Chapter 77 Chapter 77 "Go burn incense for the ancestors?" ...
It was already dusk and the palace gates were about to be locked. Why would her mother enter the palace at this time?
Li Shuyao's first instinct was disbelief. She thought Yueshu had either recognized the wrong person or was deliberately telling a joke to make her happy.
However, less than a minute later, a person came out from behind the screen. She was wearing a light blue Manchu dress with a lotus pattern. She had her hair tied up in a bun, with hairpins and rings lingering around her, and a smile on her face.
When she saw Li Shuyao, she first happily called out "Xiaoyao", then her eyes fell on her slightly protruding round belly, and her eyes suddenly turned red.
He then quickly walked towards Li Shuyao, with a very sad expression, and said in a trembling voice: "Xiaoyao, you, you have suffered..."
After saying this, he seemed to have just remembered Li Shuyao's identity, and hurriedly took two steps back, about to kneel down and salute Li Shuyao.
Li Shuyao quickly grabbed his arm.
Li Shuyao looked at her inquiringly, and after staring for a while, she discovered that the mother of the original owner "Li Shuyao" actually looked somewhat similar to her modern mother.
This immediately reminded her of her longing for her mother.
Then his eyes also turned red.
"Little, Concubine Ling..." Li grabbed Li Shuyao's wrist with her backhand and then moved closer.
Just as she was about to say something, Li Shuyao suddenly hugged her, then rubbed her tender little face against her waist twice, and her sweet voice was filled with deep admiration, "Mother."
Li burst into tears immediately.
Li Shuyao:?
Is her call so powerful?
It was strange. She remembered that when the original owner was still at home, she often acted like this to her mother.
But every time, her mother's face was full of disgust.
It was exactly the same expression her mother had when she disdained her when she was still at home before she traveled through time.
Li picked up the handkerchief and cried for a long time before she said in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Lady Ling."
What is Empress Lingpin? She is not even as nice as Xiaoyao.
Li Shuyao puffed out her cheeks and turned to look at Nanny Yan beside her. Nanny Yan understood instantly and turned around to drive out all the palace maids serving in the small room.
Li Shuyao then took Li's hand and asked her to sit down beside her, saying, "What's the use of Lingpin or not? Mother, just call me 'Xiaoyao'."
"Xiaoyao sounds more intimate. Lingpin Niangniang sounds too distant, as if I'm not a member of our family..."
"Pooh, pooh, pooh, Lingpin, Xiaoyao, what nonsense are you talking about?!" Li frowned in the blink of an eye.
The expression and demeanor on her face seem to be about 50% similar to Li Shuyao's modern mother.
However, he still followed Li Shuyao's wishes and changed the way he addressed her.
Li Shuyao then smiled contentedly, moved closer to Li, leaned on her shoulder in a very intimate manner, and then took a deep sniff.
It’s great that Li’s aura is the same as her mother’s.
It's like she has a second mother here...
Bah, bah, bah, that's not right. This is the original owner's mother, not her own mother. Her own mother is the most unique and irreplaceable person in the world.
Li Shuyao covered her eyelids and reflected on herself seriously.
Finally, I convinced myself that every era has its own mother.
Anyway, her mother couldn't possibly come through and beat her up...
Anyway, Li can't see her original mother...
Anyway, she is a mama's girl.
Thinking of this, Li Shuyao rubbed Li's shoulder again.
The next second, Li mercilessly pushed it away with his finger against his forehead.
Li Shuyao:?
Are you starting to dislike her now?
She remembered that when she went home for the summer vacation during her freshman year, her own mother at least stayed with her for three days.
Why is this mother...
"I've been traveling for over a month, and I'm covered in dust and dirt. You're pregnant, and how dare you lean on me?"
After pushing Li Shuyao away, Li quickly stood up from the couch.
He walked around the side room without stopping, then walked towards her bedroom. I don't know what he did in there. After a while, he came out with a few stuffed dolls on her bed, asking Li Shuyao, "Did you wash these toys before putting them on the bed?"
Li Shuyao thought about it and it seemed not.
As soon as Lotus was done, she happily threw it on the bed.
Who remembers to wash and dry it?
Li Shuyao didn't answer. Madam Li understood what was going on as soon as she saw her expression, so she glared at her. "When you were little, you had a cough for a while. We asked many doctors to see you, but it was no use. Medicine would make you feel better, but if you didn't, you'd cough so much that you couldn't even sleep."
"After checking around, I found that these things on your bed were hiding a lot of dust, which is why you are coughing non-stop."
"Before you entered the palace, what did your mother tell you? Have you forgotten?"
I really forgot...
But it can't be said that she forgot, but she simply didn't think about it.
The memories left by the original owner were like a locked wooden box in her mind.
She would only open the wooden box when necessary, take a look at the original owner's experience, and then lock the box again.
She...she is not a voyeur, so why would she search through the original owner's memories for no reason?
