No matter how worried Bai Desheng and Zhang Yue Mei were, Anning had to enter the palace.
Because Emperor Shengping specifically instructed that Anning be carried in a sedan chair when she entered the palace.
The sedan chair moved forward all the way to the outside of Zicheng Hall.
The little palace maid helped Anning out of the sedan chair and led her into Zicheng Hall.
Upon arriving in the hall, Anning finally met Emperor Shengping.
Emperor Shengping was already middle-aged, around forty years old, but appeared particularly aged, looking like he was in his fifties or sixties.
He was very thin, wearing a light purple casual dress, exuding a sort of scholarly aura unique to literati; at first glance, he seemed more like a great scholar than an emperor with great power.
Anning noticed that Emperor Shengping did not seem to be in good spirits; his dark circles were quite pronounced, and his eye bags were especially evident.
