The Empress Dowager wanted Empress Wei to get her way and thus abandon certain dangerous ideas.
A mother knows her children best, and she knew how to act so that her son would weigh the pros and cons and give up the Noble Consort.
Turning the jade bracelet on her wrist, the Empress Dowager suddenly spoke, "You haven't even given Zimu and Zishan gifts but you want them to play with Xiao Jiu, aren't you afraid others will say you're thick-skinned?"
"Look at my memory; if you hadn't reminded me, I truly would have forgotten the meeting gifts."
With a wave of her hand, a palace maid presented a tray.
On it were two boxes made of huanghuali wood, intricately carved on the surface, and you couldn't see what was inside with the naked eye.
The Noble Consort smiled and said, "Lord Duke has achieved great merits, receiving countless rewards, with a Commandery Princess as grandmother, Zimu and Zishan must have seen plenty of good things."
