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The noise was not small, as though the owner of the voice did not have any intention of hiding it, and so, a noise that should not have appeared at this time, rang out openly outside the great hall of Phoenix Palace.

At first, the empress did not clearly hear who the owner of the voice was. After all, she had only been focused on talking with the Xu Family people.

However, the Mama Hu beside her could hear clearly the conversation at the door.

The Queen had yet to speak, but Mama Hu had already sent a look to her side. The palace maids that usually followed behind Mama Hu saw the look in her eyes and quickly left the hall, ready to deal with the commotion outside.

Before the palace maid could leave the hall, a voice could be heard clearly from outside the hall.

"I won't marry! I want to see aunt, aunt will definitely not be willing to marry me to that idiot. "

After everyone heard this, although some of them did not immediately guess who the speaker was, after thinking for a bit, they immediately understood who the speaker was.

This is the Phoenix Palace, master is the Empress.

Currently, the only person who could call the Empress' aunt 'was the youngest daughter of Hu Family's successor.

Those who were well-informed about what had happened at Phoenix Palace this morning only had to think for a moment to understand what had happened.

The people of Xu Family naturally heard this voice clearly as well. When they thought that this was said by their own aunt, Madame Hu couldn't help but have a headache.

Although she was already married, both the direct line of descent and side branch of Hu Family still had their unmarried daughter.

If today's matter were to spread out, the daughters of their Hu Family would definitely be criticized, and their marriage might even be affected.

Other people could also think of problems that could be solved with Madame Hu.

The empress hadn't been able to clearly hear what was being said at the door, but now she could.

After the smiling Empress confirmed that the one causing trouble at the door was Hu Yao, she immediately said: "Men, go tell the Hu Family people, if they do not sincerely wish for my birthday, then do not enter the palace anymore."

The empress didn't seem to mind as she spoke, but those who heard her were startled.

Especially those families whose families were in-laws with Hu Family.

Before Old Madame Xu could speak, an old lady sitting opposite to her gave her a look.

Seeing her gaze, Old Madame Xu finally realised that her eldest grandson wife was her grandson's cousin and the Empress's niece.

After understanding what she meant, the Old Madame Xu sighed and said to the Empress, "Empress, there is no need to put an insensible junior in your heart. This old body now understands that as long as this old body can eat well and dress warmly, this obedient junior will only teach a few words. As for those who are disobedient, this old one is not willing to interfere. If I have the time, I would rather drink some tea and listen to the show. "

When Old Madame Xu said this, the old lady who was giving her a look immediately followed up, saying that her own junior was disobedient.

Only after being comforted by the two old ladies did the empress's mood improve.

"Don't worry, I understand now." With that said, the Queen no longer wanted to talk about Hu Yao. Instead, she looked towards Mama Hu, asking her to continue the process of the birthday present that she did not start earlier.

The empress changed the subject herself, and the group below naturally wouldn't continue to talk about what had happened without looking at her.

However, after today's incident, everyone began to ponder in their hearts that this little girl from Hu Family was probably crippled.

Some of the families who had planned on marrying Hu Family also wanted to ask about whether or not the other daughters of Hu Family had been spoiled.

Fortunately, the other daughters of the Hu Family were not bad. At least, after these families had investigated in the future, there would not be any bad rumors.

Inside the Phoenix Palace, everyone began to present their birthday presents. Dong Shu sat next to the empress just like that, listening to many things that she had never heard of before.

She hadn't even learned how to completely control her expression, so the Queen sitting beside her could clearly see the astonishment on Dong Shu's face.

The Queen, who was originally in a bad mood, immediately laughed softly when she saw Dong Shu's expression. "What's wrong? But have you ever heard of these things? "

"Yes." Dong Shu did not hide anything from the empress, "There are many things that this subject's wife has heard for the first time." After saying this, Dong Shu's face revealed a hint of awkwardness.

The empress had been paying attention to Dong Shu, and upon seeing her display such an expression, she immediately asked in confusion, "What's wrong with Shu'er?"

