Afraid that Yan Ning might get bored in the palace, the Emperor tried to spend as much time with her as possible.
For the past ten days, the Emperor had been staying at Chaohua Palace, not stepping foot into Xinyang Palace.
Consort Bao said nothing when the Empress Dowager asked her to curry favor with the Emperor. She merely responded, "Aunt, he never wanted to marry me in the first place, going over there would just be humiliating myself, wouldn't it?"
Pursuing someone isn't a transaction, and anyway, her aunt was more anxious than she was about the empress position. Even if such offensive tasks must be done, they shouldn't be carried out by her.
The Emperor's heart was not with her. If she went and the Emperor still didn't come to Xinyang Palace, she'd become a laughingstock. At least now, she appeared unconcerned with the Emperor; marrying into the palace wasn't her wish.
