After the emperor's assassination attempt, the palace had been under martial law.
All the concubines were ordered by Imperial Concubine Liu to copy sutras in their respective palaces and pray for the emperor. The concubines were angry but did not dare to say anything.
The palace servants did not dare to breathe loudly. They were all very careful, afraid that they would be used as punching bags by their masters.
They thought that the situation would be better if the empress dowager returned to the palace. Unexpectedly, when all the concubines arranged to go to Cining Palace to pay their respects to her, they were told that the empress dowager was copying scriptures for the emperor and could not see anyone.
All the concubines were dumbfounded. The empress dowager was copying sutras. Could it be that they were more noble than the empress dowager and could not copy such scriptures? Or did they not want the emperor to get better?
