What was she originally?
Princess Zhaoping looked puzzled. Did the Empress Dowager and Aunt Sun have some secrets they didn't know about and were keeping from her?
In her grief, the Empress Dowager spoke without thinking. Reminded by Aunt Sun, she regained her senses slightly, a hint of relief flashing in her eyes. She gritted her teeth and said, "You were just an infant when you were sent to me. I cherished you and raised you with all my heart. That bandit tormented me like this today. You must remember to avenge me in the future!"
Princess Zhaoping's doubts were dispelled upon hearing this, after all, the Empress Dowager had treated her very well over the years. Especially in her marriage to the Ninth Prince, the Empress Dowager had put in a lot of effort.
This is all for her.
"I remember, Your Majesty. Given the chance, I will avenge you," Princess Zhaoping replied obediently with her head bowed.
"Good, good boy..."
The Empress Dowager gritted her teeth and gasped for breath, her eyes brimming with tears.
Ji Fengyao and Shang Xiye entered from outside and saw a row of eunuchs and palace maids lying in the inner courtyard, their buttocks bruised and battered. Imperial Physician Gao was also among them.
Shang Xiye knew the Empress Dowager was furious. He squeezed the little bandit's chubby hand and whispered a reminder: "Be careful in a moment."
Ji Fengyao grabbed his hand and patted it lightly twice, smiling sweetly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I have a lot of experience dealing with this kind of old hag."
A champion of palace intrigue, ha!
If you airdrop her into an Earth market, she'll be a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
Enter the room.
Ji Fengyao immediately let go of Shang Xiye's hand, fiddled with her hair a couple of times, loosening the hairpin she was holding, and ran off, crying out, "Empress Dowager, how are you? Fengyao is late!"
Eunuch Li was dumbfounded!
What the heck?
Are there really people like this and doing this kind of thing in the world?
Can you believe it? She was counting ants on the ground just a second ago.
The Empress Dowager, who was in excruciating pain inside the room, was furious when she heard this. Who the hell was wailing? She wasn't dead yet! What did they mean by being late?
"Empress Dowager, you... oh? Empress Dowager, you're still alive!" Ji Fengyao's hurried steps stopped abruptly in front of the Empress Dowager's bed. She looked at the Empress Dowager with a puzzled expression, seemingly oblivious to the murderous glare in the Empress Dowager's eyes.
Princess Zhaoping: "..."
Aunt Sun: "...Ninth Princess Consort, how could you possibly curse the Empress Dowager?"
"I didn't," Ji Fengyao said, looking puzzled. "I was discussing something very important with the Emperor in the Imperial Study when Eunuch Li was outside kowtowing and crying, saying that the Empress Dowager was dying. That's why I rushed over here. Luckily, it was a misunderstanding!"
As soon as Eunuch Li entered, upon hearing this, he immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, this old servant has failed in his duties. Please punish me!"
"Drag him out and beat him!" The Empress Dowager was filled with rage and had nowhere to vent it. When she heard Eunuch Li plead guilty, she was furious and shouted loudly.
When Eunuch Li heard that the Empress Dowager was indeed going to beat him, but hadn't specified how much, he turned pale with fright: "Empress Dowager, spare my life! Empress Dowager, please spare my life to serve you for the sake of my many years of service!"
"Empress Dowager..." Aunt Sun wanted to offer some advice.
After all, of the people who used to follow the Empress Dowager, only she and Eunuch Li remained.
"You don't know the rules either, do you want a beating?" The Empress Dowager looked at Aunt Sun with a cold gaze.
Aunt Sun immediately shut her mouth, obediently stepped back, and said no more.
Ji Fengyao, never one to shy away from drama, shouted from behind, "Eunuch Li, you should be more careful! Don't speak so rudely next time!"
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