The next day
Cai Wei got up early to pay respects at the Jade Palace, but Empress Dowager Mo did not wish to see her, merely excusing herself by claiming she was unwell and could not be disturbed, asking her to go back.
Cai Wei, too, would rather not see her, so she bowed outside the Jade Palace in the direction of the Empress Dowager's Sleeping Chamber and left.
Princess Zhao Yue happened to be in the Jade Palace, and upon hearing that Cai Wei had come to pay respects, she scoffed, "She's pretending to be filial for show. If she were truly devoted, she should present that Vermilion Pearl Grass to the Imperial Mother. Knowing well how much the Imperial Mother loves flowers and plants, yet she keeps the good stuff to herself and even has the gall to flaunt it. Utterly detestable!"
