The disturbance ended like a farce. News spread quickly throughout the Moon Shaking Immortal Palace: Steward Gu, Saintess Han Mei's attendant, had been severely injured by a mere wood-chopping servant for her blatant arrogance.
When Han Mei heard about it, she nearly fainted from rage.
On one hand, she secretly resented her maid for causing trouble at such a critical time. On the other, she hated Elder Hu for being so merciless. Humiliating her maid in front of so many people and saying those things—wasn't that a direct slap in her own face?
"You two worthless things!" Han Mei said, sitting on an exquisitely carved, magnificent chair. She stared coldly at the two kneeling maids below. The maid, Gu Yu, had already taken a healing elixir, but she still looked utterly drained. She knelt there with her head bowed, weeping, looking terribly wronged.
