Qi Junmu stood upright where he was and gave a faint, neither light nor heavy, acknowledgment.
Qi Junmu's action caught Lin Xiao off guard—and the Empress Dowager even more so. As a subject, Lin Xiao couldn't let too many emotions show on his face. The Empress Dowager was startled for a moment, then her face filled with fury.
Her hands gripped the armrests of her chair. She said, "The Emperor has grown up. He has his own ideas and finds me tiresome. He doesn't listen to my words and doesn't care to keep them in mind."