"Ye'er has already fallen to this state. Why won't she let Ye'er off?"
With that, she covered her face and cried.
Empress Dowager Zhou did not expect her to still be talking about others. She said coldly, "I can't figure out why I've raised an ingrate for so many years."
Xuanyuan Ye stopped crying. "Imperial Grandmother…"
"I'm old, not stupid." Empress Dowager Zhou took a deep breath. "You indeed have no reason to harm me, but you wanted to use me to harm that girl."
Xuanyuan Ye quickly shook her head. "I didn't!"
"You did!" Empress Dowager Zhou's face darkened. "Someone told you that that girl's blood could treat the plague, so you deliberately told Ma San about this. You wanted to encourage everyone to force that girl surnamed Shen to bleed to save people, but you didn't expect them to be easily chased away by the people Ming'er brought. In order to protect that girl, Ce'er even announced her background."
