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Princess Qing He angrily glared at Empress Dowager, who hurriedly nudged her with her elbow. Princess Qing He secretly gritted her teeth and placed this debt onto Xiao Ruyue's head.

It was all because of this woman, Empress Dowager doted on her a lot, but once this woman appeared, there was no place for her to speak!

Fang Weiyong came in a hurry, he drank a bowl of sour plum soup, said a few words, and then left in a hurry.

Empress Dowager sighed: "A man's heart is separated from a man's, it's difficult to draw a tiger's skin and bones, it's impossible to understand a man's heart."

Princess Qing He was currently drinking the sour plum soup, and upon hearing Empress Dowager's words, the veins on her hands that were clutching the bowl popped out, and her face contorted.

Xiao Ruyue saw her expression from the corner of his eyes, a hint of ridicule in his eyes.

Yin Lin whispered into her ear: "Empress, we have already ordered people to check; I believe we will find the results very soon."

Xiao Ruyue answered with a "En", her heart was already assured.

When it was the last hour, close to noon, Yuwen He arrived late. He had changed out of his court uniform, he was brimming with energy and vitality, his handsome face did not appear to be tired from the scorching heat, and there was no sign of him approaching danger.

"Greetings, Royal Grandmother."

"Get up, we don't have that much etiquette." The Empress Dowager said lovingly, and Yuwen He stood up.

Princess Duanyun and Princess Qing He both bowed deeply. Yuwen He said, "Do not stand on ceremony." Only then did he greet the Princess Duanyun.

Yuwen He sat in front of Xiao Ruyue, and placed a bowl of sour plum soup in front of her, and without waiting for Xu mama to fill his bowl with a new one, Yuwen He picked it up and started drinking.

When Princess Qing He saw this scene, she hated them so much that blood almost dripped from her eyes.

Xiao Ruyue pretended not to see it, and took the fan from Yin Lin's hands, and slowly fanned him. Yuwen He thanked him and started chatting with Empress Dowager.

All of these things looked very proper and harmonious, other than Princess Qing He's pair of eyes that were filled with poison.

Not long after Yuwen He entered, the lunch was served.

Six dishes one soup. Three dishes were and Princess Qing He's favorite food, two of them were Yuwen He's favorite food, one was specially prepared for Empress Dowager, and there was the Seven Aromatic Winter Melon Soup.

The arrangement that Yin Lin made was very suitable.

The palace has always advocated thrift, not extravagance. Therefore, it was much more expensive.

Just this Seven Flavors Winter Melon Soup. Although the main ingredient of the winter melon soup was the winter melon and other things, the workmanship was very particular. After making the soup with the pig bone, he would simmer it for an hour. Then, he would put in the winter melon and other ingredients. He would stew it together with the fire for a quarter of an hour, medium heat for a quarter of an hour, and finally, low fire for a slow stew.

In the winter melon soup, there was a prescription given by the Imperial Physician Fang. It went to get the heat, benefit the liver and kidney, strengthen the bones and muscles, and filled the noodle soup to the brim.

Princess Qing He did not know where the joints were, and was already used to the extravagance of the princess' palace. When she saw that there were only six dishes and a soup, she muttered a few sentences under her breath, causing the Empress Dowager to frown.

Princess Duanyun glared at her daughter and hurriedly said, "Don't speak nonsense like that. Your Majesty, Imperial Mother, don't blame me."

The Empress Dowager was silent.

Xiao Ruyue smiled but did not speak. She looked her in the eye as if they were about to begin the banquet.

The Empress Dowager will just treat this as flipping over and over.

During the banquet, the Princess Duanyun and the Empress Dowager continued to chat, and without knowing why, she mentioned, "Since Your Majesty is nearing her new year, and has yet to have children, shouldn't we widely accept the harem in order to help the imperial family expand its branches and scatter its leaves?"

Hearing that, Empress Dowager became interested, and immediately agreed, "That's right, the Emperor is not young anymore, and now he doesn't have a son. This one still wants to carry a grandson."

She then looked at Xiao Ruyue in anticipation, "Empress, you have been in the palace for a long time, have you had any good news?"

Xiao Ruyue's hands paused, and she turned to look at Yuwen He.

However, Yuwen He revealed a thoughtful smile, she then put down his silver chopsticks, looked at Empress Dowager and said: "Royal Grandmother, I should have been the first to tell you this good news. However, due to the complicated matters that have occurred recently, Sun Yizi's wife did not wish to cause any more trouble, so he hid it from you. "

Empress Dowager was stunned at first, but quickly replied in surprise: "You, you're saying …."

Yuwen He frowned, but seeing that Xiao Ruyue's smile did not change, and that it was in front of everyone, he did not say anything, but only smiled and nodded.

Yuwen He held Xiao Ruyue's hand, "I didn't say it earlier because I was worried that it would be too small. It's time to inform Royal Grandmother of your arrival. "

These words came from his mouth. It was clear that he was calm, but there was an unmistakable feeling of cherishing and loving her.

Empress Dowager was ecstatic, she slapped the table and laughed: "So that means, I really am going to have a great-grandson! The empress is really great! "

As he said this, he muttered to himself, "This one really does have a great-grandson." Don't mention how happy I am.

