A blast of cold wind made Empress Lu shudder all over. Only then did she realize that the palace servants the Crown Prince had brought were so utterly lacking in tact.
"What are you standing around for?! Hurry up and put... a cloak on me!"
The palace servants finally scrambled to fetch a cloak and drape it over the Crown Prince. But he had come in such haste that there was no sedan chair for him to ride in. Thus, the "Crown Prince" could only clutch his hands and brave the cold wind all the way to the Eastern Palace.
Once inside the Eastern Palace, it was much warmer. Because something had happened at Duke Ying's Estate, the Crown Princess was still confined. The Crown Prince and Princess's children had long since gone to sleep. Though Empress Lu was terrified, she did not dare stir up more trouble and expose her identity, so she planned to turn in early. Yet she had not expected... whether she could sleep was up to the Eastern Palace's inner officials.
"Your Highness, tomorrow is the morning court session. This is what we have prepared for you..."
Empress Lu felt her vision go black. How could she possibly understand affairs of state? Upon hearing Yan, she was just about to refuse when she discovered that these minor Eastern Palace officials were incredibly difficult to deal with. On the left, they said that His Highness ought to govern himself with discipline; on the right, they said that the court was ever-changing these days. Between the lines, they were accusing her, the Crown Prince, of not being diligent enough.
But did these people not see what time it was?!
When she thought of the hour morning court began, Empress Lu felt utterly miserable. Were they not going