The Empress Dowager Wang returned to the palace, and with a head full of thoughts she wanted to vent, she sent for Palace Attendants to bring Song Ci over, claiming that she missed her and wanted to have a chat, and to bring along her grandson, too.
Such glory, no other family had; the principle of tightly holding on to connections with great wealth and power was paramount. Song Ci tidied herself up and went to the palace with her son Dan.
After going through greetings and bows, as it had been two or three months since the two old friends last met, Song Ci personally held Dan in her arms to greet the Empress Dowager.
One's own body can be understood by oneself; she was old, it was the age of needing a cane. Who knows how long one can live? Since Dan was raised by her side, she definitely wanted to find more powerful connections for him.
The Empress Dowager was the first such powerful connection.
