Chapter 404: Chapter 398_1

After learning the whole story from the Hidden Guard, Jiang Ziqi was preparing to summon all the concubines and Xiaofang he had taken in, when a servant came to report that Concubine Chen sought an audience. Jiang Ziqi ordered Concubine Chen to be brought in.

"You wanted to see me?" Jiang Ziqi eyed Concubine Chen with a cold gaze that terrified her. The certainty and courage she had felt beforehand vanished, and she regretted acting impulsively in coming here. But since she had already come, there was no turning back. Despite being a woman, Concubine Chen still possessed some decisiveness and boldness.

"I am guilty and have come to request punishment from the Family Head. Please deal with me as you see fit," said Concubine Chen as she knelt down with a thud, kneeling so forcefully on the stone-paved floor that her knees hurt terribly.