It was the second time He Xiuyi had come to the Weiyang Palace since she had entered the palace as a concubine.

Technically, it's actually the first time.

Because the last time I was here, Empress Wei was still "bedridden".

At that time, Emperor Duanhua was eager to suppress the Empress and support the newcomers, so he didn't even allow the newcomers to actually enter the Weiyang Palace and pay their respects to the Empress facetoface on the Hall of Changle.

Instead, ...