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Xue gradually asked to see the Empress Dowager He, and this matter was unavoidable. In addition to the inconvenience of letting Xue gradually leave to show up, Xu Shutong agreed without hesitation.

"Don't worry, I'll do my best to do whatever I say about you. When I find a suitable opportunity, I will go to see the queen mother in person, and then explain your affairs, and if she agrees, we will find another opportunity to bring her to meet you, and do it without knowing it. ”

Xu Shutong was afraid that Xue Wanli's whereabouts would be exposed, so she wanted to do it as naturally as possible, and it was better for her to run these things in person, so as not to make people suspicious in and out of the Sujin Imperial Palace, and the less people knew, the better.

Xue gradually nodded, "There is Huang Lao's sister-in-law." ”

The two of them ran for a long time, and they were people with bodies, and after talking for a while, sleepiness came. Xu Shutong yawned twice and said with a smile: "It's useless, after being pregnant for three times, I always want to sleep, and the people in the palace are talking about 'delicious and lazy' in private." ”

Xue Yanli found it quite interesting and asked, "What is 'delicious and lazy'?" ”

"Say that our two stupid are delicious, and the third stupid must be lazy when we are born. By the way, did you have a name for your child? ”

Xue gradually shook his head, "Shuying and I are both rough people, and it's not good to come up with a name or something, so if you can't do it, just give it a casual name, first make a smooth nickname, and then give it an official name." Two stupid, three stupid, it's good to listen to, I don't know if there is a nickname for public action? If everyone else has it, it's not good if she doesn't have it. ”

Xu Shutong said with a smile: "That's what you said, I'll go back to the palace to discuss with the emperor later, the name of the public is very good, but she is always called 'princess' and 'princess' by the second fool, and she always calls it wrong." ”

A girl came in and said that she had made a bed for the two of them and could rest.

Xu Shutong slept on the recliner and covered himself with a robe. Xue gradually slept in the big bed. After the two rested, it was not early, Xu Shutong looked at the sky and said: "It's not early, if you don't go back, the emperor will be worried, I'll leave." Pity. ”

Cun Xi agreed to come over, "Mother." ”

"Is the car ready?"

"You can go back at any time."

Xue gradually left and was reluctant, so when they met, they had to separate. Xu Shutong said: "There will be many days for us to meet in the future, you stay in the capital, I can come to see you at any time." Don't worry, I will take your business to heart and will do it for you as soon as possible. ”

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

"What do you say thank you for your family, if there is something short here, just tell the housekeeper to let him buy it for you, you don't have a caring girl here, I will do my best to arrange it for you, but it's too late today, and I have to be wronged for a few days."

Xue Yanli shook his head, these days she and Xu Shuying have long been used to taking care of themselves, although their skills are not good, but there is no problem in making some food. sent Xu Shutong to the door and asked her to be careful.

Xu Shutong boarded the car, poked his head out of the window, and asked her to go back to the house.

Xue gradually waved goodbye, "Imperial sister-in-law, have a safe journey." ”

Xu Shutong also waved his hand and said, "Go back!" I'm fine! "It's a pity to let the coachman rush to go. Xue gradually watched the car roll away, and then turned back to the yard.

Let's say that Xu Shutong returned to the palace, Xue Yinong was impatient to wait, for fear that something would happen to her, as soon as he heard the Li Gonggong that the person was back, he stood at the door and waited, and when the 'fat old man' appeared, he ran over and hugged him.

"Why didn't you come back until now?" Xue Yi had a slight reproach in his thick tone.

Although Xu Shutong has not regained her original appearance, this hug is in public, which makes her blush, and she reminded Xue Yinong in a low voice, "Everyone is watching." ”

Xue Yinong looked around, only to see the eunuchs and palace maids going back and forth, some peeking glances, and they didn't care much. "They look at theirs."

"No, they're watching the emperor hug the old man."

Xue Yinong immediately woke up and laughed. "What old man, old woman, don't hurry up in the house, please take off this makeup, cover your face on this hot day, and I don't know if you have acne."

After being reminded by Xue Yinong, Xu Shutong's love for beauty began to explode again. "That's it, why didn't you remind me earlier." When he arrived at the house, he asked Cun Xi to fetch water, wash it, change out of his dark official robe, put it back on his clothes, and his hair was not combed, but only coiled on the top of his head, wrapped around, and fixed with a wooden hairpin.

