Chapter 541 - 162 Persuasion_4
In the palace, one could smell the intense fragrance of incense as soon as they entered Cining Palace.
When Empress Dowager Liu entered, the Empress Dowager was copying scriptures in front of the hall.
She was dressed very plainly, in a silk robe of autumn fragrance color, her expression serene. Although she was no longer in her blooming youth, she was not yet old. The sunlight streaming through the windows shone upon her face, faintly revealing the gentleness and charm of her younger years.
Even the haughty Empress Dowager Liu had to admit that the Empress Dowager was beautiful.
Speaking of which, The Late Emperor loved beauties, and there wasn’t a single woman in the palace who wasn’t attractive. When she was still the empress, the Empress Dowager was gentle and charming, Empress Dowager Liu was fierce and gorgeous, and Emperor Hongxiao’s birth mother, Noble Consort Xia, was spirited and cunning. Each had her own beauty. The Late Emperor respected the Empress Dowager, doted on Empress Dowager Liu, but truly admired Noble Consort Xia.
So much so that, although Noble Consort Xia had died, The Late Emperor had Emperor Hongxiao raised under the Empress Dowager’s name, and eventually made him the sovereign. Whereas the Empress Dowager Liu’s own children, seemingly greatly favored, ultimately missed the high position by a hair’s breadth.
Empress Dowager Liu shook her head, casting aside the random thoughts in her mind, and walked up to the Empress Dowager, saying, "Sister."
The Empress Dowager’s pen paused, and she looked at her, "You’ve come."