"Your majesty, it seems like you have forgotten something," the empress started, earning his deep glare, she had already discussed with the prime minister her plan to force the emperor to name the crown prince on his birthday, if he gets all the ministers behind him to chorus her point then the emperor won't be able to refuse in front of so many guests so as not to destroy his reputation.
"My empress, today is my birthday so I hope we won't have to discuss anything formal, lets just drink to our heart content and merry together," he responded then raised his glass to the guest while everyone raised their glass with him but as they were about to sip from the glass, she interrupted them again.
