Chapter 878: The beloved cousin escaped from control (4)

The emperor sighed and said, "Xiaochu, you don't have to be so polite to me. As for what you said about offending people in the palace, that's all nonsense. How many people die in the palace every year? Would they be afraid of a little girl like you who is in mourning period offending them?"

The emperor wanted to persuade Du Shichu to move into the palace, but Du Shichu insisted that she was used to her freedom and only agreed to stay for a few days every month. The emperor couldn't persuade her and didn't want to force her, so he agreed. However, he warned her that if there was anything, she must go to the palace and tell him, and never bear it.

After having a meal with the emperor, Du Shichu went to the harem to meet the empress dowager, the queen, and the concubines and princesses. They were all very enthusiastic towards Du Shichu and rewarded her with many good things, especially the empress dowager and the queen.

Du Shichu stayed in the palace for a whole day and left in the evening. In fact, the emperor wanted her to stay in the palace directly, but Du Shichu refused on the pretext that she had just arrived in the capital and her belongings at home had not been completely put in order.

When they returned to the princess's mansion, a steward immediately came forward to report that someone who claimed to be the wife of Minister Zhou and the princess's aunt wanted to visit in the morning. She waited at the door for a long time and finally left a note.

Du Shichu took the note, and sure enough, it was from Zhou Yizhuo's mother, the original owner's "cousin". The words on the note were full of the care and concern of an older female elder for the princess. If Du Shichu didn't know her true purpose, he would have thought that she cared and loved him very much.

It also said that he wanted to make a formal visit the next day.

Although Du Shichu knew that this "cousin" would definitely not give up and would not give up her plot against him so easily, he did not expect that she would have no patience at all and would come to his house so soon.

However, if she came to visit, did he have to meet her? Du Shichu sneered. This so-called relative who was not related to her in the least bit was just relying on the fact that dead people could not speak. He had the audacity to create the illusion of close cousins ​​between himself and the original owner's mother, in order to deceive her, a "poor little girl" who had lost both her father and mother and needed the care of her elders.

Unfortunately, Du Shichu didn't want to be a stepping stone for the ungrateful, vicious and hypocritical Zhou family, so she said directly to the steward: "Don't pay attention to her, she is just a distant relative, and she has never spoken to my mother before. Now she wants to get close to me and use me in the name of a relative. If she comes to the door, just drive her out. Don't be polite to her, including her family."

The steward responded respectfully and went out. He didn't show any curiosity and didn't ask for the reason. Du Shichu was very satisfied. He was indeed a person trained in the palace and knew not to ask questions that he shouldn't.

Liu waited at the gate of the princess's mansion for most of the day but failed to see Du Shichu come out of the palace. She had to leave a note and returned empty-handed. Although she was a little disappointed that she couldn't see him immediately, she had already left the note and felt that Du Shichu would definitely be waiting for her in the mansion tomorrow, so she felt at ease.

Liu had a good idea. The next morning, she went to the princess's residence with great enthusiasm. But just when she asked the maid to report her background, the gatekeeper of the princess's residence suddenly changed his face and said, "Go away. Our princess doesn't have any cousins. The princess said that her cousins, aunts and other relatives are all in Lincheng, her hometown. There are so many people in the capital who claim to be the princess's relatives, but in fact, they are not even remotely related to her. They just want to take advantage of the princess because she is young and has no elders around. The princess ordered the servant not to be polite to these people and just drive them away..."

The doorman actually held a stick and pretended to drive Liu and the others away. Liu was so scared that she quickly asked the coachman to drive the carriage away from the Princess's Mansion. She was shocked and couldn't believe it. Why did Du Shichu do this? Didn't she send her son to help deal with the funeral of the King of Qi? How could she cross the river and destroy the bridge so quickly and not even acknowledge her relatives? !

Liu was furious, but she had no way to deal with Du Shichu, because she knew that she really had no feelings or sympathy for the Princess of Qi, and was just bluffing to get close to Du Shichu. The doorman's words hit home just in her secret psychology, so she forgot to argue out of guilt. So the servants from other wealthy families in the capital who were sent to the Princess's Mansion to deliver invitations all witnessed the scene where Minister Zhou's wife pretended to be a relative of the Princess but was ruthlessly driven away by the doorman.

Unfortunately, Mrs. Zhou did not refute it, so before long, Liu became the subject of many people's jokes. Everyone mocked her for wanting to establish a relationship with the princess as a distant relative.

Liu was almost mad with anger. Half a minute after she left in the carriage, she suddenly realized that her reaction was inappropriate. By not saying a word in rebuttal, wasn't she admitting that she was really here to make friends?

So in a hurry, she made another foolish decision, which was to immediately ask the coachman to drive the carriage back, return to the gate of the princess's mansion, and explain to the doorman that she was really the princess's cousin and not an imposter.

She was the wife of a minister, but she actually confronted and argued with the doorman. Regardless of whether she explained clearly or won the argument, her action alone lowered her status and style. Who was she to have confronted the doorman? Wasn't this a joke?

It was only after the maid persuaded Liu back to the carriage that she realized she had done something stupid again.

"Madam, why do you lower yourself to argue with the doorman? Even if you win, you will be laughed at." The maid persuaded anxiously.

"Shut up!" Liu scolded the maid angrily. How could she not know that she had done something stupid? But even though she had done it, it didn't mean that she needed a maid to point it out. Otherwise, where would her face be?

However, after she calmed down, she felt that her actions today were as if she was possessed by a ghost. She was not usually so impulsive and reckless, and she was not foolish enough to quarrel with servants regardless of her status. But she did so today. Could it be that because someone said that she was scheming and felt guilty, she did such an inappropriate thing?

Liu rubbed her forehead. Her actions today were not only unhelpful to her in trying to win Du Shichu's favor, but would make Du Shichu more suspicious of her. She was very upset and felt that she was too impatient today. She only thought that Du Shichu would be looking forward to the care and company of her relatives, but she forgot that she had just lost her only relative. Perhaps this was the time when she was most vigilant and felt that everyone had bad intentions towards her...

So maybe she chose the wrong time to visit.

(End of this chapter)