"This consort pays her respects to Your Majesty the Empress Dowager."
Noble Lady Snow curled her lips into a smile, her bearing considerably more poised and gracious.
She was more composed and dignified than that bug from before, who had no idea how to behave like a person.
One glance was enough to tell that she was accustomed to a life of comfort.
The Empress Dowager quickly suppressed her questions, finding the situation increasingly interesting.
Only a few days ago, she had poisoned Noble Lady Snow into muteness, yet this impostor had opened her mouth and spoken the moment she arrived!
She snorted coldly. "Hmph! Do you still have any regard for me? I took pity on you and your son and summoned you out. When the emperor suffered a sudden heart attack, I ordered you to kneel outside the hall so you wouldn't disturb him. But what did you do? You defied my decree! You dared disobey my orders and come back here on your own!"
"Tell me, where exactly have you left my dignity?"
"Never has there been a consort like you in the imperial harem! Tell me, shouldn't I have you put to death as a warning to the others?"
Making no attempt to hide her fury, the Empress Dowager flung the teacup in her hand at Noble Lady Snow!
Warm tea splashed all over Noble Lady Snow. The fabric clung to her skin, and the warm liquid raised goose bumps across her body.
Clearly, the divine gu had previously infuriated the Empress Dowager.
If things really were as the Empress Dowager described, then Noble Lady Snow had indeed committed a grave act of defiance.
That divine gu knew so little of human etiquette.
Originally, she was supposed to enter the palace and bewitch the emperor.
But