Squeak... Xuexue’s footsteps stumbled forward a few steps uncontrollably, before she could react, she heard a furious shout in her ear...
"Bold unruly people, how dare you disturb the Pri Minister’s lost souls, are you tired of living?" The guards beside the team imdiately stepped forward with their blades to drive people away.
Xuexue turned her head to see a familiar back disappearing into the crowd, her eyes turned cold, that damned Situ Dieer, actually took advantage of the chaos to set him up.
"Madam Situ, why aren’t you staying properly at the War Prince’s Mansion? What trouble are you causing outside? What enmity does my father have with you that you must disturb his peace even after death?" Just as Xuexue raised her head, the Empress recognized her, and instantly, a surge of anger ignited.
She had just been blocked by Long Yi, robbed of 100,000 taels of silver, and the Empress was holding a bellyful of fire.
Seeing Xuexue walking into her trap, she imdiately thought up what charges to lay against her.
After all, she was the Empress, and Xuexue, in the presence of the crowd, naturally understood decorum; with Long Rui not by her side, she didn’t want the Empress to seize any leverage.
Thus, she respectfully kneeled on the ground and said, "Long live the Empress."
The Empress pressed on, asked, "What were your intentions? Why did you co to disrupt the funeral procession? Do you have a mortal enmity with my father?"
Xuexue bowed her head, her voice crisp, "To report to the Consort, there were too many people on the street. It was not intentional, I was pushed out."
"Pushed out?"
"Yes."
"With so many people on the street, why did soone push you instead?" Whether true or false, the Empress only needed a handle against Xuexue.
The funeral procession halted because of the Empress, and everyone stopped.
A palace maid approached and whispered to the Empress, "Consort, it’s getting late. If we delay further, it will affect the Pri Minister’s burial, which the Heavenly Master said would be inauspicious."
The Empress glared harshly at the kneeling Xuexue and said, "Soone, take Madam Situ down and lock her up. After I finish the Pri Minister’s funeral affairs, I will interrogate her properly on why she deliberately collided with my procession."
After so thought, the Empress couldn’t imprison Situ Xueer on the charge of colliding with the Pri Minister’s lost souls. Though the Pri Minister was indeed hard by the War Prince, officially he was executed under the pretense of murdering an imperial court official, a criminal. Madam Situ, no matter what, was the War Prince’s woman, doing this might catch criticism.
"Yes."
Two guards stepped forward to apprehend Xuexue.
Just as they were about to approach, Xuexue suddenly stood up from the ground and swiftly dodged to the side.
Seeing this, the Empress flared up, "Well, Situ Xueer, what audacity you have to collide with my procession and still dare resist?"
Xuexue sneered coldly, and said loudly, "I respect you as the Empress, treating you with courtesy and bowing to you, but you indiscriminately label with cris in front of everyone; I just want to ask, does Moli Country not have royal law anymore?"
"Everyone saw you colliding with ."
"Heh...! What does it an to collide, I was just accidentally pushed and fell at your feet, is this collision?"
"How sharp-tongued you are, girl. Despite everyone’s presence, you dare to argue?" The Empress was so angry that her eyes widened.
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