Dong Shu didn't expect that she would be blocked by the Liu family again, she was a little puzzled, after all, this is the palace, there are many people, why did she do this? Isn't she afraid of being discovered?

Just when Dong Shu was puzzled and looked at Liu Shi and was about to speak, Liu Shi, who blocked her way, looked at her first and asked, "I asked you to come out to meet a few days ago, why don't you come out?" ”

Hearing Liu's words, Dong Shu was stunned for a moment before she realized what she was referring to.

"It's funny what Concubine Fang said, you just asked someone to send a note without signature, how do I know who is dating me." Dong Shu's tone was sincere, after all, she really thought so after receiving the note.

Liu thought about many reasons why Dong Shu didn't come to see him, but he didn't think that she didn't come to see him for this reason.

She looked at Dong Shu with a complicated expression, and before Dong Shu wanted to leave, she spoke again: "Qingxiang Building is the dowry industry given to me by my mother's family, and almost everyone in the capital knows about it. ”

It was for this reason that Liu thought that when she wrote 'Qingxianglou' to meet, Dong Shu would guess that the owner of the note was her.

Dong Shu, I really don't know about this.

But this reminded her of her mother-in-law's slightly stunned expression after seeing the note that day, and she understood that her mother-in-law was afraid that she knew about it, but she didn't choose to tell herself at that time.

Dong Shu was not angry, after all, she was not familiar with Liu, and she wanted her mother-in-law not to tell herself, but also for her own good.

After thinking about it, Dong Shu looked at Liu and said bluntly: "Concubine Fang should know my origin, these things are very ordinary to other women in the capital, I really don't necessarily know." ”

Seeing that Dong Shu did not shy away from her background, Liu looked at her with some surprise and asked, "You don't care about your background so much?" You, don't you feel that your background makes your identity inferior to ours? ”

Liu didn't understand, because her mother was a concubine, so her father was also a concubine.

Although she is their eldest daughter, because her father and mother are both concubines, her life when she was a child was not good.

Later, even if she entered the Three Princes' Mansion, because her father and mother were concubines, she could only be a side concubine, and the son she gave birth to could only become a concubine.

Now the three princes are going to be succeeded, and even if there is a throne in the future, it will be his eldest son, and it has little to do with his son.

Although the royal family does not have a concubine to sit on the throne, but because it is a concubine, her son, since birth, has not been valued by Ye Jingche, and even later, her son's husband is not a famous teacher.

Now that her son and Zheng's son are standing together, it is obvious that the difference between the two children is obvious.

Liu felt that his son would be in such a situation because of her bad background.

Background is a topic she has always avoided, but she didn't expect that Dong Shu would be able to speak out about it.

Seeing Liu like this, Dong Shu shook her head with some incomprehension and said, "I have never felt that my background is bad. Whatever my background is, it's all given by my parents. My father and mother have already given me life, and it is up to me to live what I will be like in the future. Speaking of this, Dong Shu paused and then continued with a smile: "Maybe we have fewer opportunities for women, but didn't there be a female general in the previous dynasty?" At the beginning of our dynasty, were there any businesswomen in charge of the family business? As for men, they have more opportunities, they can study the imperial examination, or join the army to fight, which are all opportunities to change their fate. How the background is only temporary, and how far you can go in the future still depends on yourself, not the background given by your father and mother at the beginning. ”

After Dong Shu said this to Liu, he didn't care about her anymore and walked directly past her to the main hall.

It wasn't until Dong Shu was about to walk to the door of the main hall that Liu came back to her senses from her thoughts, she originally wanted to thank Dong Shu, but saw that she had already left.

Turning around, seeing her walking to the door of the main hall alone, Liu suddenly looked at her back and smiled.

This smile is unlike any fake smile before, it is a real, heartfelt smile.

Dong Shu didn't know this, after returning to the main hall, she stomped her feet lightly, and then took off her cloak and handed it to the palace maid who was waiting here, and walked quickly to Mrs. Xu's side.

Seeing that Dong Shu was coming back so soon, Mrs. Xu couldn't help but stop talking to Mrs. Zhang and looked at her.

"Coming back so soon?"

"Well, there's nothing going on there again." Dong Shu didn't want to talk about Queen Hu's situation just now in front of everyone, and after saying this, she looked at Mrs. Xu and said softly: "Niangniang sent someone to tell me, saying that she wanted me to be by her side later, now let me talk to my mother first." ”

Dong Shu looked at Mrs. Xu as soon as she finished saying this, and Mrs. Xu immediately laughed, "This is the grace of the mother, I still have your sister-in-law by my side, you can rest assured to accompany the mother later." ”

This is indeed a grace for the Xu family and Dong Shu.

After all, today is the New Year's banquet, the royal family, the ministers and their relatives are all there, and Queen Hu can let Dong Shu accompany her, which also means to support Dong Shu.

Dong Shu saw that her mother-in-law was not angry but a little happy, so she was also relieved.

As for being blocked by the Liu family just now, she didn't prepare to tell Mrs. Xu, after all, there are many people here, and the Zhang family is there.

