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When the Old Madame Xu heard the Empress's words, she looked up at her in shock.

She didn't think that the Empress's good attitude towards Dong Shu was one of good temper. Back then, when the crown prince had not gotten into an accident, the Empress had suppressed all the women in the harem to the point where they couldn't leave.

As long as they dared to cause trouble, the empress would punish them mercilessly. It was definitely not like this, where she had such a gentle personality.

But Old Madame Xu did not understand, why does the Empress seem to like her own daughter-in-law so much?

However, thinking about his own daughter-in-law's soft and tender personality, Old Madame Xu felt that it was natural for his daughter-in-law to be so liked.

At this time, Dong Shu had already slowly moved closer to the Queen.

The Queen was very excited. She controlled her emotions and wanted to hide her excitement, but Mama Hu, who had served her for dozens of years by her side, discovered that something was amiss.

Mama Hu was about to ask the empress what was going on when she suddenly heard the empress call out her name excitedly. ”Lian'er look, does she look like Mu Er and the crown prince's consort?”

Once the Queen finished speaking, other than Dong Shu and her, the rest of the people in the hall all looked at Dong Shu, who was standing in front of the Queen, stunned.

Dong Shu finally understood that she wasn't a smart person to begin with, so after staring blankly for a long time, she finally realised what the Empress's words just now meant.

She raised her head to look at the empress, opening her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but after thinking for a long time, she still couldn't think of anything suitable to say.

After all, she hadn't seen the Crown Prince or the Crown Princess, so she couldn't say anything.

The Queen kept looking at Dong Shu and seeing her expression, she couldn't help but raise her hand to touch's head.

Before the Queen could even touch Dong Shu with her outstretched hand, she discovered that her withered hand was not really suitable to be placed on Dong Shu's head.

Realizing this, the Queen was just about to retract her hand, but who knew that Dong Shu, who was staring at her, would raise his hand and hold hers.

Dong Shu did not think too much about it, because she did not sense any malicious intent from the empress. Thus, when she saw the empress hesitate, she immediately raised his hand and held her hand.

After holding the empress's hand, Dong Shu didn't think too much about it. Instead, she smiled, bent her crescent eyes, and said to the empress, ”The empress's hand is a little cold, let me warm it for you.”

Dong Shu spoke seriously, and after she finished speaking, she earnestly lowered her head and held the Empress's hand in her own.

In an instant, the empress felt her cold hands being warmed, and then her weak body suddenly felt a surge of strength.

Thinking about the rumors regarding Dong Shu, the Queen immediately suppressed her excitement and looked at her: ”It's so warm.”

In fact, Dong Shu's actions were already considered disrespectful, even calling herself 'I' towards the Queen was a crime of disrespect.

But the empress didn't say anything, and liked her very much. This made everyone forget how disrespectful she was to the empress.

The empress was really too weird today. Even though the hall was filled with people that she could be at ease with, Mama Hu still reminded her softly after waiting for a while: ”Empress, do you want to invite Old Madame Xu to take a seat?”

Once Mama Hu said this, the empress remembered that she had been too busy looking at Dong Shu just now and had forgotten about him.

”Seeing that I'm really old, you actually forgot about this matter. Quickly, invite Old Madame Xu to sit.” After saying that, the Queen looked at Dong Shu and said: ”Are you willing to sit by my side?”

The empress herself didn't notice that she'd been a little cautious when she spoke.

Only three people in the hall noticed this.

Mama Hu and Mama Su looked at each other quickly and thought of the Queen's words just now.

The little daughter-in-law of Xu Family looked like the late Crown Prince and Crown Princess.

After the two of them shifted their gaze from each other, they started to seriously size up Dong Shu at the same time.

Mama Hu and Mama Su were very familiar with the crown prince and the princess consort. When they stared at Dong Shu, they could see that there were some shadows of the crown prince and the princess consort on Dong Shu's face.

It was just that no one would think that Dong Shu was like the crown prince or the princess consort.

However, when one combined the faces of the crown prince and princess consort, they felt that it should be someone like Dong Shu.

Thinking of this, Mama Hu and Mama Su couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

So many years had passed, but the empress still couldn't let go of that matter.

But neither of them could forget what happened back then, so how could the empress let it go so easily?

Thinking of this, the two of them sighed in their hearts.

The two of them looked at each other again, then Mama Hu looked at Dong Shu and said: Third Madame Xu, is it appropriate for you to sit here? With that, the Mama Hu pointed to the location beside the empress.

Dong Shu received the Mama Hu's hint, but she was a little stunned, before she could understand, the next seat, Xu Old Madame, suddenly laughed.

The moment she heard Old Madame Xu laugh, the empress did not care that Dong Shu had not sat down in time to get angry. Instead, she looked at her and asked, ”What are you laughing about?”

No one could tell whether he was happy or angry.

”This old woman is laughing at this child, Shu'er. She was a little silly in her character, and she looked a little dazed. But Shu'er has a good heart, this old body thought. Fortunately, Shu'er married into our Xu Family. If it was the Evil Granny, she would definitely be bullied. ” Saying that, Old Madame Xu's gentle and benevolent gaze fell on Dong Shu.

Hearing her mother-in-law's words, Dong Shu became a little shy. She also understood that she was a little stupid, but she also admitted that her heart was good.

When the Queen heard Old Madame Xu's words, she understood what she meant.

She was telling herself that her little daughter-in-law was a little stupid, and might not have understood what Mama Hu was hinting at.

As she thought up to this point, the corner of the empress's mouth couldn't help but curl up. She was even being pulled a few steps by Dong Shu as she said while looking at her, ”Shu'er, I am happy to see you. Can you accompany me for a seat?”

Hearing the Queen's words, Dong Shu nodded at her and then sat down beside her.

After sitting down, Dong Shu looked at the Empress and said, ”The Empress looks so intimate.” After saying that, Dong Shu paused for a while, then continued while looking at her with a bit of embarrassment: ”I was originally worried that the Empress wouldn't like me.”

Dong Shu's words were sincere, she did not have any intention to be pampered, but she had simply expressed the truest thoughts in her heart.

Everyone present were smart, and after hearing what Dong Shu said, they immediately understood what she meant.

She was truly worried.

The Empress came from the Madame Hu, and then entered the palace.