Although she was not very interested in this old lady, this matter was still quite strange.

Yan Shu asked the system, "What is the situation? Why did Aunt Zhuang get together with that old rogue, Lord Cheng'en?"

But she heard the system say, "This story started almost thirty years ago. As everyone knows, the Zhou family is a noble family. Lord Cheng'en has always been raised in a coquettish way. He has been a lecher since he was a child. Before he reached the age of marriage, he had done that to almost all the maids around him. Not satisfied with that, he also set his sights on his sister, the Queen Mother's room. After all, the Queen Mother is good at disciplining people, and the maids around her are all very well-behaved.

But how could the Queen Mother allow him to do whatever he wants? After discovering this tendency, she immediately gave him a stern warning and reported it to her parents, who gave him a scolding. However, although Lord Cheng'en was obedient on the surface, he actually became rebellious. The more his sister forbade him to do it, the more he wanted to get it. So one afternoon, when there were few people in the mansion, he did that to Madam Zhuang. 】

Yan Shu was a little surprised, [In other words, Madam Zhuang was unwilling to be forced? Did she tell the Queen Mother? 】

System, [Tell what? Tell her. The Queen Mother noticed something was wrong in the past two days and asked her about it. However, she tried her best to cover up for the little hooligan and covered it up. Since then, she has fallen in love with Lord Cheng'en and can't extricate herself. 】

Yan Shu, [??? What kind of path is this? The legendary Stockholm syndrome? 】

System, 【More or less. 】

Yan Shu felt a sense of chaos and asked again, 【But Lord Cheng’en has been a lecher since he was young, and he has had so many women along the way. How could this Madam Zhuang never turn love into hate? 】

System, 【As you can see, she didn’t. Even now, she is still thinking about that old rogue with all her heart, trying to use her Stockholm syndrome to kidnap the empress dowager. 】

Yan Shu, 【…It seems that this old madam’s illness is still quite serious. 】

But the problem is that she insists on loving Lord Cheng’en and devoting herself to that old rogue, which is fine, and it’s none of other people’s business!

Didn’t the empress dowager fight for her natal family?

Didn’t the emperor save face for Lord Cheng’en’s mansion?

Is there anything wrong with her accompanying the emperor to worship the emperor’s biological mother? Is it worth this nanny's hatred?

But then again, how did nanny Zhuang know that she accompanied the emperor to pay respects to Concubine Hui today?

System, [Guess?]

Yan Shu, [... NND, did this nanny arrange spies to follow me and the emperor?]

System, [There is no other possibility.]

Yan Shu was about to vomit blood.

Damn, is this old nanny possessed? She can even do such a thing? ? ?

These two people are really wasting such a good master as the Queen Mother. If she didn't have the melon-eating system, wouldn't this be mistaken for her, the top boss? She

was really angry in her heart, so she picked up the teacup at hand and wanted to drink some tea.

But at this moment, she heard the system ring an alarm, [The rim of the cup is rubbed with castor oil. Pregnant women may feel uncomfortable if they drink it.

What? ? ? Yan

Shu was startled and stopped moving immediately.

Perhaps this action was a little too sudden.

The Queen Mother saw it and couldn't help but wonder, "What's wrong?" Yan Shu suddenly had an idea and immediately covered her mouth with her hand, pretending to vomit, and said, "I don't know why, but I suddenly feel a little nauseous..." The Queen Mother

hurriedly said with concern, "It's been three months, why are you still nauseous? Does the imperial physician check your pulse every day?" Before

Yan Shu could say anything, Ren Dong on the side nodded and said, "Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Jiang has been Go check the master's pulse. The master just had fetal movement yesterday, and Doctor Jiang said everything was normal. "The Queen Mother

nodded, but still puzzled, "Then what happened today?" After

the voice fell, Yan Shu also pretended to be calm, stroking her chest and apologetically said, "I don't know what happened, but just now when I put this tea to my lips, I suddenly felt that the smell was a little wrong... Maybe I was too hypocritical, and made you laugh at me, Your Majesty."

Smell wrong? The Queen Mother

paused when she heard this. Although she didn't say anything, she was suspicious in her heart.

