"Master of the house, you... you hit again?"
Madam Zui received two slaps, and her tears could no longer be held back, suddenly falling down.
Having been married into the Zui Family for so many years, when had she ever suffered such humiliation? She got slapped twice consecutively, even if it was by the head of the family, it still shouldn’t have happened.
"Hit you? Hitting you is an understatent!"
The master of the Zui Family ground his teeth, speaking to her with hatred.
If it weren’t for the usefulness of the woman before him, he would have wanted to beat her to death.
"That is the Central Palace, the only one the Empress can reside in. What do you and Chun’er think you are now, attempting to move into the Central Palace? Are you afraid the Emperor will be unaware of your intentions?"
"I..."
How could Madam Zui dare to speak? Listening to her husband’s scolding, she knew she had misspoken and done the wrong thing.
But the issue was, she truly believed her daughter, her Chun’er, should move into the Central Palace. And once her Chun’er moved in, Zui Yiming, that vile woman, would be wise enough to move out of the Central Palace and reside elsewhere.
Even if Chun’er wasn’t officially declared Empress, everyone in the palace would know Chun’er was the woman favored by the Emperor.
This was what she believed. How could it be wrong?
"Master, Chun’er is destined to be the Empress, what’s wrong with her moving into the Central Palace?"
"But right now, she’s still the Empress, not even one of the Emperor’s won!" The master of the Zui Family roared at Madam Zui.
A woman who hadn’t even t the Emperor dared to boldly proclaim that she would beco Empress, especially when Empress Zui Yiming was still alive, residing in the Central Palace, and was the Emperor’s beloved Empress.
"She wants to be Empress, but right now the title belongs to soone else. By saying such things, aren’t you directly telling everyone that you want to harm Empress Zui Yiming?"
"I... I didn’t an that."
Madam Zui imdiately shook her head, expressing that she never thought so.
At most, she hoped that in the future Chun’er could outmaneuver Zui Yiming and make her move to Quan Palace, never to see the Emperor again.
But how could she have known that the first to move into Quan Palace was not Zui Yiming but her daughter, Zui Yichun.
"Master, I... I really never thought that."
"Hmph!"
The master of the Zui Family snorted coldly.
He had considered the idea of causing Zui Yiming’s death countless tis.
Of course, that would only happen after Zui Yiming paved all the roads for Chun’er, before making a move against Zui Yichun.
That point was not wrong.
But Madam Zui and Zui Yichun’s mistake lay in expressing their inner thoughts publicly, and unluckily being overheard by the Emperor.
"You foolish woman, if you want to die, don’t drag the entire Zui Family down with you! Saying such outrageous things, now wanting to harm the Empress, are you planning to harm the Emperor in the future?"
"No, it’s not that, Master, I really never thought that way." Madam Zui protested her innocence, how could she possibly think that way?
"What you think doesn’t matter, what matters is how the Emperor thinks!" The master of the Zui Family shouted at her.
"I..."
Madam Zui was stunned by the master’s scolding.
After a while, she rembered her daughter was still suffering in Quan Palace.
"Master, talking about this now is already too late, we must rescue Chun’er quickly. Chun’er is the hope of our Zui Family."
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