章 1283: Chapter 1283: It's Ultimately Just One Death!

"Empress Dowager, please forgive me, but I must return to my estate. Miss Lin is waiting for me to accompany her to gather herbs for medicine, and had it not been for the Emperor summoning me to the palace, I would have delayed Miss Lin's plans, and she might have become angry with me,"

he said.

Empress Dowager: "..."

What did that mean? Was she, his proper Empress Dowager, now less significant than an outsider?

It should be said that Sui Zimo always nominally was her grandson, right? And who was Lin Caisang but a female physician hired by Sui Zimo?

Though she had gained some fame, she was after all just a commoner. How could she be compared to the noble Empress Dowager?

Moreover, the implication of Sui Zimo's words was a criticism of the Emperor himself, suggesting that the Emperor had delayed him and Lin Caisang from going to gather medicine.

"Zimo, are you saying that you aren't even willing to accompany your Empress Dowager for a single meal now? Hmm?"