A few moments before, on Jiang Yu's side...
"Niang Niang, why did you go to the empress' courtyard alone again?" Xie Yu's momo, old servent Gu said in a helpless tone. Xie Yu wanted to stroll around for unknown reasons. Taking the servants with her, Gu Momo followed after her mistress.
"The empress called me to discuss something," Xie Yu lied with a straight face. In small and unnoticed movements, she secretly touched her stomach. She has eaten too much and her food belly is now bulging like a small hill.
Thankfully, she wore a high fitted skirt.
"Since it is her majesty that invited mistress, is it not rude for the invited guest to come in lacking? What if the empress took it as Niang Niang not taking her seriously?"
"This consort knows what Momo means. However, we are not in the palace. There is no need for lavish greetings nor show of might."
