There was one month left until the Empress Enthronement Ceremony.
Although the ceremony had not yet been held, the concubines and Palace Attendants in the harem had already started to refer to Su Zhiruan as the Empress.
Originally, she thought that, being in the Imperial Palace, it was inappropriate according to etiquette and seemed overstepping. If someone heard it, who knew what might be said, so she intended to correct them. However, the Empress Dowager heard about it.
The Empress Dowager teased Su Zhiruan cheerfully, also calling her the Empress, and kindly persuaded her to be at ease, so Su Zhiruan stopped paying too much attention to the issue.
In these days, many changes occurred in the palace. Some concubines, aware that they probably would not receive Shen Qi's favor again, but having interacted with Su Zhiruan and finding her to be kind-hearted and righteous, liked her very much and did not harbor much jealousy.
