Chapter 30: Useless Person

　　The palace maids, who had been kneeling on the plank road, were trembling all over. They had been listening to the intense argument between the emperor and the empress. They had heard about the empress's previous temperament, but since their mistress suffered a setback in a verbal confrontation with the empress last time, everything seemed a bit different. At first, they just knelt quietly, but unexpectedly, the empress suddenly turned the矛头 towards them. Both the emperor and the empress held the power of life and death. It was usually difficult to even catch a glimpse of them. Now, such an "honor" was beyond their ability to handle.　　"Tell the emperor what you saw just now. Did your mistress fall in by herself?" Chen Zhi asked.　　The palace maids were terrified, and their bodies trembled even more. When Chen Zhi walked towards them, the empress's personal maid threatened them in a voice that only they could hear. The emperor's attention was just a passing whim, but the empress was the real mistress of the harem.