"Does the Empress truly know nothing?"
The Emperor Fu Aotian looked at Empress Gu with a smile that did not reach his eyes, "A few days ago, Duke Huguo's daughter, Gu Bilin, recklessly rode her horse in the busy streets, trampling civilians and injuring countless, and she even refused to compensate. Is this the kind of noble lady brought up by Duke Huguo? Duke Huguo has raised his daughter improperly; is this accusation not true?"
A rhetorical question made Empress Gu somewhat alarmed.
She finally sensed that something was amiss—could it be that the Emperor intended to take action against Duke Huguo?
No, that cannot be!
Her brother still commands a three hundred thousand-strong army; the Emperor would not act rashly out of fear, he probably just wants to set an example through a minor punishment,
