People said that old people were like little children, and the empress dowager was exactly that. She let everything show on her face.
Lady Northern Feng said, "Her Majesty the empress is your daughter-in-law; she's just trying to fulfil her duty."
The empress dowager was persuaded.
She turned to Granny Lan. "If she wants to come in so badly, let her in."
Finally, Empress Dugu was able to enter her mother-in-law's bedchamber.
But the empress dowager didn't even look at her after she walked in. The old lady simply went on chatting with Lady Northern Feng.
The empress dowager said cheerfully, "Yaya, you know what? Junjun was hereβ¦"
Lady Northern Feng looked at the empress dowager with a gentle smile on her face and listened patiently.
What the old lady needed was an audience.
