"Mother, please judge fairly. Before this, the Captain of the Guard and I had never met, much less had any connection. I even sent all the Imperial Household's maids and palace attendants back to the Imperial Household. The Captain only came because my younger sister stubbornly pleaded with me, and I agreed. But in the final analysis, Captain Xia was not directly ordered by me. As for why she killed someone, that does not necessarily mean she was rebelling. If she had been rebelling, she presumably would not have announced her identity and explained her intentions." Di Yifei's explanation was quite proper. As she spoke, she did not show the slightest weakness, making it clear that she was not the soft, easily bullied sort, but someone capable of managing a household.
The Empress Dowager's face was icy. She then looked toward the injured Princess Yunqi and the Chen Household's palace attendant, before finally fixing her eyes on me. "A Captain of the Guard injured the palace attendant beside the Empress. That is already a grave crime. Even if she is the Imperial Household's Captain of the Guard, the Empress should no longer shield her. And injuring the princess is an even greater crime. She ought to be beheaded and sent into the Six Paths of Reincarnation. But since she is the Imperial Household's Captain of the Guard, I shall leave this matter for the Empress to handle herself! I truly cannot understand how such a fine afternoon was ruined by so many disturbances!"
My eyes instantly darkened, and I shot a glare at the Empress Dowager as sharp as lightning. That single look frightened even her into changing color. However, quite a few Boundless Realm female immortals stood beside her, all stepping forward with displeased expressions, as though they would