'There's gold everywhere. Even the walls are painted gold. There's golden dragons everywhere too, I didn't take the Emperor to be the type to try to show off like this... Hm? Is that a portrait of him and the Empress hung next to his desk? How... cute. Are you even allowed to call a man this old cute?' Shen Tianyu thought to herself without letting her poker facce slip even a bit.
The Emperor himself was sitting on his wooden chair with a straight back and his head resting on his clasped hands that created an arch over the gold-painted table. He was staring at the two of them as if waiting for them to speak.
"Emperor Father, this son and his fiancee requests an official meeting with you, the Crown Prince, Qiao Wangye and Jun Wangye about the future of Lavender Palace." Rong Jian got straight to the point without any pleasantries. With how little the Emperor speaks, this was probably the best approach for him.
