The Empress Dowager was taken aback for a moment when she saw the furious Emperor Chongjin, but then smiled with satisfaction.
Yes, the current Emperor Chongjin is no longer the Crown Prince who was told by the Imperial Advisor that "your daughter is cursed and may bring disaster," and who could not say a word but had to distance himself from his daughter according to his father's orders.
He is now the emperor who reigns supreme over the world, and he no longer needs to be mindful of anyone's feelings.
"Your Majesty?" Min looked at Emperor Chongjin in disbelief.
"Take him away!" Emperor Chongjin coldly ordered, flicking his sleeve.
Min struggled desperately, but was still dragged down little by little. She screamed and shouted, "Your Majesty the Empress Dowager! Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, I am your own niece! You must believe me! You cannot be deceived by this jinx!"
Hearing Min Shi's utterly unrepentant words, the Empress Dowager was furious. She hugged the little baby tightly in her arms, slammed the teacup on the table down on Min Shi, and shouted in a loud voice, "Shut up! I think you're the biggest jinx here!"
"After getting married, she doesn't think about being filial and serving her husband. Instead, she spends her days being competitive and domineering, bullying the concubines and abusing the princess. For her own selfish interests, she talks nonsense and spreads alarmist rumors, disturbing the peace of the harem!"
The Empress Dowager stood up, placed the baby in Emperor Chongjin's arms, and walked personally to Lady Min.
Seeing the Empress Dowager's furious approach, Min Shi trembled with fear, shrinking back and muttering incoherently, "Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager...you've been deceived..."
"Blinded?" The Empress Dowager sneered, looking at Min Shi as if she were some comical clown. Her anger intensified, and her voice became sharp and forceful. "If the Emperor and I have been deceived, why are you the only one who is clear-headed?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Min Shi was speechless under the Empress Dowager's stern questioning, stammering for a long time without being able to utter a single rebuttal.
Seeing that she still refused to admit her mistake even after all this, the Empress Dowager became even more furious and sneered, "Min Shi, who do you think you are! More clear-headed and wise than the Emperor, the supreme ruler, and I, the Empress Dowager, the current ruler?!"
Min was completely speechless. Seeing this, the Empress Dowager scoffed and spoke up for her, "I think it's not me and the Emperor who are being deceived, but you who are being deceived by your own guilty conscience!"
"No, no, no..." Minshi stammered in panic, her previous fierce demeanor completely gone. She was covered in cold sweat, her mouth trembling as she stammered.
The Empress Dowager gave Min a cold look, and then her gaze swept around the hall. "Listen to me, all of you! Whether someone is a jinx or a lucky star is not something you can decide with your bare words!"
Wherever his imposing gaze swept, the palace maids and eunuchs serving in the hall trembled in fear, and quickly and respectfully said, "We dare not."
The Empress Dowager listened with satisfaction to the respectful replies from the people in the hall, then withdrew her gaze and looked at the now quiet Min Shi. Her slightly cloudy eyes narrowed, "Niannian helped the Emperor catch the assassin, helped the Crown Prince wake up, and helped cure my asthma... In the hearts of both the Emperor and me, Niannian is the lucky star of our Xiheng Kingdom!"
"And you, when it's your turn to be filial, you never think of me. But when trouble comes, you suddenly remember to come and cause me trouble! And you still have the nerve to criticize Niannian? Who gave you the audacity! Who gave you the power?"
The Empress Dowager, her voice and expression turning sour, glared angrily and berated Min Shi.
Terrified by the Empress Dowager's fury, Lady Min had long since fallen silent, trembling and pale.
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