The Empress could be seen with the prime minister in her private room. The prime minister was sitting on a cushion almost three meters away from the Empress. "The Crown Princess has been granted the permission to prove herself innocent," Wei Zhang Yong asserted. Weng Wei smiled as she lifted her eyes from the mirror, which was placed on the ground table, placed in front of her.
"Make sure that the Crown princess cannot gather any evidence in her favor. Kill the maidservant whom who had mixed the poison in the custard," the Empress ordered and picked the white porcelain cup to drink the rose tea. She took the scent of the tea first before sipping it.
"I had already done that, your majesty," Wei Zhang Yong proclaimed as he lowered his head.
