TFWYH – Chapter 875 The Empress Goes Mad

“Enough!” Su Qing said impatiently. “Put away that useless sympathy of yours. I don’t need it. Whether it’s the Empress, Huangfu Xiao, or even Gu Xiyan, none of them are good people. Auntie, don’t forget how Gu Xiyan framed Wan’er back then. Do you really think I don’t know about it?

“I was willing to save her life and give her a place to stay. That already counts as repaying hatred with kindness. As for the child she’s carrying, don’t worry. No matter how ruthless I may be, I’m still human. I’m not so heartless that I’d lay a hand on an innocent infant.”

She would make sure Gu Xiyan was well fed and cared for. Not only would she not harm the child, she would do her best to help Gu Xiyan keep the baby.

As for whether there would be anything wrong with the child, that had nothing to do with her.

“Your Ladyship truly has a kind heart. It seems this servant was simply judging you with a petty mind.”

The senior palace maid smiled as she tried to smooth things over.

“I am not kind!” Su Qing snorted. She didn’t bother explaining further and simply said to He Shihan,

“Since Miss Gu is pregnant, she needs to be properly cared for. Shihan, from this moment onward, be extremely careful with everything Miss Gu eats and wears. Make absolutely certain nothing goes wrong.”

“Rest assured, Your Ladyship. This servant understands.”

“Mm!”

Su Qing adjusted her hairpin, clearly in an excellent mood.

But when she looked toward the direction of the central palace, her eyes turned icy.

“Go. Make sure this news reaches the Empress, but let it appear as though she happened to hear it accidentally.”

“Yes!”

The senior palace maid nodded and hurried off to carry out the order.

She had no fondness for the Empress either.

No matter how fiercely the battles in the imperial court and the harem were fought, anyone who would persecute an innocent infant was bound to be despised.

The Empress was just like Empress Dowager Ming in the past. She would stop at nothing to achieve her goals. Anyone who stood in her way could be eliminated.

But the Empress had only learned the methods. She lacked Empress Dowager Ming’s meticulous mind.

Empress Dowager Ming, despite having committed countless evil deeds, had always managed to keep herself completely detached from them, leaving not a trace of wrongdoing behind.

She had ultimately died peacefully of old age, and even the Emperor had never been able to find evidence against her.

The Empress?

Heh…

She was already surrounded on all sides.

The only fate awaiting her was to leave behind an infamous legacy.

The senior palace maid’s assessment was not wrong.

Their Empress had the methods, but she lacked the brains.

After learning the news, the Empress was so furious that she smashed up her palace once again. She even had two young palace maids beaten to death.

Aunt Lianqiao couldn’t help frowning at the sight.

She and the Empress could practically be said to have grown up together.

But who could have imagined that as the Empress grew older, she would somehow turn out so… broken?

If it hadn’t been for her serving as the Empress’s strategist all these years, the Emperor would have deposed the Empress long ago.

Aunt Lianqiao waved her hand and dismissed everyone from the room. Only then did she approach the Empress, preparing to offer her advice as she had done countless times before.

Unexpectedly, the Empress suddenly began furiously cursing Su Qing, leaving Aunt Lianqiao completely unable to get a word in.

It wasn’t until the Empress had cursed herself hoarse and tried to smash something else that she realized there was nothing left in the room to destroy.

In order to vent her anger, the Empress abruptly turned around and slapped Aunt Lianqiao across the face.

Pointing at her, she shouted furiously,

“You wretched servant! Don’t you always have so many ideas? Then come up with one for me! How can we save Gu Hengcang? How can we make Gu Xiyan die without anyone noticing? Tell me!”

Aunt Lianqiao was completely stunned by the slap.

Although she had helped the Empress commit countless evil deeds over the years and had even beaten and killed many servants, the Empress had never once struck her.

Slapping her across the face was a first.

“Useless! All of you are useless! You always act as though you’re so clever, but when it really matters, you’re completely unreliable!”

Even after hitting her, the Empress still wasn’t satisfied. She grabbed Aunt Lianqiao by the shoulders and shook her violently, looking almost deranged.