Having sent everyone away, the Empress could no longer hold herself together!
"It's really… one wave hasn't settled before another has risen!"
Sister Ji said, "Your Highness, this old servant sees that the Emperor still harbors suspicions towards you…"
The Empress was impatient. "But I didn't do it when she fell! She has offended so many people, why should it fall on me!"
"But…"
But you are the Empress! Sister Ji thought. In the eyes of others, who else but you would wish for Noble Concubine Shih not to give birth to a prince? Moreover, it's an open secret that you and Noble Concubine Shih have never gotten along well! This situation is really difficult to resolve!
The Empress said, "But Sister Ji, the Emperor has already stopped the investigation! The people from the Punishment Department have all been released!"
The incident of the Palace Maid biting her tongue to commit suicide had already been covered up by Zhao Junyao, unknown to anyone in the Harem.
