"Just now, you should have firmly insisted that it was the Empress's palace maid who was negligent in her duties and shouldn't be let off lightly… Wasn't the Servant Consort Zhen a palace maid before? You could insist that Dong Hua is also a palace maid, and perhaps the two had prior grievances and were acting out of revenge, harming other concubines while tarnishing the Empress's reputation. This type of offense requires a severe punishment to set an example in the harem. Dong Hua was brought by the Empress from her family's house; punishing her chief palace maid would mean saving her face," Consort Ji said in one breath and sighed: "What a pity! Now you can only go and speak directly to the Emperor."
Following Consort Ji's suggestion, things indeed seemed much more effective.
The goal was clear: to shake up things, and it made all her previous words sound foolish.
"Consort Ji, you're indeed clever."
Yun Jiao took her hand and shook it, "Luckily, I have you!"
