Ye Jinghua helplessly rubbed Su Qiao's head before saying without much remorse:
"Your Majesty, my Princess Consort has always remained unmarried. She is simple and forthright by nature. If she has offended you, I apologize to you on her behalf."
Afraid he would mess up her hair, Su Qiao slapped his hand away.
"Why are you apologizing for me? Everything I said was the absolute truth. Look at her—doesn't she look exactly like that?"
"Besides, look at the corners of her eyes. There are several deep wrinkles there. How could she possibly be my older sister?"
"I'm telling you, she definitely hasn't increased her dosage recently.
I once heard my mother say that for medicines like this, which preserve one's beauty, the dosage has to be increased the longer one takes them.
And once you stop taking it, your body rapidly ages. It's terrifying."
Su Qiao spoke clearly and methodically, with a convincing air and sound reasoning.
Moreover, upon closer inspection, Su Yue really did have several wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
At once, even the palace maids around Su Yue began to harbor doubts.
"You... You're talking nonsense! I have never taken any medicine to preserve my appearance!"
Under everyone's suspicious and strange gazes, Su Yue was so furious that she nearly failed to catch her breath.
She was also somewhat flustered inside.
She suddenly remembered that when she had looked in the mirror that morning, she had indeed felt that the skin at the corners of her eyes was a little loose.
At the time, she had thought it was because she had caught a cold over the past few days, so she had paid it no mind.
"Your Majesty, you absolutely must not believe her nonsense. There's something wrong with her head—everyone in the palace