"What did you say? The Queen Mother asked me to come over?"
"I can't go. I'm not feeling well."
Si Muqiao glanced at the nanny who came to deliver the message and directly rejected the Queen Mother's unknown invitation.
What are you doing?
Didn’t we say that the current Empress Dowager is devoted to worshipping Buddha in the Cining Palace and never leaves the palace?
If that's the case, how would he know about her?
Why would they send someone to invite her over?
Just think about it and you will know that nothing good will happen.
"How dare you! Empress Zhenfei, this is an imperial decree. How can we allow you to be so presumptuous!"
As soon as the nanny scolded, Si Muqiao's face suddenly darkened.
She took a look at the dumplings and started giving orders.
"Who gave you the courage to yell in front of me?"
"Tangyuan, slap your mouth!"
"yes!"
Tangyuan walked forward and started fanning the arrogant nanny left and right.
She was quite strong and after these slaps, the nanny's face became swollen immediately.
"Empress Zhenfei, how dare you? Lao Lou came here to invite you on the orders of the Empress Dowager."
"This is disrespectful to the Queen Mother."
The nanny was so slapped that she saw stars and even her words were a little unclear.
"How dare you! You wicked slave, how dare you make up stories about the Queen Mother? Who gave you the guts?"
"I have heard that the Queen Mother is elegant, generous, dignified and virtuous. She is an excellent elder."
"If she knew that I was ill, why would she ignore my health and force me to come?"
"It must be you, the evil slave, who acted under the guise of the Queen Mother. You really deserve to be beaten."
"Ah, Tangyuan, I'm so angry at her that my head hurts!"
After Si Muqiao finished speaking, she covered her head with her hands, looking delicate and painful.
"Master, are you okay? I'll ask someone to call the imperial physician right away." Tangyuan looked worried.
"Well, go, quickly ask Dr. Gao to come over."
"Empress Zhenfei, you..."
The nanny looked at Si Muqiao in shock, not knowing what to say for a moment.
But at this moment, even if she really wanted to say something, no one would pay attention to her.
After standing there for a while, she felt bored, so she turned around and left the cold palace, walking towards the Cining Palace angrily.
In the Cining Palace.
Empress Dowager Tu was leaning on the couch in the bedroom drinking tea.
She was wearing a scarlet gauze and blue silk palace dress, on which were peony embroidered with gold thread, which looked lifelike and magnificent.
The palace dress perfectly highlighted her well-maintained and slender figure.
Looking at her appearance and skin, they are also extremely fair.
He is obviously in his forties, but now he looks only about thirty-four or thirty-five.
She had exquisite and beautiful armor on her fingers and a pair of transparent emerald green jade bracelets on her arms.
As she lowered her head to drink tea, the pearl tassels hanging from the red gold silk fire phoenix hairpin with pearls on her head gently collided with each other, making a low, pleasant sound.
The young woman sitting next to him couldn't help but speak.
"Aunt, long time no see. How come you look younger?"
"If Rou'er had the chance to go out with Aunt Dowager Queen, she would definitely be laughed at."
Hearing the woman say this, Empress Dowager Tu couldn't help but exclaimed.
Then I saw Tu Rou frowning and saying, "Aunt, you are so beautiful and elegant."
"If you go out with me, people outside will only be interested in you and won't be able to remember Rou'er's existence!"
"Haha, girl, how can you talk like that?"
Although Empress Dowager Tu was scolding her, the joy on her face was very obvious.
Yes, as a woman.
Who doesn't want to hear people praise her for her beauty?
Empress Dowager Tu was no exception.
As for closing the palace to chant sutras and worship Buddha? Haha, whoever wants to worship can do it.
That's just an excuse.
She couldn't tell everyone that her eldest son had ordered her to be placed under house arrest.
Whenever Empress Dowager Tu thought of this, she felt very angry.
"Rou'er spoke out of turn."
"Aunt Queen Mother, how do you like the tea that Rou'er brewed? Can you drink it?"
"Mm, the tea is fragrant and has a long aftertaste, not bad."
The Queen Mother put down the teacup in her hand, glanced outside and muttered.
"It's already this late, why hasn't Aunt Gui come back yet?"
While she was speaking, she saw a fat cat with mandarin duck eyes jump in silently from the window.
"Meow~" The fat cat called while walking slowly on the bed like a king.
"Aunt, this is the cat you keep named Snow White, right?"
