As the "instigator" who had instructed Lu Ya to tie the Red Thread around the Seven Fairies' wrists, Nuwa was deeply displeased with Jade Pool's choice of words.
What do you mean, an evil god framed your daughter? She was destined for this marriage, all right!
I preside over all marriages beneath heaven. Since your daughter was destined to have this bond with a mortal, naturally, I should help it along. Just like Dijun and Xi He back then. I found Dijun rather displeasing, but when it came to marriage, I still did my duty. Didn't I officiate their Heavenly Wedding for them?
The same goes for your daughter. Though this is a tribulation for her, it is a duty for me. Am I supposed to abandon my responsibilities and forsake my Dao for her sake?
Besides, there is always a thread of hope. If your daughter fell in love with a mortal and wanted to be with him, she could have returned to the Heavenly Court first, renounced her divine status, willingly become a mortal in the human world, and then married that Dong Fang-or Dong Yong.
But she didn't.
She wanted to keep her exalted status as a princess of the Heavenly Court while secretly spending decades with her lover, wrapped in tender affection. Now her secret has come to light, and the Ancestral Bear is about to beat the drowning dog. Whose fault is that?
The blame lies with you, her mother, and Haotian, her father, for failing to raise your daughter properly and letting her become as insatiably greedy as you both are!
Nuwa thought this to herself, then declared in a vast, resonant voice, "No god framed the Seven Fairies. The calamity she faces today arose entirely from her own choices!"
"Empress!" Unable to accept