I insist

Chapter 264: You're shameless!

After a moment's pause, the Empress Dowager immediately ordered Granny Hua to bring Consort Can to the palace.

She narrowed her eyes and stared straight ahead. "I want to see what Song Miqiu and Consort Can have talked about!"

About an hour later.

A commotion arose outside the palace. The Empress Dowager looked up and saw Granny Hua enter first, bowing to her. "Empress Dowager, I have brought the person to you."

Granny Hua strode to the Empress Dowager's side, and the palace maids outside the door immediately grabbed Consort Can and carried her away. The maid who was holding Consort Can's arms threw her to the ground.

Consort Can lay sprawled on the ground, her hair disheveled and her expression blank and dazed, which disgusted the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager slowly stood up and, supported by Granny Hua, strode over to Consort Can. Looking down at the contorted body of Consort Can on the ground, she demanded in a deep voice, "I ask you! What exactly is your relationship with Song Miqiu?!"

Although Consort Can spoke, it was not in response to the Empress Dowager's words.

"I...I...I'm all mine, hahahaha!" Consort Can screamed and laughed, her eyes widened, her pupils suddenly contracted, and she lunged towards the Empress Dowager's legs.

Upon seeing this, the Empress Dowager was immediately frightened and took a step back.

The trauma the Empress had inflicted on the Empress Dowager was still there. Now, seeing these people acting so erratically, the Empress Dowager felt extremely uneasy, fearing that they might suddenly become her adversaries.

The Empress Dowager gripped Hua Mama's arm, swallowed hard, and no longer stood as close to Consort Can as before. She questioned her repeatedly, "Did you two plan this all along? Did you have Song Miqiu find a way to get you out of the Cold Palace?"

This was the only reasonable explanation the Empress Dowager could think of; she had no other clues.

After all, if that weren't the case, why would Song Miqiu suddenly seek out Consort Can in the Cold Palace? It's impossible that Song Miqiu, with her unusually aged face and body, would expect to rise to a higher social status and become a phoenix.

In the Empress Dowager's eyes, such a thing was utterly ridiculous.

But Consort Can remained in a dazed and confused state. No matter how the Empress Dowager questioned her, Consort Can just kept talking to herself and didn't seem to care about the Empress Dowager's intentions at all.

Despite the Empress Dowager's repeated questioning, the other party ignored her, which gave the Empress Dowager a headache. She pressed her fingers to her temples, her body swaying precariously.

This terrified Granny Hua, who was standing nearby. She quickly reached out to support the Empress Dowager, looking at her with a worried expression as she saw her headache. "Your Majesty, why don't you go and rest for a while? Consort Can is acting so erratically right now, we won't be able to get any information out of her!"

These words won the Empress Dowager's approval. She exhaled and turned around, when suddenly a sharp shout came from behind her, "You shameless person!"

The Empress Dowager and Granny Hua froze instantly.

The Empress Dowager turned around and stared blankly at Consort Can, who was lying on the ground. Seeing that the other woman was staring intently at her, the Empress Dowager knew that the shamelessness Consort Can had mentioned earlier was directed at her.

Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager flew into a rage. Supported by Granny Hua, she strode over to Consort Can's seat and coldly questioned, "You say I'm shameless?!"

The Empress Dowager's voice gradually rose. She was so angry that she raised her hand and slapped Consort Can hard across the face, as if she had used all her strength.

Consort Can's head slammed heavily onto the floor, her hair falling loose. She turned her head in a disheveled state, staring intently at the Empress Dowager, saying nothing, just smiling.

Her smile sent a chill down the Empress Dowager's spine. The Empress Dowager rubbed her arms, glanced back at Granny Hua, and said sternly, "Drag this person out and give her thirty strokes of the cane!"

The Empress Dowager took a breath and stared coldly at the contorted figure on the ground. "I'd like to see if her body can withstand the consequences of that vile tongue!"

Granny Hua's eyes flickered, and she quickly agreed. She immediately ordered someone to pull Consort Can up from the ground and drag her out.

Consort Can laughed loudly, letting the other party drag her out, but her eyes remained fixed on the Empress Dowager.

"Imperial Physician Song!"

Song Miqiu was sorting through the medicinal herbs when she heard someone call her. She looked up at the person in confusion, then smiled and finished classifying the remaining herbs.

"Did you come looking for me because you need something?"

The palace maid sounded very anxious. Seeing that Song Miqiu was still sorting the medicinal herbs, she quickly said, "The Empress Dowager is going to give Consort Can thirty strokes of the cane! A normal person can't even withstand ten strokes, let alone thirty!"

Upon hearing this, Song Miqiu was instantly stunned.

She hadn't expected that Consort Can would be captured by the Empress Dowager. Song Miqiu blinked and quickly came to her senses. She casually tossed the medicinal herbs on the table and rolled up her sleeves.

Song Miqiu looked at Ming Taicheng beside her and quickly said, "Please take care of these things for me. I have something to do now and need to leave!"

Upon hearing this, Ming Taicheng frowned.

Listening to the conversation between Song Miqiu and the palace maid, Ming Taicheng knew that she was going to Cining Palace to rescue someone.

He quickly reached out and stopped the man, saying sternly, "Do you remember that you just escaped from the Empress Dowager's clutches not long ago? If you go back now, isn't that just sending a fool to his death?"

“But I can’t stand by and watch Consort Can be beaten to death in Cining Palace!” Song Miqiu immediately retorted, staring intently at Ming Taicheng, and said sternly, “That’s not just three strokes of the cane, it’s thirty strokes!”

"Consort Can's physical condition must be very poor in the cold palace! Five strokes of the cane might even kill her! Let alone thirty strokes!"

Ming Taicheng was baffled by Song Miqiu's insistence on rescuing Consort Can. Consort Can had no connection with her at all, so why did she have to get involved in this mess?

"Have you considered that although the Empress Dowager is currently confined to the Cining Palace by the Emperor and cannot leave, she still wields power! If you go this time, you may not be able to escape unscathed."

"If you end up not only failing to save the person but also losing your own life, do you think it's worth it?"

Song Miqiu choked, momentarily at a loss for words.

But then she thought again, Consort Can entered the Cold Palace for her father's sake. She could tell that Consort Can was very intelligent. If it came down to a fight, even Consort Lin might not have been a match for Consort Can before!

It seems that the other person was put in the cold palace because of her father. Since she was doing it for her father's sake, why couldn't she try to rescue her when she was in danger?

Song Miqiu looked at the palace maid and hurriedly said, "You should hurry back to Cining Palace now, otherwise you will definitely be implicated when others find out you are not there!"