"Push me back."
After a moment, Xie Wanzhou gave instructions softly.
"good."
Ling Qing didn't ask any more questions and pushed Xie Wanzhou away.
When they reached the palace gate, Ling Qing suddenly asked, "Your Highness, Miss Shen is injured, won't you go over and take a look?"
"There are so many people around. If I pay too much attention to her, it will only cause her trouble."
Upon hearing this, Ling Qing agreed with it and continued to push Xie Wanzhou away.
After a while, Xie Wanzhou suddenly said, "She directly drugged Ji Zehai's wine. I didn't expect that. Although her methods were not up to par, she acted cleanly and efficiently. She didn't hesitate at all when she sacrificed herself to save the Queen Mother."
After thinking for a moment, Xie Wanzhou laughed out loud and said, "I'm really curious about what she will do next."
Ling Qing laughed, "If Your Highness is curious, just go and ask them!"
"I would like to ask, but I know she may not tell me."
"Hahahaha...Your Highness is quite self-aware."
Ling Qing couldn't help but burst out laughing.
As soon as he finished speaking, a cold gaze shot over and Ling Qing quickly stopped laughing.
When the two walked away, the imperial physician had already bandaged Shen Ningyuan's wound.
Then he warned: "Madam Ji, the wound is very serious. Remember not to touch water during this period to prevent the wound from getting worse."
"Thank you very much." Shen Ningyuan responded politely.
The imperial physician nodded, stood up and walked away.
Queen Mother Cui pulled Shen Ningyuan and sat in the main seat, looking at Shen Ningyuan with pity.
He warned, "Child, you must listen to the imperial physician. Don't let the wound get wet, or it will leave a scar."
"Your Majesty, I will obey your orders. Thank you for your concern and care, Your Majesty." Shen Ningyuan responded obediently.
Hearing her calling her "Empress Dowager" all the time, Empress Dowager Cui felt disappointed.
He immediately patted Shen Ningyuan's hand and said softly, "Child, you may not know that according to seniority, you should call me Grandma."
"Grandma?" Shen Ningyuan looked puzzled. "Empress Dowager, could it be that you and my mother are..."
Under Shen Ningyuan's surprised gaze, Queen Mother Cui smiled and nodded, saying, "Your mother is from the same family as me, the Cui family of Qinghe. She is my niece, and I have watched her grow up since she was a child."
"What?"
Shen Ningyuan looked shocked and stared at Queen Mother Cui with wide eyes.
Then he stood up and bowed to Queen Mother Cui, "Ning Yuan greets my great aunt."
"Get up quickly, get up quickly. You are still injured, so there is no need to go through all this formality."
Queen Mother Cui personally helped Shen Ningyuan up.
No one expected her to be so kind to Shen Ningyuan.
Xie Lixuan stood aside, watching this scene with a very strange look in his eyes.
If he remembered correctly, his mother had treated this relative as non-existent since his cousin refused to marry her decades ago.
How come today, the Queen Mother changed her attitude towards Shen Ningyuan?
Under the surprised gazes of the crowd, Queen Mother Cui asked Chen Ningyuan: "Child, from childhood to adulthood, didn't you know that you had a great aunt who was the Queen Mother in the palace?"
Shen Ningyuan shook her head, "Replying to the Queen Mother, Ning Yuan does not know."
Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Cui's face darkened, and she asked unwillingly, "Has your mother never mentioned me?"
As soon as the words fell, everyone looked at Shen Ningyuan nervously, hoping that she would say something nice.
She was afraid that she might say something wrong and upset the Queen Mother.
Unexpectedly, Shen Ningyuan didn't care about the Queen Mother's expression at all, and said directly: "Ningyuan dare not hide it, but this matter... Mother did not mention it."
As soon as she finished speaking, Empress Dowager Cui's face immediately fell.
Still in an unwilling tone, "Not a single word?"
"Not a single word." Shen Ningyuan shook her head.
Queen Mother Cui: “…”
After a while, Queen Mother Cui looked gloomy.
She grumbled in a low voice, "This damn girl is really determined. Doesn't she want to recognize me as her aunt?"
Shen Ningyuan pursed her lips and asked tentatively: "Grandma, is there any conflict between you and my mother?"
"It's because your mother didn't listen to me and insisted on marrying you——"
“Ahem!”
Before she could finish her words, Xie Lixuan coughed twice, interrupting her.
Queen Mother Cui finally reacted and quickly changed the subject, "Forget it, it's all in the past. I don't want to talk about it anymore."
Hearing this, Shen Ningyuan tactfully stopped mentioning the matter.
Looking at the wound on Shen Ningyuan's arm, Queen Mother Cui couldn't help but ask, "Child, since you didn't know that I was your great aunt, why were you so foolish as to rush out to save me regardless of the danger?"
"Maybe it's because the first time I saw the Empress Dowager's face, I felt that you were very kind."
As she spoke, Shen Ningyuan carefully examined Empress Dowager Cui's face, "But now that I look at her up close, the Empress Dowager's face does bear some resemblance to my mother's. No wonder I feel so familiar with her."
“Yeah, yeah…”
As she spoke, Queen Mother Cui subconsciously touched her face.
She and Cui Jin are aunt and niece, sharing the same blood, so of course their faces are somewhat similar.
Thinking of this, a strange emotion surged in Empress Dowager Cui's heart, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously rose slightly.
Looking at Shen Ningyuan again, his eyes were even more loving than before.
At the same time, the other female members of the palace were also looking at the two of them in surprise.
No one would have thought that the current Queen Mother and Shen Ningyuan had such a relationship.
Chen was standing at the bottom of the stairs, watching the interaction between the two.
After confirming that the Queen Mother's attitude towards Shen Ningyuan was unusual, Chen forced a smile, walked forward and pretended to be concerned: "Ningyuan, are you seriously injured? Are you not frightened?"
After the words were spoken, Queen Mother Cui looked over.
When he saw that the person who spoke was Chen, his face instantly turned cold.
He asked in a deep voice, "Ms. Chen, I haven't looked for you yet! What happened to Ji Zehai that he suddenly lost control just now?"
Chen knelt down in panic and hurriedly explained, "Your Highness, I don't know what happened to the Marquis. He was fine when he left home this morning."
Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Cui's expression became even gloomier than before. "What do you mean he was fine when he left? Are you saying that the palace's feng shui is bad, causing Ji Zehai to lose control as soon as he entered the palace and ruin my palace banquet?"
"Your Highness, this is absolutely not what I meant!" Chen explained incoherently, "What I meant was that my Lord Marquis didn't intentionally mess up your palace banquet. It was probably because the wine at the banquet was so good that he accidentally drank a couple of extra glasses, which led to this situation."
"Being immoral while drunk is an unforgivable sin!" Queen Mother Cui scolded coldly.
Seeing Empress Dowager Cui so angry, Chen was really panicked.
He immediately turned his gaze to Shen Ningyuan and pleaded, "Ningyuan, please say something and help your father-in-law explain a few words!"
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