The empress dowager didn't think so. After hesitating for a moment, she whispered, "Even if he had no alternative, I still have to ask clearly about what he's done, right? When he knocked me out, Your Majesty wasn't present. There were only the two of us in the room. If he did anything to me, no one would know… He even dared to knock me out. What if he kissed and touched me…"
The more the empress dowager spoke, the more aggrieved she became.
The empress had been asleep at the time, so she actually didn't know if Ye Jingtang had done anything. But judging from Ye Jingtang's attitude toward her, he wouldn't do anything treacherous and unethical. She explained gently, "I came back just as he knocked you unconscious. He didn't have time to offend you."
The empress dowager raised her hand and tapped the empress's collarbone twice. "Isn't this offensive? Is this a place that a man can touch? And he covered my mouth so tightly…"