"Your Majesty! Ultimately, this old subject feels that you have been far too indulgent with His Majesty.
He's twenty-five, has yet to take a consort or name an Empress, and you've let it slide. But now, you know he has gone off on a dangerous adventure, how can you simply stand by and do nothing?"
"Sigh! He is the Emperor, the ruler of a nation. How could I possibly control him?
However, Your Highness, with His Majesty absent, Ji Youze cannot secretly manage affairs in the Palace.
I have concealed this for several days, but I fear I won't be able to hide it from the court's princes and ministers much longer.
You are His Majesty's uncle. At a time like this, shouldn't you be devising a way to stabilize the court?"
Prince Yi froze at her words. He… he had merely come to the Palace to inquire about the Phoenix, how had he been saddled with such a monumental task by the Empress Dowager?
"This… this will not do!
