The Empress Dowager's face changed, "The Emperor is the ruler and his words are as precious as gold; how can he go back on them?!"
Anger born of disappointment made the Empress Dowager's face slightly grotesque.
Coincidentally, the Emperor was also in a fit of rage.
The Emperor looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "As a monarch, I cannot go back on my word, but I also cannot grant the title of County Princess to a person with such a malicious heart!"
"Malicious heart?"
"Is Your Majesty referring to Yuyu?" the Empress Dowager asked.
The Emperor was too angry to speak.
Eunuch Fu looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "At the lotus feast at Prince Yu's Mansion, someone instigated by the eldest daughter of Duke Zhen's Mansion poisoned the tea that the Eldest Young Madam of Duke Zhen's Mansion drank."
"Impossible!" The Empress Dowager denied flatly.
"Yuyu has a kind heart, she would never poison anyone!"
"There must be some misunderstanding here!"
