Wang Yingluo resigned herself to drinking plain congee for two days, only to find that she hadn't had a chance to see the Emperor during this time.
It turns out the Emperor had been called away to the military camp on urgent business, and by the time he returned, it was always very late, so he did not disturb her and thus did not know about her plight.
She had deliberately let Consort Dowager Qi see her, but the Consort Dowager told her that she had too much flesh on her body and that drinking congee to lose some weight would make her look better, which nearly infuriated Wang Yingluo to the point of fainting.
The late emperor favored slim waists, leading to a palace full of slender beauties, and some were even said to have fainted from hunger, which is simply a distorted aesthetic.