Prince Rui had stared at the embroidery on the headscarf for a long time, so Qingtian, who was beside him, also stared at it for a long time.

Although he didn't know why Prince Rui was staring at that word in a trance, Qingtian remembered the word firmly in his mind.

At this time, she was standing outside the palace, being led by Princess Rui.

There is a bead curtain hanging at the entrance of the main hall. Normally, you can't see clearly what's going on inside the hall from here.

But Qingtian was young and short, so although she couldn't see the Queen Mother from her angle, she could just see the corners of the clothes and skirt of the person sitting below and talking to the Queen Mother.

And on the corner of that person's clothes, there was a word embroidered.

Upon hearing this, Princess Rui stopped and listened attentively to the voices in the hall.

Just then, I heard the Queen say, "Aunt, why have you become a little thinner recently? Is it because the servants haven't been taking good care of you?

"I'm going to the palace today. Let the imperial physician take your pulse. If you need any nourishing herbs, you can get them directly from the palace."

When Princess Rui heard this, she knew that the person in the palace was the Grand Princess.

Ever since the passing of the previous emperor, the eldest princess began to embroider the word "Ping" on the corners of her clothes using silk thread of the same color as the fabric.

That was the name given to her by Emperor Taizu. Embroidering it on the corner of her clothes was also a way for the eldest princess to pressure the late empress dowager and the emperor.

Let everyone not forget that she was the most beloved sister of the late emperor, and she wanted to elevate other people's dissatisfaction with her into disrespect for the late emperor.

I have to say, this trick is still somewhat useful.

When the empress dowager was still alive, she could still discipline her.

But ever since the Queen Mother passed away, the Grand Princess felt like she had finally made it.

As a junior, the emperor had no choice but to be more accommodating to her as long as it did not involve matters of principle, so as to avoid getting a bad reputation for being harsh on his elders.

Princess Rui squatted down and whispered in Qingtian's ear, "Are you talking about the character 'Ping'? It's one of my great-aunt's names. Have you seen it with the prince?"

"It's not the same character!" Qingtian frowned, trying to explain clearly, "It's the character 'ping' inside it."

She didn't know the importance of this matter, but she knew that it had troubled Prince Rui a lot before, so she wanted to tell him her discovery immediately.

Qingtian himself couldn't explain it, and Princess Rui, who knew nothing about the matter, was even more confused.

So she could only whisper to Qingtian, "Mom will take you in to meet the Empress and Great Aunt first. I'll tell Dad about the rest tonight, okay?"

Who would have thought that the usually obedient Qingtian would become so stubborn today for some reason.

She looked up at Princess Rui, her eyes full of pleading, "Mother, I don't want to go in. Can we go find father now?"

Princess Rui hated to see Qingtian like this the most, and her motherly heart instantly softened into a pool of water.

Not to mention that Qingtian just wanted to find Prince Rui, even if she wanted the moon in the sky, she would have wanted to agree first.

Princess Rui was just about to discuss with the eunuch beside her whether she could ask him to go to the front to pass a message to Prince Rui, and find a place where the front court and the rear palace meet, so that Prince Rui can come over to comfort Qingtian first.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the two people in the hall had just finished talking and there was silence for a moment, and then they heard the sound outside the hall.

"Who's outside?" the queen asked.

The eunuch could only pass on the message: "To answer your Majesty, it is Princess Rui and Miss Qingtian."

Now that she couldn't leave even if she wanted to, Princess Rui could only coax Qingtian, "Let's go in and pay our respects to the Queen first, and then I'll take you to find your father, okay?"

Qingtian bit her lower lip nervously. She didn't know why, but she felt a little uneasy and wanted to go find Prince Rui immediately.

But Princess Rui had already discussed this with her in such a friendly manner, and she thought that paying her respects wouldn't take much time, so she nodded slightly.

Princess Rui finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although the Queen was a very kind person, she and her sisters-in-law had always gotten along well.

But the eldest princess is a very picky person.

Since I have brought the child outside the hall, I will definitely be criticized by her if I don’t go in.

The palace maid stepped forward and lifted the bead curtain, and Princess Rui walked in holding Qingtian's hand.

Before coming here, Qingtian had already learned how to kowtow and say hello, and he did it exactly as he entered the temple.

This was the first time the Queen Mother saw Qingtian, and she kept inviting her to come to her side.

Qingtian looked at Princess Rui for help.

Princess Rui smiled at her and gave her an encouraging push from behind, indicating that she could go over.

Qingtian then took a few steps forward and came before the Queen.

"I've heard the Emperor say a long time ago that this child was born with the good looks of both of you, and it really came true.

"It looks just like your child."

After saying this, the queen took Qingtian's hand.

The palace maid beside her held the tray that had been prepared long ago in front of the queen.

The queen picked up a pair of gold and jade bracelets from the tray and put them on Qingtian's hands.

Because Mrs. Ye said that we are not allowed to accept expensive gifts from others.

So when Qingtian saw this, he immediately retracted his hand and turned to look at Princess Rui for help.

The Queen said, "This is a gift from the Emperor's aunt. Even without asking your mother, she would let you keep it."

Princess Rui knew that the Queen would definitely give a gift, so she smiled and said to Qingtian, "This is a gift from the Queen. Just keep it."

Qingtian then obediently allowed the queen to put a pair of bracelets on her, and even bowed in a proper manner to express her gratitude.

The more the queen looked at Qingtian, the more lovely she found her, and her heart was filled with emotion.

"You two can finally feel at ease now, and the Emperor and I don't have to worry about you all the time."

"We are sorry for causing His Majesty and His Majesty to worry about us."

The atmosphere here was very harmonious, and the eldest princess on the side finally couldn't help it.

"Oh, I didn't expect to see this child when I entered the palace today. I have no preparations at all.

"And yet the Empress sent such an expensive gift, which only makes me, her great-aunt, look like a lesser elder."

The Empress Dowager and Princess Rui were both reluctant to respond.

Although Prince Rui and his wife did not say explicitly that they were going to bring Qingtian into the palace today, everyone already knew it.

The eldest princess didn't even bring a gift and spoke in a sarcastic tone, which was really annoying, but I couldn't show it.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the palace suddenly became awkward, Princess Rui was just about to say a few words to ease it.

Qingtian burst into tears with a "wow".

"Mother, you said you would take me to find my father after I came in to greet him..."

The eldest princess frowned and lowered her eyes to hide the boredom in her eyes.

The Empress said with a look of relief: "I didn't expect this child to be so attached to the Seventh Prince. No wonder the Emperor said that the Seventh Prince is now a complete daughter slave!

“If I saw the child crying like this, Old Seven would be heartbroken.

"Come here, call the sedan chair and quickly take Princess Rui and Qingtian to see Prince Rui."