They didn't dare utter a word of complaint, after all, this kind of thing happened almost every day, and they were already used to it...
On the other side, Kunning Palace.
Upon hearing what her trusted nanny said, the Empress dug her long fingernails into the flesh of the kitten in her arms.
The kitten let out a pitiful scream when pinched, and then instinctively reached out its paw to scratch the Queen's hand.
"Hiss~ This damn beast!"
Seeing the few fine scratches on her hands, the Empress was furious. She grabbed the kitten on her body and threw it to the ground.
The kitten was nearly killed by the fall and let out a weak groan.
The princesses around them were stunned by the sudden accident. After regaining their senses, they panicked, shouting, "Quick! Call the imperial physician!"
Seeing the chaos in her palace, the Empress scolded, "What are you all shouting about?! Do you think I'm living too peacefully?!"
The palace maids, upon being scolded like that, immediately knelt down, saying, "We were wrong!"
The Empress was furious at the sight of these useless people. "Look at you all! You panic at the slightest thing. What kind of things can you accomplish!"
No wonder Princess Chaoyang didn't like any of you when choosing palace maids! You're all useless!
Upon hearing Princess Chaoyang's name mentioned, the palace maids panicked even more; the Empress was completely enraged!
In the silence where the palace maids dared not even breathe, the trusted nanny stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, please calm down. We mustn't let this escalate!"
Upon hearing this, the Empress kicked the kitten, which was already barely breathing, on the ground with resentment. "The commotion that Chaoyang has caused in this palace is far greater than that in the Empress's palace!"
Upon hearing the Empress's angry and inappropriate remarks, the trusted nanny sighed and waved away the young palace maids.
In the vast Kunning Palace, only two people remained in the end.
The trusted nanny stepped forward and took the Empress's hand, saying, "Your Majesty has truly suffered!"
As the Empress's hand was held, the emotions she had been suppressing gradually welled up inside her. "Wet Nurse, I hate you so much!"
The nanny helped the Empress to sit on the chaise longue, and then took out a small jar from the cabinet next to her.
She opened the jar, gently applied a little of the ointment inside, and placed it on the Queen's scratched wound.
"This servant knows the Empress's suffering, but Your Majesty, we've endured so many years already, what's a little more time..."
The Queen looked at the kitten on the ground, which was almost lifeless, with grief and indignation, and suddenly thought of her poor daughter.
"Nanny, I've had enough! Look how arrogant Chaoyang has become lately!"
"Putting everything else aside, as the head of the palace, which palace maid shouldn't be under my control? Yet she dared to bypass me and choose her maid first."
How does she put me, the Empress, in this situation?
And this cat, don't think I don't know what's going on with this cat.
She herself begged the emperor to let her keep a Persian cat, but after all the effort she put in to get one, she didn't want it anymore.
The emperor was reluctant to spend the money, so he simply made use of the waste and gave me this cat!
What do they take me for?!
Seeing the Empress already in tears, the nanny touched her hand tenderly, "Your Majesty, don't be sad, let her be arrogant!"
Don't forget, at this banquet, Chaoyang is planning to do something truly shocking..."
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