Upon exiting the Taiji Hall, he immediately sent someone out of the palace to relay the imperial decree, while he himself headed to the Imperial Hospital to find Zhang Qiong.
At that moment, a fragment of the painting on his person fell to the ground, only to be picked up by a young eunuch. Liu Qin gazed at the scrap, letting out a heavy sigh.
*Zhaoming’s secret pregnancy concerns the dignity of the Imperial family. Did the Princess Consort Li really just announce it like that in front of all the Capital’s officials and their families? Is she not throwing the Imperial family's reputation onto the ground for everyone to trample? She usually seems quite sharp; how could she act with such a lack of decorum today?*
Chapter 680