The original Hua Yunlan was not as easy to talk to as Qiao Yu. She obviously distanced herself from her aunt when paying her respects. If the empress dowager had not tacitly agreed, would she have been able to enter the palace?
But Qiao Yu knew that she had no support in the harem, and she couldn't even please the only person she was related to by blood. She was afraid that her future life would be difficult.
Although blood ties are always extremely unreliable.
"May the Empress Dowager be blessed with good health."
Before Qiao Yu could even bow, Empress Dowager Xue helped her up.
"Your children are all family, why do you need to go through all this empty formalities?"
"Lan'er has entered the palace now, and the etiquette cannot be abandoned to avoid being noticed."
After saying this, Queen Mother Xue looked at Qiao Yu with a much colder look. She thought Qiao Yu was still blaming her, so she asked in a friendly but tentative tone:
"Lan'er doesn't even want to call me aunt anymore, but you still blame me for not being able to meet you and help you a few days ago?"
Qiao Yu just glanced at Empress Dowager Xue's eyes. The coldness in her eyes made Qiao Yu sneer in her heart. Although they seemed intimate, she was afraid that if she said something wrong, she would annoy this old tree spirit, right?
In just a second, the girl's beautiful eyes were filled with tears but she dared not shed them. Her panicked look was so pitiful:
"How dare Lan'er! I'm just afraid that my aunt is still angry with me for my inappropriate behavior a few days ago, so I don't dare to call you like that. You are Lan'er's closest relative."
Every word Qiao Yu said was sincere, and it was hard to tell what was going on. His last sentence was also quite right.
Aunt Xiufang also hurried forward to speak for Qiao Yu:
"What Madam Hua said is true. Just now, when I went out to greet you, Madam Hua kept calling you Auntie, thinking about the Queen Mother."
No wonder they say everyone in the harem is so cunning. Qiao Yu almost couldn't help but twitch his lips as he listened to Aunt Xiufang lying without changing her expression.
Queen Mother Xue's expression softened, and she looked at Qiao Yu with some sincerity. She gently wiped away the tears from the girl's face with an embroidered handkerchief.
"You will be the master of a palace in the future, but you are still crying like a child. Aren't you ashamed? I know that our Lan'er is the best."
Hua Yunlan grew up without a mother, and she was pretty and adorable. Empress Dowager Xue often summoned her into the palace. It would be a lie to say that she had no feelings for her at all.
But the most fragile thing in this palace is emotion.
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