In Cining Palace, Queen Mother Qin looked at Queen Lu who was sitting next to her. She was silent for a long time and asked slowly: "The Ai family remembers that you and Mrs. Zhuo Wen don't have much contact. Why do you want to entrust your grandma to Yuanxuan Pavilion?"
Queen Lu lowered her eyes and said, "Mammy Yu is too old to go out with my concubines on tours. Kuang Xiangshu Pavilion and Yuanxuan Pavilion are adjacent to each other, and they are also neighbors. It would be okay if we let mama stay in Yuanxuan Pavilion temporarily. I'll take care of Xiang Shu Ge so that I can move in directly if I can't come back, so I don't have to worry about rumors."
After saying this, she paused without seeing the Empress Dowager Qin's words. After thinking about it, she added: "Empress Dowager, Mrs. Zhuo Wen once lived in the Tai'an Palace of Concubine Wen, and often picked flowers and plants in the nearby garden. It just so happened that Grandma would occasionally I went there to cut flowers and plants, so they met several times.
Aunt Yu felt that Mrs. Zhuo Wen was honest, calm and quiet, and she liked her very much, so she would occasionally talk to her when they met her. "
Speaking of this, Queen Lu smiled mockingly to herself: "Such a friendship, in such a huge palace...it is nothing. It's just that the concubine closes the palace as soon as she enters the palace, and the people in front of her are also the maids outside." The internal servants rarely interact with each other, but the friendship between Mammy Yu and Mrs. Zhuo Wen is already familiar to the people in Anyuan Palace."
When the Empress Dowager Qin heard this, her original displeasure was relieved by her guilt, and her tone of voice became gentler: "You are right to arrange this, but...have you ever asked Mrs. Zhuo Wen about it?"
"You are not allowed to enter the pavilions in the central garden of the imperial palace without His Majesty's permission. The reason why I mentioned this to you is because I want you to ask your Aunt Qi. The reason why I mentioned this is because only Only then can I rest assured that I can stay alone. Of course, if Mrs. Zhuo Wen doesn't like it, I can think of another way."
Queen Lu whispered, and her voice was inaudible at the end.
Seeing her like this, the Empress Dowager Qin couldn't help but sigh: "It doesn't matter if Aunt Qi goes there. If Mrs. Zhuo Wen hesitates, let you and the previous one, Aunt Yu, go to Cining Palace to take care of the errands! After you come back, we will Give her back to you.”
Empress Lu suddenly raised her eyes to look at Empress Dowager Qin. She immediately realized that she had lost her temper and quickly lowered her eyes to apologize.
Empress Dowager Qin waved her hand: "The Ai family doesn't need your thanks. You live well and don't let the late emperor's care for you be in vain. This is the best way to thank you."
As she said this, Queen Lu lowered her eyebrows and bowed obediently.
Queen Mother Qin: "..."
I always feel like my words are in vain.
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Before the royal dinner, Emperor Jinghe went to Cining Palace specifically to have a word with the Queen Mother.
"The emperor has countless friendly people in front of me. As long as you listen well to your advice, you will be fine. I have nothing to worry about. Only the queen is following me, and I always feel uneasy." Empress Dowager Qin sighed, "Especially Sheng Liuniang, who did not hesitate to The fact that she and Aunt Yu in front of me accepted this made me a little uneasy."
Emperor Jinghe disagreed and comforted him with a smile: "The Queen Mother thinks too much. She has been silent for half her life and has never expressed any resentment beyond the rules. Now she is traveling alone. What kind of trouble can she cause?"
Saying this, seeing that the worry in Queen Dowager Qin's eyes was still unresolved, she continued to comfort her: "My son should have less contact with her... She is the person that the father wants to compensate for, and it is not easy to take the initiative to give way to others now. She has to be Just let her have her way."
The Empress Dowager Qin was silent for a long time and nodded slowly. She stroked Emperor Jinghe's hand and said, "My son, remember not to be alone with her. When you return, send her alone to the palace to be raised."
"Don't worry, Queen Mother." Emperor Jinghe smiled, "She has never been sorry to my son, but her family was exiled to a border town because of her eldest brother, and she has been far away from my son since then..."
"Okay!" Empress Dowager Qin didn't want to recall these things, especially because her other son was involved. "The Ai family is not as kind as the late emperor, and they are not as nostalgic as you, so they are very suspicious."
When Emperor Jinghe saw that the Queen Mother Qin had changed her title again, he hurriedly promised, "Don't be upset, Queen Mother. My son will try not to be alone with the Queen except in public, okay?"
Only then did Queen Mother Qin smile.
(End of chapter)
