As for the cannons in the treason case, she knew nothing about them.
She merely instructed Xia Xueyi to take advantage of the opportunity of consummating her marriage with the emperor to try every means to get pregnant.
This was her duty as Empress Dowager, what was wrong with that?
Is this scoundrel emperor really going to tolerate this woman of mixed ethnicities bullying his stepmother to this extent?!
Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes were practically spitting fire as she stood up and said sternly:
"Guards! Help me to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. I want to weep before our ancestors. The Emperor is unfilial, allowing his servants to run rampant and disobeying his stepmother!"
Yu Ji's young and bright face was full of anger.
Even the Empress Dowager herself might not be able to keep her power for long, yet she dares to call her a servant?!
She rolled her eyes and said dismissively:
"Your Majesty, the lunar eclipse has caused widespread panic. You should not leave Cikang Palace lightly, lest you invite disaster upon yourself, and then it will be too late to cry!"
Empress Dowager Zhang's pupils constricted sharply. She plopped back into her chair, panting heavily, clutching her chest as if she were about to die of anger.
She had never seen such a blatant threat in her life!
How dare anyone threaten her, the Empress Dowager!
But Yu Ji didn't care about her at all. She casually tossed her cloak aside, sat down in a chair, and lazily played with her newly painted nails, her tone filled with impatience.
"Now that the lunar eclipse has caused such a natural disaster, shouldn't the Empress Dowager do something for the sake of the country and its people to appease Heaven?"
Xia Xueyi was placed on the throne of empress by Empress Dowager Zhang.
Now that Empress Dowager Zhang herself is handling the "deposition" of the empress, only then can the people of the world be truly convinced.
The Emperor was always hesitant and timid, saying that the Empress Dowager was difficult to deal with, and that deposing her would be even more difficult.
In her eyes now, the Empress Dowager is nothing but a "paper tiger," and she has no way to deal with the shrewish and bold woman.
How can the emperor marry Xia Xueyi openly and legitimately if he doesn't depose her as empress?
Empress Dowager Zhang took a breath and finally calmed down a little.
Yu Ji's fists flew wildly, completely devoid of any sense of etiquette or law, leaving the woman utterly helpless.
What do you want to do?
Yu Ji scoffed, stood up, and arrogantly glared at the Empress Dowager:
"I've lived in the palace for so long, surely the Empress Dowager knows what I want?"
"Don't think that just because she's the daughter of a scholar and enjoyed the late emperor's exclusive favor for a few years, she can truly be the empress. That petty, ingrained air about her is truly disgusting!"
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