The incident at Gu Jian's birthday banquet was soon reported to His Majesty by the Jinling Guard.
Qianqing Palace.
His Majesty leaned on the daybed, casually playing with a pair of gatepost walnuts, while at his feet, Consort An sat on a brocaded stool, dutifully helping His Majesty massage his legs.
"On the birthday of the Duke of the Auxiliary Nation, my mother and third brother personally visited to offer congratulations... There might have been some small misunderstanding... Princess Consort Xiao is a woman of strong temperament, who actually suffered a shock to her pregnancy, frightening my mother to the point of disturbance for several days..."
His Majesty, with his eyes closed, listened to Consort An trivializing the issue of her uncle's birthday banquet, intentionally or unintentionally speaking ill of Xiao Yeyang's wife.
