu would admit it so readily. She paused for a moment and said, "Then what else do you have to say?"
The Empress, standing beside the Empress Dowager, cried even more bitterly. She knelt on the ground, covering her face with one hand: "Consort Shu, you are already the mother of three princes, and now you have a princess by your side. What more could you want? If you really want to be Empress, you can ask the Emperor to depose me. There is really no need to come to my Yikun Palace in the middle of the night and set it on fire, trying to burn me alive."
Consort Shu: ? ? ?
Consort Shu sneered inwardly.
So that's where she was waiting for her.
No wonder there was a burnt smell in the air when she arrived.
It turns out that Yikun Palace caught fire tonight.
What she's implying is... that she's the arsonist!?
That's giving her way too much credit.
Frame-up is a thing.
You should do your homework before you start.
The Empress's scheming couldn't be more obvious.
She then mentioned her four children.
They simply want to implicate her four children after her crimes are proven.
However, she did not leave the palace today.
Consort Shu instantly gained confidence.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what I did that caused you to misunderstand. I have always been extremely respectful to you." Consort Shu said, tears welling up in her eyes, "Your Majesty, please understand, I am innocent!"
"Consort Shu, what exactly do you mean?" The Empress's heart skipped a beat.
Why is Consort Shu crying?
"Your Majesty, I really don't know how I offended you. Why are you accusing me of such a serious crime? I am just a woman in the deep palace, and I haven't left Qiluan Garden for a year."
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