Back on her own turf, and having lost face earlier after the treatment she’d endured, Mammy Li was seething with a mix of shame and rage. All she could think about was how to make Yao Yingying pay dearly for this!
Mammy Zhang was taken aback, confused as to why Mammy Li would blurt such things out. She was just about to ask, reflexively, when she saw Mammy Li dash inside in a panic.
Mammy Li was terrified, but she held firm to the belief that the Empress Dowager would protect her. In this inner palace, the Empress Dowager was the supreme authority. No one could surpass her, and that meant no one could touch her—or so she thought.
Chapter 16