Protest

"Your father bullied me because I had no power, and I held the grudge for so many years. I have made use of you, yet I have been treating you very nicely. Apart from Honored Princess Jing who had to be promoted, I have not held any selection of new girls just because you don't like it. No new girls have come to the court."

"…"

"That is how I treat you! You like me for real, so you should forgive me for venting out my anger. You should not think about too many things making you get sick again. There are still decades for you to live, how would you live through that? I can't live without you!"

"…"

"The Empress Dowager is old and should not be in charge of the affairs all the time. Honored Princess Jing is holding the authority token, but she is just an Honored Princess. You are the Queen and no one is better than you," the King said.

He had sensed how incapable Honored Princess Jing was after a series of events held in the court.