C118 (2/2)

It was rare for the Emperor Ruikang to wait for the Empress to speak to him for so long, so when he heard the Queen's words, he did not object.

He still did not know what status the Empress had in order for Dong Shu to have, but when he thought about what the Master Xuan Ling had said, he felt that he was willing to use his identity to give the imperial family a sliver of hope.

Thinking up to here, the Emperor Ruikang looked at the empress and said, ”We had originally planned to meet Xu Shiqiu who has profound strength in a few days, if not we would have him bring the Madame Dong and enter the palace tomorrow. When we meet that Xu Shiqiu, would the catalpa meet the Madame Dong? ”

The empress had long known that the Emperor Ruikang had plans to see Xu Shiqiu, so she was not surprised to hear his words.

She raised her eyebrows and slanted her eyes towards Emperor Ruikang, as if reading his thoughts. Then, she said, ”Since Your Majesty has an order, then chenqie will listen to it.” After saying that, the Queen who had achieved her goal no longer wanted to look at Emperor Ruikang, and directly closed her eyes.

Emperor Ruikang wanted to say something, but when he saw the Empress closing her eyes with a look of exhaustion, he immediately resisted the urge to continue speaking and quietly left the Phoenix Palace.

Emperor Ruikang did not feel that the empress had been disrespectful to him. After all, this was the first time the empress had said so much to him since the incident with the crown prince ten years ago.

Thinking about it, the Emperor Ruikang felt that it was really a blessing to be a Madame Dong of the Xu Family.

If he saw her a few more times, the empress would definitely treat him like she did before.

The moment Emperor Ruikang left the Phoenix Palace, he appeared behind the empress. He bent down and approached the empress softly, ”Master, do you want to enter the inner room to rest?”

Hearing the Mama Hu's voice, the Queen did not open her eyes, but instead opened her mouth and replied, ”There's no need.”

The Mama Hu had served the Queen for many years, so when she heard the Queen's voice, she knew that she was reminded of the past.

”Master, is your attitude towards the Emperor useful today?”

Mama Hu raised a topic that the Empress would definitely be interested in and spoke up. As expected, right after she finished speaking, the Queen opened her eyes.

”Hmph. He has guilt in his heart. It is rare for me to speak to him so much today, so he will definitely be extremely happy.” With that, a look of loneliness flashed across the empress's face before returning to her usual coldness. She continued, ”With his personality, he'll definitely help me arrange everything out of guilt.”

The empress understood that now that she was childless, and no longer as glorious as she was in the past, if she were to reveal her identity as a woman from an ordinary background, there would definitely be people in the imperial court who would object.

However, if this matter was suggested by the Emperor Ruikang to compensate her, then for the matters ten years ago, the voices of the officials in the imperial court would be much quieter.

Mama Hu also understood this point, but after she heard the Empress's words, she hesitated and asked, ”But is she worth Master to do this?”

The empress naturally understood that the 'she' Mama Hu was referring to was Dong Shu. At the thought of Dong Shu, the empress's expression also became a little better.

”You don't understand. When I saw her, I was delighted. I always felt that Wei'er was still here.”

”Master!”

When the Mama Hu heard the empress mention the two words ”Wei Er”, she immediately shouted in alarm.

She hadn't thought that the empress would suddenly mention the two words.

When the Empress heard the Mama Hu's exclamation, she did not get angry. She smiled and shook her head, ”Don't worry, I will only talk about Wei`er in front of you. I will only talk about Wei`er once.” With that, the empress stopped mentioning the name.

Seeing the Queen close her eyes again, the Mama Hu did not speak again. Instead, she took out a light blanket and covered her with it.

Xu Family naturally did not know about what had happened in the Imperial Palace.

The Xu Family Main Room and Xu Family Second Room finished their lunch here, and then left one after the other. After they had all left, the imperial palace sent over some news, letting Xu Shiqiu bring Dong Shu to the palace tomorrow.

Upon hearing this news, Dong Shu looked at the Mama Yan who had always spread word: ”Last time, Empress ordered me to bring Yuanxi with me the next time I enter the palace. Should I bring Yuanxi tomorrow?”

When Mama Yan heard Dong Shu's words, she immediately thought of the warning from the s of the Li Palace.

”It's better if you bring the three misses. Tomorrow, I will follow you to the palace and take care of the three misses for you.”

Yuanxi was ranked third amongst all the girls in Xu Family, and Mama Yan had always called Yuanxi ”Third Miss”.

She was also telling Dong Shu that he wouldn't need to bring the wet nurse or Ling Xiang into the palace as she would accompany him into the palace.

Dong Shu still had a lot of trust in the Mama Yan. Although she had only been here for a few days, Dong Shu just felt that the Mama Yan had no bad intentions even though she looked cold.

Seeing Dong Shu's expression, Mama Yan guessed what she was thinking.

Mama Yan's expression did not change, but her attitude towards Dong Shu changed slightly.

As they had to enter the palace on the second day, both Dong Shu and Xu Shiqiu rested early that night.

In the morning of the second day, Dong Shu carried Yuanxi and sat on the Mule Cart with him as she headed to the Imperial Palace.

It was just that they did not expect to meet the waiting Third Prince, Ye Jingche, at the entrance of the palace.