Zui Yiming & Yin Baiqing: "..."

What kind of place is Quan Palace? They know it all too well.

Is Zui Yichun going to spend the latter half of her life in Quan Palace? Even the late emperor’s concubines never lived in such a Cold Palace!

"What?!"

Upon hearing the words ’Quan Palace,’ Madam Zui let out a shriek, nearly fainting.

Even though she is merely the wife of an external minister, she knows what kind of place Quan Palace is. Her Chun’er has not even met the Emperor, how could she be sent to such a Cold Palace?

"Impossible, impossible, how could the Emperor issue such a decree? Did you make a mistake?"

"Madam Zui, are you questioning the Emperor’s decree?" The guard raised his head to look at Madam Zui, questioning her.

His eyes were full of disdain for Madam Zui. As far as he’s concerned, it’s merciful to just throw Zui Yichun into the Cold Palace; for such a woman, killing her outright would not be excessive.

"No, no, I didn’t mean that."

Madam Zui dared not question the Emperor’s words and quickly shook her head.

But this is her Chun’er, her precious daughter held in the palm of her hand. She hoped Chun’er would one day become Empress and bring untold glory and wealth to the Zui Family.

How could it have come to this? Chun’er hasn’t even met the Emperor, how could she be cast into the Cold Palace?

Turning her head, she cast a fierce glance at Zui Yiming sitting at the head.

"Was it you? Did you say something bad about Chun’er in front of the Emperor, making him dislike her? How could you be so envious of your younger sister’s wellbeing?"

"Mother, you exaggerate. The Emperor is busy with affairs of the state. I also haven’t seen him in a few days, how could I trouble the Emperor over such trifles?" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Zui Yiming lightly explained to Madam Zui.

This move by the Emperor truly kills two birds with one stone, suppressing the unsightly ambitions of the Zui Family while stopping ministers from scheming to send their daughters into the palace.

However, she really can’t see through it; the Emperor is indeed quite formidable.

"If it wasn’t you, who else could it be!"

Madam Zui shouted miserably. In her heart, apart from Zui Yiming being jealous of Zui Yichun, who else could it be?

"Mother, watch your words. I am the Empress, the Empress of Ziyan Kingdom." Zui Yiming coldly warned her.

Now is not the time to completely sever ties with the Zui Family. She had been contemplating how to control the Zui Family to thoroughly investigate them.

But now, it seems there’s no need to think further.

The Emperor has directly imprisoned Zui Yichun. She can use Zui Yichun’s name as a pretext to send people to the Zui Family.

"Moreover, the Emperor is busy day and night with affairs of the state, leaving him little time to visit the harem. Yet you and Father wanted to send the Fifth Younger Sister into the palace, setting a precedent among the ministers.

This is deliberately opposing the Emperor. How could he allow such a situation to occur? If I hadn’t refrained from informing the Emperor of your and Father’s intentions earlier, the Emperor would probably have decreed long ago to send the Fifth Younger Sister to Quan Palace."

"I..."

Madam Zui opened her mouth, unsure of what to say.

Only now did she realize the mistake she had made. Indeed, she and the family head were so eager to send Chun’er into the palace, wanting the Emperor to change his decree overnight.