The Empress Dowager seemed to have received some approval and immediately smiled.
"I have been muddleheaded!"
She added, "Speaking of Wanxin, I remember you both enjoy similar foods. Why not invite her over too..."
Before she had finished speaking, a Palace Attendant came to report that Noble Consort Shih had arrived.
The Empress Dowager was very pleased and hurriedly called her in, which left Zhao Junyao feeling somewhat displeased.
Whether it was his mother summoning her or Noble Consort Shih bustling over of her own accord, he was not pleased. He felt as if he was being constantly manipulated and shadowed.
One was his birth mother, the other his childhood companion—and yet they were scheming against him.
Heh...
He truly felt a deep sense of unease, yet he could not just storm out with a flick of his sleeves.
It turned out that an Emperor was not as the legends depicted, capable of doing whatever he wanted, boasting absolute arrogance!
