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When Dong Shu's words came out, the empress smiled at her. ”You're a sincere child, you wouldn't lie to me.” The Queen had a lot of experience, how could she not see that Dong Shu was speaking the truth?

She had been a mother, too, and knew a mother's fear for her children.

So she was sure that Dong Shu was telling the truth.

”Empress, are you unhappy?” Dong Shu thought for a long time, but still said those words in the end.

Hearing Dong Shu's words, the Queen pulled her with one hand and the other hand held onto Mama Hu's arm as she walked out, ”En, I am popular because of my Hu Family.”

Hearing the Empress's words, Dong Shu regretted it a little, she felt that she should not have asked more questions.

The 'Hu Family person' that the empress spoke of must be the empress' family.

The empress didn't seem to have the intention of continuing with her narration, directly holding her hand and walking outside.

Dong Shu followed the empress to the outer room of the Inner Palace of the Phoenix Palace and saw a young lady kneeling there. Looking at her face, she looked somewhat similar to the empress.

When she saw this girl, Dong Shu immediately guessed that she was probably someone from the Empress' house, someone from the Hu Family.

The Queen didn't seem to have any intention of explaining, when she saw Hu Yao, she had basically planned to introduce her to Dong Shu.

Only when she held Dong Shu's hand and sat down at the seat of honor did she instruct him, ”Mama Su, send her out of the Phoenix Palace and return her to the hands of the people from the Hu Family. Tell those with Hu Family that I already have someone I care about and that I won't need those with Hu Family to worry about me in the future. ”

If Xu Nuanwen and Xu Yanzhu were here, they would have guessed what happened after hearing the empress's words.

But the one who was waiting here was Dong Shu.

Dong Shu could only tell that this matter was related to her Hu Family, but not that it was related to her at all.

The Queen did not seem to have any intentions of explaining either. After the Mama Su brought Hu Yao down, she then looked at Dong Shu and said: ”Sit here for a while.

”En, I will accompany the Empress.” Dong Shu obediently answered and then continued to sit by the empress's side. She was neither curious nor had she asked any questions.

Seeing Dong Shu like that, the Empress naturally liked her more and more.

At the entrance of the palace, the wives of the families were preparing to enter the palace to pay their respects to the empress in Phoenix Palace.

When Old Madame Xu just arrived, Xu Nuanwen who had already received the news immediately came in front of her, and told the news she had received to her and Xu Shiqiu.

”I just received news that Hu Family knows sister-in-law is beloved by the empress, so they specially sent a girl to accompany the empress. It's just that this lady seemed to be arrogant and was unwilling to accept the arrangement given to her by the empress. She has angered the empress and was sent out of the Phoenix Palace. ”

Just as Xu Nuanwen finished speaking, she looked at her and asked: ”What do you mean by Hu Family? Could it be that they think that we allowed our wife to enter the palace on purpose to accompany the Empress? ”

”I haven't investigated the details of the situation. I only know that the young lady is Empress's niece, the one with the smallest Hu Family, and has a bad temper.”

Xu Nuanwen was able to find out all these so quickly, it was obviously not because of her abilities.

When the Consort De sent people into the palace, she had started to investigate this matter, which was why she was able to deliver the news to Xu Nuanwen this morning.

Ever since Xu Shiqiu gained an official position, the Consort De's attitude towards him became even better, which was why she was so interested in hearing about this news.

Although Xu Nuanwen did not get much information, it was enough to let Old Madame Xu know how to treat her in-laws — Hu Family.

When Madame Ye led Madame Hu and Xu Yanmo to Old Madame Xu's side, Old Madame Xu gained a better understanding of this lady's Hu Family.

”Aunt Yao is Grandfather's daughter. Although she was not born from her original body, her status in the Hu Family is even higher than Uncle's cousin.”

Madame Hu's grandfather and the current Empress were siblings. Her grandmother had passed away a long time ago, and her grandfather had married her stepmother twenty years ago. This little aunt of Hu Yao's was born from her grandfather's stepmother.

Therefore, even though Hu Yao was a direct descendant, she was still a direct descendant of the concubine. Her status was not as good as her original daughter.

However, Madame Hu's grandmother only had two sons and not a daughter.

However, her uncle and father in Madame Hu both had a daughter, but she and her cousin were both older than this little aunt.

When Madame Hu had just finished speaking, the Madame Ye hesitated for a while, but in the end, still looked at Xu Nuanwen and reminded him, ”I heard that the Empress originally wanted to take Hu Yao as her adopted daughter and give her the position of a princess.” After saying that, the Madame Ye leaned towards Xu Nuanwen and continued to whisper: ”But Hu Yao is unwilling, she seems to have said something about liking Jing Xing.”

When Old Madame Xu heard what Madame Hu and Madame Ye said, she understood what was going on.

Hu Yao was young, but she had the same seniority as the princes.

Although she was a lot younger than Ye Jingxing, the difference in age between her mother and her father was also a lot greater than that between her and Ye Jingxing, by a lot.