The Empress Dowager is ill!
She refuses to see anyone, including the Emperor, the Empress and several princes who requested audiences, all stopped outside Cining Palace.
Even the imperial doctor is not allowed to enter!
Over the past few days, the atmosphere in the palace has been decidedly delicate. The maids and eunuchs have become even more tentative in their actions.
Shangguan Xuanyi has just returned from outside the palace, removing his black cloak. A eunuch immediately stepped forward to take it.
Shangguan Xuanhao had already stationed a few individuals at the palace gate who, upon Shangguan Xuanyi's return, went straight to report to him.
Just as Shangguan Xuanyi's front foot stepped into his own courtyard, Shangguan Xuanhao's back foot followed in.
"The Empress Dowager has refused to see us for three days now, it seems like she's determined to fight with you to the end." Everyone knows that the Empress Dowager fell ill because Shangguan Xuanyi punished Aunt Lin.