Xu Shu, who was supposed to be in the Shifting Flower Pavilion with Qi Rui, appeared in Mingtai, the Empress Dowager looked slightly stiff, and saw that Princess Ji was also there, and her face was not very good, for Princess Ji, who was born in the folk and had not been out for many years, the Empress Dowager never concealed her dislike for her, but in front of outsiders, she was still very loving, "Why did the nine girls come back so soon?" After looking around and not seeing Qi Rui's figure, he asked, "What about the fourth child of the Qi family?" ”

Xu Shu hung her face and looked sad, her hands were folding the handkerchief in front of her, her posture was stiff, and the ladies who had just passed by began to whisper when Xu Shu came in, and the Empress Dowager felt something different, raised her head and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

A bold lady got up and replied, "The concubine just passed by the Imperial Garden and saw the fourth prince of Qi brushing her sleeves away, leaving Miss Xu Jiu alone...... "The lady glanced at Xu Shu, "It seems to be crying!" ”

The Empress Dowager's face stiffened, and she secretly scolded Qi Rui for not knowing how to lift, and dared to stab Lou Zi for her on this occasion, it seems that the Qi family tutor is really unbearable, and she has a grudge against the Qi family, but she still has to squeeze out a smile to round the field, "The young man is angry, the nine girls have been wronged, and they will go back to the mourning family to teach him a lesson for you!" ”

The Empress Dowager is not light or serious, and she is about to bring this matter over, Princess Ji is unhappy, so she wants to speak for Xu Shu, but Xu Shu knelt down first, "The Empress Dowager is grateful for her love for her courtiers, but as the fourth prince of Qi said, the courtiers are blind and can't climb the Rongguo Mansion!" ”

"He said to your face that you were a ...... Blind? The Empress Dowager's face was gloomy, even though Xu Shu was really blind, but no one who knew a little about etiquette would say this in front of Xu Shu.

Xu Shu nodded silently.

"He's blind!" The Empress Dowager snorted, "Okay, you get up first!" He also instructed Princess Ji, "You are so good to take care of her!" ”

Xu Shu got up according to her words, and could tell from her words that the Empress Dowager was very unhappy now, not only because of Qi Rui, but also because of her, because she did not follow the Empress Dowager's wishes to expose this matter, but instead intensified the matter.

Everyone present whispered, or peeked at Xu Shu, or pointed at it, Princess Ji couldn't help but say angrily, "These people are really, obviously it's that Qi Rui, why are they all looking at you like this!" ”

"The mouth grows on others, say whatever you like!"

In fact, what Xu Shu wants is this, she wants everyone to know that Qi Rui dislikes her, and does not leave her half of the affection, so that everyone knows Qi Rui's resistance to this family business, the more people say it, the more the Queen Mother will not dare to mention this family business again.

"You can think about it!" Princess Ji was a little distressed, and a little envious of Xu Shu's open-mindedness.

"If you want to live your life or not, you have to live it!" Xu Shu is very good at hearing, of course she can hear what others say about her, but she doesn't care, "After so many years, I have become accustomed to others pointing and whispering at me, and since I was five years old, I have learned to maintain a normal attitude under the strange eyes of others!" ”

Princess Ji sighed, seeing that the people in the hall were almost all together, but the queen was not seen yet, she expected that the queen should not appear today, "It seems that the queen will not come today!" Princess Ji touched her belly with infinite regret, "I originally wanted to be a little happy!" "Princess Ji has also been married for several years, and today the Queen Mother specially summoned her into the palace, the intention is self-evident, I hope she can be happy and open up for King Ji as soon as possible.

It wasn't until the banquet was about to start that the mother and daughter of the Deng family were late, and Deng Yarong's unhappiness was on her face, and she didn't even bother to hide it, according to Mrs. Deng's thoughts, shouldn't they have arrived earlier? Isn't something wrong?

Sure enough, at the banquet, Mrs. Deng hurriedly followed the Empress Dowager while she was going to rest halfway, originally going to take Deng Yarong with her, but Deng Yarong sat motionless in her position, seeing that the Empress Dowager was about to go away, Mrs. Deng had to give up her plan to take Deng Yarong.

As soon as Mrs. Deng left, Deng Yarong immediately sat next to Xu Shu, "Grandmother said that the fourth cousin also came today, why didn't I see it?" ”

"He's gone!" Xu Shu replied lightly.

Deng Yarong bit her lip, her tone was a little jerky, "Today, only the fourth cousin in the Rongguo Mansion received the invitation, and then you also came, and my mother said that the Empress Dowager wanted to match you and the fourth cousin, is this true?" ”

Xu Shu raised her eyebrows, "Your mother is right!" ”

Deng Yarong didn't speak for a while, and then raised her head with red eyes, and wanted to cry, "Do you want to marry your fourth cousin?" ”

Xu Shu didn't answer, and Deng Yarong asked again, "Will you marry the fourth cousin?" ”

"No!" Xu Shu's answer was categorical, Deng Yarong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and her tight cheeks relaxed, but Xu Shu then said, "I won't marry him, but you won't marry him either!" ”

Deng Yarong exhaled angrily, "You don't have to worry about it!" ”

Xu Shu said, "I'm just kindly reminding you, so as not to pay the wrong affection, and in the end it's just a bamboo basket to draw water!" ”

"Don't worry about it!" Deng Yarong snorted and returned to her position, and when she turned around, she saw her mother, Mrs. Deng, walking towards her with a sinking face.

"If it weren't for the Deng family, how could she have the supremacy she has today!" Mrs. Deng clenched her fists hatefully, when the first emperor died, it was now possible to ascend the throne with the full support of the Deng family.

"Let's go!" Mrs. Deng suddenly got up and dragged Deng Yarong away, completely ignoring the number of people present.

"Alas, why did Mrs. Deng leave?"

"Yes, this feast has just begun!"

"Just left, isn't it too much to give the queen face?"

"What is the use of the Deng family to give face to others?"

People who don't know are talking curiously.

But those in the know looked at each other silently.

Xu Shu thought that Mrs. Deng should have thoroughly understood that Deng Yarong had no chance of becoming the eldest princess, so she was dissatisfied with the empress dowager, and even walked away directly.

But the Deng family, as a loyal supporter of today, and the Fu family is around, why should the Empress Dowager offend the Deng family? From the perspective of interests, there is nothing wrong with Deng Yarong being the eldest princess.

Maybe it's for the sake of decentralization! The Deng family has too many forces, and the Empress Dowager is also worried that one day the power of the Deng family will be too big for her to control, so she has to support other families to fight against it!

And how will Mrs. Deng arrange Deng Yarong after she has no hope for the eldest princess? Maybe the Qi family will really become one of Mrs. Deng's choices, and the Empress Dowager should also properly appease the Deng family, right?

Thinking like this, Xu Shu felt that the current situation seemed to be beneficial to her, and she couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed.