Then she called to a servant, "Chunxiao, bring another set of bowls and chopsticks for Consort Ji Yun."
"Pingting, sit down too." The Empress Dowager spoke, her eyes narrowed in concentration, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.
Chu Yuan was too lazy to think about it. When the bowls and chopsticks arrived, she ate her meal as usual.
She had a feeling that Dugu Pingting was not simple and probably did not just deliberately enter the palace to be the Empress Dowager's maid.
Sure enough, after a short while, Dugu Pingting spoke up, "Sister Ji Yun, I'm sorry. I apologize to you on behalf of Yue'er. We were too rash yesterday and misunderstood you."
"Heh~" Chu Yuan let out a barely audible sneer.
I hate these hypocritical apologies the most!
She was unlucky, not stupid. Wasn't Dugu Pingting doing this just to gain a good reputation in front of the Empress Dowager?
She made herself appear so kind and magnanimous, completely unlike Chu Yuan's aggressive demeanor.
After all, yesterday, Princess Xiaoyao, as an elder, only said a few words to her, and Chu Yuan took it out on the spot out of pettiness, implicating Yu Qian and bringing shame to Dugu Pingting. But not only did she not hold it against her, she took the initiative to put aside her pride and make peace. How rare is that?
Seeing this, the Empress Dowager was displeased. She put down her chopsticks, and her originally amiable gaze became more sharp. "Ji Yun, Pingting meant well. If you offend her, you are disrespecting me."
Speaking of which, you, Pingting, and Yue'er are all about the same age. You should get along well, so why are you always making a fuss and never having any peace and quiet?
The Emperor has been quite kind to you these past few years, but that's because your father is sensible; you should know your place.
Chu Yuan remained silent, listening quietly to the Empress Dowager's reprimand. Her current position was awkward, so anything she said would be wrong.
Even the Empress Dowager patiently talked to her about these things just to obtain that tiny bit of her own desire.
They hoped that Ji Yun would have a healthy pregnancy and be able to produce offspring for the Dugu clan.
As an outsider, how could she be as self-aware as Dugu Yue or Dugu Pingting?
A child without a mother is like a blade of grass. Now, she not only doesn't have a mother, she doesn't have any relatives at all!
However, when the Empress Dowager was giving her instructions, Chu Yuan subtly noticed that the Empress Dowager's gums were dark red, her tongue coating was thick, and there were small white marks around the tip of her tongue, which were signs of a weak spleen and stomach.
However, among the dishes that Dugu Pingting would occasionally serve the Empress Dowager, there were one or two that, when combined, were quite bad for her spleen and stomach.
She wondered if this solitary and graceful woman was simply ignorant, or if she was doing it on purpose.
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