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The empress dowager then asked, "Your name is Xue'er. Are you trying to cause trouble here? "

Then, she kowtowed a few times and said to the empress dowager, "Esteemed empress dowager, please make it clear that esteemed wangfei is still lying on her sickbed. These people are actually slandering her behind her back, saying that esteemed wangfei is in all sorts of trouble and that the empress is bewitching her!"

When the Empress Dowager heard Xue'er's words, she did not have much of a reaction. She picked up a glass of wine from Longjing, who had been standing by the side before the rain, and gave a look to the stranger.

In a flash, Green-Eater stood up, slapping Xue'er twice on the mouth, and said to her, "Slut, how can you speak like that? Esteemed wangfei? "The person hasn't been officially conferred a title yet, so where did this' Concubine Hui 'come from?"

At first, no one had had time to react, but when the other court ladies did, they immediately understood what the empress dowager meant. It was likely that the empress dowager didn't like this Huifei either, so things could be settled with that.

One of the little palace maids pointed at Zi Yan, who was still in the air. Zi Yan was the close palace maid beside Yong Fei. She was kneeling on the ground, extremely nervous, and her hands were trembling …

"Esteemed empress dowager has made it clear that this wretched person had come to cause trouble for us. When he insulted our esteemed wangfei, the servants couldn't help but go up and teach her a lesson, but who would've thought that she'd kick and beat her. Esteemed Empress, look at how she beat up this servant's face full of scars!"

Zi Yan's current expression made her seem very pitiful. When she looked up, she saw that it was indeed red and swollen. Xue'er was puzzled, what was going on? He had clearly not hit her just now, she had always been the one hitting him. What about it? Instead, her face had become like this?

Xue'er suddenly felt a sense of panic. She finally understood that these people had deliberately set up such a trap to harm her!

But would Esteemed Empress Dowager get mixed up in this as well?

The empress dowager's status was high, so there was no need for her to go through so much trouble just to deal with a little girl.

Xue'er looked at the empress dowager and said nothing more. Although she was on her knees with her head lowered, she had already made up her mind. She might not be able to keep her life today, but she had nothing to say.

She was afraid that if she were to die, the empress dowager would go to the emperor and complain, causing her to be unable to find peace even after death.

It was likely that Su Mu would be implicated as well …

Xue'er closed her eyes, and the Empress Dowager said, "If that's the case, then the palace has its rules, and it's not good for me to go against them. Uncle Green, you're an old man in the palace. How do you think we should deal with this?"

"Esteemed Empress Dowager, this servant believes that the palace has its own rules. The servants who sow discord cannot spare his life, but this servant sees that Xue'er isn't too old …"

Right at this moment, the empress dowager coughed twice before adding, "Only, since she's still young, the punishment she deserves is not her age. It'd be better if the empress dowager bestowed an intact corpse upon her."

Xue'er was scared silly when she heard this. She had never thought that she would die like this. She had only argued with others for a bit, but now she was about to lose her life?

She hastily kowtowed and said, "Esteemed Empress Dowager, please spare me! This servant knows my wrongs!"

The empress dowager had gone all out to grab onto Su Mu's mistake, so how could she give her the chance to?

The empress dowager waved her hand, and several guards came in and dragged Xue'er out. Xue'er's hand was pulled back like that, and her feet struggled on the ground. It was an unbearable situation …

Xue'er kept screaming for help, but who could save her? All of the young palace maids, including Zi Yan, were hoping that she would die, while the others didn't have the status to protect her …

Xue'er's cries resounded throughout the entire Shoukang Palace. At that moment, someone called out, "Stop!"

The voice of the person who spoke was somewhat familiar. The empress dowager couldn't help but raise her head and realize that the person who spoke was Su Mu!

The empress dowager was so shocked that her teacup fell to the ground. How could it be Su Mu? Wasn't she supposed to be in bed now? Was his source wrong?

The empress dowager had just finished looking at Su Mu when she turned her gaze towards Green-Sage. Green-Sage was scared stiff by the empress dowager's gaze and hurriedly lowered his head. That's right, why was it like this?

When Xue'er discovered that Su Mu had come, she was overjoyed. She scrambled to Su Mu's side and pulled on Su Mu's skirt as she said, "Esteemed wangfei, save this servant's life. Esteemed wangfei!"

This Su Mu smiled at Xue'er at first before kneeling down and saying to the empress dowager, "Chenqie pays respects to the empress dowager. I hope that chenqie will bear all of your faults by herself, regardless of who's by chenqie's side!"

Su Mu's words were neither humble nor sarcastic. From the looks of it, it was rather righteous. However, Su Mu truly did not know his limits … …

Originally, there was no need for her to be so merciless with her pleadings today and change it into a more tactful way. After all, how could it be so easy for the empress dowager to change it when she opened her mouth?

The empress dowager glared fiercely at her but didn't say anything. She simply stood up and walked towards Su Mu, saying, "Su Mu, no matter what kind of demon you are, this one, she committed a capital offense. How can this one ignore the rules of the Imperial Palace for her? "If I let her off today, when the day comes when all those palace maids rebel and start a war, will I still have the face to face the Emperor and the Lin Family's ancestors?"

He looked at the empress dowager and said, "Esteemed empress dowager, if you really have no selfish motives, why did you punish Xue'er when so many palace maids made a ruckus and insulted the emperor at the same time?"

Su Mu stood up and his gaze met with the empress dowager's gaze. Although the two of them had never been at odds with each other, they had never quarreled so brazenly before.