The Weiyang Palace seemed silent and bleak compared to before.
Winter had come, so Susu and Seven were not playing in the courtyard any more. It did not look so bustling when the gate was tightly shut.
The King walked inside and heard the sound of coughing. He was startled.
She caught a cold again? It seemed that every time he was here, her health was always in a terrible condition. She had never recovered, had she?
He raised his hands. He was about to knock at the door… but he finally put them down.
He just could not truly be concerned for the Queen after so many years of hatred. He turned around and walked away, leaving a trace of footsteps.
As he came to the outside of the Weiyang Palace, the King stopped walking. Somehow he did not feel like leaving at the moment.
The Empress Dowager happened to show up, and the King walked up to her. "Mom, what are you doing out here in the cold winter?"
"King, I had wanted to talk with you at the Qianqing Palace, but we happened to run into each other here. What a coincidence." The Empress Dowager showed a bright smile.
The King was startled. This was the outer yard of the Weiyang Palace, and the path towards Qianqing Palace from Cining Palace was not located here. What was happening?
The King was in the middle of thinking about this, when The Empress Dowager said happily, "King, it is almost the New Year, and we have many happy affairs. Young Duke is going to take the rank, and I am thinking about getting Princess Jing promoted on this occasion. You are paying important attention to Lord Ling, so it would not be good if his mother is just a minor princess. He needs to have a better business right in the future. So, if you can grant Princess Jing a better position, then we can all do some celebrating!"
The King had not been paying attention to Princess Jing these days. He had almost forgotten about granting the title. That was what he owed Princess Jing. He owed Princess Jing more than just a title, but that was what he was capable of giving her at the moment.
"Mom, thank you for remembering this for me, otherwise I would have no idea how to tell Princess Jing about that," the King said.
Seeing the King's behavior the Empress Dowager felt slightly assured.
She had not been in a hurry to do such a thing, but she just heard from her messenger that the King had just visited the Weiyang Palace so she hurried there to meet him. She was worried that the King still had lingering feelings towards the Queen, and if the King was still in the Weiyang Palace, with her present, the Queen would not be able to make any fuss. So she decided to tell the Queen about this title for Princess Jing, whether the King was present or not.
It was known to everyone that the King had been tolerant in this position for decades, but the Empress Dowager could not guarantee that the King had no feelings towards that woman.
She had to be very careful. She was worried when the King felt sympathetic towards the Queen, and started to feel sorry for her.
She was aware of what those people in the court were thinking. So this was the best solution she could find.
The Empress Dowager added. "When Princess Jing gets the title, I will give her the authority token so that she can be in charge of the whole court of princesses. She is no longer young, and she has been in the court for so long, so she should have an idea of what to do. When she gets the token and becomes responsible for everything, I can just give her some side guidance."
The token?
The King was startled. He was aware of what the token meant - if the token was given to Princess Jing rather than being kept in his mother's hands…