"This servant knows her faults and pleads for His Majesty to mete out punishment," Ye Zao said in a voice that was not loud, carrying a hint of weariness.
Yet it was still the voice that Fourth Master loved to hear.
"Today, I strip you of your title and confine you for a month. You will be fined one year's monthly silver. Reflect on your ways and mend your character! Do you have anything to say?" Fourth Master continued 'sternly'.
"This servant thanks His Majesty and has nothing to say," Ye Zao thought to herself with contentment.
She had assumed Fourth Master would demote her, but it turned out to be just a stripping of the title.
Well, although being stripped of one's title seems like a rather shameful thing... after all, she was still of high rank.
Previously, it was she and Qi Guipin below the Empress, with Qi Guipin being an older figure, a notch above her.
Now then, it's still a notch above, plus half a notch at most.
The people below still couldn't bully her.
