C92 (1/2)

Consort De had already made preparations before coming here. She was dressed in plain clothes and had already removed all her usual golden hairpins and silver hairpins. The only disharmony was her thick makeup on her face.

”Chenqie has come to plead her wrongs, begging the empress to forgive chenqie's trespass.” Consort De flopped down on her knees, not forgetting to shout inside.

”Bah!” Forsythia couldn't help but spit at her when she saw her attitude.

The newly ascended laurel was somewhat afraid, saying, ”Doing this won't harm the Empress's reputation? A few days ago, the Empress was not here, but Imperial Concubine Su was still ill. It is normal for her to take care of internal affairs in place of the Empress. ”

”Little Gui, I know you haven't gone through much experience, but if you want to become the Empress's right-hand man, you need to perform well.” He then recalled that she and Qing Qing had suggested promoting Xiao Gui, and added, ”If you don't know what to do, you can look for Director Xing.”

Guizhi looked ashamed, ”Yes, thank you for your advice.”

Only then did Lian Qiuyu turn to enter the inner hall to report, ”Empress Dowager, that Consort De is kneeling outside the hall. What should I do?”

Separated by the screen, Qing Qing smiled. ”She likes to kneel, so let her kneel.” Since she was here to ask for forgiveness, there was no need for her to be polite.

He slowly allowed Cai Hong and Ling Qiong to dress her. It had already been an hour since she saw Consort De who had come to beg for forgiveness.

Consort De still continued to kneel there, completely ignoring the uneven cobblestone road below her knees. If it wasn't for the patient expression on her face, she really would have thought that she was very relaxed at the moment.

”Consort De, what are you doing? I did not allow you to do so. If people knew about this, wouldn't they think that I'm punishing you? ” After walking around Consort De in a circle, he squatted in front of Consort De.