"Struck by lightning? Was that the thunder we heard yesterday? When I heard that sound, I thought the sky was splitting open and ran outside to look! All the horses in our stable were so scared they dropped to their knees," Ye Shangyi said, still shaken.
Lu Shaoyuan shared the news he'd heard from his older brother.
"That was the one. They say it happened out of nowhere. Princess Consort Qi had just left the Imperial Study when she got struck. Her face was completely blackened!"
Ye Shangyi burst out laughing. "Serves her right! Who told her to have such malicious intentions? Even Heaven couldn't stand it anymore. Did it kill her?"
Shen Ningning, who had been quietly eating pastries, lifted her big, round eyes and watched them like a kitten, waiting for the rest of the story.
Lu Shaoyuan shook his head. "I heard she didn't die. The Imperial Physician saved her, but half of her hair was burned off."
