The conferment of a princess by the Royal Family is not just a matter of issuing an imperial edict. It requires rituals, reporting to heaven and earth, informing the ancestors, and listening to admonishments in the palace.
The Royal Family has many rules. Even if these steps are simplified, they cannot be omitted.
The Empress, having lost her beloved daughter, was bedridden and unable to admonish Su Jin. Although the other concubines in the harem were in good spirits, they lacked the proper status.
Having Su Jin kneel before them to listen to their admonishments was something they were not entitled to do.
And then—
Su Jin became the first princess in the Daqi Dynasty to listen to the Emperor's admonishment.
Su Jin just looked at the Emperor, and he didn't know how to admonish her.
This task was something he seized under the guise of showing sympathy to the Empress—
The task was easy to take on but difficult to execute.
