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The palace servants carefully invited the pampered woman in. Before the empress dowager could speak, she had already kneeled down.

Startled, the empress dowager hurried forward to help her up. "What's going on? You're crying so early in the morning. "

An Yang leaned against the empress dowager's chest, crying her heart out. She thought of Xiao Qian's decisiveness and his anger and hatred.

"Who's pissing you off, tell This Dowager instead!"

"Who else could it be? Brother Xiao has gone too far!"

It was that Xiao Qian again. The empress dowager could only helplessly shake her head. He'd come to the palace day after day just for a man, and every time he'd look bad. He didn't know how charming that man was, but he was so angry that he couldn't bear to let go.

"What did he do to you?"

An Yang stopped crying, gritting his teeth in anger. "He dares to abandon me for a widow."

Her Majesty was surprised. "Widow?"

"Yeah, she wouldn't marry me because of that woman."

This time, the empress dowager was in a bit of a predicament. Logically speaking, Xiao Gan wasn't engaged to An Yang, so she should've had her wishful thinking. She didn't care who he was good at, but when she heard that he was a widow, the empress dowager was somewhat surprised.

Just what kind of girl would be able to hook the heart of the great General Xiao? She actually left her dainty granddaughter to marry a widow.

"Where did that woman come from?"

An Yang snorted disdainfully. "She's a woman from the countryside. She even brought two children with her to do some small business in Xuan City. Her means are quite good."

The empress dowager nodded in understanding. She was also a little curious about what Su Zhi herself looked like. What kind of woman could make a general put down his haughtiness and status, and not hesitate to give up a noble daughter to stay with her?

"Royal Grandmother, please help me teach that woman a lesson. Her skills are too brilliant. Big Brother Xiao must have been bewitched by her."

The old woman frowned and thought for a while.

There were many excuses for wanting to teach someone who wasn't related to her a lesson, but as the empress dowager, she was afraid that doing so would arouse the displeasure of the Xiao family and attract the attention of court officials.

She thought for a moment and made up her mind. "Go call that woman into the palace, and I will help you meet her."

Anyang was a bit unhappy. He could find a random person to throw out Xuan City or lock her up in a prison. He had to call for her.

"Royal Grandmother, that's a country bumpkin, he can't even show his face. What are you doing if you see her? Don't dirty your eyes."

The empress dowager poked the woman's forehead and lectured, "Do you know why you aren't favored by Xiao Qian? You'll have to restrain your temper a bit. When you enter your husband's house in the future, it'll be inevitable that you'll have a short term and a daughter-in-law relationship. With your outspoken and outspoken attitude, if you don't change it, you'll only end up suffering later. "

An Yang didn't seem to care. Madam Xiao valued her a lot. Besides, Madam Zhen wouldn't be able to live for long.

As long as they had Xiao Qian's heart, who would care about that?

"What use is it for you to see her? You have to make Brother Xiao give her up."

"I just want to see what ability that woman has. Learn from her."

Even though An Yang was unwilling, he had no choice but to compromise.

Half a cup of tea later, within Phoenix Nest Palace.

In the magnificent hall, no one dared to speak. The palace servants carefully waited at the side, afraid that they would accidentally anger their masters.

The peerless beauty lying on the bed was holding a blue eyed and white furred cat in her hand. Her ten fingers were dazzling red.

"That idiot An Yang went to find the empress dowager for Xiao Qian."

But this time it was different. The empress dowager wanted to see the woman.

If not for Zhao Jian's mention of her, Empress Zhao would never have thought that the woman from six years ago was still alive.

She was truly tenacious. Even now, she couldn't even burn her. Even more despicable was that she still managed to keep that evil creature alive.

"Empress, what should we do next?" The palace maid, Ruo'er, reminded her, "Right now, I'm not sure if the empress dowager remembers that woman. After all, who could say for sure what happened six years ago? But to be safe, I think we should do something about it."

Empress Zhao snorted coldly and impatiently pushed the cat away from her arms. She sat up straight and said in a low voice, "Regardless of whether the empress dowager recognizes her or not, we can't let her enter the palace with her true face."

There was still an old man in the palace from six years ago. If someone accidentally recognized him, the consequences would be unimaginable.

No matter what the outcome was, even if there was a slight possibility, she would not allow a potential danger to appear.

"Then what does the Empress mean?"

"Find a chance to make her lose face."

Ruo'er lowered her head and smiled in understanding. "This servant understands your meaning."

This morning, Su Zhi's eyelids were constantly twitching. Perhaps it was because she had not slept well last night, but her mind was not in a good mood.

Seeing that her complexion still did not improve, Qiu Hong could not help but worry.

"Boss, if you're not feeling well, you should go back and rest. I'll be waiting for you here."

Su Zhi rubbed her temples and returned her a peaceful smile. "It's fine, I'm fine."

Qiu Hong still wanted to persuade her, but there was already movement downstairs. The two opened the curtain and saw a group of Embroidered Uniform Guards wearing flying fish clothing barging into the hall. The one leading them was a young eunuch.

Li Yi was the first to put down his work and welcome them, "Yo, why have all the officials come to visit?"

The young eunuch glanced at him coldly, then he lifted his orchid like fingers and smoothed his hair, saying with a duck voice: "Who is Su Zhi? Let her come out, the empress dowager has invited her! "

The woman on the third floor secretly observed with wide eyes, thinking that she had misheard.

Her Majesty was looking for her? What the hell!

Beside her, Qiu Hong was also stunned. She looked at the woman in disbelief. "Boss, did I hear wrongly? The empress dowager is looking for you?"

Su Zhi blinked and looked towards the hall again, feeling that something was amiss.

"It looks to me that those people were indeed dressed in palace clothes, but I don't understand why the empress dowager is looking for me. We've never interacted, unless … "

A trace of a possibility flashed through Su Zhi's mind, unless it was An Yang. Didn't that princess always receive the empress dowager's favor? If she went to the palace to cause a ruckus, it was possible that she might blow the matter up.

"I'm going down to check on the situation. You take care of the business on the third floor."

"Boss, please slow down."

Su Zhi hurried downstairs, fearless of the probing gazes around her, and stepped forward to pay her respects. "This eunuch here, this humble woman is Su Zhi. May I ask why esteemed empress dowager is looking for me?"

Little De Zi looked her up and down. He couldn't help but smile and nod when he saw her pretty appearance, graceful, dignified, neither servile nor overbearing.

"Why are you asking so many questions? Just follow me honestly."

Li Yi stepped forward and held her back, a puzzled expression on his face. "Little Su, what's going on? Why would the empress dowager look for you?"

Su Zhi shook her head, at a loss. "I'm not too sure either, but since the Empress has given the order, we can't go, right? I'll go take a look first, I'll leave the matter of the store to you."

The young eunuch waved the horsetail whisk in his hand proudly and arrogantly as he walked out of Flowers Mansion. Su Zhi was even escorted up the carriage at the back.

Qiu Hong looked on helplessly as someone was brought into the palace. She suddenly felt uneasy in her heart.

Could it be that he had offended some noble person in the palace? He was perfectly fine, why did he come to the shop to look for someone?

The carriage disappeared along the official road into the capital. The two servants who were hiding in the shadows made a gesture, and one of them flipped over the roof, flying towards the western suburbs.