After repeating it several times, she suddenly instructed the Xu mama beside her, "Go, quickly go and bring the box of jewelry from the marriage ceremony to This Dowager!"

"Yes, Empress Dowager." Xu mama immediately wanted to go, but Xiao Ruyue called out, "Royal Grandmother, have a meal first. "Don't worry about the rest."

Only then did Empress Dowager remember that she had only used half of her lunch, so she congratulated him. Then she said, "It's okay to look at it after the meal."

Yuwen He laughed and gave her some food.

Princess Duanyun, who had started the conversation, clenched her fists under the table, feeling extremely frustrated.

Everything had originally been planned out well, but he hadn't expected that Ping Bai would give this woman an advantage. He was still able to hold his composure after getting pregnant with Long Si.

Alright, they hid it really well!

There was even less of a need to talk about Princess Qing He. The hand that was holding onto the chopsticks was about to snap the silver chopsticks. Fortunately, she wasn't strong enough.

Today, Japan wanted to enter the palace to make things difficult for Situ Min, why did they become paving the way for her everywhere! How could she have such good luck!

Empress Dowager begged to be magnanimous, but when she heard that the Queen was pregnant, how could she sit still? She took no heed of the rules of the meal and quickly ate her fill before calling the imperial physician over.

The person who came was the Imperial Physician Li, the pregnant Imperial Physician Fang.

Imperial Physician Li and Imperial Physician Wang were both seniors of Taiyuan Hospital. Although Imperial Physician Fang was young and had only been in Taiyuan Hospital for a short period of time, their abilities were obvious to all.

The Empress Dowager trusted the three of them the most and wanted them to feel the Queen's pulse in front of her. Empress Dowager was even happier.

"Reward! Reward! Reward!" As soon as the old man was happy, he repeatedly said that he wanted to reward the old man.

The three imperial physicians happily accepted the reward.

After royal doctors left, she ordered the Xu mama to take out the wedding jewelry box. Inside the box were the treasures that she had collected for many years, not only from her wedding, but also the treasures that she bestowed upon the late emperor when he was still alive. Even the Empress Dowager adored her as much as her life.

Empress Dowager opened her marriage set and took out a round golden bracelet. The style of the table was simple and generous, seemingly ordinary. If one looked carefully, one would be able to see that there was a swallow carved with a piece of Ouroboros carved on it. It had spread its wings and flew high into the air, looking lifelike. The workmanship was extremely delicate.

"This is the favorite object of This Dowager's youth." Empress Dowager took Xiao Ruyue's hand and gently placed the bracelet on her hand, "This is the first gift that the late emperor bestowed to This Dowager. Although it is not carved with the phoenix, it is a treasure This Dowager has collected throughout her life."

"Royal Grandmother, this is too precious. Wife Sun does not dare to accept it!" Xiao Ruyue panicked and wanted to take it off, but was pushed back by the Empress Dowager, "This is what I gave you, do not reject it."

Xiao Ruyue did not know what to say.

Empress Dowager then took out an emerald bracelet from her dowry.

It was a top-quality jadeite with natural veined patterns on it. It was clear and exquisite, and one could tell at a glance that it was something extremely rare. She wanted to wear it on Xiao Ruyue's hand, so Xiao Ruyue hurriedly said: "Royal Grandmother, my wife Sun is a careless person, wearing this jade on my son's hand, I'm afraid it won't be appropriate."

"Then I'll keep it for now. About to give it to you. " Empress Dowager did not allow him to refuse. He then took out a few precious items in succession, which were made by the number one craftsman in the palace a few decades ago.

Looking at the Empress Dowager's precious appearance, it was not hard to see how precious these items were to her.

The mother and daughter of the Princess Duanyun stood to the side and watched with venomous gazes. Especially the normally gentle looking Princess Duanyun; at this moment, her eyes were about to spit fire.

The mother and daughter pair had lived for decades, and she couldn't even touch these things. Yet, this old woman was so generous as to gift them to an outsider! In the end, the princess of East Mausoleum belonged to someone else, who knew what her intentions were. Could it be that she was really better than her own daughter?

Although the little Empress Dowager doted on her, she had never allowed her to touch the accessory case even once. Seeing Empress Dowager opening the jewelry box and letting Xiao Ruyue pick it out for her and giving her the most precious items, it would be weird if she was not angry.

Unconsciously, Xiao Ruyue met Princess Qing He's gaze and slightly furrowed her brows. Empress Dowager thought that she did not like it and immediately replied, "No, no, how could granddaughter-in-law not like it? It's really too precious."

The Empress Dowager didn't give her the chance to reject. She asked the Xu mama to retrieve a brocade box and packed all the items that she picked out into it. The gift was one she could not refuse.

Xiao Ruyue was helpless, she could only say, "Then Sun Wife will take it for Royal Grandmother. One day, when Royal Grandmother thinks of wearing it, Sun Wife will send it back to you."

Empress Dowager was grinning from ear to ear. Right now, her whole heart was filled with worry for her great-grandson and her future master, anything Xiao Ruyue said would be fine.

Only then did Xiao Ruyue keep the things.

However, she still felt uneasy. Princess Duanyun and Princess Qing He had entered the palace and did not get anything. She was not afraid of them going against her, she was only afraid that some people would be blinded by jealousy and do some terrifying things.