```
In the corridor, Zhezhi and Zheye, the two children, were discussing the flavors of various pastries in their childlike voices—a conversation so loud it could be heard even from the main hall.
"Your majesties honor us with your presence in this humble abode. Please forgive this commoner for not meeting you from afar," Su Zhiruan rose and bowed once more. These two figures of noble birth and exalted status—following the death of the Empress Dowager, the Imperial Palace housed an Emperor and Empress deeply in love, with no other Concubines. In all the land, their positions were unmatched.
And now, unexpectedly, they were guests in her residence, entertained no less by her own children, Zhezhi and Zheye.
Should outsiders learn of this, they would likely faint from shock.
