In the palace.
Empress Zhou complained to the Hui Lin emperor, “You have already given the throne to Chen ‘er, and you still have this trick up your sleeve. You are really getting more and more childish as you get older. Be careful of the Jinniang. If anything happens to her, Chen ‘er will become jealous and hate you.”
The Hui Lin Emperor said, “The fourth day of the seventh month chosen by the Imperial Observatory is an extremely good day. I really didn’t do it on purpose.”
“Chen ‘er will never believe that you didn’t do it on purpose!”
The ceremony department and the Imperial Observatory had long planned this. The palace director had also been rushing to make a silk dragon robe half a month ago. Now that they had received news that they were rushing to make a phoenix robe, the Ministry of Rites also needed an additional procedure to confer the title of Empress.
