Chapter 449 - In Mourning (2)
Chapter 449 In Mourning (2)
This tongue of hers was truly infuriating! The Empress Dowager didn’t think she’d met anyone like Gong Yimo that was so thorny and hard to deal with!
“Hah...you speak big words!”
The Empress Dowager said to the person behind her. “Go, she has disrespected me! Give her fifty slaps!”
Gong Yimo stood at the entrance. None of the palace maids behind her dared to speak, but she was unafraid, and even said without a care.
“Empress Dowager, go ahead and send all your private soldiers. I’ll count it as my loss if any one of them manages to slap my mouth!”
She also added maliciously, “Don’t pull your harem tricks on me. I’m no concubine, so if you can’t convince me, then I will never concede!”
Her words caused the Empress Dowager to fall back in anger! “She’s rebelling! There! She’s rebelling!”
Her eyes were round and she slapped her hand on the armrest, looking fiercely at Gong Yimo. She wanted nothing more than to tear apart that smiling face!
But she couldn’t do anything about Gong Yimo!
She sort of understood now why she couldn’t control Gong Yimo when she was still an ordinary civilian, but now it was even more impossible!
So she had to change her mind and settle for second best!
“Fine! So you do not admit your wrongs? Then I will not punish you!” The Empress Dowager’s gaze fell on Long Han Yan with some grief.
“Last night, Yan’er sent me a message in my dreams. She said she died tragically, and that her grievances were unresolved, so she wants vengeance by blood! So, no matter who is right or wrong, it is still a fact that you killed Yan’er! Yan’er has no children or parents, is it too much to ask for you to mourn for Yan’er and atone for your sins just to quell her anger?”
Gong Yimo laughed. Ancient people believed in ghosts and spirits, so she would be guilty if she really was an ordinary ancient woman after hearing about such dreams, but Gong Yimo was different. She had killed too many people. If she had to atone and mourn for every one of them, then she wouldn’t have to do anything in her life but cry and mourn for the spirits!
“First of all, I am a princess now. Empress Dowager, have you grown senile? You want a princess to dress in a mourning gown and mourn for the princess of a county?”
The Empress Dowager was shocked. She howled, “You killed her! Do you not feel a single shred of guilt in your heart?!”
“That’s because she wanted to kill me! If I were the one dead, would she mourn for me too?” Gong Yimo looked at her with eyes like electricity. “Empress Dowager, do you not care for appearances anymore just to humiliate me?!”
The Empress Dowager suddenly stood up!” “So what if I want to humiliate you? It is difficult enough for me alone, an Empress Dowager, to conduct a funeral. As a princess, shouldn’t you share my burdens?”
“That is one thing, so why don’t I just form a funeral team to cry for you?!” Gong Yimo would not accept it at all. Why should she participate in Long Hanyan’s funeral?
And on the Emperor’s side, the whole palace was rowdy! They were all in the middle of an argument because of Gong Yimo, and the current scene was divided into two factions that were quarreling non-stop. Gong Cheng’s head was aching and he suddenly slammed his hand on the armrest. “Quiet!”
Chang Xi’s eyes were fierce. “Silence!”
His voice overpowered everyone at once and the ministers gradually quieted down. The Assistant Minister of Household led by the Left Prime Minister stepped forward and said.
“Your Majesty, this reward is too excessive! Not to mention the title. How can a woman of her stature be equal to the crown prince? She is not even an official heir!”
“Why not? The princess has contributed much to Dayu, but what have the other princes done? Why can’t the princess have a higher position than them?” some people argued.
“A woman will eventually have to marry! This honor will just end up in the hands of the future son-in-law! That’s not proper!”