But the force with which she shuffled her feet only made Princess Consort Lian scream out in pain again.
"Empress... Your Majesty, this servant has never offended you, why do you... why must you harm me like this?" she panted, questioning the empress aloft.
Why did she have to treat her this way? And by what right could she do so to her?
They were both the emperor's women, how did her status fall short of the empress's? Was it just a matter of title?
"Never offended this palace?"
The empress raised an eyebrow, her eyes filled with intense hatred as she looked at Princess Consort Lian.
"Princess Consort Lian, are you trying to say that it wasn't your precious son who killed Suri? Hmm?"
"No, it wasn't."
Princess Consort Lian shook her head; this was something she absolutely could not admit.
"It was clearly Prince Lin who killed Suri, everyone saw it, Your Majesty, you can't pin such a crime on me... Ah!"