Empress Dowager could bear it no longer, striding rapidly into the hall with a face full of rage, which faltered momentarily upon seeing Consort Shu.
In the sweltering heat, Consort Shu's head was oddly capped with a felt hat, her eyes red-rimmed and her expression ferocious and unbecoming, just like a shrew.
Concubine Xue, with several scratches bleeding on her cheeks, was being held down by two robust eunuchs, while an old female attendant was holding a court rod, seemingly ready to administer corporal punishment.
The Empress Dowager's eyelid twitched, feeling a rush of blood to her head.
If she had arrived a moment later, who knows what might have happened!
Witnessing the chaotic scene, the Empress Dowager's temple throbbed as she commanded, "All of you, stop right now! How dare you behave with such audacity! Are you trying to rebel against the heavens?"
