Bab 235: To Cower or Not?

Song mama dragged her feet as she approached the Empress dowager's "tea" making room. She was dreading her meeting with the Empress dowager at the moment. A week ago, she would not have been cowering over something like this.

Then she knew that even if the Empress dowager would get angry, she would understand that it was not her fault and would definitely not blame her for it. 

But now with recent events and the Empress dowager's increasingly bad mood, her hands began to tremble a bit as she approached the doors. 

As soon as she entered the room, the Empress dowager calmly said without even looking up from her activity, "Send them in."

Song mama gulped and then hesitantly said, "Y-your majesty, I...I- I could not get anyone." 

The Empress dowager's hands froze and then she slowly turned to Song mama with a questioning gaze and menacingly asked, "What?"