The Queen Mother took Jiang Li's hand and came to the Phoenix Chair, and finally took her to sit on the Phoenix Chair.

The phoenix chair is large enough to accommodate three people.

As Shen Tingsi said, the Queen Mother was a kind person and not difficult to get along with at all.

Jiang Li was a little nervous on the way to Shoukang Palace just now, but now after seeing the true appearance of the Queen Mother, her nervousness instantly subsided a lot.

The Queen Mother treated Jiang Li very kindly, and it didn't feel like it was their first meeting at all.

"You must be exhausted after traveling all the way from Jiangnan to the Imperial City. Come, drink some water first. I will ask the Imperial Kitchen to prepare a meal to welcome you and Si'er."

As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, the nanny came forward and poured two cups of tea for the two of them. The Queen Mother personally handed one of the cups of tea to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li was flattered: "Thank you, Queen Mother."

"Silly child, we are a family from now on, why are you still so polite to me?"

These few short sentences contained too much information. Originally, the Queen Mother wanted to wait for Jiang Li to come to the palace and carefully consider her character, but when she saw Jiang Li for the first time, she dismissed this idea.

Sometimes chemistry is very important, and Jiang Li happened to be compatible with the Queen Mother, and the two of them felt like they had met too late when they first met.

"Kid, what's your name? Si'er is so silly. He was so busy sharing with me the joy of finding the person he loves that he even forgot to tell me his name."

When the Queen Mother asked Jiang Li's name, she did not forget to scold Shen Tingsi. She said this in a joking tone so that no one was embarrassed.

"To answer the Queen Mother's question, my surname is Jiang and my given name is Li."

"Jiang Li." The Queen Mother murmured Jiang Li's name, then smiled and said, "She really lives up to her name."

As the saying goes, a pear tree heralds spring. The Empress Dowager’s favorite flower is the pear blossom, and she also loves the saying that when the pear blossoms bloom, the world becomes gentle.

"Thank you for the compliment, Her Majesty the Queen Mother."

Jiang Li smiled, with shallow dimples on the corners of her mouth, looking very pleasing.

The person in front of her was the one she loved, and the name of the person she loved contained the name of her favorite flower. The Queen Mother felt that their fate was indescribable.

The Queen Mother held Jiang Li's hand all the time, and looked at the generous and likable Jiang Li in front of her and said with a smile: "Then I will call you Li'er from now on, okay?"

Jiang Li's eyes curved with a smile, and she let down all her guard and restraint in front of the gentle empress dowager.

"To be honest, this is what my parents call me."

"That's a coincidence, Li'er. I know you made a great sacrifice by leaving your parents and going to the Imperial City with Si'er. You can visit your parents anytime you miss them in the future, or ask them to come to the Imperial City to experience the customs and practices of the Imperial City."

"If Si'er doesn't have time to go back with you, I will go with you. It's been ten years since I last went to Jiangnan!"

The Queen Mother patted Jiang Li's hand with a smile. She understood how difficult it was for her to leave her parents and go to the imperial city. If she didn't like him, why would she make such a big concession and sacrifice? How many women lost contact with their parents after marrying far away, and often blamed themselves for not being able to show filial piety to their parents? The Queen Mother was thoughtful and considerate of everything. She didn't want Jiang Li, who was going to the imperial city, to blame herself for this in the future. When they met, she told her in advance that she could leave whenever she wanted to see her parents.

If Shen Tingsi is too busy with official business to accompany Jiang Li to Jiangnan, then she, as the mother-in-law, will personally accompany her to visit her in-laws!

It is never distance that can separate family ties.

The letter sent by Shen Tingsi clearly stated that if he could win Jiang Li's heart in this life, he would choose her to spend the rest of his life with.

He doesn't want any of the three palaces and six courtyards or the three thousand beauties.

Shen Tingsi will not take another concubine. The Queen Mother knows very well that he has a stubborn temper. Since it is his decision, even ten oxen cannot pull him back.

The Queen Mother had already prepared for Shen Tingsi to live out his life alone, so it was a blessing for her that Jiang Li could appear in Shen Tingsi's world.

The Queen Mother's greatest wish in this life was to have someone to accompany Shen Tingsi for the rest of her life. Now that her wish has come true, she naturally won't desire anything else.

Since Shen Tingsi has found someone to spend the rest of his life with, the empress dowager will naturally not interfere in their affairs anymore, let alone suggest selecting concubines to fill the harem to alienate the relationship between them as mother and son.

Although Jiang Li was the queen chosen by Shen Tingsi, she was the only one in the six palaces. There were no affairs in the harem that needed her to take charge, so she could naturally go wherever she wanted.

The Queen Mother and Jiang Li were having a very pleasant conversation, and their conversation had never stopped since Jiang Li appeared in front of her.

Shen Tingsi, who followed later, raised the corner of his mouth after seeing this scene, and looked at Jiang Li with increasingly gentle eyes.

He hadn't seen his mother laugh so happily for a long time, and he himself had never been so satisfied as he was at that moment.

Whether it was the Queen Mother's joy or his satisfaction, it all came from one person.

Li'er, thank you for appearing in my world.

After receiving the Queen Mother's order, the imperial kitchen acted quickly and a table full of delicious dishes was served within an hour.

Shen Tingsi and Jiang Li stayed in Shoukang Palace to have dinner with the Queen Mother. After dinner, the Queen Mother took Jiang Li to the Imperial Garden for a walk.

Shen Tingsi, a living person, was ruthlessly forgotten by the two of them. Looking at the two people walking together in front of him, Shen Tingsi shook his head helplessly. He knew that he could not squeeze into the world of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for the time being, so he had to turn around and go to the imperial study.

Feng Jue took Qingzhu to settle down in Fengyi Palace, which would be Jiang Li's palace in the future.

After hearing that Shen Tingsi had returned to the palace, the personal eunuch Xiao Shunzi ran to the imperial study from somewhere else. When he saw Shen Tingsi sitting on the dragon throne, his eyes lit up and he ran up excitedly and knelt on the ground with a thud.

"Your Majesty, I respectfully welcome you back to the palace!"

Xiao Shunzi bowed his head to the ground as a gesture of respect, his tone filled with excitement and excitement.

"Get up."

Shen Tingsi was no longer surprised by Xiao Shunzi's impetuous temper.

"yes!"

Xiao Shunzi stood up from the ground swiftly, and seeing Shen Tingsi holding a wolf hair brush in his hand, he stepped forward with great insight to grind it for him.

When Xiao Shunzi walked to the desk, he found a blank imperial edict in front of Shen Tingsi. He was puzzled. What kind of edict was it that the emperor had to write personally?

Normally, imperial edicts were conveyed orally by Shen Tingsi, then written by the Hanlin Academy, and finally handed to Shen Tingsi to be stamped with the imperial seal.

It was the first time that Xiao Shunzi saw Shen Tingsi writing an imperial edict, so he couldn't help but be curious.

However, although Xiao Shunzi was curious and had a hot-tempered temper, he was a very well-behaved person. He knew what to ask and what not to ask, otherwise he would not have served Shen Tingsi so closely.

After Xiao Shunzi had ground the ink, Shen Tingsi dipped the wolf hair brush in the ink, and then began to write line after line on the imperial edict in front of him.

(End of this chapter)