This remark was difficult for the Empress to respond to.
Manbao dropped the needle and moved on to another, afraid that the Empress Dowager might actually ask the Crown Princess to bring the imperial grandson over to visit.
The weather was indeed quite cold, and regardless of the illness afflicting the Empress Dowager, it was not suitable for the Crown Princess and the imperial grandson to be outdoors at this time.
From the Eastern Palace to here was not a short distance.
Thus, Manbao said, "I also enjoy calculating virtual ages. I'm now considered sixteen, but I only just turned fourteen by traditional reckoning, so it sounds older than others."
The Empress Dowager, who did not favor watching Zhou Man administer acupuncture, couldn't help glancing at her and said blandly, "Virtual is virtual, after the new year, the imperial grandson is only over two months old, not even a hundred days yet."
