"You all go back first." Tianmiao stood up and softly said to the concubines who were trembling on the ground.
"Go back, go back." The Emperor also spoke up at this time, trying to soften his tone. Yet, those concubines still retreated like mice seeing a cat, and after bowing, they quickly ran off.
In the blink of an eye, only the Empress and the Emperor remained in the garden.
"Empress, it's not that I'm saying anything, but you're getting more and more ridiculous by the day." The Emperor walked over to the Empress, sat down beside her, and said with a stern face.
"How am I being ridiculous? Is there an ancestral rule that says concubines can't pay respects to the Empress? Is there a rule that forbids concubines from having fun? Is there a rule that they must stay in the deep palace waiting for the Emperor's summons, possibly not seeing him for a lifetime, and then dying in desolation?" The Empress also sat down and said slowly.
