Chapter 173 The Empress Dowager is Guilty

Yao Jinse said obediently: "Thank you, Empress Dowager."

In Daxia, many foreign envoys come to congratulate the new year every year. On the first day of the new year

, the Empress Dowager and the Empress received the wives of foreign envoys in Shoukang Palace.

Yao Jinse followed the Empress Dowager throughout the whole process, and her words and deeds were very decent. She was able to pass the Empress Dowager handkerchiefs and tea in time, showing that she was very considerate.

When the Empress Dowager chatted with the wives of the envoys, if the conversation was not going well, she could also say a topic to warm up the scene in time, effectively easing the awkward atmosphere on the spot.

This witty and flexible Jin'er is simply better than the Empress.

Xia Miaoyuan pretended to play on the side, but in fact he had been observing Yao Jinse coldly.

[Smart, witty, and versatile, she is worthy of being the heroine in the book.] Xia Miaoyuan couldn't help but sigh.

[No wonder Liang Chaozong bought her as a delicate seedling at first, and later fell in love with her, and was willing to marry her despite her lowly status as a skinny horse.]

After hearing this, the queen's interest in gossip suddenly swelled.

Unexpectedly, Yao Jinse had such an experience, which was really legendary.

[When I read this book before, I scolded Liang Chaozong for being a face control, and he would ignore everything when he saw a woman's stunning appearance.]

[Now it seems that in addition to the advantage of being a time traveler, Yao Jinse still has advantages that cannot be replaced by others. 】

It was not until the end of the afternoon that the Empress Dowager and the Empress sent the envoys' wives away.

The Empress hurriedly paid her respects to the Empress Dowager and took her leave, and went back with Xia Miaoyuan.

The Empress Dowager looked at Yao Jinse beside her. Although she was very tired, she was in a very good mood.

"Jinse, I am so grateful to you today. You helped me a lot." The Empress Dowager took Yao Jinse's hand and praised her.

"Your Majesty, I am too kind. I am just doing my duty. Besides, those are just some tricks."

"Oh, Jinse, why don't you be so modest. I really didn't make a mistake in you. Ever since the first time I saw you, I felt that you suited my taste." The Empress Dowager smiled.

Eunuch Liu Youde echoed, "That's right! The Queen Mother's sharp eyes are so sharp that she can never make mistakes!"

Aunt Ji also flattered, "That's right, the people the Queen Mother likes are all excellent."

The Queen Mother pointed at the two people and couldn't help but chuckled, "You flatterers, hahaha, you are used to making an old woman happy. You will all be rewarded!"

Liu Youde and Aunt Ji thanked them profusely.

For a moment, the atmosphere in Shoukang Palace became very relaxed.

After the Queen Mother's smile slowed down, she personally pulled out a phoenix hairpin from her head and handed it to Yao Jinse, saying, "This is a reward for you, put it on and show it to me."

Yao Jinse took it with a smile on her face and carefully inserted it into her bun.

Then she deliberately turned around twice in front of the Empress Dowager to show off the phoenix hairpin.

The Empress Dowager smiled and clapped her hands: "Very beautiful! Very beautiful!"

"Eh? Strange!" The little palace maid beside her couldn't help but sigh.

The Empress Dowager raised her eyes: "Why is it strange?"

"I found that the expression of Madam Liang when she wore the phoenix hairpin just now was very similar to that of the Empress Dowager."

After hearing the little palace maid's discovery, the Empress Dowager and other palace ladies in the room carefully looked at Yao Jinse's face.

"This expression is indeed somewhat similar!" Liu Youde murmured.

"It is 60% similar." Nanny Ji said.

The Queen Mother walked down from the throne and observed Yao Jinse from different angles. Suddenly, the Queen Mother froze and stared at Yao Jinse blankly. Her face showed no sadness or joy, and it was impossible to tell what emotion she was feeling.

The Queen Mother's eyes were deep, as if she was lost in some memory.

That child was about the same age as Yao Jinse.

I wonder what she looks like now, and whether she is as beautiful as Yao Jinse?

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother felt as if her heart was cut by a knife.

For more than 30 years, her father and brother never allowed her to see that child. I don't know how she is doing.

Seeing this, everyone in the room fell silent and dared not speak nonsense.

"Go and get me a mirror." The Queen Mother suddenly ordered.

After a while, the young eunuch handed an exquisite small mirror to the empress dowager.

The empress dowager looked at herself in the mirror, then compared it with Yao Jinse, and was surprised.

Yao Jinse really looked like herself.

Could she be that child?

How could it be possible? That child was raised in the manor, and her fate was destined to marry a farmer's son in the manor and live an unknown life.

And Yao Jinse was from Yangzhou, how could it be her?

After a struggle in her heart, the empress dowager tried her best to convince herself that Yao Jinse could not be that child, but she still couldn't help asking: "Jinse, how old are you this year?"

"I am thirty-one years old this year!" Yao Jinse said lightly.

The Empress Dowager was startled: "Are you born in the Year of the Rabbit?"

Yao Jinse nodded: "Yes."

The Empress Dowager slumped in her chair, as if she was frozen.

Yao Jinse looked at the Empress Dowager with a puzzled look on her face, and asked softly: "Empress Dowager, what's wrong with you?" But the corners of her mouth curled up imperceptibly. After

a while, the Empress Dowager came back to her senses and pretended to ask naturally: "Jinse, what does your family do?"

Yao Jinse said slowly: "My family is neither rich nor official. I work as a manager of a farm for a wealthy man."

As she spoke, she glanced at the Empress Dowager's reaction.

"Manager!" The Empress Dowager exclaimed, and all the palace people in the room looked at her in surprise.

What happened to the Queen Mother? Was she possessed?

But in a short moment, the Queen Mother seemed to realize her own gaffe and immediately pretended nothing had happened: "Oh, it's the manager of the farm! Not bad, not bad!"

"Are you okay, Queen Mother? Do you want to go back to your room and rest?" Yao Jinse asked with concern.

"I'm fine, I'm fine." The Queen Mother said, and quickly smiled to cover up her previous loss of composure.

"Jinse, where is your hometown? I actually forgot again." The Queen Mother frowned slightly.

Yao Jinse smiled and said, "Yangzhou countryside!"

The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, Yangzhou countryside, good, good."

"I'm a little tired, I need to rest for a while." The Queen Mother seemed to have lost her soul, and her spirit suddenly became bad. She held the eunuch's hand and slowly walked towards the inner room.

Yao Jinse looked at the Queen Mother's back and showed a sinister smile imperceptibly.

Kunning Palace.

Xia Miaoyuan sat on the carpet with her chubby legs crossed, holding a rattan fly swatter in her hand. Opposite her were Maomao and Xiaojuzi, who were sitting side by side in an orderly manner.

"Sit still! Sit still!"

she scolded in a sly voice.

Xiaojuzi looked at the ball of fur on the chair in front of her and wanted to play with it. She glanced at Xia Miaoyuan, stood up and wanted to slip away.

"Don't move, Xiaojuzi!" Xia Miaoyuan was quick to put down the fly swatter, grabbed Xiaojuzi with both hands, and put him in front of her again.

Xiaojuzi sighed helplessly, lowered his head and sat down, looking reluctant.

"This princess tells you! Listen carefully!"

Xia Miaoyuan waved the fly swatter.

"Don't run around! Don't be disobedient!"