[Why does this tea smell wrong? Could it be tampered with?]

Yan Shu listened quietly in her ears and was certain in her heart.

But she heard the Queen Mother say to her, "It's late for you to go out today, go back and have a rest."

She agreed, asked Ren Dong to help her get up, bowed to the Queen Mother, and then left Ci'an Palace.

——She didn't need to guess who was the one who tampered with her teacup.

The moment she stepped out of the palace, she could still hear Aunt Zhuang anxiously saying in her heart, "Is this little hoof really uncomfortable or is it fake? She can smell it just by rubbing it on the edge of the cup with her fingertips?"

Yan Shu listened silently, and she just wanted to laugh in her heart.

This old woman is courting death like this, so she must not stay in the palace. Logically speaking, if she made a big fuss on the spot, the emperor would have sentenced this old woman to death.

But unfortunately, she is the Queen Mother's person.

If she makes a big fuss, I'm afraid it will implicate the Queen Mother.

So she could only remind the Queen Mother in this way and ask her to check herself.

At this time, when she stepped out of the palace gate, Madam Zhuang was about to call someone to clean up the cups and plates that Yan Shu had just used.

But she was stopped by the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother

said without showing any joy or anger, "Call the people from the tea room in."

Madam Zhuang paused and had to go.

Not long after, the two palace maids from the tea room, Mei Xue and Dan Shuang, arrived in the palace.

The two of them exchanged greetings, and

the Queen Mother asked, "Who made the tea today?" Mei Xue

immediately said, "Your Majesty, it was the tea that I made." The Queen Mother did not show any surprise, but asked again, "What kind of tea did you make for Concubine Yi?"

Mei Xue hurriedly said, "I made Lu'an Guapian for Concubine Yi, which is the kind that Concubine Yi often drinks."

Dan Shuang also nodded and agreed, and her expression seemed to be open and honest.

The Queen Mother raised her chin again, indicating the place where Yan Shu had just sat, and said, "Go and have a look, is there anything wrong with the cup of tea?"

The two agreed, and went over together, picked up the cup and examined it carefully.

But Mei Xue suddenly said, "Madam, there seems to be oil on the edge of the cup."

Dan Shuang had already rubbed the grease on her hands. After a careful inspection, she nodded and said, "It should be oil."

The Queen Mother's expression turned cold, and she asked again, "Whose hands did this cup of tea pass through just now?"

Mei Xue hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, just now two servants personally delivered the tea to the palace gate, and it was brought in by Madam Zhuang. Apart from that, it has not passed through anyone else's hands."

The Queen Mother also remembered this scene. Upon hearing this, she immediately looked at Madam Zhuang.

At that moment, her eyes were as cold as a knife.

Madam Zhuang paused,

then knelt down and said, "I am innocent." The Queen Mother just sneered and said, "I made the biggest mistake not to kick you out directly. Today, I can trust anyone in this palace, but not you." As soon as

she finished speaking, Madam Zhuang burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty, you are really wronging me. I have always been doing this for your Majesty! Your Majesty, do you know that His Majesty went to Yongfu Palace to pay homage to Concubine Hui yesterday, and Concubine Yi accompanied him all the way? Your Majesty, are you sure about Concubine Yi? "The Empress

Dowager frowned and said, "Just because of this, you are going to ignore the royal heir? How could you have the heart to do it?"

But Madam Zhuang shook her head vigorously and said, "No, please understand, I just put a little castor oil on the rim of the cup. Even if Concubine Yi drank it, it would only be a tiny amount. At most, she would have diarrhea, which would not affect the royal heir at all."

What?

Just a little castor oil? The Queen Mother

was immediately furious when she heard this, "She is now a virgin and cannot afford to be careless. How could you say such a thing so casually? Why on earth did you do this?"

Madam Zhuang cried again, "I just wanted to let Concubine Yi know that she cannot go to that place. I want her to be sincere to you in the future and not have any other thoughts." The Queen Mother

didn't know what to say. She closed her eyes and sighed, saying, "Isn't this human nature? Concubine Hui is your Majesty's biological mother. If your Majesty doesn't even know your biological mother, then... " Is there any true filial piety to me?" Your Majesty is the husband of Concubine Yi. If she doesn't care about her husband, does that mean she is in accord with you? How many decades have you lived, what have you lived for?"

