As if afraid that Yu Wan would not understand which mother it was, she added, "His Majesty and Prince Yan's biological mother."
Yu Wan understood. After the late Empress was banished to the Cold Palace, she did not regain her throne until the late Emperor passed away. The late Emperor married a successor. It was only after His Majesty ascended the throne that he conferred the title of Empress Dowager to both the successor and biological mother.