Zhao Ming's lips curled up in a smirk seeing Wen Xu's expressions. When she had slapped her, she acted like she is strong and a very scary person.

But now she was flinching like a scared puppy. However, the puppies are still cute and she's not.

" Do you think I am joking? You say I am not capable of doing that?"

Zhao Ming leaned closer, reducing the distance between them and staring directly into her eyes.

"When you can slap the Empress then I can at least send the suspended Empress Dowager to the detention room. You're even suspended from your royal duties and have been given a red-letter. It won't be a big problem to send you for a few days to the confinement room."

"Though you won't be killed like my father but who knows? Nobody would know if something happened inside the darkroom." She said in a low voice while staring at Wen Xu. Her voice was so low that only Wen Xu could hear her words.

Wen Xu swallowed hard hearing her dangerous plans. Nobody has talked to her this way before.

Zhao Ming was not even scared of Ji Cheng.

She glanced at Ji Cheng and he was just looking at Zhao Ming with surprised expressions.

But it wasn't anger. He was just surprised, not even shocked.

And this shocked Wen Xu. How can he be so calm when his wife was threatening his mother to send her to the detention room? Even though he didn't hear her dangerous plan, shouldn't he be against her sending her to the detention center?

Zhao Ming followed her gaze and turned around. She smiled and said, " Your majesty, will you say something if I send Empress Dowager to the confinement room?"

Wen Xu pursed her lips and waited for him to defend his mother. But her face fell when she heard his response.

" Do as it seems fit to you. Since you wanted to deal with it, you can do whatever you want. After all, she has hit you, you should deal with it yourself. Also, you're the Empress, you should know how to deal with such problems yourself." He played along with Zhao Ming and didn't' say anything to support Wen Xu.

" So, what should I do mother? Do you...want to go to the detention room?"?Zhao Ming again turned her attention to Wen Xu.

Wen Xu shivered and looked towards Ji Cheng, " I...it wasn't my intention to hurt her. I won't do anything to her from now on. Ji Cheng, I am your mother, you should not be so hard on your mother." she pleaded to Ji Cheng using her mother's card.

Zhao Ming chuckled and said, " Mother, as long as I remember, it wasn't your first time when you used physical violence on me. Do you want us to believe that you didn't have the intention to hurt me?"

" What do you know? You don't even remember anything."

" Oh. Didn't I tell you about it? I got my memories back. So I clearly know what you did to me in the past and if that was intentional or not."

"-_-"

Wen Xu pursed her lips as she stared at Zhao Ming in disbelief. Even after getting her memories back, she is acting like this? How come there is such a big difference between her personality before and now?

" Zhao Ming, don't go too far. I have already apologized. So you should also let go of this matter."

" When did you apologize to me?" Zhao Ming was speechless seeing the way Wen Xu was lying.

" Didn't I say that it was not my intention to hurt you? What more do you want?"

"-_-"

' Wow. What a nice way to apologize.'

" Oh, so that was your apology?"

Wen Xu nodded as she thought that Zhao Ming understood her words.

" Feng Ju." Zhao Ming suddenly shouted to call out Feng Ju.

Even Ji Cheng was confused about why she was calling Feng Ju out of blue.

Feng Ju entered the room hesitantly and pursed his lips as the air in the room was too heavy.

" Feng Ju, please help Empress Dowager to shift to the empty chamber in the backyard. When I was walking around there, I saw that it was empty and nobody was staying there. So help her move to that chamber. From now on, she will stay there."

"-_-"

Wen Xu's eyes widened in shock as she bellowed, " What are you trying to do here? Why would I move there?"

The chamber that Zhao Ming was talking about is behind the main palace and its condition was really bad and very small compared to the chambers of other consorts let alone the orchid pavilion.

The abandoned chamber is for abandoned consorts and it doesn't have any proper necessary items let alone luxury things. There is even a wall separating the palace and that chamber.

Moving there is nothing less than punishment to the confinement room. Because in the past it was used as a punishment chamber for consorts and concubines. It's been long since someone has been sent there.

Zhao Ming smiled and said, " Mother, you have done many appropriate things, and slapping the Empress of the Ji Dynasty can be considered a crime against the royalty. If I asked for an official investigation, then you will be punished severely according to the rules."

" However, here I am being humble and not appealing for the official investigation. But it doesn't mean that I will let you go just like that after slapping me. If you don't want to go to the detention room, then please move to that chamber. And think about what you did wrong."

" Now, you will spend the period of three months of suspension in that chamber. And let me remind you, according to the rules, you're not allowed to take servants with you, not allowed to eat meals prepared by the kitchen, which means you have to cook your meal yourself."

" On top of that, you're not allowed to go out of that chamber until the completion of three months. You can't meet anyone including consort Xiao Li. Hope when you complete the punishment period of these three months, you will emerge as a new mature person." Zhao Ming said with a smile on her face.

Ji Cheng stared at Zhao Ming in disbelief. After her memories came back, she was using the rules quite well.

Wen Xu's expressions fell when she heard this. She walked to Ji Cheng and tugged at his sleeve, " Ji Cheng, look. Look, what your wife is saying? She wants me to move to that chamber? I..I am the Empress Dowager. How can she do that to me? It's not right. This can't happen. She can't do that to me." she was panicking seeing that Ji Cheng was not responding.

" Mother you should be glad that she decided to deal with you this way. Because what you have done, deserves royal punishment. You will be sent to a detention room and might have to suffer worse. So just go there and try to think about your mistakes. Maybe you could emerge as a new person from there."

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