"Help, help! Someone come quickly!" Jin Momo wanted to resist, but found the pain from the whip to be bone-deep.
She couldn't even muster the strength to get up, let alone resist.
A young eunuch passed by the roadside.
She clutched at him like a lifeline: "Quick, save me!"
The young eunuch intended to step forward.
Su Yunmo shot him a cold, dagger-like glance.
The young eunuch immediately froze, trembling and not daring to approach.
Jin Momo screamed and cursed, "Useless! Why aren't you going to fetch people? Go inform the Empress and bring people to capture this mad girl!"
The young eunuch hurried to report.
Su Yunmo let him go, her whip still in motion.
Twenty... thirty-five... sixty...
Jin Momo's shrill screams gradually subsided, and she lay on the ground, unable to move.
The sound of hurried footsteps echoed from the path, and Empress Luo arrived in a six-bearer sedan chair.
"Stop!"
Jin Momo struggled with her last ounce of strength and reached out: "Your Majesty, save this old servant!"
Su Yunmo delivered a fierce whip strike, knocking her unconscious.
"One hundred and twenty!"
Her final word landed with a clear sound. She reeled in her whip and turned around.
"Your Majesty has arrived a little late, but it's just right for me."
Empress Luo wore a dragon and phoenix coronet adorned with pearls and kingfishers, a red, wide-sleeved robe with a xiapei, and a red silk skirt embroidered with woven gold dragon and phoenix patterns, making her appear grand, elegant, noble, and graceful.
Her majestic gaze swept over Su Yunmo, and she reprimanded sternly, "How dare you! Who dares to be so presumptuous in the imperial palace! Seize this girl for me!"
Several palace attendants stepped forward to grab Su Yunmo, while two other palace maids went to help Jin Momo.
Su Yunmo's sharp gaze swept over the attendants, and they were momentarily stunned, not daring to step forward.
It was the palace maids who spoke first, "Your Majesty, Jin Momo has fainted!"
"Quickly go find an imperial physician!"
The palace maids complied and carried Jin Momo away.
Su Yunmo flicked the dust from her sleeves and smiled at Empress Luo.
"Your Majesty treats servants better than princes. It seems the practice of currying favor and stepping on others in this palace truly starts from the top."
Regardless of whether the Emperor favored Ye Jingyu, he was still a prince. How could he be mocked and insulted by a bunch of servants in public?
Jin Momo dared to act this way because she was relying on her influence!
Empress Luo frowned deeply and scrutinized Su Yunmo for a moment, her eyes gradually becoming profound. "You are that girl from the Su family?"
Su Yunmo sneered, "Your Majesty knows me, so you must have heard about me from Prince Cheng. If that's the case, you should also know who I'm doing this for today."
Ye Jingyu's birth mother was in her hands, making it difficult for her to openly oppose her. She, however, had no leverage over Su Yunmo.
For the suffering that person endured, she would return it tenfold!
Empress Luo's brow furrowed fiercely.
It seemed the news she received was correct. Ye Jingyu had indeed been biding his time, secretly colluding with court officials.
She feared the General's Manor had also become his backing. Since that was the case, she had to eliminate this girl before the two sides could fully unite!
"Guards, seize this insolent wretch and escort her to Fengqi Palace!"
Ye Jingyu was a prince, and she couldn't kill him for now.
As for a mere young girl, as Empress, she could easily deal with her.
Several palace attendants rushed forward again.
This time, Su Yunmo did not resist. She merely snapped her fingers, and then was seized by them.
The two palace maids by the wall gradually regained consciousness with hazy eyes.
The group departed grandly in the direction they had come.
After a short while.
A palace maid from Cining Palace ran out in a panic: "You, I'm talking to you two? Have you seen a child around five years old?"
The two palace maids exchanged glances, unaware of what had just happened, and were still somewhat disoriented.
"A child? I think I saw one... it seemed to have had a dispute with Jin Momo? And then the Empress took them away."
"A dispute? Why was there a dispute?"
The two palace maids shook their heads and said in unison that they didn't know.
In truth, they couldn't quite remember what had happened.
They seemed to have seen a pair of red eyes earlier, and then it felt like a dream. When they woke up, they seemed to have heard a 'snap'.
The inquiring palace maid slapped her thighs, her forehead breaking out in a cold sweat. "This is bad. I must quickly report to the Empress Dowager!"
As the palace maid ran towards Cining Palace, Su Yunmo was already being taken to Fengqi Palace.
The gates of Fengqi Palace were tightly shut.
The Empress sat high on her phoenix throne, with two maids standing on each side.
"Do you think that by standing up for Ye Jingyu, he will be fine in the future? How ridiculous. I am the Empress. As long as I wish, I can easily kill you?"
She was just a little girl. Even if she were truly killed and thrown outside the palace walls, the General's Manor would not dare to accuse her without evidence.
By then, she would be dead without even a bone left.
Su Yunmo did not respond to her words, only coldly stating, "Listen carefully. From now on, if Ye Jingyu is injured again, regardless of whether you did it or not, I will hold you responsible."
"Today, consider it a discount. I've returned the one hundred and twenty lashes to you. But if there's a next time, and he gets a single hair harmed, I'll break two of your fingers!"
Arrogant and domineering.
Empress Luo couldn't help but let out a scoff. "What do you think this place is? Is it your place to be so presumptuous, you little brat?"
Let alone her, even Su Qingtian had to bow before her. Did she think she could do anything to her?
A mantis trying to stop a chariot!
"It seems you don't understand your current predicament. In that case, I should help you. You, beat this girl thirty boards and throw her into the water prison!"
"Yes!" The maids simultaneously stepped forward to grab Su Yunmo.
Su Yunmo quickly dodged them, leaped onto the table, and grabbed the pastries and snacks on the plate, throwing them.
The maids screamed as they were hit.
One of the pastries flew out and hit Empress Luo's coronet, shattering and dusting her hair.
She immediately cried out in shock and yelled at everyone, "Useless! Can't you even catch a child?!"
The maids, with pastry crumbs on them, scrambled onto the table. One of them went to pull Su Yunmo's leg.
Su Yunmo kicked her, sending her tumbling to the ground.
Then, she kicked everything on the table onto the floor, and finally jumped off the table, overturning it.
The scene immediately descended into chaos, with fruits and pastries flying everywhere.
Su Yunmo overturned the table and then proceeded to smash other things, destroying all the vases and decorations in the hall.
Empress Luo roared, "Kill this damned girl, kill her!"
"The Empress Dowager has arrived~" came the eunuch's call from outside.
Su Yunmo paused her actions. The two maids took this opportunity to rush forward and pin Su Yunmo to the ground.
The doors of Fengqi Palace were opened, and the Empress Dowager entered with a group of servants.
Empress Luo quickly tidied her clothes, descended from her phoenix throne, and knelt on the ground to pay her respects. "Your humble consort greets Mother Empress. May Mother Empress be well."
She tried her best to maintain a solemn and elegant demeanor, but unfortunately, her coronet was askew, and her hair was messy, making it impossible to associate her with those words.
Coupled with the scattered pastries and fruits all over the floor, and the fact that almost nothing in the hall was intact, it was worse than a confiscated estate.
It was unbearable to look at.
The Empress Dowager frowned. "What is going on here?"