In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

As Lord Bai and Bai Zhiyi were being beaten, they were shocked and saddened as they asked, "Empress Dowager, why is this happening?!"

"Why?"

The Queen Mother sneered, "How dare you say that!"

"You bullied someone, and you just forgot about it right away, right?!"

"I didn't punish you in front of the emperor before because Bai Lu was injured and I couldn't take care of you!"

"now.

The wound on Bai Lu's face has already been treated by the imperial physician... Do you think I have really forgotten about this?!"

"Beat me hard!!"

"Bai Lu is my adopted sister after all, but you guys are bullying my adopted sister. What do you mean by that?!"

"Do you think I'm easy to bully and want to ride on my head?!"

Hearing these words, the queen next to her knelt down quickly.

She knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face, and begged the Queen Mother, "Mother! You...you are too kind! How dare the Bai Family bully you!!"

"It was my brother and my niece who did something wrong. Please don't hold it against them! Please don't hit them anymore. If you hit them again... I'm afraid your face will be swollen."

"... is to smack them in the face."

The Queen Mother frowned and said, "Queen, you are not unaware of Bai Lu's status! Since he is going to confer Bai Lu the title of Lady! You should know that the Emperor conferred her the title for a great purpose! Now the Imperial Banquet has been cancelled, and the women's imperial examination has been postponed! Why is that, Queen? Don't you know?!"

"It's fine if it delays family affairs, but now it's a matter of state!"

"..."

Bai Zhiyi and Lord Bai were listening below, their hearts pounding.

It delayed state affairs... Lord Bai knew what happened, but Bai Zhiyi didn't.

Bai Zhiyi immediately knelt on the ground, screaming miserably: "Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager...I don't understand! What state affairs are these? I just slapped Bai Lu, how can it be a state affair?!"

"Empress Dowager! Even if you have a good relationship with Lady Bai Lu, you can't hit me like this!"

"After all, I am the Empress's niece!"

"If you hit me like this, isn't that a slap on the face of the Queen?!"

"..."

Hearing this, the Queen Mother was delighted.

She turned her head to look at the queen's pale face and said with a smile: "Your niece is really amazing. In order to save her own face, she even pulled you out!"

"She wants to drive a wedge between us! She wants to use you to keep her, but she doesn't even know if she's worthy enough."

As she spoke, the Queen Mother ignored Bai Zhiyi's instigation and said to the people below, "Beat them for me! Beat them until their faces are swollen like pigs' heads."

As he spoke, the people below beat him even harder.

Lord Bai and Bai Zhiyi didn't know how many slaps they had received, and their faces were almost broken before the Queen Mother asked them to stop.

The Queen Mother lowered her head, looking down at the two of them who were barely breathing, sneered, and said, "Bai Zhiyi, I beat you up every day today, I'm sure you know why?!"

"How many days have you been bullying people by taking advantage of your power and being a tyrant in Kyoto? I used to think you were a clown and ignored you, but then you ruined your title as a princess and your reputation, so I ignored you... But now you are blatantly accusing Bai Lu in the palace. Do you really think that our palace is a place where you can do whatever you want?!"

"The palace is not your home!"

"I'll show you today what it means to hit a brick wall!"

As she spoke, the Queen Mother turned her head to look at Lord Bai again, snorted coldly, and said, "Lord Bai, you know very well that His Majesty made her a Lady, and you know why... You beat her, but you openly trampled on His Majesty's face, openly trampled on the Queen's face, and openly trampled on my face in the palace!!"

"Master Bai, you are of such a noble status. Logically speaking... I shouldn't hit you. After all, you are the Queen's brother!"

"But! I can't do anything to the Queen, so now... I have no choice but to beat you myself."

"If you don't accept it, the Queen will have to accept it. I have to give the Queen some face..."

"Although the queen has bad personal ethics and doesn't properly advise the Bai family not to be arrogant because of her favor, she is still the queen after all."

"My mother-in-law...cannot have a reputation of being too fierce."

"???"

"!!!"

Hearing this, the queen quickly lowered her head and said to the queen mother: "Mother... Mother is right."

"It's time to hit!"

She was a little desperate.

What the Queen Mother meant was that if she didn't hit Lord Bai, she would be the one hit.

Now that Lord Bai and Bai Zhiyi have been beaten like this, it is nothing more than the Queen Mother teaching me a lesson... The Queen Mother's implication is that if I don't teach the Bai family a lesson, and let them rely on their status to do such outrageous things again, I will be the one being beaten next time.

The queen trembled, thinking how humiliating it would be if she were beaten by the empress dowager.

Although it is embarrassing that Lord Bai is being beaten now, it is still not as embarrassing as being beaten himself.

Let your brother take the blame.

At this time, the queen even felt a sense of relief.

Fortunately, my brother helped me to avoid this disaster, otherwise, if I, the queen, was beaten, it would be a big trouble.

How many concubines and women in the harem would laugh at him!

The queen immediately bowed to the queen mother and said, "Thank you for your consideration, mother."

"......Humph!"

The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "If I see you picking a fight with Bai Lu again, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"As for Bai Lu... I have made my promise now! I am telling you clearly! Bai Lu is the one I protect, she is my adopted sister! According to seniority, even the Queen has to call her Aunt."

"Since you have to call her aunt, then she is a member of the royal family, an elder of the royal family...you can't touch her casually."

"Otherwise, let the royal family talk things over with you."

Having said that, the Queen Mother turned and left, looking very elegant from behind.

"..."

There was silence in the air.

At this moment, outside the emperor's bedroom, all the palace maids and eunuchs dared not make a sound.

Unexpectedly, they saw such a lively scene outside the emperor's palace.

The Empress Dowager is in charge of the people from the Empress's mother's family, including the Empress's brother and niece, all of whom are very close to the Empress.

Isn't this a silent slap in the face of the Queen right in front of her? !

Silence is better than sound at this time!

The queen was really embarrassed at this moment.