No One Challenges the Authority of an Emperor!

"Something went missing in his family and he had to search everyone —" Lady Northern Feng sounded angry and aggrieved. "And even that wasn't enough for him. He hated me, so he lashed out at Xiao Wu.

"He actually wanted to search Xiao Wu's memories with his soul power," said Lady Northern Feng between broken sobs. "Your Majesty, you know the consequences of that. If one's memories are searched with soul power, they'll become mentally handicapped, or even killed!"

The empress dowager shuddered.

Lady Northern Feng went on. "And he tried to do that even after the imperial edict was read, when everyone knew that Feng Wu had been made a princess by Your Majesty. He was so unscrupulous, despising the authority of Your Majesty and the emperor like that."

"It wasn't like that. Actually…" Concubine Oriole tried to interject, but Lady Northern Feng wouldn't let her. She went on.