After the family split up, the old lady sent an invitation to her parents' home. Now she lived in a separate house from her rebellious son, and she didn't know whether her brother and sister-in-law would be willing to let her in. Two years ago, she didn't send her an invitation for her mother's 70th birthday. She was afraid that if she delayed for another two years, she would not be able to see her mother again.

If she hadn't known that her granddaughter had been swapped, she wouldn't have been able to make up her mind to break up with that rebellious son who only had love but no family affection.

The old lady felt sorry for her granddaughter's years of suffering. After spending two days together, she realized that her granddaughter was a smart person. She had suffered from living in the streets before. Girls of the same age had already married, and the poorest were engaged. Danruo was already seventeen, so she asked the second lady to teach Danruo well and help her catch up on the knowledge of a noble lady.

At the same time, she began to look for a good family and prepare her dowry.

When Danruo knew about it, she was grateful and tried to refuse out of kindness, but she was just regarded as a shy girl. She thought that in ten days or so, she would be able to find out if she was pregnant.

Two days ago, the Second Madam delivered a letter from Danruo expressing her gratitude to the palace and set the date for today.

The Second Madam was not a noble lady and could not accompany him. She was sent to the palace gate and had to wait there. From a distance, she saw the carriage of Prince Kang's mansion parked nearby. Thinking of the relationship between Chu Xiangxiang and Danruo, she became worried and hurried to the Princess's mansion to ask for help.

Eunuch Deng had already arranged for Xiao Zhuozi, the smartest of his godchildren, to pick up Danruo. However, he was troubled by the fact that Aunt Ma from Shoukang Palace was also there, so he could not remind her too much and it was not easy to arrange a sedan chair for Danruo.

About half an hour later, they arrived at the gate of Shoukang Palace. Aunt Ma asked Danruo to wait here for the Queen Mother to summon her, and then turned around and entered the gate of Shoukang Palace.

Danruo stood for a long while, and the midday sun made her drowsy. Aunt Ma was afraid that she would faint, after all, she looked very slender. She thought it was enough to show her power, so she reminded Danruo to summon the Queen Mother.

Danruo was a little sleepy and was dreaming about delicious chicken legs, but was startled awake by Aunt Ma's shout. For Danruo, standing for a long time was like meditation. When she sat under the tree, she basked in the sun all day long, with her body straight.

But I can’t stand being woken up at dawn and not having eaten anything until noon.

Aunt Ma saw that there was something strange on her face and looked down on her in her heart. She showed her emotions on her face and thought she was a fool.

As soon as she entered the palace, the emperor hurried over at the reminder of Xiao Zhuozi. Fearing that she would be bullied, he lingered at the distance of the palace gate for a while, but ultimately did not go in.

Danruo entered the hall and heard the Queen Mother chatting animatedly with a noblewoman, completely unaware of her presence. She bowed according to protocol, but the Queen Mother didn't call her back. Was this such an obvious target? It seemed the Queen Mother, her future mother-in-law, didn't like her.

The princess arrived just in time, helped Danruo up, and reminded the Queen Mother, "Mother, Princess Danruo, who saved you, is here to express her gratitude today."

The empress dowager gave birth to two sons and one daughter. The eldest son was Prince Kang, and his legitimate son was named Prince Kang County. The second son was the emperor, and the youngest daughter was a princess. I heard the princess put a heavy emphasis on these two words "saved" to remind herself of the emperor's meaning.

The Queen Mother had heard Princess Kang say that Dan Ruo was a deep-minded person early in the morning, so she cooperated with Princess Kang in making things difficult for her, which she thought was of no consequence.

Another noble lady present was Princess Kang. Upon hearing this, she covered her face with a handkerchief and said with a smile:

"It's all my fault. I just told Mother the funny story about Chen Ge'er and couldn't stop. The child is over a month old and is at the right age for a family. I'll bring him in tomorrow so Mother can see her great-grandson."

The Queen Mother nodded happily. The Qi family hadn't had a newborn for a long time. This was the first of her great-grandchildren, so she was naturally happy.

"Chen'er has been raised so well, and his mother, Mrs. Chu, has worked so hard. Aunt Ma, please pick out some good things from my storehouse for Mrs. Chu."

The princess wanted to flatter Danruo, so she walked up to the Queen Mother and handed her the handkerchief Danruo had given her. "Mother, look at how beautifully Danruo embroidered, even though she's still young. I think she's quite like you back then."

The Queen Mother was an expert in embroidery. Princess Kang felt the princess was exaggerating and, not wanting to let the princess get the upper hand, she said, "This is the round fan with a magpie welcoming spring that Chu embroidered for me a while ago. Mother, please help me see how good Chu's embroidery skills are."

The Chu family has been very famous for its embroidery among the noble ladies in recent years, and as the eldest sister-in-law, she has to promote it at every banquet. The princess rolled her eyes. The Chu family is already married, so can she give other noble ladies some space?

The Queen Mother examined the two pieces carefully for a moment, her voice becoming serious. "These two pieces of embroidery were created by the same person. The Pomegranate Delivering Child is more spiritual, but the needlework and subtle details used must have been created by the same person."

Upon hearing this, Princess Kang immediately accused Danruo, "How dare you steal other people's embroidery at such a young age?"

Danruo was pretending to be oblivious, and would lower her head and secretly eat a piece of soft, sweet chestnut cake from time to time.

Seeing this scene of the thief crying "stop thief", Danruo knew that the embroidery she had given to the princess was the right move. She immediately became calm and said, "If I had stolen someone else's work, my parents would not have had a good death."

After her initial shock, the princess sided with Danruo. "Mother, Miss Danruo has been embroidering for a living since she was a child. If you don't believe me, you can ask Chu to come over and we can embroider a peony for you right here. Then you'll know if it's real or not."

Princess Kang was incredulous. "Princess, you don't trust your own nephew's wife, but trust an outsider. Besides, Chu just gave birth a month ago, why would you go there in person for such a matter? This woman must have stolen Chu's embroidery. I think this princess is not worthy of her position at all."

"Since my sister-in-law trusts Chu so much, why doesn't she dare to let Chu come out to verify herself? Is my sister-in-law guilty?"

Princess Kang was furious. This sister-in-law, unable to bear a son, was becoming increasingly left-leaning: "The princess is really turning her elbows outward now."

"As a princess of the royal family, all people in the world belong to my Qi family. How can there be any difference between elbows pointing inwards and elbows pointing outwards?"

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