She moves skillfully, and she does it beautifully.

Xue Yinong was stunned for a long time, and suddenly saw that he had lost his color, and couldn't help coughing.

"See you leave?"

"See." Xu Shutong got up from the stool, turned around, walked to Xue Yinong and came over to take her hand, and the two sat down at the table. "She has a big belly and a nice complexion. The temperament is still the same as in the past, just thinking about the queen mother, asking me when I can let the two meet, she just came to the capital, there are a few henchmen around her, I am planning to invite her former girl, I don't know what the emperor wants? ”

"It's good that you have an idea and ask me what to do. She didn't say that she was about to give birth, send a suitable doctor to take care of her, and Wen Po, ready to deliver at any time, don't be in a hurry, she is the first child, people have always been careless, and there is no shadow to take care of by her side, you have to think about this, don't make her afraid. ”

"This is natural." After talking about the gradual departure, Xu Shutong finally remembered the topic in his heart that he wanted to know and was afraid to know. "Is there any news from Yan Wushang today?"

"That's not the case." Xu Shutong couldn't help but be disappointed, "But-"

Seeing that she still had something to say, Xu Shutong hurriedly asked, "But what?" ”

"Shutong, come and take a look." Xue Yinong walked towards the wall, where a map had been hung, "I studied it, the news reported in the past few days, you can take a look at these places." "Those places have been circled with a red pen.

After reading it, Xu Shutong didn't think there was any difference in these places. "What's wrong?"

Xue Yinong smiled, "No matter how I look at it, I think this is like the road to King Rui's fiefdom, what do you think?" She had already doubted in her heart that the person behind this curtain should be the fourth prince who had been lurking and gave Xue Qingzhu's life.

She was not very impressed by the Four Princes, just because he was neither as arrogant as Xue Qingqiu nor as proud as Xue Qingzhu. The fourth prince is like a young man who has been sick for a long time, skinny as wood, as if a gentle gust of wind will blow him away, and every time he sees him, it is like seeing a dead man who is about to report to the palace of Hades.

With such a skin-to-bone shape, it really makes people want to put aside their faces, retract their eyes and can't bear to look at them closely.

Xu Shutong made it clear at one point, "Why did he do this?" ”

"Naturally, there is a plan. Even if it wasn't the second fool, it would be someone else, but it was the most convenient to catch the second fool at that time. After saying that, Xue Yinong smiled slightly, "The place where I came back from the news recently is either a restaurant, an inn, or a shop, all of which are eye-catching places, that lotus pod probably likes our two fools very much, many places are downtown areas, it seems that the two fools have caused trouble to others." ”

"Really?" She watched it once, and it was really, when she thought of that villain's family, she somehow felt warm in her heart, and probably even the beautiful man couldn't bear to hurt her. I was happy and proud, and said as if I was going to hit the second fool: "Where is she liked, the emperor thinks too much." But in his heart, he said, "I hope this is good." "I hope that lotus pod has some conscience, and don't embarrass the child.

That night, the two waited for a long time, and there was no news coming, so they slept first. The next day, Xue Yinong sent someone to check the movements of the four princes. Xu Shutong is fine, he is idle, he is idle, he sat there and thought of an idea, planning to go to the Sujin Imperial Palace. Xin said: "For me, if I can't see my mother, it doesn't matter if I arrive a moment earlier or later, but it's different to leave gradually, it's better to do it as soon as possible, and make her heart happy." She has no mother, but this kind of mother-thinking is very weak, but she is now a mother, and the second stupid thing happened again, so that she realized the meaning of thinking about her daughter.

After telling Xue Yinong about her plans, she couldn't help but be nervous.

Xu Shutong said: "It's not in the way, I'll bring more people when I go out, and I'll guarantee that nothing goes wrong." ”

"That couldn't be better." She was afraid that Xu Shutong would be stubborn and unwilling to obey. Now she asks to bring someone herself, and that's for the best.

Xu Shutong selected some of the current fresh fruits, picked the Queen Mother, and sent them to Xue Dingshan's favorite to talk about filial piety. The things were loaded into a small car, and when they arrived at the Sujin Palace, the Empress Dowager He couldn't help but be overjoyed when she knew that Xu Shutong was coming, thinking that there was news of her little granddaughter, so she was invited to come in.

Xu Shutong slowly entered the door, and the Empress Dowager He continued, "Be careful." "Let the left and right support Xu Shutong.

