Qiao Wanyou smiled and shook her head, "Alright, let's eat now. The food is getting cold."
Everyone agreed.
Fu Beimo kept eating and talking, "Brother, today our father ascended the throne. Is there anything worth mentioning?"
Fu Ciyi said, "His ascension to the throne went smoothly. However, after he accepted the homage of the civil and military officials, there was some dispute among the court officials regarding how to confer the title of Empress Dowager."
"What's the result?" Fu Beimo asked again.
Fu Ciyi then explained the results.
In the concubine's courtyard at this moment.
Ling sat aside, not daring to say a word.
The Toffee Dowager paced back and forth, showing no mood to eat.
"Outrageous! Outrageous!" she shouted. "My son is the emperor, so it's only right for me to be the empress dowager, right? But I'm only the Emperor Dowager, still a long way from being the Empress Dowager."
Ling whispered, "Aunt, the Empress Dowager is also the Empress Dowager."
"If you ask me, how could I not know?" The Concubine Dowager sneered, "I am the Empress Dowager. It is because of my biological mother that I can become the Empress Dowager."
"Aunt, the question now is, how can you become the Empress Dowager?" Ling asked. "As long as there is a way, can't we just follow it?"
"You reminded me of this." The concubine sat down and lowered her voice, "Only when the legal mother is gone can the biological mother be named the empress dowager."
"The Empress Dowager is now over eighty years old, and she's one year older this New Year," Ling advised softly, "Aunt, please wait a little longer. In a few years, you'll be the Empress Dowager."
"But I don't want to wait. I get angry when I think that old woman can still ride on my head."
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