After Eunuch Fu withdrew.
The Emperor looked at the Empress.
The Empress's tightly clenched hands beneath her embroidered cloud sleeves depicting phoenixes.
She thought the ministers would support her!
Never expected them to undermine her!
She took a deep breath.
The Empress bowed and admitted her mistake.
"Your Majesty, it was my fault for not thoroughly investigating before coming to see you,"
"I am guilty and request Your Majesty's punishment," the Empress said.
Generally, when concubines admit their mistakes, the Emperor does not punish them.
But this time—
It was an exception.
"Since you know you're wrong, copy the 'Women's Precepts' three hundred times as punishment," the Emperor said.
The Empress's face looked as if she had been slapped several times.
There was no one like her who actively sought punishment!
Yet she still had to obediently give thanks.
The three ministers standing by had sweat-soaked backs.