“So cute!”
After saying that, Tu Rou reached out to stroke the cat.
However, before her hand could get close, the fat cat suddenly became furious and glared at her and grabbed her twice.
"Ah!" Tu Rou's face turned pale with shock.
"Bai Xue, what are you doing? Get out!" After Empress Dowager Tu scolded, the fat cat showed its dissatisfied butt to the Empress Dowager.
Then he picked up the exquisite snacks on the table, and after a few steps, he jumped out of the window again.
"Rou'er, are you okay? I've asked someone to call the imperial physician."
"Aunt, Rou'er is fine. It's all Rou'er's fault. She was ignorant and touched Snow White without her consent because she saw how cute it was."
"Aunt, Rou'er was wrong. I won't dare to do it again."
Tu Rou lowered her eyes, her tone full of self-blame and regret.
"How can I bear to blame you?"
"Someone, go get the medicine box and bandage Miss Tu's wound."
"yes."
Just after Tu Rou's arm was bandaged, she heard the news that Nanny Gui had returned.
She immediately put down her sleeves, straightened her back, and acted like a rich girl.
"Your Majesty, I am back."
"It is my incompetence that has prevented me from inviting Concubine Zhen here. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
Hearing what Nanny Gui said, Tu Rou immediately retracted her gaze that she couldn't help but glance outside.
"Madam Gui, what's wrong with your face?" Tu Rou exclaimed.
"Thank you Miss Tu for your concern. I am fine. It is my fault that I have caused Concubine Zhen to dislike me."
"What exactly happened? Tell me in detail!" Empress Dowager Tu's face suddenly turned gloomy.
"Replying to the Queen Mother, I went to invite someone in accordance with your imperial decree, but Concubine Zhen said she was not feeling well and did not want to come."
"I just said one more word, and she ordered someone to slap me in the face."
"And he said... he said that he gets a headache just by looking at me."
"Then she left the old slave aside and ignored him completely."
"I am truly incompetent and cannot invite Empress Zhenfei. I hope the Empress Dowager will punish me." Nanny Gui said as she kowtowed.
"Madam Gui, you are just following my aunt's orders, what's wrong with that?"
"It's clearly Concubine Zhen who is wrong!"
"She is going too far. She dares to rely on your majesty's favor and ignore my aunt. She is so presumptuous!"
"I really don't know why the Emperor cousin likes her?"
"Aunt, you must teach this kind of woman a lesson."
"Otherwise, she will definitely take advantage of the favor of her cousin the Emperor and become even more fearless."
Seeing Tu Rou's face filled with indignation, Empress Dowager Tu couldn't help but pat her hands gently.
"I heard that she grew up in a rough place like the border. No wonder she is so unpresentable."
"Compared to her, our Rou'er is truly as far away as heaven and earth."
"I know that you, my child, love me."
"Don't worry, I'm old enough, how can I argue with a little girl like her?"
"If this gets out, outsiders will think I'm deliberately making things difficult for her."
"How about this, Rou'er, you go and see Concubine Zhen on my behalf."
"By the way, bring her the seventy-year-old ginseng in my private collection. She happens to be ill and may need it."
"aunt!"
"Go ahead!"
After leaving Empress Dowager Tu's bedroom, Tu Rou's face suddenly became extremely ugly.
She was so mad!
It was clearly the Empress Dowager herself who said that she would send someone to invite Concubine Zhen over to see what she looked like and how she could actually bewitch Your Majesty.
When she comes, I must give her some warning.
But now, the Empress Dowager actually asked her to bring gifts to visit the arrogant and domineering Concubine Zhen?
Why?
What on earth was the Queen Mother thinking?
Wait, she knows.
The Empress Dowager is an elder, so it is not convenient for her to argue with Concubine Zhen.
So she was sent specifically to find out the truth about Concubine Zhen.
If there is a chance, it would be even better if I could teach that woman a lesson on behalf of the Empress Dowager.
Thinking of this, Tu Rou immediately suppressed the anger on her face and returned to her standard noble lady demeanor.
"Meow~" The fat cat at the door saw Tu Rou and bared its teeth at her again.
With this remark, Tu Rou's air of a noble lady that she had just displayed disappeared in an instant.
The fat cat glanced at her with contempt.
Then, he tapped his feet lightly, stepped on the palace wall above his head, and ran quickly in one direction.
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