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On the morning of the empress's birthday, Dong Shu woke up early in the morning.

After Dong Shu heard this, she immediately gave Yuanxi who was in her embrace to the wet nurse. She then looked at Xu Shiqiu in confusion: "Why did the Empress send someone to get me?" After saying that, without waiting for Xu Shiqiu's reply, Dong Shu quickly walked to the dressing table and carefully checked her current attire.

When she checked his disguise, Xu Shiqiu regained his senses, looked at her and said: "If my wife can't guess what Empress is thinking, why not ask Mama Yan." After saying this, Xu Shiqiu thought for a moment, then continued, "Perhaps the Empress wanted to see you, which is why she specially sent someone to pick you up."

Dong Shu had never encountered such a thing before, and the person who treated her in such a manner was the most respected woman in the world.

Although Dong Shu was confused, she still had to leave with the people that the Queen sent.

His original plan was for Xu Shiqiu to send Old Madame Xu and Dong Shu to the palace, then he would go to the imperial court to meet with the officials.

But now, the empress had sent someone over early in the morning, so the Old Madame Xu might not have prepared well enough.

After the Mama Yan heard the news, she quickly walked over.

When she arrived, Dong Shu happened to be leaving from the dressing table. Upon seeing Mama Yan, he immediately asked: Mama Yan, why did Empress send someone to fetch me?

"Third Madame, don't worry. If servant hasn't guessed wrongly, the Empress should want you to accompany her early in the morning." After the Mama Yan finished explaining, she paused for a while, before continuing, "This servant will accompany you to the palace now. Don't worry, the Empress will definitely explain things to you after entering the palace."

Dong Shu also understood that she couldn't ask the Queen about it, so if the Empress didn't explain, she could only guess.

However, now that she had Mama Yan accompanying her, she put down her worries.

After thinking about this, Dong Shu turned to Xu Shiqiu and said, "Husband, don't forget to send mother to the palace later. The congratulatory gift that I prepared was given to mother yesterday, mother will bring them to the palace together." After saying that, Dong Shu looked at Ling Xiang, and when Ling Xiang gave her a set of spare clothes, she followed him out of the house.

Dong Shu was very nervous, but she had been taught by the Mama Yan everyday and she would not forget it when the time came.

However, when he saw the half of the empress's ceremony on the doorstep, he was so shocked that he immediately looked towards Mama Yan.

The Mama Yan didn't really understand what was going on with the Queen, so she could only give Dong Shu a meaningful glance to let her feel at ease sitting there, so that she could talk about everything over and over again in the palace.

After Dong Shu received the Mama Yan's gaze, she took a deep breath and sat on the Queen's Phoenix Carriage.

Dong Shu was on tenterhooks all the way until she arrived at the Phoenix Palace and saw the Mama Su. Only then did she heave a sigh of relief.

Although Dong Shu was very anxious, wanting to ask the Empress what was going on, she understood that she couldn't ask about it here.

Once she had strode into the Phoenix Palace, Dong Shu then asked softly, "Mama Su, why would the Empress send someone to pick me up so early in the morning?"

"Regarding this matter, it's best if Third Madame doesn't ask too many questions. You only need to understand that the Empress really likes you, which is why she sent someone to pick you up." Mama Su also didn't want to say more, so she could only remind Dong Shu this.

Although she didn't explain it clearly to the Mama Su, when Dong Shu heard her words, she still put aside her concerns and prepared to use her best appearance to see the Empress.

After following Mama Su to the inner hall, Dong Shu saw that the empress had not done her makeup and was leaning on the bed with her hair down.

As for the Mama Hu, he was waiting at the side with a bowl of medicine.

"Empress, what's wrong?" Seeing the Queen like this, Dong Shu didn't have the heart to ask anymore. She hastily walked towards her.

When Dong Shu walked to the empress's side, the empress opened her eyes and sighed emotionally: "Even you are so worried about me, but my relatives are plotting against me to drain my last bit of blood." The Queen took the initiative to reach out and grabbed Dong Shu's hand.

Seeing that the empress was finally spirited, the Mama Hu was just about to deliver the medicine in her hands to the empress, but the empress waved her hand.

"I don't need to drink any medicine, I'm just angered. No need to drink any medicine!"

The more the empress spoke, the angrier she became. It was only when Dong Shu lightly patted her back did she regain her senses, and said to Dong Shu: "It's still Shu'er."

Dong Shu did not know how to respond, so she could only remain silent.

With Dong Shu by her side for a while, the Empress became more spirited than before.

"Serving me in changing." As the Queen spoke, she was still holding onto Dong Shu's hand with one hand.

Dong Shu didn't dare to let go of the empress's hand. She could only let the empress hold it and wait quietly by the side while the palace maid helped the empress with her makeup and dressed up.

She only moved her arms when the empress was ready.

With Dong Shu's movement, the Queen was able to sense his movements.

"Shu'er, do you find it hard to accompany me like this?"

Upon hearing the Queen's words, Dong Shu immediately blurted out, "That can't be, to be able to accompany the Empress, I am very happy." After saying this, Dong Shu thought about it and decided to speak the truth, "It's just that Yuanxi is too young, it's not convenient to bring her along.

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.