Zhou Wei once again sat in a wheelchair as he entered the palace with Yao Yingying. The two headed straight for Cining Palace, and when they saw Empress Dowager Zhang, she had just dismissed the imperial concubines who had come to pay their respects.
Empress Dowager Zhang wore a look of utter astonishment. Gazing at Zhou Wei, she felt a mixture of heartache and incomprehension. "Why have you entered the palace at this hour? What is wrong with your complexion? Why are you so deathly pale?"
As she spoke, Empress Dowager Zhang cast a hostile look toward Yao Yingying, though she bit her tongue and said nothing out of regard for how fiercely Zhou Wei had defended Yao Yingying yesterday.
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