Chapter 542 - The Ice Watermelon Juice Spilled all over the Floor (2/2)

Now she couldn’t explain anything, and could only take the opportunity to make it clear to everyone. She vented her anger on the palace maid by her side. As the maid was beaten to the ground, she gave her a kick.

The palace maid didn’t expect that Ling Rui’er would slap her without saying anything. Falling on the ground, she looked up and begged fearfully, “My Lady, I didn’t hit you.”

Ling Rui’er was so angry that her lips trembled. Suddenly, she pointed at the palace maid and scolded, “If you didn’t hit me, why couldn’t I hold the bowl? How dare you argue? Well, well, I don’t dare to command you now. Anyway, I know you. You are from the Empress’ palace. I am going to the Empress in the wet dress now. Let her see who is right.”

She was a palace maid of the Empress?! Coupled with Ling Rui’er’s words earlier, the Empress had intentionally made her misunderstand that Feng Yuxuan had sent Mo Xuetong a head accessory. Everyone’s expression changed as they all looked at the palace maid with suspicion. Could it be that the Empress really did not like Consort Xuan and picked on her?

When she heard that Ling Rui’er was going to the Empress, the palace maid was so frightened that she ran up to Ling Rui’er and hugged her leg, pleading, “Please spare my life, Consort Chu. I really did not notice it. I really don’t know if I have knocked into you. Please spare me, My Lady.”

If she was pulled to the Empress, she would definitely die. If the Empress knew that she not only failed but also screwed things up, she would not spare her. The maid was really afraid and did not notice the statement she had made. She was begging for forgiveness, and she was not even so panicked when Ling Rui’er said that she would be beaten 30 times.

It could be seen that she was really scared at this time, and even spoke without thinking.

“You will die if you see the Empress, so you beg for Consort Chu to spare your life?” Mo Xuetong pretended not to understand and asked casually with a frown. Her statement immediately made the madams and ladies, who were watching, darken their gazes. Everyone had experienced fights in the back yard, so they all understood what she meant.

“Third Sister, forget it. Change your clothes first. Let the Empress settle it. It is not good for us to take a person of the Tianfeng Palace there,” Ling Yu persuaded her gently. She reached out to tug at Ling Rui’er’s sleeve and gestured for her to look at her wet dress.

Ling Rui’er would not do something like pulling the palace maid to the Empress, especially when she was in the current pathetic situation where she could not meet anyone at all. How could she go to the Tianfeng Palace to embarra.s.s herself? As such, hearing Ling Yu’s words, she gave up the idea, but she kicked the palace maid viciously and brought her servants to look for a room to change clothes.

Mo Xuetong curled her lips into a smile. She continued to walk through the imperial garden boringly. After what happened earlier, nothing happened to Consort Xuan. The madams and ladies, who looked down on her, could not help but look at her in a different att.i.tude. Mo Ye left her for a while and reappeared behind her.

This was an evening banquet, and it was already evening. The sun had disappeared and it was no longer so hot. Some lanterns in the palace were already on. The banquet would begin soon.

Many young masters and ladies, who had already taken a fancy on each other, were standing together and talking shyly. Some older madams looked at them, smiled, and nodded from time to time. Suddenly, there was a commotion in the garden and someone shouted in the distance, “Hurry up, someone. There is a dead person.”

“A dead person? Who is it?”

“Where is it? Where is it?”…

The entire garden was in chaos. The Empress brought a few n.o.ble consorts to the imperial garden. She stood there with a cold expression. A palace maid ran over to her and knelt in front of her. She trembled so violently that she could not even speak. “Your Majesty, someone has died. Someone has died in the lake there.”

Although the palace maid was scared, she had a clear mind and spoke in an organized way.

“Your Majesty, do you want to have a look together? What if an a.s.sa.s.sin infiltrates the guests? It’s a big deal,” Consort Zhao said to the Empress smilingly. The Emperor was the target of the a.s.sa.s.sination in the imperial banquet. It was a big crime and the a.s.sa.s.sin’s family would be destroyed wholly. How could the Empress afford it?

“Did you see it clearly?” the Empress asked coldly.

“Yes, Your Majesty. I saw it clearly. It should be a palace maid according to the clothes. I didn’t dare to look at it carefully, and I came here to report to Your Majesty.”

“An a.s.sa.s.sin entered the palace just to kill a palace maid!” The Empress sneered at Consort Zhao. She didn’t expect that Consort Zhao would appear in front of her again in such a short time, which really dissatisfied her. When she saw her face that was extremely similar to that of that b.i.t.c.h, the Empress really wanted to scratch her face.

And she was not nice to her when she talked.

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