Chapter 455: Great Prince of Liaodan (2)_1
Noble Concubine Jin was becoming increasingly arrogant these days. At the court banquet, she had the audacity to utter veiled threats. This was clearly a curse or a threat to her and Yi’er, forcing her to keep silent.
Seeing the Empress falter, Luo Xue came over with a Shu Brocade cloak adorned with green and cloud-like patterned beads and peacock designs. She draped it over Empress Mo, and softly said, "Empress, we must guard against the chill of Autumn as well as the warmth of Spring. The Emperor was worried that you might catch a cold, hence he had this cloak sent over from the Internal Affairs Department yesterday. Please put it on quickly. If you catch a cold, the Emperor will be distressed."
Seeing the luxurious and vibrant cloak, a hint of resentment flashed across Noble Concubine Jin’s face.
In the past, the Emperor would have let her and her son have any nice things that came along. But ever since King Qin found and brought back former National Teacher Li Chongzong, who had been missing for over twenty years, the Emperor had started to favor the Empress and her son, even granting the Empress this cloak without extending the same courtesy towards her. This had never happened before.
The Empress had regained some dignity due to the cloak, her cold face warmed up a bit.
Just then, there was a sudden announcement from a eunuch, "Reporting to the Empress, the Great Prince of Liaodan Kingdom, Saknu, is here—"
The eunuch was extremely tactful. He didn’t say ’Reporting to Empress Dowager,’ nor did he say ’Reporting to Noble Concubine Jin,’ he merely said ’Reporting to Empress,’ thus offending neither of them, leaving neither of them any room to find fault with him.
Upon hearing the young eunuch’s announcement, Noble Concubine Jin looked at Empress Mo with apparent amusement, laughed and said, "Oh? Has the Great Prince of Liaodan not left yet? It seems that he truly does have feelings for our Princess Zhao Yang. Despite facing so many rejections, he still hasn’t given up. I’d say, Empress, why not agree to him? Who knows, maybe one day Princess Zhao Yang might become the Empress of the Liaodan? Wouldn’t that be something for the Empress to be proud of?"