"Ali, be careful how you behave!" the Empress lightly rebuked.
Yet, her gaze as she looked at Chu Yueli held a strange glint.
She spoke slowly, "These are merely petty rumors from the outside; why make such a fuss? There is never a shortage of meddlesome people in the world. If you were to seek death every time someone said something untoward, how many times would you have to die in this life just to prove your innocence?"
Chapter 36