"Great-grandmother..." Before Pei Yunxi could finish her sweet, soft-spoken sentence, a sharp glare from the Grand Empress Dowager forced the words back down her throat.
She hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to speak out of turn again, and bit her lip in resentment.
Having occupied a position of high power for decades, the Grand Empress Dowager possessed an imposing aura that even the Emperor himself had to treat with deference, let alone the younger generation. The princes, who had plenty to say, dared not speak easily now.
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