"What is the matter with the Emperor?"
The Empress Dowager hastily got up to help him, but he knelt so firmly that she couldn't lift him, which made her even more anxious: "Get up and speak properly, you are the Emperor now; it's not appropriate to kneel for long."
Xie Zhixing then took the opportunity to sit beside the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager was displeased: "If the Emperor is here to discuss the matter of making Noble Consort Xi the Empress, then there's no need to kneel to me. Think about it, since Noble Consort Xi became pregnant, whose order have you turned over besides hers and Attendant Lady Zhen's? You haven't set foot in the harem, sulking with me. If I were to persuade you further, I'm afraid you'd find me meddlesome."
