"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, it's all my fault. I didn't explain the situation clearly, which led to the princess being misunderstood—"
"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, it has nothing to do with Ziwei. It was Consort Shen who made things difficult for Ziwei. Your Majesty, look, Ziwei's hands are trembling."
Erkang was still defending Ziwei.
"Smack—!"
"Fu Erkang, I'll settle your score with you later. Now, shut up."
Hearing Er Kang still arguing with an air of self-righteousness, the Empress Dowager's anger, which she had barely managed to suppress, surged again. She slammed her hand on the coffee table, her hand trembling as she pointed at Er Kang.
Her precious daughter, whom she cherished dearly, had fallen ill due to the anger inflicted by two unrelated people, and her condition was still unknown.
"Your Majesty—"
Seeing the Empress Dowager so angry, the Emperor and Empress spoke up with concern. The Empress got up and went behind the Empress Dowager to soothe her.
The Emperor quickly poured a cup of tea for the person, his face also showing seriousness.
What exactly did Erkang and the others do to force the Empress Dowager to be so serious, even addressing her as "this Empress"?
"Ziwei, does my Niannian have a grudge against your Shufangzhai?"
Last time, Xiao Yanzi scared Jiao Jiao so much that she lost her composure. This time, Xiao Yanzi didn't cause any trouble, but Ziwei and Erkang directly made Niannian fall ill.
After the Empress Dowager calmed down, the Empress Dowager spoke sternly.
She couldn't afford to make herself sick; she still needed to see her beloved daughter and her precious Qing'er get married.
"Your Majesty, don't be angry, don't be angry—"
The Empress, watching the angry Empress Dowager, continued to soothe and calm him down.
"Erkang, don't speak yet, let Ziwei speak first. Ziwei, you continue."
The Emperor looked at the Empress Dowager, who was furious, and scolded Erkang.
"Yes, Your Majesty—"
Seeing the Empress Dowager's condition, Erkang could only swallow his words in resentment.
“Miss Ziwei, you should tell us the whole story. Niannian was clearly trying to help you out of a predicament, why don’t you say that? You only said that Niannian asked you to make the cakes. The truth is not something you are the only one who knows.”
Hearing Ziwei's evasive words, and realizing that Chen Nian was trying to help her out of a predicament, the Empress gave a pointed warning.
...
"Your Majesty, that's how the whole thing happened. It's not Master Fu's fault; it's my fault for not explaining it clearly."
With the Empress's warning, Ziwei dared not evade the issue any longer and could only honestly tell the whole story.
“Ziwei, if she wanted to help you out of this predicament, why didn’t she let you do something else? Why did she insist on making you make Luohan cakes? Luohan cakes are so difficult to make, and your hand is injured. It’s obviously just making things difficult for you.”
After hearing the whole story, Er Kang continued to argue, refusing to believe he was wrong.
Ertai, who was waiting on the side, frowned deeply as he listened to his older brother still making excuses.
Does his brother even have a brain? He's still trying to argue his way out of this situation.
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