No, it's impossible. She still believes in her guess, but she just needs to find another clue.
In the blink of an eye, it was late March. On this day, Ning Yuxi brought Cheng Zhao and the twins to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager.
In the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager looked at Ning Yuxi and her son with a smile on her face as they entered. "Concubine Yi, you finally brought Cheng Yao and Shu Yu here. I haven't seen my two little grandchildren for a long time."
Some time ago, because of the cold weather, she did not bring the two little ones out. Now that it is getting warmer, she brought the two little ones to pay her respects to the empress dowager.
"Knowing that the Queen Mother was thinking of you, didn't I bring it to her to pay my respects as soon as the weather warmed up?"
As she said that, Ning Yuxi asked the wet nurse to take the two little ones to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother looked at the two little guys blowing bubbles, her wrinkles deepened with smile: "They are so beautiful, white and chubby."
The Queen Mother looked at Cheng Yao's appearance and then at Ning Yuxi, and said hesitantly: "Looking at little Cheng Yao's eyebrows and eyes, he looks a bit like you, Concubine Yi?"
Ning Yuxi gave a bitter laugh: "Yes, a little bit, but he looks more like my younger brother. Queen Mother, can you take a closer look?"
The two little ones are now more than five months old and have grown a bit. They should be fraternal twins. They don’t look alike, but surprisingly, neither of them looks like her. The nephew looks like his uncle, Xiao Chengyao looks like her brother Ning Chen.
She and Ning Chen were born in the same womb and looked about 50% similar, but little Chengyao happened to resemble Ning Chen in the 40% that didn't. And Shu Xuan's appearance...
The Queen Mother saw that little Cheng Yao really looked more like Ning Chen. Her eyes fell on the giggling Shu Xuan and she couldn't help but be surprised: "Huh?"
"Xilan, come and take a look. Why does Shu Xuan look so familiar to me? Do her eyebrows and eyes look a bit like Yin Cheng?"
Xilan was Aunt Yu's name. Aunt Yu, who was waiting at the side, hurried forward two steps to take a look at the Fifth Princess's appearance, and then said:
"Her Majesty, I think the Fifth Princess's features are somewhat similar to Princess Yincheng's, but I think...she looks more like the Queen Mother."
Ning Yuxi smiled bitterly in her heart. Indeed, her little girl looked somewhat like the Queen Mother, and Princess Yincheng also inherited the Queen Mother's appearance, so the Queen Mother would think that Shu Yun and Princess Yincheng were somewhat similar, but more like the Queen Mother.
Well, none of the three children look like her. One looks like his father, one looks like his uncle, and one looks like his mother-in-law. She is just a tool, boohoo (┯_┯)
When the Queen Mother heard Aunt Yu say this, she recalled her own appearance when she was young. The more she looked at her, the more she felt that she looked like Aunt Yu. She couldn't help but laugh even more happily.
Her silver sword resembles her to some extent, and looking at little Shu Xuan's eyebrows, eyes and mouth, they are exactly like hers.
Because of this fate, the Queen Mother naturally showed more love to Shu Yun. She held her and teased her for a long time. Cheng Zhao, who was watching, felt a little jealous. He lay beside the Queen Mother's legs and looked at her with sparkling eyes:
"Grandmother, Zhaozhao has missed you so much these days. You can't just love your younger sister and ignore Zhaozhao. Zhaozhao also wants a hug from you~"
Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother burst into laughter and gently pinched little Cheng Zhao's chubby cheeks: "You're jealous of your sister. Okay, okay, Grandmother, give our Cheng Zhao a hug."
As she spoke, she gently handed Shu Xuan in her arms to the wet nurse, bent down and picked up little Cheng Zhao, who was so happy that he kissed the empress dowager on the face again.
At this time, a young palace maid came in and reported: "Empress Dowager, the head of the Imperial Household Department, Eunuch Wang, has arrived. He said he has come to deliver something to the Empress Dowager on the orders of the Emperor."
Hearing this, the Queen Mother smiled and said, "Let someone in."
The emperor was filial to the empress dowager and whenever he had something good he would send it to her first, so the empress dowager was used to it.
Soon, Eunuch Wang came in with a smile and bowed, "Your servant greets the Empress Dowager. Your Majesty, several red fruit trees have been sent as tribute from the south. The Emperor has specially ordered your servant to deliver them to you first."
As he spoke, Eunuch Wang signaled the young eunuch behind him to present the food. The young eunuch was holding a food box in his hand. He opened the food box and Eunuch Wang carefully took out an exquisite plate from the food box. There were ten red fruits on it.
He held the plate with both hands and slowly placed it on the table, fearing that it would be damaged accidentally.
Even someone as noble as the Queen Mother showed a hint of joy when she saw the fruit, which shows how precious the fruit is.
"Your Majesty is thoughtful, but I remember that this Dan fruit is only available in summer. How come it's already available in March?"
The eunuch laughed and said, "I heard that the Siamese cultivated them in a greenhouse. They only got a few dozen plants, and half of them were sent as tribute. However, they are precious and difficult to preserve. In addition, the journey was long, so only a few good ones were sent to the palace."
The Queen Mother nodded and let Eunuch Wang go.
"Concubine Yi is in for a treat today. This Dan fruit is a good thing, even more precious than lychees." As she said this, the Queen Mother ordered someone to bring the Dan fruit over.
Ning Yuxi quickly refused: "How can I do that? This is a gift from the Emperor to the Empress Dowager, and it is so precious."
Ning Yuxi looked at the red fruit and thought it should be the modern red-haired fruit. It is said to taste the same as lychee, with a bright red shell, but the shell is covered with hairy whiskers. It is also called hairy lychee, but it is much more expensive than lychee.
Lychees were already very precious in ancient times. Since this dan fruit was even more precious than lychees, she didn't dare to ask the Empress Dowager for it.
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "No matter how precious something is, it is meant to be eaten. Just eat what I give you."
As she spoke, the Queen Mother looked at Cheng Zhao, who was looking at the Dan Guo with curiosity: "And our Cheng Zhao will eat it too. I'm afraid Cheng Zhao has never eaten this Dan Guo before."
Siam only pays tribute to Dan Guo once every three years. Not only Cheng Zhao, but Ning Yuxi has never eaten it either. She has only been in the palace for more than two years. She has seen it in modern times but has never eaten it.
After the empress dowager said so, Ning Yuxi did not dare to refuse anymore. The emperor sent a total of ten pills. The empress dowager gave two to Ning Yuxi, Cheng Zhao ate two, and the empress dowager ate two herself. The empress dowager ordered people to send two each to Princess Shuluan and Princess Yincheng for the remaining four.
Ning Yuxi couldn't help but sigh at the transportation conditions in ancient times. In modern times, no matter how precious the fruit is, it would not be counted by the piece.
Ning Yuxi accompanied the empress dowager for lunch, and after the empress dowager took a nap, she took Cheng Zhao and the twins back to the palace.
On the way, she thought that since several red fruit trees had been sent as tribute, the people in the harem should also be able to share some, right? Now that she was one of the four concubines, the emperor should give her a few. She didn't care about these things, but little Cheng Zhao really liked to eat them.
After returning to the palace, Ning Yuxi asked Ruyi but she said that no one came to deliver anything. She felt a little embarrassed. It couldn't be that the dog emperor was so stingy?
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