Honored Lady Du remained still.
After a while, almost everyone had left.
Seizing the moment when there were fewer people, Honored Lady Du went to the inner chamber of Jiaofang Hall to request an audience with the Empress.
"Lady Yu Lan, please go in and announce my visit!"
Honored Lady Du, pulling at Yu Lan, almost pleaded in a whisper.
Yu Lan was in a difficult position.
"Honored Lady Du, it's not that I don't want to announce your visit; it's really that our Empress is unavailable!"
"Ever since the Little Princess arrived, our Empress has been toiling and caring for her personally, even late into the night!"
Honored Lady Du added, "I know the Empress has it hard, but I wouldn't come to seek an audience with Her Highness if it weren't something important..."
She couldn't get through with pleading, nor by insistence.
To put it bluntly, at this moment, Honored Lady Du was more tenacious than a barnacle.
