Although she occasionally had a bit of a temper, she had never interfered in matters of the Imperial Court or the Imperial Harem. For her to insist like this, the Empress Dowager must have said something to her.
"No, the Empress Dowager is really nice. We get along very well, and she even told me to go keep her company and chat whenever I have time so she won't be bored."
"Then what did she come here for?"
He stared steadily at her. Xia Weibao pressed her lips together, and all of a sudden her face flushed red. "She actually told me… told me to hurry up and give birth to a Crown Prince."
Lu Hualiang was taken aback; he hadn't expected that answer.
This did sound like something the Empress Dowager would say.
"So how did you answer her?"
Meeting his half-smiling gaze, Xia Weibao's face turned even redder; her head practically dropped into her bowl. "Answer what? This isn't something I can just have because I want to."
