Transmigrator Meets Reincarnator

C206-210

Chapter 206: Not Accepting the Loss (2)
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Lady Pan was so enraged that her hands had started trembling, hidden under the broad sleeves of her court dress. She tossed her sleeves and left the banquet area. When she reached the platform where the esteemed personages were seated, she bowed towards the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager was already old, so she couldn’t see clearly the person who had just walked up to the bottom of the platform and greeted her. It was a court lady at the side who quickly informed her of the person’s identity.

“Lady Pan? What business do you have?”

Although Empress Shen didn’t know what had happened behind the scenes at the banquet today, she was happy to watch the drama unfold. She continued looking upon the scene before her with her eyebrows raised.

When Lady Pan heard the Empress Dowager personally replying her, her excitement sparked. She replied respectfully, “Replying to Your Grace, for the sake of the Mid-Autumn Banquet’s round cake competition, your humble servant started researching on new recipes for round cakes half a year ago. Thus, it’s quite hard for your humble servant to accept today’s loss. Might Your Grace be inclined to favour your humble servant with some of the winning round cakes of this year’s competition? Your humble servant will be able to rest easy upon tasting them.”

Lady Pan had a distinguished and powerful background, so she was able to speak so freely to the Empress Dowager. If it had been any other courtier’s wife who had dared to cast even the slightest bit of doubt on the Empress Dowager’s decision, they would have been accused of the crime of lese majeste.

However, even if it was Lady Pan who had brought forth such a request, her actions were still slightly inappropriate.

When the Empress Dowager heard the reason for this request, her expression turned stormy. Actually, the Empress Dowager couldn’t care less for the judging of the round cakes. In her old age, she had simply wanted to enjoy some lively festivities at the Mid-Autumn Banquet. However, this doubting of her judgement had caused her mood to turn sour.

Although the Empress Dowager didn’t take Lady Pan to blame for her request, her voice had lost all traces of kindness when she replied.

“Since that is so, I’ll let you satisfy your uneasiness. Go, bring over House Jing’an’s round cakes and let all the noble madams try some.”

The court lady-in-waiting serving the Empress Dowager bobbed in acknowledgement before quickly leading away two handmaids to the area where the round cakes were on display.

The Chengping Emperor sat at the highest seat, casting his gaze on the proceedings below him without any change in expression, as if he hadn’t been the one to pick the winner of the round cake competition.

When Lady Pan heard that the Empress Dowager had actually acquiesced to her request, she immediately relaxed. She turned to look in the direction of House Jing’an’s ladies with a disdainful glare, as if she had already seen their terrible end.

The court lady serving the Empress Dowager was conscientious in her work. She split House Jing’an’s round cakes into many portions and had them placed in pure white porcelain dishes. She then instructed a few handmaids to serve them up to Lady Pan, as well as the Emperor, his wives and the extended imperial family.

A handmaid brought the porcelain dish up to Lady Pan’s side. She knelt down and said, “Noble Madam, this is today’s winning round cakes. Please have a taste.”

When the handmaid finished speaking, the noble madams around her had already focused their gazes on the dish in her hands. When they looked at the confection offered up on that porcelain dish, they drew in their breaths in surprise.