Not long after Dong Shu returned to the main hall, the concubines of the harem, who were qualified to participate in the annual banquet, also arrived here one after another.

They also came here according to their grades, from low to high.

Rui Kangdi is not young, he is not a greedy and lustful person, so there have been no newcomers in the harem for many years, and now the youngest concubines are nearly thirty years old.

This palace may really not be suitable for the growth of the prince, the sons of Ruikang Emperor, almost all of them have left the palace as adults, and the princes who still live in the palace have only one biological mother as the daughter of the county order, and the ninth prince who died early but is not in good health.

However, there are many princesses who are not yet married, and the youngest is less than ten years old.

It was the first time for Dong Shu to see so many people in the royal family, because Queen Hu loved Dong Shu, these princesses all showed favor to her after seeing Dong Shu.

Just when Dong Shu was a little puzzled, Ye approached her and explained: "Uncle Huang almost doesn't care about these princesses, they want to marry a good family and choose a good horse, it all depends on the meaning of the queen's mother." Before, the queen mother didn't care about things, but now that the queen mother has regained the palace power, their fate will naturally return to the hands of the queen mother. ”

As soon as Ye finished speaking, Dong Shu understood what she meant, and now everyone knows that she can speak in front of the queen, although the princesses are noble, they are afraid of offending her.

The scene of the princesses being respectful and polite to Dong Shu was also seen by the Liu family, who had just entered the door.

Seeing this scene, she felt more and more that her choice was not wrong, and Dong Shu's words were not wrong.

Thinking of her final arrangement, Liu's hidden hand in her sleeve couldn't help but clench, she believed that her choice must be right.

Dong Shu didn't know that the Liu family had just entered the hall, because there were more and more people here, and the women who wanted to have a relationship with the Xu family couldn't find a chance to talk to Mrs. Xu and the Ye family, so they gathered around her.

Even if she is not good at these things, Dong Shu still has to deal with these women with a decent smile.

Until the palace maids and chamberlains who were waiting in the palace got the news that Rui Kangdi and Empress Hu came here hand in hand.

Almost the next moment the news arrived, the entire hall was busy.

The men quickly stood in their own places according to their ranks, while the women were busy arranging their clothes and jewelry in an orderly manner, and when they were just busy with their front feet, the next moment, they heard the sound of the arrival of the Holy Lord and the Empress's guard of honor.

Rui Kangdi slowly walked into the main hall accompanied by Empress Hu, looking at the picture of everyone saluting him, although he knew that it might be difficult to see it again in the future, but looking at their respectful appearance, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, whether he was qualified as a saint.

After more than 20 years on the throne, he thought that he had been cautious in the first ten years and did not dare to slack off, but what about the next ten years?

At this time, Rui Kangdi thought of his crown prince again.

If his crown prince was still alive, did he pass the throne to him two years earlier, and he didn't have to drag his sick body on the throne for a few more years, and almost dragged his body down?

As soon as he thought of this, Rui Kangdi vetoed his idea in the next moment.

No, if the crown prince is still alive, he doesn't have to worry about the other sons, after all, the prince is the orthodox prince, as long as he is there, the other concubines will have no chance to sit on the throne at all.

Empress Hu knew that he was distracted as soon as she saw Rui Kangdi's expression, although she didn't want to care about him, but she also knew that if Rui Kangdi made a fool of himself at this time, it would really damage the majesty of the royal family.

I didn't want to do it anymore, but Queen Hu finally took advantage of the cover of her sleeves and reached out and quietly pulled Rui Kangdi's palm.

Sensing the movements of Empress Hu beside him, Rui Kangdi instantly came back to his senses and looked at her with inquiring eyes.

Looking at such Rui Kangdi, Queen Hu knew that he was really old.

Otherwise, he would have realized why he pulled him.

Fortunately, Rui Kangdi quickly sensed where they were at this time, and he felt that Empress Hu had just been able to remind him, proving that she still had him in her heart.

This discovery made Rui Kangdi feel very good, although his body was not very comfortable, but he still insisted on helping Queen Hu to sit down first, and then sat firmly beside Queen Hu with the support of the inner servant.

The small movements between Rui Kangdi and Empress Hu were discovered by many people, especially the action of Rui Kangdi helping Empress Hu to sit down first, almost everyone in the hall saw it.

Seeing such a scene, those who were careful in their hearts couldn't help but mention the status of Queen Hu again.

Even Dong Shu felt that the gaze that fell on him was more than just now.

After Rui Kangdi and Empress Hu sat down, everyone in the hall naturally saluted them, and after everyone finished saluting and sat down, Rui Kangdi took the lead in saying to Ye Jingxing, the fifth prince: "Okay, come to my father's side." ”

Almost at the moment when Rui Kangdi's words fell, the originally relaxed atmosphere in the hall suddenly tightened.

None of them expected that as soon as Rui Kangdi came, he didn't do any foreshadowing, so he called Ye Jingxing to his side.

Is this going to declare yourself a Zen position?