No matter how reluctant Ren Yujian was, Jiang Si still obediently followed the eunuch into the palace.

As soon as I entered Kunning Palace, the eunuch reported something, and a young girl came out in a hurry, saying in a friendly tone: "Sister-in-law, I haven't seen you for a long time."

It was Princess Fuqing who came out to greet them.

The Fourteenth Princess followed closely behind, as if she was invisible, and said nothing, only bowing to Jiang Sifu as a sign of greeting.

She was a person of taste and knew that it was most appropriate to remain silent at such times.

Princess Fuqing walked over quickly and took Jiang Si's hand: "Sister-in-law Qi, please come in."

The ginger blinked.

Could it be that the Empress summoned her into the palace just because Princess Fuqing wanted to see her?

For the queen who loved her daughter to her core, this was not impossible.

Jiang Si was guessing in his heart, but he remained calm and followed Princess Fuqing in.

The queen was sitting in the hall. When she saw Jiang Si coming in, she didn't stand up. She smiled gently and said, "The Princess of Yan is here. Come and sit down."

"The daughter-in-law has seen the queen mother."

"No need to be polite. It was Fuqing who was talking about you. I thought you two sisters-in-law got along well and should get closer, so I asked you to come to the palace. I hope I didn't delay your affairs at home, did I?"

The queen was being polite, so Jiang Si responded politely: "Everything in the palace has its own rules, and there aren't many things to worry about."

"By the way, how is Ah Huan these days? Has he gained some weight?"

Speaking of her daughter, Jiang Si frowned and said, "She is a little fatter. I can hardly hold her anymore."

The queen laughed and said, "It's good to be fatter. If the baby can eat and sleep well, it means he is strong and healthy."

At this time, many infants died, even in wealthy families.

A sturdy doll is obviously more reassuring.

Jiang Si echoed, "It's all thanks to my father, the emperor, and my mother."

For a moment, the atmosphere in the house was warm.

After a while, the Queen urged, "Ah Quan, Fourteen, isn't it time for the two of you to leave?"

Princess Fuqing looked at Jiang Si with some reluctance and nodded obediently.

Jiang Si asked, "Where are you two sisters going?"

The Queen smiled and said, "They went to the Cining Palace to pay their respects to the Queen Mother."

Jiang Si was stunned for a moment.

In my impression, the Queen Mother always likes peace and quiet. Why are the two princesses coming to pay their respects to her at this time?

The Queen saw Jiang Si's confusion and explained, "The Queen Mother felt that the palace was lonely, so she asked them to go over and keep her company more often. After all, there was Rong Yang in the past--"

When Princess Rongyang was still alive, she would go to the palace to pay respects to the Queen Mother from time to time. Even Cui Mingyue used to go to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother. Now that one of the mother and daughter is dead and the other is missing, it is no wonder that the Queen Mother feels lonely.

In the past few days, Princess Fuqing went to Cining Palace every day to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, but did not see anything unusual. The Empress secretly laughed at herself for being too suspicious and found out the reason why the Empress Dowager was behaving abnormally.

"So that's how it is." Jiang Si took over the Queen's words calmly and apologized to the Queen Mother in his heart.

It seems that she was the one who killed Princess Rongyang and Cui Mingyue...

"Go quickly. I want to talk to your seventh sister-in-law. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

"Yes. Seventh sister-in-law, then Fourteenth sister and I will leave first. You can come to the palace another day, and I will make sweet-scented osmanthus wine for you to taste."

The queen's face turned serious: "I just learned how to make sweet soup, but mother hasn't tasted it yet."

Fuqing blushed slightly: "Of course I'll let my mother taste it first."

"Okay, go ahead."

After Princess Fuqing and the other girl left, the Queen shook her head and smiled, "Luckily it was you, otherwise I would have suspected that the girl was moved."

Staring at Jiang Si's delicate face, the queen's mind moved: Princess Yan has a brother who seems to be unmarried...

Fuqing and Princess Yan get along well. If Princess Yan's brother is chosen as the consort, it should be a good thing for Fuqing.

However, she heard that Princess Yan's brother had gone to the south, so she couldn't consider it for the time being. On the battlefield, swords and guns are blind, and if something happened, it would harm Fuqing.

Forget it, let’s wait until Princess Yan’s brother returns to the capital after clearing his name.

The Queen secretly kept this in mind, and her attitude towards Jiang Si became even gentler.

"The reason I asked you to come to the palace this time is because the emperor has something to tell you. Please wait, the emperor should be here soon."

Not long after the Queen said this, Emperor Jingming arrived.

"My daughter-in-law has met my father."

"No need to be so polite." When they arrived at Kunning Palace, Emperor Jingming was very casual and sat down next to the empress.

Jiang Si straightened up and waited quietly for Emperor Jingming to speak.

Emperor Jingming looked at Jiang Siji.

At the plum blossom viewing banquet, the seventh brother gave all the plum blossoms to the woman in front of him. He nodded at will. At that time, he never thought that many of the troubles in the harem would be solved by this girl.

Actually, he made many wrong decisions, such as reinstating the crown prince.

When the night was quiet, Emperor Jingming thought about it countless times. If the crown prince had not been reinstated after being deposed for the first time, the crown prince would still be Prince Jing now, staying in Jingyuan honestly and peacefully, instead of becoming like this.

But there was one decision that was not wrong, which was finding the right wife for the seventh son.

Jiang Si already knew a lot anyway, so Emperor Jingming didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "I need your help with something."

Jiang Si hurriedly said, "Father's order is true. I will do my best."

"The envoy to Wu Miao has returned."

Jiang Si raised his eyes and glanced at Emperor Jingming.

At this moment, she couldn't guess what Emperor Jingming meant.

Fortunately, Emperor Jingming quickly made his purpose clear: "Those people have been in Wu Miao for several months. I am worried that someone has been tricked by the Wu Miao people without knowing it. I want you to take a look to see if anyone has been controlled by the insects..."

Jiang Si showed an embarrassment on his face at the right time.

"Seventh Old Wife, if you have any difficulties, just speak up."

"My daughter-in-law is afraid that there will be omissions—"

Emperor Jingming waved his hands and said, "It would be great if we could find out something unusual, but if there are any omissions, it's not your fault. Don't worry, Seventh Wife, I'm not that confused."

Hearing what Emperor Jingming said, Jiang Si smiled slightly and said, "Then my daughter-in-law will give it a try."

In matters like this, she doesn't seek credit, but only wants to avoid mistakes. It's always a good idea to talk about the difficulties up front.

Soon, Jinlinwei commander Han held a welcoming banquet to entertain these returning people. Of course, it was not a grand banquet under the circumstances, and only officials from Jinlinwei and Honglu Temple were invited.

A pretty maid mingled among the other maids and walked past everyone without leaving a trace.

Han Ran couldn't help but glance at the maid out of the corner of his eye, thinking that the Princess of Yan looked quite good in her maid costume. He just hoped that this small banquet would end peacefully without any trouble.

Even though it was a small gathering of officials who were supposed to be respectable, Han knew very well that men would forget who they were once they drank a few more cups of cat urine.

Who knows what you fear will come true? When Jiang Si, who was disguised as a maid, walked past a person holding a tray, the person stretched out her hand instead of taking the wine glass, and touched her hand.

Jiang Si dodged swiftly, picked up the wine glass and splashed it on the man's face.

Han Ran: “…”