When the Empress Dowager summons the Emperor, it's never a good thing.
It always puts the Emperor in an awkward position, making things difficult for him.
The Emperor, accustomed to flattery, found Marquis Dongxiang's compliments too awkward.
His anger hardly dissipated.
A messenger from the Empress Dowager arrived, and the Emperor's barely suppressed anger surged back.
Under normal circumstances, the Emperor would surely go to meet the Empress Dowager.
But in his current state of fury, he declined, saying, "I still have memorials to review. Once I'm done, I'll meet with the Empress Dowager."
The Emperor refused to go, and the eunuch delivering the message dared not insist, hastily returning to report to the Empress Dowager.
Needless to say, the Empress Dowager was furious.
However, she must see the Emperor at all costs.
