The Empress spoke and sighed helplessly. It wasn't that the Empress didn't want to set aside all rules to be with the Emperor; the Emperor felt that despite the comfort of rules he always felt a bit uneasy with the Empress, and the Empress felt the same as well.
Just that the Emperor's character, the Empress knew too well, valued decorum and rules far above comfort, so the Empress dared not do anything unbecoming of an Empress even by a fraction, except for the occasional harmless joke in private.
"Sometimes, I even envy the couples of ordinary people; at least they don't have to face so many women of their husbands, they can be with their husbands freely without having to strictly follow decorum and rules, using all sorts of means to win their husband's hearts.
