Emperor Xiang Long Wei despised dealing with her, so he chose not to press the matter. And at that time, Emperor Xiang Long Wei had only just ascended the throne back then, with little real power in court.
Now, just thinking about having to personally go to the Western Palace—specifically to Yongshou Palace, where Dowager Noble Consort Yun resided—and request her cooperation for an imperial physician's examination made Empress Qing's head throb. She would have to ask that unreasonable woman to let her servants be examined by the imperial physicians… just to confirm she hadn't caught the plague.
If she had known things would turn out like this, she would've begged the emperor to let her accompany him to the Summer Palace instead. Let Noble Consort Hui deal with that woman—let the two most difficult women in the palace clash. She wouldn't have minded sitting back and watching the chaos unfold. Empress Qing thought.
