The next morning, Zhou Qiongyue took her two children directly to the palace. The children were already over two years old, but she had not yet brought them to the palace to be seen by the Empress.
So Zhou Qiongyue submitted a notice to the palace two days ago, telling Aunt Queen that she wanted to bring the child to see her today.
The Queen Aunt sent someone to give the approval, so Zhou Qiongyue brought her child into the palace.
The Second Prince's Consort Duan Jianing knew that Zhou Qiongyue was going to bring her children into the palace today, so she sent her son Li Chengyan and her daughter Li Shihuan, whom she raised under her lap, into the palace yesterday.
What bad intentions could she have? She just wanted her son to be able to play with Zhou Qiongyue's two sons from a young age.
Just like the Second Prince and Prince Fu'an, who played together when they were young, they became natural supporters when they grew up. As for Li Shihuan, he was just an extra.
As for the Queen, she could certainly see through the Second Prince's wife's intentions, but she was also happy that Duan Jianing was like this.
Zhou Qiongyue brought her child into the Queen's Kunyun Palace and saw that the nanny beside the Queen's aunt was already waiting for her.
Seeing Zhou Qiongyue coming, she immediately stepped forward and saluted happily, "Princess Fu'an is here, the Queen has been waiting inside for a long time."
The nanny beside the queen smiled and chatted with Zhou Qiongyue while leading her inside.
Zhou Qiongyue was very familiar with the people around the Queen Aunt. After all, the original owner had spent a lot of time in the palace when she was a child.
Zhou Qiongyue also smiled and asked the nanny, "It has been a while since I last saw you in the palace. How are you and the queen?"
"Okay, okay, all okay." The nanny looked at Zhou Qiongyue with even more affectionate eyes.
The two brothers, who were held in someone's arms along the way, had no time to look around.
Although this was rather rude, it was not a big deal for a child who was only two years old, so Zhou Qiongyue did not stop it.
When they were almost inside, Zhou Qiongyue asked the servants to let Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang down, and then she led one by the hand and went into the main hall.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, is greeted!" Zhou Qiongyue saluted politely, and the two children had also been taught this in advance.
But Yuan Chaochang was a real kid, and after just a short while, he had almost forgotten everything. But Yuan Chaokang remembered it! When Yuan Chaokang did this salute, Yuan Chaochang would imitate his brother.
Anyway, the queen looks quite happy up there.
The Empress smiled at Yuan Chaochang and his brother and said jokingly, "Yue'er hasn't been to the palace for a while, and she's become estranged from her aunt."
When Zhou Qiongyue heard her aunt teasing her, she immediately stood up and walked over with her two children. "No, I'm thinking about you all the time!"
After Zhou Qiongyue walked over, she saw the two children beside the queen. As for who they were, Zhou Qiongyue knew them.
Zhou Qiongyue greeted the two children with a smile, "Chengyan and Shihuan are here too!"
"Call your cousin quickly!" The Queen took Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang's hands and instructed Chengyan and Shihuan.
Chengyan and Shihuan hadn't reacted yet, but Yuan Chaochang called the queen "cousin"
The Queen, Zhou Qiongyue, and Yuan Chaokang were all stunned. When the Queen came to her senses, she burst into laughter and picked up Yuan Chaochang.
The queen smiled and asked in a gentle voice, "Why are you so cute? What's your name?"
"Chang'er." Yuan Chaochang said his own name very familiarly, and pointed at his younger brother Yuan Chaokang and introduced him in a baby voice: "Kang'er."
The queen immediately fell in love with this little guy and hugged Yuan Chaochang tightly.
Zhou Qiongyue naturally picked up Li Chengyan.
As for Li Shihuan, Zhou Qiongyue also freed up a hand to hold hers.
As for the grudge between Zhou Qiongyue and Xie Zixin, she would not vent her anger on a little girl. Even if she wanted to, she would not be so stupid as to treat her differently in front of the Queen.
After all, no matter what, Shi Huan is the granddaughter of Aunt Queen. Moreover, Aunt Queen probably feels even more pity for Xie Zixin because of her unreliability.
As for Yuan Chaokang, who had no one holding his hand or hugging him, he followed Zhou Qiongyue obediently, trying hard to act like a shy child.
Yuan Chaokang's principle is to talk less and do less. He knows who he is and he never dares to look down on anyone in the palace. He doesn't want to stand out in the palace.
After all, in Yuan Chaokang's heart, her mother was a naive and innocent girl, and she even suspected him at that time.
The Queen watched Yuan Chaokang's performance throughout and couldn't help but praise him: "Kang'er is so well behaved! You will be blessed in the future."
Zhou Qiongyue nodded in agreement, "Hahaha, I think aunt is right."
The queen was delighted to see her niece like this, "You are not modest at all."
Zhou Qiongyue said coquettishly: "Aunt, now that you have the younger one, you despise the older one! Yue'er won't do that!"
"I like them all, Auntie." The Queen agreed lovingly.
"Where's my fifth cousin? Every time I went to the palace, he would come to Kunyun Palace very diligently. Why haven't I seen him today?"
Zhou Qiongyue hadn't heard from her fifth cousin for a long time, so she was a little curious.
Mentioning this queen instantly led to countless complaints, "Don't mention that disobedient Li Jingyu, he secretly told the emperor that he wanted to go to war, and then followed Fu'an to the camp outside the capital to serve as a soldier."
Now it was Zhou Qiongyue's turn to be surprised. "Followed the prince? Why didn't this servant hear what the prince said?"
"Well, it's not Fu'an's fault. It was that boy who went to ask the Emperor for help. He also knew that you and I doted on him and would definitely not want him to suffer, so he asked the Emperor to tell Fu'an not to tell anyone.
I only found out after he had been gone for a whole day. Even his second brother didn’t know.”
The Queen was also very dissatisfied when she mentioned the Second Prince, "I don't know what your second cousin has been busy with recently. He hasn't come to the palace to pay his respects for several days."
Zhou Qiongyue covered her mouth and smiled, as if to say, "I know, aunt, please ask me."
The Queen was also amused by Zhou Qiongyue's appearance, "Then tell your aunt about it."
Zhou Qiongyue looked at the people next to her and the children around her.
The queen understood immediately and immediately asked her confidant to take the children to the side hall to play.
When only the Queen and Zhou Qiongyue were left in the palace, Zhou Qiongyue didn't keep it a secret, "Aunt, maybe soon, you'll have another grandchild."
This wasn't Zhou Qiongyue being nagging, it was the Second Prince who specifically greeted her and asked her to prepare for the Queen Aunt in advance.
Because of Shi Huan, the second prince was afraid that the queen would beat him if she heard that Xie Zixin was going to give birth again.
For this task, the second prince reluctantly gave Chaochang and Chaokang each a set of four treasures of the study, the kind that came from the emperor's private treasury.
The queen was visibly delighted when she heard the news. "Who's pregnant? Is it your second cousin's wife, or someone from your second cousin's backyard?"
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