Chapter 58: Narrator

While the emperor sat in deep contemplation there was a flurry of activity in another part of the palace.

The Grand Empress dowager who had attained that title now that the late emperor’s empress was now Empress dowager, had just received the news of the Emperor’s actions.

It took her servants and the imperial doctor the better part of an hour to settle her down. But once she did, her old mind was fast at work. She still had a few tricks up her sleeve, she wasn’t beaten yet.

It was obvious there was no chance of her granddaughter attaining the throne, but there were other ways and means of usurping the throne and power.

The hate she felt could not be measured and the only thing that gave her peace was the thought of destroying the young Emperor who dared to defy her so outwardly. It has never been heard of that a Grand Empress dowager was treated with such disrespect.