So the carriage made a sudden turn and went around to the Prime Minister's residence.
As the saying goes, one becomes homesick when close to home. Li Shushu's heart started beating like a drum when he thought that he would be able to see his mother soon.
When she arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Shushu changed her mind: she didn't like the Prime Minister's Mansion, and was even a little afraid of it. She didn't want to stay there for too long.
She didn't want to see anyone inside except her mother.
Moreover, although she has verbally received the emperor and the empress dowager's will, she has not yet truly become a noble concubine.
You have to wait until you return to the palace and complete the etiquette and procedures before it counts.
If she went into the mansion alone, she would surely be tortured by those annoying people again.
But if we want to move the Emperor...
With His Majesty around, I will definitely not be bullied, but it is inevitable that seeing those annoying people will affect my mood and that of His Majesty.
She didn't want to bother the emperor with these things for the time being.
"Your Majesty, why don't we ask this young lady to come out and see you? I won't go in.
This way, you won't have to get off the carriage, face those boring courtiers and concubines, and it won't delay your return to the palace to handle government affairs."
Gu Jingyan closed his eyes as the carriage rocked along. He had been too excited about Li Shushu's pregnancy these past two days and hadn't rested well, so he felt a little tired. However, he still replied gently, "Shu'er, do whatever makes you happy. I have no problem with that. I'll do whatever you want."
Hearing this, Li Shushu smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Since it was a sudden decision, the Prime Minister's Office naturally did not receive the news in advance and did not make any preparations.
When the guard saw a luxurious carriage parked at the door, he quickly ran out to greet it.
But when he saw that it was Li Dehai who got out of the car first and then respectfully helped Li Shushu out of the car, his expression changed. "Oh, is the fifth lady back? What? Are you here to do something for the eldest lady?"
The guard did not recognize Li Dehai.
However, judging from his clothes, one could probably guess that he was a eunuch.
I think it is the servant of the eldest lady, who came back with the fifth lady to do things for the eldest lady.
The news of Li Xiaodie being demoted to the lowest position has not yet reached the Prime Minister's residence. Even if it did, Prime Minister Li would not let other unrelated servants know so quickly because he is very concerned about his reputation.
After all, now that Nanny Liu is dead, Li Xiaodie doesn't have many people around her, and she can't order anyone to run errands for her, so she must have less contact with her family.
Li Shushu was in a good mood at the moment, not annoyed at all. She was just anxious to see her little mother: "No, I came back to visit her. Could you please ask her to come out and see me, big brother?"
The guard looked down at Li Shushu and said, "This..." He seemed a little embarrassed. He always knew that the fifth girl was not welcome in the prime minister's residence and her status was not much different from that of a slave.
Besides, that Fifth Aunt...
He was not willing to take the risk of asking the eldest lady for permission for these two women.
Seeing that the servant dared to treat his master in such a manner, Li Dehai blurted out "how dare you" and was about to show his power.
Li Shushu stopped him.
She took out a few taels of silver from her sleeve and stuffed it into the guard's hand. "Brother, please accept this small token of my appreciation. Could you please help inform them? If possible, could you bring me to the door to meet me?"
She knew very well the ethos of the Prime Minister's Mansion. If the top beam is crooked, the bottom beams will be crooked too. Asking people for help and reasoning with them was too laborious. It was more convenient to use money.
The guard weighed the silver in his hand, glanced back and forth at Li Shushu and Li Dehai a few more times, and then said nonchalantly, "Wait."
Walked in slowly.
After a while, the guard came out, but the one he brought was not Li Shushu's young lady, but the eldest lady.
The eldest lady came out arrogantly, supported by her personal servants. When she saw Li Shushu, she glanced at her and without her having to say anything, the maidservant beside her said, "You are so bold! You don't even kneel down to greet us, Madam!"
In their eyes, the Fifth Miss had long been demoted by the master to Li Xiaodie's servant.
At this moment, with the emperor's support in her heart, Li Shushu would definitely not kneel down to anyone, but she didn't want to spend a lot of effort to break up with others at this time.
She just pretended to bow and said, "Daughter greets mother! Daughter went out of the palace to do some things, and wanted to stop by to see me. I hope mother will agree."
The eldest lady yawned, glanced at her disdainfully, and said, "Don't panic, don't panic. First, tell me how your eldest sister is doing in the palace now. Is she enjoying the emperor's favor? Has anything important happened in the palace recently?"
This emperor had very strict requirements for the harem. Without his consent, he would not allow concubines to have too much contact with their families to avoid affecting the previous dynasty.
Therefore, the eldest lady's information was not well-informed. She only knew that for some unknown reason, her precious daughter was suddenly demoted by the emperor from a fifth-rank beauty to a tenth-rank concubine.
As for the specific reason, Li Xiaodie didn't know it at first, so she was not aware of it and could only worry in her heart.
I guess it’s because these servants failed to take good care of their master.
Originally, she didn't like the Fifth Aunt Xie and Li Shushu. Now, after not seeing them for a few months, she saw that Li Shushu had become even more beautiful, and she was so angry.
Li Shushu blinked and replied seriously, "Madam, my elder sister is doing well in the palace. The Emperor has even invited her to sleep with him. It's just that she misses father and mother a little bit sometimes..."
"Cough cough" Gu Jingyan was dozing off in the carriage out of boredom, but after hearing Li Shushu's nonsense, he frowned and pretended to cough twice as a warning.
Li Shushu knew he couldn't continue, so he shut up and asked again, "Excuse me, can I see my wife?"
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