Chapter 283 Grandma is here!

Princess Jin saw that Nanny Xie had a decent appearance and a strong body, so she kept her in the courtyard where she lived and asked her to do some rough work.

After a few days of observation, Princess Jin found that Nanny Xie was honest and dutiful.

Every morning, she would get up by herself without being called by the head nanny.

She could do all kinds of rough work, such as sweeping the courtyard, moving flowers and plants, washing clothes and wiping dust, and she was very skillful.

Princess Jin's initial sympathy and pity for her turned into some good feelings for her.

The Princess of Jin called Madam Xie to her side and said, "I have seen you these two days and I think you are useful."

"Just stay in this imperial manor. I don't regard you as a sold slave. Your body is free."

"Every month, you will receive a monthly salary of five cents of silver, just like those maids who do menial work."

"If you are willing to stay here and behave yourself, I will never drive you away. I will let you work here until you are old."

"If you find a good place to go and don't want to stay, I will let you go at any time."

Madam Xie knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Thank you, Princess. I am grateful for your kindness!"

In the blink of an eye, it was early summer. The flowers in the imperial palace bloomed and the weather was getting hot. In

Kunning Palace, the Crown Princess and the Empress sat together, chatting and sewing clothes for the baby who was about to be born.

At this time, the war in the northern border was still tense. The Crown Prince and several conspirators such as Yan Wenjing and Han

Qingbo, as well as several ministers from the Ministry of War, still ate and lived in Qianqing Palace. They discussed the frontline war with Emperor Mingxi day and night.

The Crown Princess lived alone in the Crown Prince's Mansion, which was cold and deserted.

The Empress suggested that she be brought into the palace to live.

After all, Rongpin was her aunt and the Empress was her mother-in-law. If she lived in the palace, it would be convenient for them to take care of her.

So, during the day, the Crown Princess would either accompany Rongpin or come to Kunning Palace to chat with the Empress, and at night, she would go back to Rongpin to rest.

On this day, a young eunuch suddenly trotted to Kunning Palace, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he shouted: "Empress! Empress!"

Xiaoluzi grabbed the eunuch's sleeve with disdain and stopped him: "What's the emergency? You are so flustered and have lost your manners. Be careful not to bump into the nobles and get a stick."

The eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "It's the Empress's mother who is here. She is now outside the city!"

Xiaoluzi heard it and immediately turned from anger to joy. He pulled the eunuch and ran to the main hall together.

"Empress, Empress, your mother, Kezun is here!" Xiaoluzi ran too fast and tripped over the threshold.

Kezun in the northern border means the leader's wife, similar to the empress in the Central Plains.

The Queen was sitting on the couch sewing clothes with the Crown Princess. When she heard this, she was so startled that the needle in her hand suddenly deviated and pierced her finger.

Bright red blood came out from the tip of her finger.

The Queen didn't care about the pain in her hand. She threw down the needle and thread and stood up, "Ah, mother is finally here! Finally here!"

"Is Kezun okay? Did she have any trouble on the way?" The Queen asked incoherently.

The little eunuch shook his head in confusion, "I don't know! I only know that Kezun is outside the city now, and will be at the palace in another hour."

"Okay, okay. I hope you can get to the capital smoothly." The Queen murmured.

Yingxue walked up to the Queen silently and helped her clean the wound on her finger with heartache.

"Mother, please calm down. We will be able to see our grandmother soon." The Crown Princess comforted her softly.

The Queen smiled embarrassedly: "Ah, I am really too happy. I am too happy."

The Queen sent someone to pick up Meng to Beijing to recuperate. This time it took a long time.

Usually, the journey of ten days took nearly a month. The Queen was waiting impatiently.

The Queen was worried all day whether her mother would encounter any accidents on the road. She was so impatient that she couldn't sleep at night.

"Mother, should we go to meet our grandmother now?" The Crown Princess held the Queen's arm and reminded her gently.

The Queen then stopped, as if she suddenly realized something, "Ah, yes, we have to go pick up mother first."

The Queen calmed herself down and ordered, "Go, send someone to the main hall to pick up Miao'er and Ayin, and then..."

The Queen was about to say that she would go and call the Crown Prince over, but suddenly she remembered that the Crown Prince was working overtime in the Qianqing Palace, so she stopped talking.

"Forget it, don't alarm the Crown Prince and the Emperor first, government affairs are more important."

The Queen glanced at the Crown Princess and said, "Chu Yue, you are not feeling well, so just stay in Kunning Palace and wait."

"No, mother, His Highness is busy with government affairs and cannot go to greet Grandmother, which is already disrespectful to us as the younger generation. It would be inappropriate for me, your son, to be so arrogant as to not go." The Crown Princess looked at her sincerely.

The queen smiled with relief. This daughter-in-law was really sensible and had a broad mind. She had the demeanor of a mother of a country in the future.

She tidied up the hair on the crown princess' temples and said, "Okay then."

The queen then ordered, "Go and inform Lord Xiao's family, and ask them to drive directly to the east gate of the city to wait."

The little eunuch left.

Not long after, the palace servants had prepared the carriage, and Xia Miaoyuan and Xiao Wanyin were also picked up from the main hall.

"Mother, sister-in-law, is grandma coming soon? It's so great!" Xia Miaoyuan was so happy that she pulled Xiao Wanyin around in circles.

"Ah! I can see grandma soon!" Xiao Wanyin also shouted excitedly.

The queen smiled and urged the two children to get in the car, and the group drove the carriage straight out of the palace.

Along the way, messengers kept riding back and forth, reporting to the Queen where Kezun's carriage was.

The Queen and her entourage drove all the way to the East Gate of the city before stopping.

The guards at the gate had already cleared out the idle people in advance, and the East Gate was very quiet, waiting for Kezun's carriage to arrive.

Xiao Licheng and his wife, as well as his eldest son Xiao Yong and his youngest son Xiao Yi, had already been waiting here.

The Queen's carriage did not dare to drive too fast because she had to take care of the Crown Princess's health, so it arrived later.

The Queen and her entourage got off the carriage and stood with Xiao Licheng's family, looking forward to it.

The gatekeeper prepared snacks and chairs attentively, and invited them to sit down, but they were in no mood to sit down and drink tea.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, two tall horses ran into the city gate.

The people on the horses were the secret guards who were ordered to pick up Ke Zun.

The Queen recognized them, and her heart immediately began to beat wildly.

Following closely behind the two horses were three carriages in the style of the northern border.

"Mother!" The Queen staggered over without waiting for the carriage to stop.

Xiao Licheng and his wife also called their mother and hurried over to the carriage.

"Grandmother!"

"Grandmother!"

Xia Miaoyuan and Xiao Wanyin also impatiently pulled the Crown Princess forward.

The curtain was opened, and a middle-aged woman dressed in Northern Xinjiang style walked down. The empress and her entourage stared at the woman closely, but the woman did not help Kezun, but got off the carriage by herself.

"Where is Kezun?" the empress blurted out, her palms were already full of cold sweat under her wide sleeves.

She was mentally prepared that her mother was seriously ill, but she didn't know how serious her illness was, and what her mother's condition would become after the bumpy journey and the fatigue of the carriage.

The secret guard who was responsible for picking up Kezun lost contact with the Great Xia Palace in the next ten days.

Therefore, the empress has thought about any bad consequences these days.