Hearing the Empress's words, Dong Shu's face immediately turned slightly red. She said in an embarrassed voice, "The birthday presents they gave are all very precious, only this humble wife's preparations are too ordinary."

When Dong Shu said this, the Queen immediately became curious about the birthday she was preparing.

Even the Empress couldn't wait for's turn to present her gift. She directly looked at Dong Shu and asked, "Then tell me, what birthday present did you prepare for me?"

Dong Shu saw that the empress was staring at him the entire time, not even looking at the birthday present below her, and only replied softly, "It was personally embroidered by this official's wife to congratulate you on your death. It's just that this subject's embroidery skills are not good, the Mama Yan has helped this subject in many areas. "

Dong Shu did not take all of the credit for this embroidery onto himself.

The empress knew exactly what she was capable of, and she wasn't willing to lie, so she chose to speak the truth.

The Empress did not expect Dong Shu to actually say such a thing.

She looked at Dong Shu, and seeing her nervous expression, she immediately laughed and shook her head: "Shu'er, don't worry, you've personally embroidered this thing, how could I not like it?"

Not to mention, it was even a picture of a red-crowned crane. How could she not like it?

After Dong Shu heard the Empress's words, her eyes brightened as she said, "As long as the Empress likes it." After saying this, Dong Shu paused for a moment before continuing, "Because this item was personally embroidered by Mama Yan for this official, this subject has even personally embroidered a fortune bag for the Empress."

The more the empress listened to Dong Shu's words, the more cute she felt. She couldn't help but reach out and pat the back of Dong Shu's hand.

The empress and Dong Shu's movements were not concealed, the people below were still continuously offering their birthday presents, and the empress at the head was whispering to Dong Shu.

Fortunately, the Queen did not continue to chat with Dong Shu secretly. Perhaps it was because the Empress was in a good mood after this, she would occasionally praise when everyone offered their birthday presents.

Those who received praise from the empress were naturally overjoyed. The empress might be childless now, but they all understood that with the emperor's guilt towards the empress, no matter which prince took the throne, the empress would still be one of the empress dowager.

Of course, this didn't exclude the fact that the Emperor would pass on the throne to his birth mother's deceased prince. This way, there would only be one empress dowager in the palace.

But no matter what, the current Empress would become the Empress Dowager in the future.

The empress could more or less guess what they were thinking, which was why she was a little perfunctory when she faced these people.

The empress understood that with her current status and lack of sons, no one would resent her even if she were to use her temper.

After all, the crown prince had yet to decide on any of the other women in the palace, and her words as the main empress were still very useful to His Majesty.

Even though the birthday present for Xu Family was already being prepared, it wasn't as exquisite as the preparations that the other families had made last year.

And because Xu Family had always been within the Xiahe Village all these years, the birthday present they prepared wasn't too expensive.

But perhaps it was because the empress liked Xu Family, so even though Xu Family's birthday present wasn't too great, she still praised it in a good mood.

When the birthday present was completely paid, the people of Emperor Ruikang from the previous dynasty also arrived.

"All of you, follow me to the charisma hall." The Queen finally spoke these words to everyone. After she finished speaking, she directly placed her arm in Dong Shu's hands, allowing Dong Shu to support her as she moved towards the Tai Lai Hall.

When Dong Shu and the rest reached the Confessing Hall, the ministers that were qualified enough to sit here had already taken their seats.

And now, they knew about the matter regarding Hu Family and Hu Yao.

Normally, Dong Shu should sit next to Xu Shiqiu, but the Queen kept holding onto her hand and when Emperor Ruikang changed into a new robe, she was still holding onto Dong Shu.

Maybe Emperor Ruikang felt that the people from Hu Family had angered the empress, but seeing the empress's actions, he did not say anything.

The emperor and empress didn't say anything, but the servants didn't dare to say anything they wanted to.

It was just that after today's incident, everyone now had an understanding of the Empress's love for the Xu Family and Third Madame.

Some of the smarter ones, who had been in contact with Xu Family before, immediately took this opportunity to start a conversation with Xu Family.

The first to come to Old Madame was Consort De's family, Zhang Family.