"Your son greets the Queen Mother. May your mother be well and at peace."

"I, your humble servant, greet the Queen Mother. May your Majesty be at peace."

At the same time, Du Jingyi and others also wanted to pay their respects to the Queen, so everyone knelt down in a hurry in the hall.

"Everyone, please stand up. There's no need to be so formal on such a nice day."

"Thank you, mother."

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

Empress Yan personally helped Empress Dowager Guo onto the phoenix couch. The two of them sat on the left and right of the emperor, which showed their status. As for the other concubines, even those as favored as Concubine Xing, they could only stand back at this time and could not break any rules.

Standing on Mrs. Xing's left and right were the ladies she had recently become friends with. When she saw the people from the Guo family and Du Jingyi following Mrs. Guo, she looked at them with a half-smile on her face.

Du Jingyi noticed her gaze, turned sideways and nodded to her, then found his seat and sat down without saying much.

Mrs. Xing was somewhat unhappy about this.

After all, the Xing family and the Gu family are related by marriage, but over the years, even when they were in Jinling City, they only had close contact with the third branch and rarely had anything to do with them.

Therefore, Mrs. Xing felt from the bottom of her heart that Mrs. Gu was a bad person.

After arriving in Sui'an City, it was the same. They sent a card and asked them to attend a merchant's birthday banquet. How could this not be a lowering of status? So they didn't care about whether to slap him in the face or not, and only sent some gifts, which was considered to be the etiquette of the card.

Today, if Du Jingyi was willing to come forward and say something to break the ice, she would be happy to maintain this relationship. But seeing that she followed Mrs. Guo, it seemed that their Gu family was determined to stand on the same boat with the Guo family.

The Guo family and the Xing family were not incompatible with each other, but after all, one was the former prime minister and the other was the future prime minister. There was always some unspeakable subtle relationship between them. Du Jingyi's move also let Madam Xing know something.

That is, it would be difficult to get the General's Mansion to fully support the Xing family and the Seventh Prince.

So after collecting her thoughts, she continued talking to the ladies she wanted to win over, and didn't pay much attention to this side.

Not long after Du Jingyi sat down, the Minister's wife, Mrs. Li, and Madam Li came over. Both of their families were related to the Gu family by marriage, so it was normal for them to be closer than others.

"Mrs. Li, sister-in-law of the Yan family."

"Mrs. Gu."

"younger sister."

After a brief greeting, the assistant minister's wife, Mrs. Li, went straight to the point and asked.

"Why did you come here with the Queen Mother, but pay your respects in advance?"

"The Queen Mother said that she would be going to the Jinling Palace in a few days, so she wanted to see the children before leaving. So, we brought them into the palace to pay our respects to the Queen Mother."

"So that's how it is. Going to the temporary palace is a good idea. It's much warmer there than in Sui'an City. I think it's good for keeping healthy. Besides, the scenery in the Jiangnan water town is beautiful. Walking around and taking a look around will make you feel more relaxed."

Her face was full of sincerity when she said this, so Du Jingyi believed that she was sincere for the time being. However, the ladies standing here were all very smart, so he should only believe 70% of her words and leave some room to see if there was anything else to say.

Sure enough, in the next sentence, the Minister's wife, Mrs. Li, brought up her third brother again and spoke hurriedly.

"This summer, my third brother will be transferred to Quanzhou. In my opinion, it is better for him to return to Jinling City so that his wife and children won't miss home so much. If they stay in Jinling City, they can take care of each other with the Gu family, and I, as the eldest sister-in-law, can feel more at ease."

The purpose of going around in circles is nothing more than to remind Du Jingyi from time to time that their two families are closely connected, and she wants to force the Gu family to express their stance as soon as possible.

Du Jingyi pretended not to understand and replied.

"The general never told me about the affairs of the court, and as a woman, I don't really understand much. But as Sister-in-law Yan said, it would be more convenient if my brother-in-law could be transferred back to Jinling City."

Li naturally knew that Du Jingyi was pretending not to understand, but after dealing with him for so many days, she also knew that Du Jingyi's personality was not the kind that could be easily controlled, so she didn't say anything more.

"It's so easy for me to find you. Where did I think you guys went?"

The appearance of sister-in-law Liu gave the two a way out. She and Madam Li greeted each other cordially, and then she walked up to Du Jingyi and said.

"Don't forget, you have to come to my house for dinner tomorrow. Last time, the kids clamored for some soymilk candy, so I asked the kitchen to prepare the ingredients. I made plenty for them early in the morning. It's good to have something sweet in the first month of the lunar year, so don't deny them some."

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Du Jingyi smiled and said helplessly.

"My sister-in-law has spoken, what else can I say? Brother Tai and his brothers have gone, I'm afraid they don't want to go back to the general's mansion."

"Children like to eat sweet things. You are a bit strict with them on weekdays, so they are naturally looking forward to the New Year and other festivals."

When they spoke sincerely, they talked about family matters, but Mrs. Li was more concerned about her daughter, who was born less than three months ago, and her grandson. How are they doing now?

Sister-in-law Liu knew what she was thinking, so she also responded.

"Yuan Mei was supposed to go to the palace today, but the child cried so hard before she left, so she had to stay. Don't worry, mother-in-law. It's winter, and children always stick to their mothers. Let the couple bring the child back the day after tomorrow and you will see it for you and father-in-law. You will know that the child is growing fast."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li felt relieved.

Ping'er's child was born in October. He looked like both his father and his mother. It was obvious that he was a lucky child. Not long after he was born, Ping'er submitted a memorial to the emperor requesting that the child be given the title of Young Master of the Duke's Mansion.

This move touched the people of the Li family very much. You know, the matter of requesting the petition could have been postponed until the child reached the age of 20, but his statement gave the Li family enough respect. Therefore, the Li family sent a lot of birthday gifts to the Duke's Mansion with fanfare, and the relationship between the two families became much closer.

I was about to say something else, but then I heard a voice coming from outside.

"The Emperor has arrived, Concubine Xing has arrived, and the Seventh Prince has arrived."

When hearing this voice, the wife of the Minister, Mrs. Li, looked unhappy, but it was only for a moment and she quickly adjusted herself.