"Empress, you are insane," the Emperor said without any hint of emotion, his tone extremely calm.
Zhang Lanyi wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes with the pad of her finger and continued to laugh, "Right, this palace has gone mad, and I was already mad before I became the Empress, isn't Your Majesty most aware of that? How my father died and how I was reduced to being humiliated in the palace, Your Majesty had it all thoroughly investigated. Over the years, isn't that what you have been using to threaten and control me? When it comes to the human heart, no one is more adept than the Emperor."
The relationship between Emperor and Empress irreparably shattered, open insults hurled in the grand hall and matters escalated to the point of drawing swords.
Everyone was on high alert.
It seemed the Empress might be staging a rebellion for Yan Wanqing.
