The evening banquet was indeed low-key, and as expected, Ye Zao was sent back by the Fourth Master after a quarter of an hour.
"Consort Chen is pregnant and has been exhausted recently. She should return first. Relay to the Imperial Kitchen, reward Consort Chen with four dishes and two soups to take back."
Ye Zao stood up, smiled, thanked the Fourth Master, and gracefully left.
The Empress Dowager snorted, but said nothing in the end.
Firstly, because of the Grand Empress Dowager's mourning period, and secondly, His Majesty's mood seemed not the best.
After Consort Chen left, he hadn't smiled even once.
So, given these circumstances, no one dared to speak much, and this banquet went by quietly.
On the seventeenth, the Empress Dowager sent someone to ask the Fourth Master if the full moon celebration for the two children would be grand.
After all, they are twins of mixed sex, which is rare.
