92 Your Servant Awaits (2/2)

”Your majesty, this empress greets you a good evening,” She acknowledged. Her voice was firm, but her eyes were not. Instead, they seemed to hold a trace of fear.

The Emperor merely gave her an inadequate glance. Looking at her pale hands, he shifted his eyes away, ”Speak. Coming in with such a rushed manner, it's unlike you, my love.”

My love? It was like he was mocking her. Blinking her eyes, she steadied her voice, ”Why have you placed your guards around my palace? What did this wife do so wrong? I don't understand.”

He turned back and examined her face as his next words rolled off his tongue softly, ”You don't understand?”

Lies.

Even if she didn't understand, it did not mean she was stupid.

As the Empress, how could she not know someone else was scheming against her?

Even if she wasn't the one who directly harmed Hongyue, she was still pulled into someone's scheme. That meant the other party was bold enough to hurt Hongyue only because of the Empress's petty actions. The Emperor sighed. To be the Empress yet to be played like this — either way, she needed to be punished.

”Did I not tell you to leave that eldest miss alone?”

The Empress's face turned ugly as she spoke, ”I did not touch her.”

”Then tell me, only your men were in the garden before the fire. Who else was there? Who else can I blame?”

The Empress was surprised.He knew about her men?

”None of my men returned. I only placed them to spy on her. It was for your best interest. I wanted to make sure she wasn't danger to you.”

”Then tell me, why was she still harmed in the end?”

The Empress wasn't able to produce another answer. She wasn't an idiot, she knew she was set up. However, she could not admit that to the Emperor. It was the same as telling him she didn't have control over her position as an empress.

Left with defeat, the Empress quietly accepted the punishment and left the room. Her eyes were raging in anger, but she seemed to have gotten the answer she came for.