C170 Like hostages

Ah Jiu was shocked by Zhong Miao Yi. Seeing that her expression was a little strange, she did not dare to ask anything further. So what if I'm a noble? "

She almost shouted her mistake. The transition from Madam to noble was too quick, the Ah Jiu herself was unable to react in time.

"I'm fine." Zhong Miao Yi took a deep breath. She knew that she couldn't be too cowardly at this moment. The Empress Dowager had always disliked her, but even so, she couldn't back down now.

Ban Qiu didn't deliberately stop to wait for her. Instead, she slowed down her pace, not wanting to ask any more questions. She was afraid that Zhong Miao Yi would feel even more uncomfortable.

It was a good thing that both empress dowager and empress dowager were present, so there wouldn't be an awkward situation of one on one.

The Mentor's Mansion was bustling with noise and excitement. Buying and redecorating was a top priority, and the palace maids and eunuchs who went in and out of the palace were in an orderly fashion as well. They were not flustered at all.

"Go ahead, I'll wait for you at the door." "Today is a day of great joy, so I believe I won't make things difficult for you. Empress Dowager Xi is too busy with the matter of the Zhou family's appropriate age women entering the palace, and is too far away from the Zhou family. Empress Dowager Xi already doesn't know much about the current situation of the Zhou family's women.

Zhong Miao Yi nodded. Hearing that Ban Qiu would wait for her at the door, she became more assured.

Ah Jiu helped her in, and all the palace maids and eunuchs recognised her and gave her a bow of honor. Currently, the only people present in the palace were the empress and noble Zhong, hence the empress's attire and attire was the best to recognize her, thus the person in front of them could only be the princess of the previous dynasty, the former mistress of the emperor, and now she was only at this level.

Zhong Miao Yi walked in. When she reached the front of the hall, she saw his aunt standing by the door to the palace. She smiled at Zhong Miao Yi and greeted, "Good morning, noble one."

Zhong Miao Yi smiled and nodded.

Her aunt lifted the curtain for her. "Lord, please come in quickly."

He thought that he would see the solemn scene of the two empress dowager remaining silent after entering the room. However, when the curtain was raised, the Zhong Miao Yi heard the low chuckle of the Empress Dowager.

Seeing the Zhong Miao Yi enter, the Empress Dowager's smile was still there.

"Greetings to the empress dowager. The empress dowager is aged thousands of years."

Empress Dowager Xi and East Empress Dowager were sitting together, there was an extra chair, but it could be seen that Empress Dowager Xi's chair was obviously much more expensive, and East Empress Dowager had only made it up temporarily.

Seeing the Zhong Miao Yi, Empress Dowager Xi's attitude was actually much better than before. She didn't speak sarcastically or icily, neither did she ignore him.

Zhong Miao Yi listened to the two empress dowager's admonishments on his knees. He did not talk much and only spoke a few sentences before refusing to speak.

Zhong Miao Yi knocked her head, and Empress Dowager Xi supported her up to give her a seat.

This kind of "kindness" was probably because Yun Mengqi had finally become the queen of the world, and she was just a small figure without any backing.

She was no longer an existence that could pose a threat to Yun Mengqi, and very soon, the ladies of the Zhou family would enter the palace.

The era that belonged to the Zhou family was about to arrive.

Zhong Miao Yi sat quietly and listened to the Empress Dowager's happy jokes. Like East Empress Dowager, she had no intention of interrupting her.

She could tell that East Empress Dowager was not in a good mood. Although she had also become the empress dowager, she wasn't as carefree and happy as she was back in the Su Family.

East Empress Dowager didn't like this kind of life. Zhong Miao Yi knew that, she was controlled by the empress dowager to live in the palace, but she didn't know what kind of feeling she had in her heart.

Even until now, Zhong Miao Yi still felt that East Empress Dowager was like a hostage to the Empress Dowager of the West. The two of them spent days and nights together, it was really too easy for them to do anything.

And now, Su Zeyi also had a lot of things to do, even if he was in the imperial court, he would not be able to think so much into the imperial harem.

This was probably the only thing that made Zhong Miao Yi happy, and also something that only she would be happy about.

Empress Dowager Xi spoke for a while before suddenly turning to East Empress Dowager. "This Dowager remembers that you didn't like the palace much in the past. You always said it was very stuffy, very stuffy, like you were in prison. Are you used to it now?"

East Empress Dowager laughed, her gaze drifting to somewhere else as she said, "You get used to living here. You're not the young lady from back then, why are you still not used to living here?"

When East Empress Dowager said this, Empress Dowager Xi's expression became slightly ugly.

As expected, the grudges between the two of them when they were young were truly numerous, and now that they were old, only the two of them were left. Zhong Miao Yi originally thought that the more it was like this, the older the grudges were.

The two of them leaned in close to each other, lamenting the absurdity of their youth. At least they were able to find an old friend who resonated with them and were not alone.

However, Empress Dowager Xi had obviously not put it down at all, and was deeply dissatisfied with East Empress Dowager's freedom.

He might feel that I was the only one left in his heart after living a happy and peaceful life for the rest of your life. That kind of feeling couldn't be said to be incomprehensible, but Zhong Miao Yi felt that blaming his own impoliteness on others was in itself a kind of bad behavior.

"In the afternoon, the palace will send over the portraits and introductions of the Zhou Mansion's young ladies. Take a look." Empress Dowager Xi changed the subject. When it came to the girls of the Zhou household, she was in a good mood and didn't try to cover it up.

This matter was nothing, and was only said in front of Zhong Miao Yi. East Empress Dowager still looked up worriedly at him.

Zhong Miao Yi didn't react at all. These were already set facts, and Zhong Miao Yi didn't care about them. The one they should be more worried about should actually be Yun Mengqi.

In the past, she did not fight over it, she lived a peaceful and stable life, and even Yun Mengqi could not tolerate her, let alone the ambitious Zhou family's girl who was now here.

The palace was never lacking in liveliness, and it also never lacked beautiful young women.

Yun Mengqi finally stopped focusing all her energy on herself, Zhong Miao Yi felt completely relaxed, she even wanted to get more women for the imperial harem as soon as possible.

This way, no matter if it was Su Zeyi or Yun Mengqi, they wouldn't have the energy to care about her anymore.

She was really too tired to play with him anymore and didn't want to play with him anymore either. Right now, she could only hope that Su Zeyi would keep his promise and allow the child in Concubine Xian to be born safely.

The child was almost five months old. By the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the child would be born in this world.

Zhong Miao Yi would forever remember what the Concubine Xian had said about her child.

Now that she couldn't rely on him anymore, she could only try her best to protect him.