C128 (2/2)

”Which one is Su Li? ”I'll stay here for now.”

Su Li could only stand in her original position with her head bowed. Everyone knew that half of her face was ruined, yet the empress dowager intentionally asked who Su Li was. How funny!

”You are Su Li?” The empress dowager's voice sank. ”Everyone says that a woman without talent is virtue. I've heard that because of you, the capital has been abuzz with activity recently. It's very lively.”

”Dare I ask, who did Esteemed Empress Dowager hear it from?”

The empress dowager was stunned as the old mama behind her rebuked, ”How bold. You can ask about Esteemed Empress Dowager as well?”

Su Li bit his lower lip, raising his head to look at the imposing empress dowager.

”This subject's daughter is just afraid that someone is blabbering on and spreading rumors.”

Only then did the empress dowager give Su Li a serious look. Her gaze rested on half of her black face for a moment before she asked, ”What do you mean by that?”

”The capital has never been filled with commotion caused by a subject and a woman. However, it was only because of them that two shocking and frightening cases ended like this.”

Su Li was not modest at all.

”I've heard that you and your father are at odds?” The empress at the side spoke, looking extremely graceful and elegant.

Su Li had met the empress once when he tried to end the engagement, so the empress continued to speak with a light voice before she could respond.

”Before the Yi Village was burned, you stayed at the Yi Village. After the Yi Village was burned, you stayed at the Fifth Prince's Mansion.

When everyone in the hall heard this, their expressions all changed.

There were those who mocked him, those who ridiculed him, and even those who took advantage of him when he was down!

The Queen's words were obviously saying that Su Li was shameless.

Su Li knew that the reason the Empress didn't like her was probably because of the Zuo Mansion.

”Fifth Prince being injured, this is something the emperor knows as well. This subject's daughter will stay in the Fifth Prince's Mansion to treat Fifth Prince's injuries, she should act properly.”

After the Queen heard what Su Li had said, her eyes burned with anger.

Su Li cut off the left shoulder of the crown prince, making him completely passive regarding the matter of Zuo Mansion.

When she thought of how her son had suffered so much, her eyes couldn't help but reveal a stern look.

”A sharp tongue. For a girl like you who has yet to leave the pavilion, no matter what your goal is, not returning home at night is against the virtue of a woman.”

Su Li wanted to save himself, but before she could say anything, Imperial Noble Consort Chun on the other side chuckled.

”What is the empress doing?” Everything is fine, why are you so angry? ”

Su Li looked at the Imperial Noble Consort Chun. She was dressed in imperial concubine attire, not a bit more elegant than the empress, but it was better than her charming appearance.

”Recently, something big happened in the capital as well. Zuo Mansion did something unscrupulous, and when chenqie heard about it, the empress went to beg the emperor for it. The imperial harem didn't do anything about it, which was a rule passed down by the ancestors.”

”Imperial Noble Consort Chun!” The Queen's face darkened.

The Imperial Noble Consort Chun used her wide sleeves to cover her red lips, ”If Su Li is staying in the Fifth Prince's Mansion to treat the Fifth Prince's illness, then that would be unethical. Then, Crown Prince's secret meeting with Second Miss Su, someone who has a closer relationship with her than Jin Jian, making a promise, and then outside the General's Mansion, embracing Third Miss Su who is in her sleep, what's wrong with all these?”

The empress's face darkened in anger.

Other than Su Li, the faces of the few people from the Su Family all turned pale.

The empress dowager's expression suddenly changed when she was provoked by the two men's open rivalry.

She raised her hand to her heart and opened her mouth, but no words came out.

When the mama who'd served the empress dowager for so many years saw this, she quickly stepped forward to support her and shouted at the court lady, ”Go get the imperial physician …”