"What's all the commotion so early in the morning?"
Empress Dowager Xue's slightly displeased voice made all the concubines kneel down and confess their guilt:
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, your Majesty... may you be blessed with good health."
There was a pause in their conversation because the Queen Mother waved to Qiao Yu and interrupted them:
"Girl Lan, come to me."
The concubines were in an uproar. This Concubine Hua was so majestic. Not only did the Emperor like her, but she also had an aunt, the Empress Dowager. It was really frustrating to compare herself with her.
It would be more accurate to say that Qiao Yu and the Queen Mother had a private conversation rather than saying that the newlyweds paid their respects to the Queen Mother.
Queen Mother Xue didn't even glance at these beautiful women and chatted for a while:
"Look at me, I'm old and confused. I've been chatting with Concubine Hua and leaving you alone."
"I dare not."
They just didn't dare. Even if Queen Mother Xue apologized, they wouldn't dare to accept it.
Qiao Yu smiled and served tea to Empress Dowager Xue affectionately:
"Aunt is still young. People who don't know her would think she's only in her early twenties. How can you say she's senile? It's just that Lan'er is shamelessly pestering her."
What women love to hear most is compliments about their youth. Even if the other person is lying, they will feel good, not to mention that Qiao Yu said it sincerely.
This made Empress Dowager Xue laugh happily:
"Hahaha, you're the only one who knows how to coax me. Okay, you guys don't have much to say to me as an elder. From now on, you can go to Concubine Hua to pay your respects to me every day. If I don't summon you, you don't need to pay your respects. Please leave."
Empress Dowager Xue asked Xiufang to reward the newlyweds one by one, and then let them go back. She also kept Qiao Yu for breakfast before letting her go back to rest.
On the way back, an unfamiliar palace maid stopped Qiao Yu before she left the Queen Mother's palace:
"Empress Hua, please wait. Prince An asked me to hand this over to you."
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