Su Qiao had no intention of waiting for her to catch her. She pulled a face at her, turned around, and ran.
The fifteen men immediately blocked her path, coldly watching the eunuchs and matrons approaching.
"Let me see who dares!"
Ye Jinghua strode in, his gaze dark and bloodthirsty, his entire face radiating violence.
Su Qiao hurried over and hid behind him. "Wow, you finally came! That old hag is terrifying."
"Greetings, Prince Jing!"
The eunuchs and palace maids froze, then hurriedly knelt to pay their respects.
A vicious expression flashed across Su Yue's face. She took a deep breath and did her best to suppress the raging fury in her heart. "Prince Jing, you came at just the right time..."
"Little one, are you all right?"
Ye Jinghua did not even spare her a glance. Instead, he turned around, grabbed Su Qiao, and looked her up and down, his expression slightly anxious.
"I'm fine."
Su Qiao shook her head.
Then she pointed at Su Yue and complained:
"I only said a few true things. I never expected this old hag to try to hit me. She's absolutely horrible."
Old hag...
Ye Jinghua glanced at Su Yue, suddenly taking an interest. "What did you say?"
Su Qiao looked innocent. "I only told her to stop pretending to be young. She's clearly in her thirties or forties, yet she still pretends to be a girl of seventeen or eighteen. It's disgusting."
"I wonder what's wrong with the emperor, that he would actually like someone like that."
"Or do all the men in the Ye family like beautiful-looking women who are already past their prime?"
Su Qiao looked up, curiosity and suspicion in her clear black-and-white eyes.
Ye Jinghua finally understood what medicine she had given the Empress that day.
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