"Thank you for your hospitality today. If we have the chance in the future, I will definitely treat you back."
Li Xia and the young man in brocade clothes said goodbye outside a restaurant.
Since the two of them had only met once, she did not ask about the other party's identity, and focused on the idea that it was a chance encounter.
Xu Shi, the young man in brocade clothes, had the same idea, and the two of them tacitly did not ask each other's names.
"Ma'am, you are too polite. We will meet again if we are lucky enough." The young man in brocade clothes clasped his hands together.
"See you again if we are lucky."
Li Xia nodded.
The two exchanged a few pleasantries and then walked in opposite directions.
"Madam, it's getting late. Should we go back home and prepare?" Yuzhu looked up at the sun in the sky and said with her mouth open.
If they didn't leave now, they would not be able to return to the palace before the palace gates closed.
"Okay, let's go back." Li Xia turned her head to look at Fuling on the side and asked, "Fuling, I'm sorry to have let you go home disappointed today. Do you want anything? Just ask, I'll buy it for you."
Fuling grinned and shook her head: "Miss, I am already very happy today, and I have no other requests."
She really meant what she said.
"In that case, we'll go back."
"Yeah, okay."
Fuling nodded in satisfaction.
When Li Xia heard Fuling say this, she didn't say anything more.
"Okay, Yuzhu, let's go back now."
It should be just the right time to go back to the general's mansion to pack up and then set off back to the palace.
Several people turned back the same way and returned to the mansion.
"Empress Dowager, the guards you left at the City God Temple are back."
As soon as Li Xia returned to the general's mansion, someone came to report.
Yuzhu stepped forward to pass on the message.
"Oh, let him in, I have something to ask." Li Xia blinked and spoke.
It's a good opportunity for me to ask the guard whether Gou'er and his grandson are used to the environment of the courtyard.
If there was anything he was not used to, he could point it out and she could send someone to correct it.
Since I have decided to help them.
I tried my best to make them satisfied as much as possible.
Yuzhu nodded and lowered her eyebrows and said, "Yes, Queen Mother, I will go right away."
She stepped back.
After a while.
Yuzhu came in with the imperial guards.
"Your subordinate greets Her Majesty the Queen Mother." The imperial guard bowed and saluted.
Li Xia raised her hand and said, "No need to be polite."
"Are Gou'er and his grandmother satisfied with the courtyard you arranged for them?"
"Your Majesty, my brother said he was satisfied with everything." The guard replied respectfully, "He also asked me to convey a message, asking me to thank Your Majesty on his behalf."
Li Xia nodded and said, "As long as they are satisfied, that's fine. I have nothing to do. You go down and get ready. We will leave for the palace immediately."
She opened her lips to give the order.
"I'll take my leave."
The guards retreated.
After a little preparation, Li Xia and his party left the general's mansion as they did when they came, hiding their identities and setting off on their journey.
Li Xia disguised herself as an ordinary woman.
The guards were also dressed up as ordinary house slaves.
Everyone arrived outside the palace before dusk, before the palace gates were locked.
Yuzhu presented the token.
The officers and soldiers guarding the palace gate saluted Li Xia one after another.
"I didn't know that the Empress Dowager was coming, and I failed to welcome her in person. I hope you will forgive me." The soldier knelt down and said.
Li Xia said, "It's okay. Ignorance is not a crime. You can get up now."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
"Go and open the palace gates and welcome the Queen Mother back to the palace."
The leading officer gave orders to the soldiers beside him.
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Cikang Hall.
That night.
“Squeak—”
On the first night Li Xia returned to the palace, she was careless and forgot to lock the window, so someone climbed through her window again.
She heard footsteps approaching her in the room, and immediately closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
A tall figure stood beside Li Xia's bed.
The bright moonlight shone in from the window, and a shadow completely covered her on the bed.
"Stop pretending, I know you're not asleep." Dongfang Xunyi stared down at Li Xia, and when he saw her long, thick eyelashes trembling for the tenth time, he finally couldn't help but open his mouth.
Even if she wants to pretend, she can't do it well.
How could a sleeping person lie so stiffly and straight?
Except for the kind that sleeps forever.
When Li Xia saw that Dongfang Xunyi had discovered that she was pretending to be asleep, she simply stopped pretending.
"Your Majesty is the ruler of a country. Isn't it unseemly for you to do such things as crawling into other people's boudoirs all day long?"
She opened her eyes and sat up in bed.
Dongfang Xunyi frowned, and he asked back, "Does the queen have to be sarcastic to speak?"
It is true that only women and villains are difficult to raise.
The two of them had only had a quarrel, but she had already walked out of the palace and was still brooding over it.
"Who are you calling weird?"
Li Xia raised his head and glared at Dongfang Xunyi.
Dongfang Xunyi raised his eyebrows slightly and said deliberately: "Whoever agrees with me will be sarcastic."
"mean."
Li Xia bit her lower lip.
"Your Majesty, please stop. This is my bedroom. Please go back to your own palace."
Dongfang Xunyi looked at Li Xia's angry expression, took a step forward with his long legs.
Li Xia raised her chin and looked up.
"The whole world belongs to the king. Your Majesty, since you know that I am the ruler of a country, don't you know this simple truth?"
Dongfang Xunyi was not intimidated by Li Xia. He was only one step away from her. He took a light step with his long legs, bent his knees and sat down beside her bed.
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