"The concubine has seen the queen mother."

"Don't be polite." Empress Dowager He was willing to ask her to bow down, "You have a child in your belly, why run around, just ask someone to say something." ”

Xu Shutong said with a smile: "That's not good, the concubine is about to walk around, looking for a chance to come out to breathe, if you let the emperor hear this, she nodded more than once, I am afraid that the concubine will not be allowed to come out in the future." She was telling the truth, but she could hear it in the ears of Empress Dowager He, like showing affection. Of course, Empress Dowager He was also happy in her heart.

She said, "Let's go, sit down." The sun is hot, and it's not good to be in the sun. He also asked people to choose some fresh fruits sent by Xu Shutong, washed them and ate them, and ordered people to send them to various courtyards for the concubines to taste. and those little princes who can run, they also have to be rewarded.

The things were finished in a while, and the housekeeper came over to report.

After eating a few apples, Empress Dowager He finally couldn't help but ask, "Is there any news for the second fool?" As soon as she heard that her little granddaughter had been taken away, she felt that countless stones had hit her heart, and she almost couldn't catch her breath.

"Yes or no. Sometimes no news is good news, the emperor has been checking, and he has some eyebrows, and he sent Shuying again, I believe that he will be able to find it back soon. ”

Empress Dowager He was stunned, "Sparse shadow? Did you find your sister? When was this. ”

Xu Shutong thought to himself: "The Queen Mother will know about Shuying sooner or later, and if she knows it earlier, she will be prepared in her heart." She said: "Yes, I found it a year ago, but I didn't tell the Queen Mother because I had to hide it from the fake shadow at that time." ”

"Oh, that's good. How could you send her, is she a girl? ”

"Don't worry, Shuying's martial arts are amazing, ordinary people are not her opponents, and the affairs of the rivers and lakes should be solved by the people of the rivers and lakes, this is called: prescribe the right medicine. There is also something that makes the Queen Mother happy. ”

"Oh? What is it? ”

Xu Shutong gave Cun Xi a look and asked her to go to the door to guard, but Cun Xi nodded. Empress Dowager He watched the small movements of the two of them.

"After returning to my mother, I gradually left and came back."

Empress Dowager He was speechless for a long time in surprise, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, "She's back?" She...... Is she doing well? Is it fat, or thin? ”

Empress Dowager He was attentive and concerned, and Xu Shutong envied Xue gradually leaving.

"It's fat, the fat queen mother can't recognize it."

"Really?" Empress Dowager He was overjoyed, "Where does she live now?" Can I go meet her? ”

"Of course you can, the concubine came here this time to tell the queen mother, and she gradually wants to see you, but her affairs are still involved in the general's mansion, and it is inconvenient to show up now." This Empress Dowager He naturally knows.

"Then I can always go see her, right? Where does she live now? ”

"Yes, but it's better to have a concubine take you there in person, after all, you go alone, which always makes people suspicious. It's best not to mention this to anyone but you, even you, Father, have to keep your mouth shut. ”

Empress Dowager He agreed. Knowing that her daughter was back, she almost cried, "This stupid child, wherever he has been running, he doesn't want me, a mother who has no conscience." ”

Xu Shutong said: "There is another thing to tell the queen mother. ”

"And? What's up? ”

"I'm getting pregnant, it's been more than eight months, and I'm about to give birth."

"Ahh This surprised Empress Dowager He even more, "She is a mother?" "Does this mean that Gradually has found his sweetheart, is it really eloped before? It was so strange that she couldn't sort out her thoughts.

"What about the son-in-law?"

This Xu Shutong didn't dare to say it directly, she said: "I haven't seen the concubine either, it's good to think about it." The next time the queen mother sees the gradual departure, she can ask her in person. ”

Empress Dowager He said: "Yes, yes, what does it matter if this stupid child likes someone, he still hides it, so that no one knows, and when he gets married, he runs away again." It's good to come back now. ”

Xu Shutong didn't dare to agree with it.

"And when can I see her?"

"The concubine is about to make arrangements, and there is one more thing, the last one. The concubine wants to invite a few reliable people in the house to take care of the gradual departure, it is best to be strict-mouthed, usually reliable, and easy to take care of the gradually leaving. ”

"It's easy." Immediately, he called his henchman in, told her to do this, and told her to prepare quickly.