The Valued Lady is Truly Dominant
Chapter 118: Empress Dowager Protects Song Ci

Sigh, just thinking about it gave her a headache and made her feel irritable.

"Could it be that Madam Song does not agree with the Empress Dowager’s words? She is shaking her head."

Suddenly, a female voice laughed and said.

Song Ci instantly felt her body heat up, being the center of attention.

She looked up, and good heavens, everyone was casting their eyes on her. What are you staring at? Are your eyes thousand-watt spotlights?

"What’s the matter?" Song Ci looked puzzled.

Madam Fan rolled her eyes, thinking it was truly impolite. With the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and so many concubines present, how dare you zone out. How bold of you.

"Just now, the Empress Dowager said that for the Dragon Boat Festival, there’s no need for extravagant celebrations. Save the silver and use it for disaster relief wherever there’s a flood, to show the royal family’s benevolence. I saw Madam Song shaking her head. Do you think the Empress Dowager’s words were inappropriate?" The female voice continued.

Song Ci looked over. It was a long-faced, sharp-eyed woman. Judging by her Imperial Decree Clothes, she should be the wife of some Fourth Rank official and was looking at her provocatively.

Darn it, stirring up trouble!

The face of Madam Song didn’t look good either, looking at the speaker. That was the wife of Zhao Liyuan, the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Rites, who was in Prime Minister Fan’s faction. Are they trying to trouble the Song Family?

Madam Song was just about to defend Song Ci with a few words.

Song Ci spoke up.

"You’re so young yet your eyesight is failing already, which eye of yours saw me shaking my head?" Song Ci stared at Madam Zhao as she spoke.

Madam Zhao: "..."

She saw it with both eyes. You’re not supposed to be this cutting.

And everyone thought, here it comes, the notoriously straightforward and audaciously outspoken Madam Song is at it again.

"I see that Madam isn’t speaking..."

"Does silence indicate that I’ve suddenly gone mute and can express my thoughts through actions? Since when has my speaking become so important that you’re all staring? Not to mention, when the Empress Dowager is speaking, why would an old lady like me butt in?" Song Ci interrupted: "Actually, you young ones shouldn’t read too many gossip novels in your daily life or let your imagination run wild. Since when does silence mean disagreement or disapproval? See how it turned into a fantasy for you. I clearly didn’t say anything, yet you’re determined to pin a crime on me. Your Highness, I’m wronged."

Madam Zhao’s face flushed red and pale alternatively, she had only wanted to curry favor with the Fan Family’s madam on behalf of her husband and give the Song Family a hard time, but now?

Empress Dowager Wang glanced over, displeasure in her eyes. Madam Zhao was so frightened her face turned blue and she immediately knelt down: "Empress Dowager, this wasn’t my intention, I just..."

"Stand up, I’m fine, why are you kneeling." Empress Dowager Wang said calmly: "Don’t you all know Madam Song? She’s always been a person of few words, and as she’s just recovering from a severe illness, her face is still pale. It’s already a blessing that she can hold out to come see me. It’s not like you think, so no wonder she’s calling herself wronged."

Everyone quickly got up to apologize, but in their hearts, they thought, Empress Dowager, your partiality is too obvious. Just looking at Madam Song’s slip of the tongue and her rosy complexion, it’s clear she’s full of energy and perfectly fine.

And Madam Zhao, still kneeling on the ground, almost fainted. Finished, she had made the Empress Dowager angry.

Madam Song’s eyes were almost curved, as expected, her mother was very much in the Empress Dowager’s favor.