C145 (1/2)

No matter where it was, after Xu Shiqiu left, Dong Shu received news from the empress of the palace, telling her to enter the palace right now.

Since the Empress Hu had already sent the message, Dong Shu could only change into the new country monarch uniform. Under the guidance of the Mama Yan, he sat on a horse carriage that matched the grade of the carriage and headed towards the Imperial Palace.

Empress Hu had been waiting for Dong Shu to come all the way until she received the news from outside the palace gate.

Emperor Ruikang was sitting right beside Empress Hu. Seeing that she had an extra smile on her face, he could not help but heave a sigh of relief.

”My catalpa really likes this child. I have already chosen a few things, later I will have to trouble my catalpa to give them to Madame Dong as well.”

When the Empress Hu heard Emperor Ruikang's words, she understood why he would do such a thing.

”You don't need to be like this. That child, Shu'er, is simple. I can't figure out who killed her.” Empress Hu's straightforward words had actually made Emperor Ruikang, who originally wanted to use something to apologize for her son, feel extremely awkward.

Empress Hu glanced at Emperor Ruikang, seeing his awkward expression, she said, ”However, although Shu'er is a simple child, her Xu Family is not easy to fool.” After saying this, Empress Hu sighed lightly before continuing, ”Even though he has already given Shu'er the position of country lord, Your Majesty must still let Xu Family know that you care about them.”

Just as Emperor Ruikang heard Empress Hu say this, his heart was slightly unhappy. In the next moment, he thought of how Xu Zhenbei had helped him back then.

Thinking about Xu Zhenbei, the unhappiness at the bottom of Emperor Ruikang's heart was dispelled, and he started to seriously think about how he could compensate Xu Family.

”There's still a period of time before the three month deadline that we agreed upon with Shiqiu. I had originally wanted to give Shiqiu one more level, but when that time comes, I might as well give him one more level.” After Emperor Ruikang said these words, seeing that Empress Hu did not say anything more, he knew that she was satisfied.

It was not hard for the Emperor Ruikang to accept giving Xu Shiqiu a promotion.

He knew about Xu Shiqiu's performance in the army camp these past few days. Thinking about how he had a grandson under his command, he didn't feel bad about getting him promoted.

As long as Xu Shiqiu could take his grandson down to the army camp, he obviously wouldn't mind getting promoted earlier.

After all, Xu Shiqiu was still young, and still had no children. If his grandson performed well, the military might might might even return to the Ye Family.

Thinking of this, Emperor Ruikang couldn't help but reveal a 'gratified' expression.

Empress Hu had grasped the intentions of the Emperor Ruikang very well. Seeing him reveal such an expression, she knew what the Emperor Ruikang was thinking.

After the two of them finished speaking, they did not say anything else, because Dong Shu had already arrived at the Phoenix Palace.

Just as Dong Shu arrived at the Phoenix Palace entrance, she saw a familiar big palace maid waiting there. After finding out that the Emperor Ruikang was also here, Dong Shu subconsciously looked towards the Mama Yan.

”Madame, there's no need to panic. Since Your Majesty is here, we can thank him together.” Just as Mama Yan finished speaking, she paused for a moment before continuing, ”When you bow later, this servant will stand by your side and look at you, pointing at you.”

With Mama Yan's words, Dong Shu finally calmed down.

When Dong Shu bowed to the Emperor Ruikang and the others under the guidance of the Mama Yan, she heard the Emperor Ruikang say, ”Before, I thought you didn't understand this, but now, it seems that the Queen knew how to teach children.”

”Your Majesty is flattering me.” Seemingly at the instant Emperor Ruikang's words fell, Empress Hu followed up. After she finished speaking, Empress Hu paused before continuing, ”It's also because Shu'er has his own heart. As long as it's something I've instructed his to do, she'll take it to heart.”

When Emperor Ruikang heard this, he naturally took the opportunity to praise Dong Shu a few more times.

After he said a few more words, he took the opportunity to remind Dong Shu, ”Madame Dong, remember to tell him that we will be waiting for the date of our agreement with him when we return tonight.”

After speaking to Dong Shu, Emperor Ruikang then looked at Empress Hu and said, ”Puppet, I still have to review the imperial report, I'll come see you again tomorrow.”

The empress was eager for Emperor Ruikang to leave so that she could speak privately with Dong Shu, so when she heard Emperor Ruikang's words, she immediately nodded and smiled towards him.

Emperor Ruikang didn't understand Empress Hu's thoughts. Seeing her smile to him, she couldn't help but feel good, thinking that the empress would be so happy because she had explained that the day would come again.

When Emperor Ruikang's figure completely disappeared, the expression on his face changed from a fake smile to one of genuine joy from the bottom of his heart.

”Shu'er, were you scared a few days ago?” The Empress Hu held Dong Shu's hand and looked carefully at her expression. Seeing that there was no fear on her face, she continued: ”The events of that day all happened because of me.”

”Empress, there's no need to be like this.” When Dong Shu thought about that matter of escaping from death, she did not feel it appropriate to say that she did not care. After thinking for a moment, he continued, ”I should have gotten lucky after marrying my husband. That day, Mama Yan and I were both saved, but it was His Majesty's guards who were sent out to save us. ”

”Humph!” It's because they aren't good at it themselves. ” Empress Hu couldn't help but get angry when she thought about how the Emperor Ruikang had only arranged for a few guards that day. ”If I were to arrange for at least twenty people to send you off, then you would only be able to relax.” After saying that, Empress Hu thought for a while before continuing: ”You said that someone had saved me that day, and I've heard the news, but who is it?”

”It was a person from the martial arts world that we met on our way to the capital. He also saved a friend of our husband. Only then did we get to know him better.” Dong Shu thought about Yan Ye's personality of not wanting to interact much with outsiders and immediately continued, ”It's just that people in the martial arts world do not wish to interact with us. My husband wanted to thank him, but he only asked for a few jars of good wine. After your husband went to find him a few times, he finally made a request. ”