166 Mystery Upon Mystery

Liu Yao's birthday was fast approaching. It caught Yan Zheyun by surprise when Noble Consort Dao gently took him aside after one of the inner palace assemblies and mentioned it to him in private. It was kind of her. Should anyone have caught wind that the emperor's prized, pampered consort had no idea that his birthday was nigh, Yan Zheyun was certain that tongues would wag hard enough to reach the morning court and come tomorrow morning, there would be new memorials on the emperor's desk asking him to demote Imperial Noble Consort Yue who was not befitting the role.