A hard day in court.

The Empress quickly came out to save her skin with an embarrassed laugh when she met the Grand Empress Dowager. "Grandmother....I didn't know you were coming here today. What is happening?"

The Grand Empress Dowager scoffed and turned her face away, choosing to look at Zhan Yanhui who was currently massaging her shoulders gently. "Ha! Empress, it seems like you have finally chosen to come out. I thought you were planning on spending the rest of your life in your room arranging your hair!"

Han Taking scowled inwardly at her bad luck of encountering this troublesome old woman who always scolded her anytime she met her. She had never said a good word to her since the day she entered the palace so she naturally did her best to avoid her. "Of course not, Grandmother. It's just that there was something wrong with my dress so my arrival was delayed a little bit."