Madam Zhuang cried, "I have been the same for decades, and I only have the queen and the Zhou family in my heart!" The queen

mother shook her head and said, "If you have me in your heart, you will never do such a thing." After

speaking, she sighed again and said, "Well, since you like the Zhou family so much, go back."

Madam Zhuang was stunned.

~~

That evening, Yan Shu heard the news from the system, saying that the queen mother sent Madam Zhuang back to the Cheng'en Mansion on the grounds of caring for her discomfort.

She raised her eyebrows and thought that it seemed that the queen mother had found out.

——Although she only sent the old woman back to the Zhou family, she also understood the Queen Mother's difficulties.

After all, Nanny Zhuang was the most important person around the Queen Mother. If something serious happened suddenly, who knows how much speculation would be caused.

In any case, as long as this person didn't hate her in the palace, it would be fine.

As for the rest... She could only say that it was good now. From now on, this Stockholm syndrome patient could see the only old man in her life spending money and drinking with other concubines every day. She didn't know how she felt in her heart.

Tsk, in short, it was quite difficult to understand.

After sighing like this, the palace servants had already set the dinner.

Yan Shu was hungry, so she went to wash her hands and prepared to eat.

She took a look at the table and saw that everything she wanted to eat was there, such as spicy crucian carp, preserved egg with roasted peppers, stir-fried kidney, spicy lamb's feet, etc.

Since morning sickness disappeared, she suddenly fell in love with heavy-tasting dishes, such as sour, spicy, preserved egg, and kidney. She didn't like anything without a special taste.

At this time, her appetite was whetted. Just as she was about to pick up her chopsticks and start eating, she heard a sudden announcement outside the palace door, "Your Majesty has arrived..."

Huh? It turned out that the emperor had arrived?

Yan Shu had no choice but to put down her chopsticks and stand up to greet him at the door first.

"Your Majesty, your concubine welcomes you."

Yuwen Lan hummed, "Don't be polite."

Then he helped her up and they both came to the table.

Yan Shu thought to herself that she could finally eat now, so she quickly picked up her chopsticks.

But the emperor was not in a hurry to eat, but asked anxiously, "The Queen Mother just sent Madam Zhuang out of the palace. Do you know what happened?"

Yan Shu had no choice but to put down her chopsticks again, leaned over to his ear, and whispered what happened today. But

as soon as the voice fell, Yuwen Lan frowned, "Is this true? Isn't this punishment too light?"

However, as soon as these words came out, all kinds of curious voices immediately flooded into their ears——

[What happened? What happened! Your Majesty, can you speak louder so that we can hear it too! ]

[I said that Madam Zhuang must have done something bad and was kicked out. Tsk, I just don't know what bad thing? Your Majesty, please tell me! 】

Yuwen Lan, "..."

Yan Shu, "..."

She could only wave her hand to ask the idle people to leave, while saying sorry in her heart that she did not mean to make them curious.

When there was no one else in the palace, she said to Yuwen Lan, "I think if the commotion gets out of hand, it will be very disadvantageous to the Queen Mother, but after all, the Queen Mother is innocent..."

Yuwen Lan sighed, "It's rare that you have a pure heart." It's

also rare that she has this ability.

After saying that, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand and touch her belly.

By the way, who are these people around the Queen Mother?

Who knew that when she was thinking about this, she heard in her heart, [Hey, I heard it! He was just saying 'Who are these people around the Queen Mother'! 】

Yuwen Lan was startled and subconsciously hurried to check, only to find that he was touching her belly.

He hurriedly let go and tried to listen again.

But she said to herself, "Hey, why can't I hear again?"

He breathed a sigh of relief and secretly guessed, maybe it was because I touched her belly just now?

It should be.

But... why is it like this?

Could it be because of the kid inside?

This is his child. Maybe because the child also inherited his mind-reading ability, she suddenly also has the ability to read minds?

So she could hear him just now when he touched her?

Thinking of this, Yuwen Lan felt proud and cute, and couldn't help but want to laugh.

