Chapter 666: Chapter 666: Relationships
“How is it that the Empress Dowager doesn’t seem to want to talk to ?” Zhong Niangyao t the Empress Dowager’s eyes without flinching, “However, I feel like there are many personal matters I need to discuss with the Empress Dowager!”
The Empress Dowager coldly looked at Zhong Niangyao and spoke, “I know you have the Emperor’s support. But don’t forget, I am the Empress Dowager. If I want you dead, it would be as easy as crushing an ant.”
“Oh, is that so?”
Hearing such a threat, Zhong Niangyao’s expression did not change, and she even maintained a smile, “But why do I feel like it’s not that easy?”
Seeing Zhong Niangyao’s fearless deanor, the Empress Dowager’s expression darkened further, and she forcefully slapped the table and directly shouted, “Guards, drag this scoundrel out and give her fifty heavy strikes.”
Following that, there was silence, and no one ca in.
Nanny Li’s face drastically changed, and she imdiately looked outside, but she saw no movent.
When the Empress Dowager looked at Zhong Niangyao, her gaze was murderous, “What have you done?”
“I haven’t done anything,” Zhong Niangyao shrugged her shoulders and continued, “Empress Dowager, I didn’t plan to do anything, I just wanted to have a good chat with you.”
“What do you think your identity is?” the Empress Dowager scoffed, “Do you think you have any right to talk with ?”
“My identity doesn’t matter, what’s important is what I know.” Zhong Niangyao did not get angry. She looked at the Empress Dowager and continued, “I know why you are so determined to protect Nangong Xin.”
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager’s facial expression did not change, but a hint of anxiety quickly flickered in the depths of her eyes.
Others, especially Nangong Xin, were curious about the aning behind Zhong Niangyao’s words. She could see that the Empress Dowager did not like her. However, at the most critical mont, the Empress Dowager had co to rescue her. She could not figure out why.
“The Empress Dowager saved Nangong Xin, what other reason could there be besides it being for General Nangong!” the Empress Dowager said outright, “General Nangong sacrificed for Lai Country, and Nangong Xin is his only kin. I absolutely cannot sit idly by and watch the Emperor mistreat the descendant of a hero of Lai Country.”
This reason seed logical. However, everyone present felt there was sothing odd about it, but they could not grasp what it was.
“For General Nangong?” Zhong Niangyao smiled at the Empress Dowager and continued, “Could it not be because of Madam Nangong?”
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager’s face drastically changed. She abruptly lifted her head and looked at Zhong Niangyao, her eyes full of uncertainty.
She did not know whether Zhong Niangyao truly knew sothing, or was just bluffing.
“Empress Dowager, I think we should talk quietly, just the two of us,” Zhong Niangyao continued, “What do you think?”
“How presumptuous.” Nanny Li imdiately chided, “Who do you think you are to demand a private conversation with the Empress Dowager? Do you have so sinister motive to harm the Empress Dowager?”
Zhong Niangyao did not even glance at Nanny Li, continuing to look at the Empress Dowager, “What does the Empress Dowager think? If you really wish to talk in front of so many people, I don’t mind.”
“After all, I wasn’t even born fifty years ago. But at that ti, the Empress Dowager—”
“Shut up,” the Empress Dowager urgently interrupted, “Whatever it is, we can talk about it later.”
She dared not risk it now, fearing that if Zhong Niangyao really knew about that matter and carelessly revealed it, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Imdiately, the Empress Dowager instructed, “Everyone, leave.”
Upon hearing the Empress Dowager’s command, everyone was surprised. No one had expected that the Empress Dowager would actually issue such an order. Their curiosity about the aning behind Zhong Niangyao’s words deepened.
However, everyone understood that in the Imperial Palace, curiosity was the least needed. Excessive curiosity could easily cost one their life.
Nangong Xin was probably the one most curious now. She always felt that the conversation between the Empress Dowager and Zhong Niangyao involved her.
Moreover, she had a dreadful feeling. It seed that after Zhong Niangyao and the Empress Dowager had their chat, her situation would beco even more difficult.
Due to Zhong Mingxin’s matter, Zhong Niangyao was definitely filled with hostility towards her. Zhong Niangyao would certainly not let her off.
Despite her unease, Nangong Xin dared not say much.
Everyone proceeded to leave one after another, and soon, only the Empress Dowager and Zhong Niangyao remained in the hall.
The Empress Dowager’s gaze was as venomous as if it had been dipped in poison, tightly fixed on Zhong Niangyao, the murderous intent nearly spilling from her eyes.
“How about it? Want to kill ?”
Facing such a venomous gaze, Zhong Niangyao’s expression did not change, and she even carried a trace of a smile, “It’s a pity, you can only think about it. If you want to kill , you probably don’t have the ability.”
Her indifferent attitude clearly showed that she did not regard the Empress Dowager highly.
The Empress Dowager, realizing Zhong Niangyao’s lack of concern, was so irritated her teeth itched, “What exactly do you want to talk to about.”
“Empress Dowager, you should know very well what I want to say, shouldn’t you?”
Ignoring the Empress Dowager’s murderous gaze, Zhong Niangyao found a seat and sat down before raising her eyes to look at the Empress Dowager and continuing, “Do you really want to spell out the relationship between you and Nangong Xin?”
“Zhong Niangyao!” the Empress Dowager shouted sharply, “If you dare speak nonsense, don’t bla for being unkind to you.”
“Nonsense?” Zhong Niangyao blinked, an innocent expression on her face, “What do you think I would fabricate? Is it about your relationship with Nangong Xin, or is it about your relationship with Madam Nangong?”
The Empress Dowager, who had been hoping for the best, inhaled sharply upon hearing Zhong Niangyao’s words, “You… you…”
“Are you wondering how I managed to do it?” Zhong Niangyao smiled and spoke, “The Empress Dowager seems to have forgotten my identity! Whatever I wish to know, I can indeed find out.”
“Even if you are unwilling to acknowledge my status now, you cannot deny my capabilities.”
Looking at Zhong Niangyao, the Empress Dowager was extrely agitated, “When exactly did you find out?”
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