When Concubine Zhu saw that Zhao had dodged, she was furious and shouted loudly, "Zhao."
But when she finished speaking, the tea in the maid's hand had already spilled onto the place where Zhao had just hidden.
The facts were in front of her. Zhao's movement just now was to avoid the cup of hot tea, but Concubine Zhu couldn't say any words of accusation.
You can't blame someone for dodging the spilled tea. It's all the maid's fault for not being flexible enough. She should have stopped when she heard her voice.
What Concubine Zhu didn't know was that the palace maid's tea spilled out because she was scared by her loud shout.
"Empress Zhu, this maid in your palace is too unruly. She can't even hold the tea steadily. How can she serve you? If the princess wants to marry into our house in the future, there can't be such a maid in the dowry."
Zhao naturally knew what Concubine Zhu was up to, so she mocked her without mercy. Both of them were of the highest rank in the imperial family, and the reason she was being saluted was simply because she was the emperor's woman. But she actually took it for granted.
"Someone, take her out and beat her to death with sticks." After being rebuked by Zhao, Concubine Zhu's face became even uglier. She stared at the palace maid begging for mercy on the ground and said hatefully.
"Please spare my life, Madam, please spare my life."
The maid had known for a long time that if she failed to satisfy Concubine Zhu, she would certainly not have a good ending. However, she did not expect that a cup of tea would lead to her death.
She trembled and shouted loudly, but was still dragged out by the eunuch who came in.
"It's just a small matter of spilling a cup of tea, but it's too bad to take someone's life. Your Majesty is too..."
"How I act is none of your business."
Concubine Zhu wanted to save face for herself, but she didn't expect that Zhao said as soon as she finished speaking: "It is said that daughters resemble their mothers. I am afraid..."
Concubine Zhu obviously did not expect that her punishment of a palace maid would make Zhao doubt the character of her own daughter.
How much she didn't think highly of her own daughter that she questioned it like this...
Of course, seeing Concubine Zhu acting like this, Su Jinxiu's face looked even uglier, and Zhao was almost about to point at her nose and scold her.
"Zhao, what do you mean? You wouldn't even let my Jinxiu in when she came to your house. You humiliated her like this, and you still expect me to be gentle with you? I called you here today to settle the score."
Concubine Zhu could no longer hold back and shouted loudly at Zhao.
Zhao wanted to see the moral character of Concubine Zhu and her daughter and really wanted to retort, but after thinking it over again and again, she finally said what General Anguo had instructed.
Zhao looked like she was thinking about Su Jinxiu, which made Concubine Zhu speechless. Although she knew that this was not the reason, she could only endure it, thinking that they were really doing it for Su Jinxiu's own good.
"Since it's for Jinxiu's own good, why don't you let someone speak up? Jinxiu has been so worried these past few days."
"My Lady, the wedding will come soon. On the wedding day, our General Anguo Mansion will open its doors to welcome the princess."
"I heard that General Anguo went to the palace to ask the emperor to cancel the arranged marriage. I wonder if this is true?"
Concubine Zhu was thinking about how to explain away the embarrassing situation, but Su Jinxiu wanted to get a final answer.
In the past few days, she has been wondering why the General Anguo's Mansion looks down on her. Don't they want the princess to marry down? Why can Ah Man do it but she can't
Su Jinxiu was unwilling to accept the result and wanted to give herself an explanation.
(End of this chapter)