Another thing is that Li Shuyao was also worried that if she read too much of the original owner's memories, it would cause deviations in her memories of the modern world. What if one day she forgot that she was a time traveler?
Then she will be assimilated by the era in this book!
It’s scary to think about.
On the other side, Li was still chattering, and soon he had a lot of "contraband" in his arms.
She glanced at Li Shuyao who was sitting quietly on the couch, and wanted to say something, but the words were on the tip of her tongue when she suddenly remembered that her daughter's status was different now.
Xiaoyao is now a concubine of a certain rank. If I still keep my previous habit of nagging her whenever I want and scolding her whenever I want, and if it is accidentally exposed in front of the palace servants one day... wouldn't that make her lose face?
So Li swallowed those words back into her stomach.
She silently walked outside holding the pile of "contraband" and opened the door. Soon, several pretty palace maids surrounded her. They greeted her with a cautious and flattering attitude, "Hello, Madam Li", and asked her if there was anything they could do for her.
Li pointed at the pile of "contraband" on the table and said, "Take these down, clean them, and dry them in the sun for a day before returning them to your queen."
As soon as she finished speaking, two palace maids walked in, grabbed the pile of "contraband" in their arms, and retreated.
The other maids who stayed behind continued to ask her, "Madam Li, do you want to go downstairs and wash up?"
Li nodded. Just as she was about to follow them to the side hall to wash up, she seemed to remember something. Holding the hem of her skirt, she walked back into the side room and said to Li Shuyao in a very gentle voice, "Lady Lingpin, I'm going to go wash up next door first. When I come back later, I'll make you the squirrel mandarin fish you loved as a child, okay?"
She acted like she was coaxing a child, which frightened Li Shuyao greatly.
Li Shuyao sat in her original position, holding her belly with both hands. She nodded blankly when she heard the words, and then suddenly seemed to realize something. She reached out and grabbed Li's wrist, shook her head at her, and said, "Mother, you came from Jiangnan and traveled all the way. Now that you are in my palace, you should have a good rest. How can you ask your mother to cook?"
"Let's move it to another day, the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, so that mom can rest well before we talk about it, okay?"
Li smiled with relief, her eyes and eyebrows looked gentler. She said "OK" to Li Shuyao, then patted the back of her hand a few times before turning and leaving.
While Li went to the side hall to wash up, Nanny Yan came in and brought Li Shuyao a cup of warm water.
She didn't know what she heard, but suddenly she said to Li Shuyao with a serious face: "If your Majesty wants to eat squirrel fish, you can tell this old servant to make it anytime."
Li Shuyao paused while drinking water, then shook her head repeatedly, "No, no, I don't really have any appetite right now."
The baby in her belly was growing bigger, and perhaps it was squeezing some other organs in her body, causing her to have a poor appetite for some time and eat less snacks.
The same goes for meals. I usually eat two big bowls of rice, but now I feel full with just one bowl.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have rejected Li's proposal just now.
Nanny Yan frowned and thought for a moment, "Okay, then if your Majesty wants to eat anything during this period, just let her know."
"Okay, I'll tell Madam Yan." Li Shuyao held the teacup in her hand, arched her eyebrows towards Madam Yan, and her smile was very cute.
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Li came back quickly after washing up.
It was only at this time that Li Shuyao learned that when she was appointed as an official lady, Nanny Lin had sent a letter on her behalf to the Li family in Jiangnan to announce the good news.
At that time, her father and mother were very anxious.
I feel that with her immature personality, how can she serve the emperor?
What if I anger the emperor one day?
Li Shuyao, who had read the original novel well, heard this: "..."
She silently picked up the teacup and took another sip of warm water. Her face remained calm, but she felt extremely weak inside.
However, Mrs. Li continued to chatter about her family's concerns about Li Shuyao, and even gave examples of things that "Li Shuyao" had done when she was a child.
Fortunately, Nanny Yan and the others were not there, otherwise, Li Shuyao would have to hide under the table.
Li Shuyao finished drinking the water and coughed twice.
Li seemed to suddenly wake up, stopped talking, and then looked around like a thief.
When she saw that there was no palace servant serving in the side room, she patted her chest and let out a long sigh, thinking that she really needed to change her bad habit of not being able to control her mouth.
Li Shuyao didn't care at all.
He poured Li a glass of water in a very good mood and asked her, "What happened next?"
Li took the water and drank two sips.
As he put down his teacup, he sighed, "Not long after, I heard that you were conferred the title of Lingpin by the Emperor and that you were pregnant. Your father led people to the ancestral hall that very day..."
Li Shuyao's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Are you going to burn incense for your ancestors?"
Do you think she is very promising?
Li Shuyao thought happily.
The next second, Li sighed and said, "I have indeed burned a stick of incense for all the ancestors, so that they can bless you more in heaven, and avoid being framed by villains and causing displeasure to the emperor."
"For you, your father and your brother knelt in front of the ancestral tablets for nearly half a month."
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