Qiu Zhu's thoughts suddenly returned to that day.
She was actually just transferred from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to help that day. When the empress dowager called for water, she was standing by and had actually stepped out to pour water.
But what the nanny said was unreasonable, so she stopped.
It was not until later that the Queen Mother asked for it twice more.
But she saw a hint of pride on the nanny's face after she finished speaking, which was unreasonable.
She knew at that time that this nanny was probably sent from some palace to torture the empress dowager.
She was a lowly person with little influence, and she was no stranger to the practice of flattering the weak and stepping down the powerful in the palace.
Therefore, the first thing she thought of at that time was to protect herself.
Until the nanny was tired of standing, she waved her hand to let her stay and left.
But the Queen Mother never spoke again.
In fact, she was thinking at the time that if the Queen Mother spoke again, she would definitely hand her a glass of water. If she was discovered, she had also thought of an excuse.
But the Queen Mother was slow to speak.
Seeing that the nanny had been gone for some time, he finally couldn't help but handed her a glass of water.
Qiu Zhu shook her head. "At that time, I only handed over the water after weighing the pros and cons. The Queen Mother did not blame me, which is a great blessing for me."
Qingyin stood up and said, "How could I blame you? But later on, I did something ungrateful, which was asking you to stay.
Maybe I was too scared at that time, afraid that I would not even be able to drink a glass of water again, so I should say sorry to you here."
Qiu Zhu quickly knelt down and said, "I dare not."
Qingyin helped her up and said, "Now the hardship has finally ended and happiness has finally come."
Qiu Zhu smiled and nodded, "Queen Dowager, please don't dwell on what happened back then. If I hadn't been by your side, who knows if I would still be alive to see the day I'm released from the palace."
The aunt who took care of her before hanged herself in her room three days before she was released from the palace.
They all said that the aunt had stolen the imperial concubine's things and wanted to take them out of the palace to sell them when she was released. After she was discovered, she committed suicide to atone for her sin.
It was also because the imperial concubine was kind-hearted that she allowed her to leave in a dignified manner.
But only she knew that this was not the case.
My aunt was the Imperial Concubine's person when she was alive, and she did a lot of things for her in secret.
Before leaving the palace, her aunt had whispered in her ear more than once, saying that it would be soon, just hold on a little longer and you would be able to get out.
She also comforted her aunt at the time, saying that she was just homesick and didn't need to be too nervous.
My aunt just shook her head and said she didn't understand.
Later my aunt died.
She was also assigned to a master who had just entered the palace.
Then he moved to other palaces.
Slowly she understood.
So, it was finally her turn, and she found that she seemed to have become an aunt.
For the first time, Qiu Zhu ignored the hierarchy and looked up at Qing Yin, "Empress Dowager, you are a good person."
Qingyin smiled and shook her head. "I'm not a good person. I just know who is good to me and who is not."
Qiu Zhu shook her head in her heart. She knew that the Queen Mother was different from others.
Most of the people in this palace are partners who support each other today, but turn against each other with knives tomorrow.
Who can really remember the kindness of others and repay them with equal kindness?
But the Queen Mother remembered it for so long, just a glass of water.
Moreover, she also learned it from Li Zhang.
On the day the late emperor passed away, the empress dowager had campaigned for her, wanting to transfer her to another palace.
If such a queen mother is not a good person, then who is?
…
Nangong Yuan ordered the court to return in three days, so all the officials and their wives naturally stayed.
Qingshuang looked at the fallen leaves on the windowsill and became absent-minded for several times.
She suddenly asked, "Did Prince Su stay?"
The maidservant beside her shook her head, "I don't know."
She was a maid who had served Qingshuang since she was a child. During this period, she watched Qingshuang gradually develop inappropriate thoughts about Prince Su.
She hesitated and said, "Miss, Prince Su is already engaged, you..."
Before he could finish his words, Qingshuang interrupted him impatiently, "You and I both know that the marriage was granted by the late emperor, and Prince Su didn't want it."
"I don't want to, can Prince Su still disobey the order?" After saying this, she immediately knelt down, "This slave deserves to die, this slave shouldn't speak nonsense, but, this slave is worried about you."
Ever since the second young lady married into the palace, the eldest young lady has run into Prince Su getting drunk.
At first, the eldest lady would make a few sarcastic remarks to him.
Later, the eldest lady stopped making sarcastic remarks and instead drank with Prince Su.
She had advised him then.
But the eldest lady refused to listen and said that Prince Su was also pitiful.
After a few visits, she discovered that the eldest lady's gaze stayed on Prince Su for longer and longer periods of time, from occasional accidental encounters to now looking forward to him every day.
If Prince Su was not married and the eldest lady had a secret crush on him, she would also support him.
But that was the order of the late emperor. Even if Prince Su had no intention of getting married, he could not disobey the order.
Qingshuang was already a little annoyed, and now it was even worse. She said, "You stay here. If mother comes, tell her that I went to see the Queen Mother."
"Miss……"
"Shut up! Don't forget, I'm the master."
After Qingshuang came out, she also wandered around aimlessly.
It was not until she reached the edge of a lake that she sat down on a big rock in frustration.
Not long after, the laughter and jokes of several young girls suddenly came from the corridor in the distance.
“I didn’t expect there would be so many talented people in this hunt.”
"Yes, I think the newly appointed Lieutenant Zhiguo, Xiao Wei, is quite good. I heard that he even hunted a tiger during this hunt."
"I heard your mother has been looking for a fortune teller for you recently. Could she be talking about this man? However, I heard that this man is from Lingnan and has no support in Beijing. Do you want to go to the border with him?"
Xiao Wei?
Qingshuang suddenly remembered that this person was the one his mother had mentioned to him some time ago.
From the sound of it, it seems that this person is looking at several companies at the same time.
Qingshuang sneered. Her mother was still praising the man to the skies, and she didn't know what to think after hearing what she heard.
No, she must have a good talk with her mother later.
"Oh my—this hasn't even been decided yet? Although Mother saw me in advance, I'm still not old enough. Besides, Xiao Wei is so much older than me... Moreover, he was sealed this time, so he probably won't be returning to the border for a short time..."
Hearing the sound gradually fade away, she couldn't wait to get up and prepare to leave.
But because she stood up too quickly, the soil under her feet was a little slippery, and she lost her balance and fell to the side.
Fortunately, a hand appeared in time to pull the person over. Qingshuang stumbled to her feet and looked up, her face already blushing with shame.
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