Even the Empress needed a convincing reason when she would have to promote Madam Jiang, who had been degraded to a concubine, to a secondary legal wife.

"You can put it this way: Madam Jiang has a filial daughter-in-law, and people in her mansion are willing to explain for her and share her responsibility because they love and respect her." The Empress Dowager waved her hand and said impatiently.

She was now the Empress Dowager who was supposed to live in ...