"How dare you, vile commoner," she shrieked, "You wouldn't speak when you were asked to, claimed silence as your answer, and now you proffer such a heap of theories. Are you deliberately flaunting your intelligence before me?"
"Empress, Your Grace, I meant no such thing," Gu Youyou said calmly.
This time, her face indeed carried a hint of sarcasm.
Where was your grace and amiability? Only when your significant interests were threatened, you could not maintain them anymore?
It was time to tear off your hypocritical mask.
The Empress's face turned a livid shade of blue. Was this woman challenging her?
"Enough!" The Emperor intervened, breaking the tense atmosphere. He said to the Empress, "You are always virtuous and gentle. What has gotten into you today? Zijin is selecting a wife, yet you seem more agitated than him."
The Empress was momentarily dazed, only then realizing that Gu Youyou had provoked this inappropriate rage in her.
