Lu Chen said to the empress dowager, “I wonder if the imperial grandmother has eaten breakfast. Why don’t we have the Empress Dowager Make Breakfast for You?”
The empress dowager said, “It’s hard for you to be filial, but I have long lost my sense of taste. There’s no need to eat breakfast.”
The nanny beside the empress dowager handed a bowl of medicine to Lady Qiao and said, “Crown Princess Consort, please feed the Empress Dowager the medicine!”
Lu Chen also sensed that something was wrong with the powder. He did not dare let Lady Qiao get close to him, so he said to the maidservant, “The Crown Princess Consort was busy yesterday. Why Don’t you let your grandson feed the medicine to the imperial grandmother?”
Seeing the empress dowager’s successful intent in her eyes, Lady Qiao understood that the Empress Dowager had no need to deal with her. After all, she was different from Empress Zhou.
