Yuan Yuan shook her head and sighed. The cumbersome and elaborate ancient rituals were indeed too strict, and with no other choice, she had to feign anger.
"If I tell you to eat, you eat. What, you won't even listen to me?"
The Palace Attendants fell to the ground 'thump', their eyes filled with terror. Thinking of the group that the Empress Dowager executed the other day, their worry intensified. With a mere flick of the Empress's finger, wouldn't it be effortless to end their lives?
But... why did the Empress change her face so suddenly? What if they ate and then the Empress became hungry and blamed them afterward?
It was precisely because of their concern that they dared not touch the food, but now that the Empress had even given an order, could they still refrain?
