Chapter 477 - You are dismissed. (1/2)
Xiao Li was stunned when she heard Zhao Ming's question.
She stared at Zhao Ming and noticed her unrestrained and arrogant attitude which was telling her that she knows everything.
Zhao Ming was standing casually with her hand folded against her chest. There was an annoying smile on her face which she wanted to remove so badly.
Xiao Li took a deep breath as she clenched her fists tightly, ” Sister Zhao Ming, why are you accusing me wrongly? How can you say that I am keeping an eye on you? You're too much.”
” By now, I was not saying anything and you keep bullying me. You not only cancelled my budget for next three months but you also suspended me from the post of Head Consort without any valid reason.”
” And now you're blaming me for keeping an eye on you? Sister Zhao Ming, I just told mother what I heard from other people. Otherwise how can I know that Ah Leng was visiting your chamber. It was your pavilion's servants which were spreading gossip everywhere.”
Zhao Ming's lips curled upwards as she looked at Xiao Li mockingly and said, ” Hmm, interesting. By now you were claiming that you saw Ah Leng going to my chamber and now you're saying that it was my servants which were spreading rumours about me. ”
” Consort Xiao Li, if you didn't see anything from your own eyes, so that means you were blaming me all along just because of those petty rumours?”
” Consort Xiao Li, I think you really don't know what to do in these situations. How did you work as the head consort all this time when you cannot even confirm a thing before reporting to Empress Dowager? See, because of your not so sure information, things went too far.”
” Not only I suffered all this time, but you ruined the reputation of the crown of the Empress, but also supported the untrue rumours which harmed the palace and his majesty badly.”
” And because of your fickleness, Empress Dowager's words lost value as well. She claimed that I cheated on his majesty and my marriage and my reputation was threatened. Consort Xiao Li, will you tell me how I should deal with this?”
Zhao Ming smiled mockingly as she stared at Xiao Li. She knows that Xiao Li was keeping an eye on her but there was no proof.
She has already assumed that Xiao Li would make such excuses, that's why she used her words to trap her. Even though she cannot expose that she was keeping an eye on her, she can at least indirectly teach her a lesson.
Wen Xu pursed her lips when she heard Zhao Ming's lips. She glanced at Xiao Li and sighed.
She has thought that Xiao Li was sure when she made such claims but in the end she just said because of the rumours.
She pursed her lips and chose to remain silent. If she tried to support Xiao Li, she would get a punishment as well because the claim they made was big and they can be punished in the name of ruining the reputation of the palace.
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Xiao Li shivered hearing Zhao Ming's words. She looked at Wen Xu who avoided her gaze.
Her expressions fell seeing that Wen Xu was not helping her when she needed her the most.
” Sister Zhao Ming…” Xiao Li looked at Zhao Ming wanting to plead for an understanding.