The Empress hurriedly rose and curtsied.
"Mother's teaching is right!"
The Empress Dowager stopped speaking and waved her hand to signal the Empress to rise.
"It's not all your fault!"
"Yes!"
The Empress sat down again.
Everyone was seated; only Xia Ruqing was kneeling.
This was beyond infuriating! What did the Empress Dowager mean by this? My fault? The Emperor comes to my place, and I have to persuade him, 'You can't just sleep with me all the time; you should also sleep with other women?' Just thinking about it felt... so damn absurd! If you're so capable, Empress Dowager, why don't you keep your son away!
Xia Ruqing rolled her eyes countless times internally. On the surface, though, she maintained the appearance of a docile, obedient lamb.
The Empress Dowager feigned a lecture for a while. Timing it precisely, she calculated that the Emperor should be arriving soon and thus allowed Xia Ruqing to rise.
"It's cold outside, and I am tired. You may all leave!"
"Yes!"
