Chapter 326 : It’s Not Easy Being the Head of Household 10 (1/2)

This morning, all the officials who had attended the banquet last night were still a bit dizzy, having drank too much the night before.

But when they saw a certain woman slowly stalking into the throne room, they all trembled as one.

‘Why did she come to court today?’

Shi Sheng’s gaze swept over them as a ridiculing smile made its way to her lips.

They felt their scalps grow numb.

But Shi Sheng merely walked to her position without saying a word, having no intent of making things difficult for them.

The Empress walked in with a dark face and reprimanded every single one of them. Not even the Crown Princess was spared.

“We(z) believe all of you must be tired of living if you dared to offend someone from Mt. Wanyuan!”

The various officials wished they could bury their heads in the ground right now. ‘Who told that little priest to be so good-looking…? Is it our fault?’

“All of you, apologise to him at once! If Master Ling Yue doesn’t forgive you, you don’t need to come back to see us(z)!”

“Your Majesty…”

The Empress’ temper flared. “What? You have an objection?!”

“Your Majesty, Master Ling Yue is missing.” The person who had spoken just now hardened their scalp and finished their sentence.

The room fell into silence for a moment before the Empress began throwing things around in her anger.

“Who sent the master back last night?” Once felt she had vented enough, the Empress calmed down enough to ask.

“It was the Crown Princess and the Ning Princess.”

The Crown Princess immediately refuted, “I(ec) only escorted him halfway before Imperial Mother sent for me. In the end, the Ning Princess escorted the master alone, so where is she?”

Only now did everyone discover that the Ning Princess actually hadn’t attended court.

Shi Sheng yawned. As she listened to all of them try to shift the blame, the coldness in her eyes deepened.

In the end, the Empress dispatched people to the Ning Princess’ residence to look for Ling Yue.

The Empress felt dizzy from her anger, so she left to an adjacent chamber to rest.

Once the Empress left, Shi Sheng straightened out her clothing and walked to the middle of the room, raising her voice as she asked, “Who was the one that drugged Ling Yue last night?”

“Prime Minister, what do you mean?” ‘What drug?’

The person who spoke was the Lady Lin who had been the first to coerce Ling Yue into drinking wine. Her skin was rather dark, but she wasn’t ugly.

When Shi Sheng looked over and their eyes met, Lady Lin felt a cold shiver run up her spine.

Lady Lin couldn’t identify any emotions in those eyes. It was as if their owner was merely looking at an inanimate object.

“Who. Drugged. Ling. Yue?” Shi Sheng repeated herself.

‘Drugged? Is it what we think it is? The banquet last night was in the palace! No matter how big our guts are, we wouldn’t have dared to drug someone at a banquet held in the palace!’

Lady Lin’s scalp tingled from being the target of Shi Sheng’s menacing gaze. She explained, “Prime Minister, we really wouldn’t have had the guts to drug Master Ling Yue.”

“Then you know who it is?” Shi Sheng’s lips rose.

Lady Lin avoided Shi Sheng’s gaze as she started to say, “How would I know—”.

Thud!

“Ouch!”

None of them had made out Shi Sheng’s movements. By the time they heard the sound, Lady Lin was already on the ground and wailing.

Shi Sheng stepped on her chest, a sword having appeared in her hand at some point. She was smiling, but to them, that smile was like that of a devil from hell.

Dark, terrifying, and filled with malice.

Everyone hurriedly knelt. “Prime Minister, please believe us! We really don’t know!”

“Jun Liyou, you actually dare to beat a court official without a valid reason?! You are simply too bold! Do you even place Her Majesty in your eyes?!”

Lady Lin’s temper flared from being stepped on like this.

“Enough with the nonsense. I’ll give you one last chance: who did it?”