As long as the Empress is dragged into this, she will find a way to cover it up for the sake of her reputation and position.

They don’t believe others will trust the word of one Empress over so many of them.

Su Yan also guessed their plan.

They are determined to tie her to them as a group, to make Nanzhao Suya a concubine, then gradually eliminate her, and eventually install her as Empress.

This way, the Nan Zhao Family can slowly seize power, and the families of the Empresses will dominate!

Hmph, wishful thinking!

Even without her, Chu Yuxiao would not allow Nanzhao Suya to become Empress.

Before long, Nanzhao Suya arrived, dressed in plain clothes, her expression indifferent. Upon seeing Su Yan, she merely offered a faint greeting, her demeanor dismissive.

Su Yan slightly furrowed her delicate brows and asked her, "Nanzhao Suya, I ask you, did you permit them to stay?"

"It wasn’t me. My brothers just stopped by to visit me, which delayed their time leaving the palace." Nanzhao Suya had already coordinated their testimony.

Su Yan internally sneered and retorted, "Are you saying I kept them here?"

"I didn’t say that; the Empress admitted it herself." Nanzhao Suya still replied indifferently.

Su Yan was both amused and enraged by such a blatant distortion of truth; she was truly seeing something new today.

Nan Zhaojian and others, seeing her utterly perplexed, all showed a trace of a triumphant smile.

Witnessing this, Su Yan grew even more furious.

"Pa!" Overcome with anger, she instinctively slapped Nanzhao Suya.

The loud sound of the slap echoed in the hall, and everyone froze for a moment. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Nanzhao Suya covered her slapped cheek, staring at her in disbelief, as if wishing to tear her apart.

Without any guilt, Su Yan backhanded another slap on the other side of her face.

This time, everyone snapped back to reality.

"Empress, what are you doing! Just because the Emperor is not in the palace, can you bully Yaya at will?" Nan Zhaojian shouted sternly as he stepped forward, but as soon as he got close, Su Yan raised her foot and kicked him to the ground.

The others, being quick-witted, ran over to help Nan Zhaojian, crying out loudly, "The Empress is going to kill, the Empress is going to kill..."