"Also, Grandmother, Baiqing isn't criticizing you, but even though you are the Empress Mother's mother, the Empress Mother is now exalted as Empress. When you come to the palace to pay respects to the Empress, not paying ceremonial greetings is one thing, but how come you don't even address her, more so without any honorific title?"
"Now it's just the few of us here, so it can be overlooked, but if others in the palace were to see this, and it reached Father Emperor's ears, I'm afraid it could lead to charges of disrespecting the royal family, which would be detrimental to the Zui Family."
"Uh!"
Madam Zui was so startled by his words that she stood up abruptly, her face turning pale.
Her mind was preoccupied with the fact that Chun'er was still outside waiting for news from her, how could she remember these formalities?
Moreover, this was her own daughter; she could treat her however she wished. Does that mean she should kneel before Niang Yiming, this lowborn?
