Chapter 184: Steel and Sand
"How did you know about all this?" the empress growled at Princess Sylvia.
"How did I know about all this? Mother, are you forgetting that I’m your daughter? And that I know you better than anyone?" the princess said.
"I know your attachment to the throne. I know your pushing nature to get it at any cost. But the way you left for the exploration with Father when Concubine Feng Mei was pregnant clearly indicates how much you’ve tried to hide the fact that you’re aware of the concubine’s plotting. As I know you’re not planning to give birth again any time soon," the princess said, looking at the empress from head to toe.
"You’re really getting on my nerves. If you weren’t my daughter, I would eliminate you right here," the empress said, chewing her teeth.
"Ha! Eliminate me? As if you haven’t eliminated any children before," the princess laughed, making the empress lose her face color.
"What did you say? Repeat what you said!" the empress’s voice slightly raised.
"Don’t act like you don’t know what I just said. I know you heard it well, but you’re just acting like you don’t know, hoping I’ll make you realize what you’ve done, Mother," the princess said.
"I don’t understand what you’re trying to say. I’m going to my chamber," the empress tried to turn back, but the princess stopped her.
"You don’t understand what I’m trying to say? Okay, I’ll let you understand," the princess said and walked forward.
"So, Mother, you must remember the day when I was playing with the wooden sword on the ground while you were observing me. All of a sudden, you had a stomach ache."
"I got worried and went to get the doctor to stay near you. As I returned with him, he helped you sit down and started examining you. Soon, he smiled and said, ’Empress, you are once again going to be a mother.’"
"Remember, Mother? Or do I need to remind you more properly?" the princess said, looking at the empress’s face.