"What other people's emotions are none of your business. Remember your mother's words."

Living in the imperial harem, one must first take care of oneself before one can better take care of others.

The three of you will stay in the palace with your mother now. No matter how unhappy you are inside, you must appear happy on the surface.

Although the master has left the palace, many servants remain. Who knows if those servants will secretly report on others?

The safest approach is to maintain your public image. You can throw a tantrum or act tough in the Yikun Palace or the princess's or prince's quarters, but it's best not to act recklessly in public.

Chen Yuwei is capable of cleaning up their mess, but as I said before, it's completely unnecessary.

You insist on making things complicated when you could have resolved them properly.

What's the point?

Upon hearing their mother's words, Yongwei and the other two nodded obediently in agreement.

They were still very scared when Chen Yuwei explained things with a serious face.

A slap followed by a sweet treat—Chen Yuwei is adept at managing people, even when dealing with her own children.

Xia He brought over some pastries and snacks prepared by the small kitchen to help them fill their stomachs. Chen Yuwei got up and returned to the octagonal table to continue handling the remaining palace affairs.

The Empress's power in the palace was already dense and chaotic, and in the last two months, because she lost her son, she had no mind to deal with these matters.

This resulted in the palace accounts after Chen Yuwei took over being less neat and clear than before.

To manage what's to come, you need to keep the books clean.

Chen Yuwei could only patiently clean up the mess for the Empress.

He thought to himself how lucky he was that she would never come back, otherwise he would definitely have taken the opportunity to ask the Empress for some compensation for emotional distress.

To sort out these accounts, Chen Yuwei, taking into account her health condition, spent almost a week with the help of the Imperial Household Department to get everything sorted out.

Therefore, Chen Yuwei had no time to take care of Yongwei and his two children, and could only ask Xia He to keep an eye on them while she turned to her own business.

Fortunately, the final outcome was good; neither the palace affairs nor the child were harmed.

Chen Yuwei was safe and sound, but the imperial procession that left the palace and the capital encountered a major problem.