The old madam of the Marquis of Jingwu had come out to testify, but the madam of the Marquis of Wu an could not quibble. She could only kowtow and beg for mercy from Lady Qiao. “Your Majesty, your servant has realized her mistake. I beg for mercy.”
Lady Qiao ignored her and asked princess qi, “Sister-in-law, how is the ceremony record that His Majesty punished you to copy yesterday coming along?”
Consort Qi immediately took out the ceremony record that she had copied. Naturally, she did not stay up all night to copy the ceremony record alone. Instead, she instructed the maidservants in the Prince Qi’s residence to copy it together.
Qiao Jinniang flipped through it a few times and threw the ceremony record on the ground. “The handwriting is clearly not the same person. Is His Majesty’s punishment for you to use perfunctorily?”
Consort Qi immediately knelt down and said, “I know I’m wrong.”
