"Smack."
A hard slap landed across his face.
Granny Ping looked at Mi Shan's turned face and the trace of blood at the corner of her mouth, her eyes filled with smugness: "How dare you disrespect the Empress Dowager! Do you know your crime!"
Mi Shan knew that the Empress Dowager held a high position and great power, and there was no way she could avoid this slap.
She ruined the Empress Dowager's plans, so a slap was the lightest punishment she could receive.
Therefore, she didn't feel much resentment after being hit. Given her status, the Empress Dowager could have directly ordered her to be dragged away and beaten to death.
But now, the Empress Dowager dares not do that unless she wants to completely break with the Emperor.
Otherwise, she would be giving the emperor an excuse to kill the Prince of Pingxi in a fit of rage.
All they could do was have the maidservant beside her slap Mi Shan a few more times to teach her a lesson.
"continue!"
Several slaps landed in quick succession.
Achan and Xun'er were so anxious that they knelt down and begged the Empress Dowager to stop.
But the Empress Dowager remained unsatisfied and refused to back down.
Mi Shan's face quickly turned red, and her lips became bruised.
"stop!"
A cold voice suddenly rang out from the doorway. Li Xuanche's eyes flashed with icy light, and the burning pain on his face quickened his pace as he entered.
"Crown Prince..."
“Grandmother, I just met the Emperor in the Imperial Study. He needs to ask Consort Mi Hui to come and confirm a few questions about the matter of the Prince of Pingxi’s offense at Yunyin Temple.”
After speaking, his gaze swept across Mi Shan's face, and he paused slightly. The dark anger in his eyes vanished in an instant, and he suppressed it by clenching his fist tightly.
Looking into Granny Ping's eyes again, it was as if a cold abyss had suddenly been torn open.
Granny Ping felt a chill run down her spine; she was so intimidated by his gaze that she unconsciously took two steps back.
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