After Zhao Yao returned to the capital, he did not attend court immediately. However, he went to the palace daily, spending the morning talking to Lady Liang and the afternoon conversing with the emperor in the Imperial Study.
When he spoke with the emperor in the afternoon, the guards stationed at the entrance of the Imperial Study were dismissed. Only Sun Kui and his apprentice Sun Doudou remained at the door, and no third person knew what the father and son discussed.
The civil and military officials at court, along with the concubines in the harem, were all eager to know what the father and son were secretly discussing every day.
It was widely known that Prince Han was not in favor with the emperor. The emperor usually did not show him much regard. Such occurrences, where the emperor spent half a day talking privately with Prince Han, had never happened before. If it weren't for some matter, the emperor would never spend half a day conversing with Prince Han.
