Cining Palace.
The Empress Dowager sat on the high seat, looking down at the nobles below who were bowing and trying to curry favor.
As I watched, I grew bored.
I looked outside several times, but I didn't see the person arrive.
Yu Mama was the Empress Dowager's confidante. Seeing this look in her eyes, she didn't need to say anything; she immediately went outside to check on things herself.
The nobles who had been surrounding the Empress Dowager, ready to curry favor, felt a little awkward upon seeing this.
They seemed to be disliked.
Even so, they dared not speak out easily.
Many things have happened in the palace recently.
Princess Qiya fell from her horse and was carried back to the palace covered in blood. Her fate is still unknown.
Consort Qing didn't know what was going on. Even though Princess Qiya wasn't her biological daughter, she was overly worried. When she heard that Princess Qiya had an accident, she rushed over to check on her, but fell into the lotus pond on the way. When she was rescued, she was not only disheveled, but also seemed to be possessed.
They're mysterious and always say things that others can't understand.
Then there's the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace.
There were too many people today, and too few people, so they really didn't rush in.
They had already received the news that Consort Hua would send people to the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace almost every day. They had been there for so long, but they hadn't seen many people in Cining Palace. Where had all the palace maids sent by Consort Hua gone?
I heard that the palace has been haunted recently, and the ghosts are all innocent victims.
They weren't in the palace, but they were certainly in this circle. They knew many things without needing evidence; they knew secrets that were unknown to others.
Just as everyone was extremely nervous and couldn't find a way to leave, footsteps suddenly came from outside again.
Everyone was curious and turned to look.
At a glance, I saw Chen Siyuan dressed in a bright red palace gown.
Bright red?
This is a symbol of status.
Logically speaking, Qiao Yuchen is currently only a second-rank official, and as his wife, her palace dress should be a mixed red. They heard that the day after Chen Siyuan was conferred the title of First-Rank Imperial Lady, the palace embroiderers worked through the night to embroider a palace dress symbolizing her status for the First-Rank Lady.
They had seen Chen Siyuan several times, but never this legendary palace dress. Today, seeing it, they were so captivated by its color that their eyes turned red.
Especially as they walked along in the sunlight, the dazzling light reflected from the palace dress startled them, for they had actually added gold thread to the dress.
Such an honor was reserved for the legitimate masters of the palace.
Even the current Consort Hua only has that one cloak.
The cape and the palace dress are of different weights.
It was just a simple palace dress, yet it revealed just how special the Emperor's treatment of this First-Rank Lady was.
Chen Siyuan walked in calmly.
By this time, she had already suppressed her shock from the imperial study, and the imperial edict was still hidden in her sleeve.
Chen Siyuan had her own selfish motives for doing this.
Arriving at the palace to meet the emperor, and receiving a gift of pastries and an imperial edict, was quite an unexpected surprise.
She doesn't know what's inside the imperial edict, but she knows it's not a simple matter.
With this imperial edict today, it means that I have gained an extra life-saving charm.
Upon entering the gate, one sees the Empress Dowager high above.
hehe--
Indeed, he was even more aloof than the emperor.
Unfortunately, despite wearing a compassionate face, he committed all sorts of despicable acts.
She had always known that people in the palace, even a lowly eunuch, had countless lives on their hands.
The Empress Dowager before us is no less impressive.
He looked directly at the Empress Dowager, approached her, and bowed respectfully.
It's so good that you can't find fault with it.
Eye contact alone cannot serve as evidence, and even if others saw it, they could not convince the people of the Dali Temple. Therefore, Chen Siyuan directly provoked the Empress Dowager.
Regardless of what kind of person the Empress Dowager was, she had enjoyed so many years in the palace, with everyone bowing and scraping before her. She considered everything normal, and if anyone challenged her authority, people would instinctively retaliate.
This was exactly what Chen Siyuan wanted. As long as the Empress Dowager confronted her on the spot, she would have an excuse to start.
The other ladies around were dumbfounded at this moment.
He made a dazzling entrance, showing no humility even when facing the Empress Dowager. He knelt on the ground, and the Empress Dowager did not speak, but simply watched.
The tense atmosphere became even more eerie at this moment.
Everyone who arrived knew that many palace maids had mysteriously disappeared from the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace. They were somewhat apprehensive and unsure how to react.
They could only bow their heads one by one, trying to minimize their presence and avoid offending the Empress Dowager.
The current situation is Chen Siyuan's doing; let her bear the anger herself.
At this moment, Yu Mama, who was already standing next to the Empress Dowager, glanced indifferently at Chen Siyuan kneeling below.
From the moment she appeared at the Cining Palace, her difference became apparent.
At first, I thought I was just overthinking it. To be so arrogant in front of the Empress Dowager was simply courting death.
The Empress Dowager has been in a bad mood lately, and many people have died, all in the dead of night when no one is around. As her assistant, Granny Yu watched the palace maids struggle in their final moments, and at that moment, she seemed to see Chen Siyuan's death day.
Mrs. Qiao arrived rather early and was very worried when she saw this scene.
She wanted to step forward and plead for Chen Siyuan, but based on her years of experience, she knew it was best not to speak at this time. If she did, the Empress Dowager would be even angrier at Chen Siyuan.
Thinking to himself, he saw Chen Siyuan's hand clasped on the ground and gently tapped it twice.
For some reason, Mrs. Qiao felt that this was a secret signal to her.
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