However, he changed his mind and felt a little worried -

could it be that he couldn't touch her belly in the future?

How could this be possible?

While he was worrying, he heard her thinking in her heart, [Why can I only hear it once? What's going on? Is there a signal that I can't tell you about?]

Yuwen Lan was startled and quickly changed the subject, saying, "The food is cold, eat quickly."

He took the initiative to pick up a spicy lamb trotter for her.

Yan Shu hummed, temporarily put aside her distracting thoughts, and concentrated on eating.

Wow, the lamb's trotters are fragrant and spicy and melt in the mouth. They are really delicious. They are exactly what she wants to eat!

Before she finished eating one, she saw him pick up another piece of kidney for her and said, "This must be eaten while hot. It will taste bad if it gets cold."

Yan Shu wiped her hands and quickly picked up the chopsticks to eat.

While eating, she nodded and said, "Yeah, that's right. The kidneys are tender, crisp, spicy and delicious at this time. If they get cold, they will have a fishy smell! Your Majesty, try it too!"

It seems that she has forgotten what she just said.

Yu Wenlan secretly said that it was a good risk, and then he started to eat with peace of mind.

~~

Two days later, Yan Shu got new news from the system. It turned out that after returning to Cheng Engong's mansion, Madam Zhuang was driven out by Cheng Engong's wife because she interfered in the affairs of the mansion.

Tsk, this ending was actually expected, Yan Shu did not comment too much.

She just did not have the heart to tell the Queen Mother because she was afraid that she would be sad. After

losing two servants in a row, Yan Shu felt that the Queen Mother must be a little lost, so she tried her best to go to Ci'an Palace every day to accompany her and talk to comfort her.

Fortunately, after her observation, she found that the remaining people in Ci'an Palace were good for the time being and had no ill intentions towards the Queen Mother.

In this way, she was relieved.

On this day, she was talking to the Queen Mother, but she saw the palace people report to the Queen Mother, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Shao from the General Wu'an Mansion wants to see you."

Mrs. Shao from the General Wu'an Mansion?

This name was a little unfamiliar to Yan Shu.

She knew General Wu'an. He was a famous general when the previous emperor was still in power. He had fought against the Xiongnu for the court and had made great military achievements.

By the way, this general should be in his 50s or 60s now.

However, every time there was a palace banquet, only his daughter-in-law had come. This "Mrs. Shao" was the first time she had heard of her.

But she heard the system say, "This is General Wu'an's concubine. She is not qualified to attend the palace banquet, so of course you have never seen her." Yan Shu suddenly realized, but she saw that the Queen Mother

was also a little surprised. She asked the palace maid, "Why did she come to see me?" She only heard the palace maid say, "This lady said that General Wu'an is seriously ill, and there is no good doctor outside the palace. She wants to ask for the grace of the Queen Mother to send the imperial physician to treat the general." But the Queen Mother was stunned, "What? General Wu'an is seriously ill? I didn't even hear the news. Quickly ask her to come in." The palace maid agreed and hurried to tell someone. A moment later, a woman in her forties entered the palace. After paying respect to the Queen Mother, she said, "I know I am too embarrassed to come to see the Queen Mother, but now the general has been ill for more than a month, and all the doctors outside the palace have seen him, but there is no improvement. That's why I have the courage to come and ask the Queen Mother for her will." The Queen Mother sighed, "At this time, why are you still saying these things? General Wu'an fought for the country, how can I sit idly by now? I will ask the Imperial Doctor Jiang to go back with you, and send someone to report to me any news." Then she pointed to the palace maid He Feng to take her to the Imperial Hospital to find someone. Mrs. Shao thanked her repeatedly, kowtowed to the Queen Mother, and followed. The palace was temporarily quiet, but Yan Shu was still a little curious and couldn't help asking, "I wonder why this lady is so self-deprecating in her words?" But the Queen Mother sighed and said, "This woman was born in a brothel. General Wu'an overcame all opposition and redeemed her to be a concubine in the palace. Outsiders have always criticized her background, so she said so." Yan Shu was stunned. A concubine born in a brothel? Hiss... It sounds like a love story with some twists and turns.