Since Princess Consort Chun had given birth to a son, Duke Dingguo had started to show off, with his flouncing about becoming rather unsightly.
Yet, constrained by the military power in the man's hands and his marital ties to Prince Rui, and lacking any significant dirt on him, he would have already taken action otherwise.
Now, Fourth Princess Consort had willingly brought forward evidence against Duke Dingguo—excellent!
He wondered whether his fourth brother would be so infuriated upon learning of this—how he looked forward to it.
Before long, Luo Ning and the Marchioness were summoned to the imperial study to see the Emperor.
Other than the Emperor sitting at the head, Prince Chen was also seated to one side.
The two women paid their respects, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"
The Emperor smiled kindly and raised his hand, "Sister-in-law, Marchioness, please rise."
He got straight to the point, "Fourth sister-in-law, what brings you to seek an audience today?"
