Due to the angle, the Empress almost completely blocked Hua Manman from view, so no one else saw what she had done.
The Empress, however, saw everything.
'Alarms blared in her mind.' She was just about to spit out the object in her mouth.
However, the Truth Elixir dissolved the instant it touched her tongue, making it impossible to spit out.
The Empress's expression instantly turned grim. "You..."
Hua Manman cut her off, pleading with tears in her eyes.
"I know the Prince offended you in the past, and that you greatly dislike him.
But the Prince is already dead. Can't you just be merciful and let him rest in peace?
Could what Feihua Zhenren said be true? Did you really murder the Prince?"
The Empress wanted to say she was talking nonsense.
Yet, her mouth moved against her will, speaking her true thoughts.
"So what if I was the one who killed Prince Zhao?!"
The moment she spoke, the entire hall was stunned.
The Emperor stared at the Empress in disbelief.
