When they arrived at the palace, Xu Roujia and Zhou Qi came to Ci'an Palace directly.

The Empress Dowager is alive, so Emperor Yongjia and the Empress naturally have to come here to drink tea from the newlyweds.

The Empress Dowager sat in the main seat, Emperor Yongjia, and the Empress sat on both sides of her, one left and one right. Below, the left side was the birth mother of Ning Prince De Concubine De, the birth mother of Zhuang Princess Lu, and the right side was three princesses, namely the daughter-in-law of the Empress, Princess Huai, Princess Ning, Princess Ning, Princess Jing, daughter-in-law of Shunpin Li, but Shunpin is low in position and did not come today.

The room was full of acquaintances, and Xu Roujia knelt beside Zhou Qi, looking at the Empress Dowager, the Emperor and the Empress Lu.

Although they are all concubines, the treatment of concubines and concubines is different. Now, as the chief concubine of a palace, Lu has a noble status and can also drink a sip of his daughter-in-law's tea.

After drinking tea, Lu took off the big ruby ​​ring on his hand with a smile and gave it to his daughter-in-law.

Xu Roujia was almost blinded by this ring.

In her previous life, Xu Roujia was raised in the palace. She had seen all the big pieces of gems. However, when nobles used precious materials to show their identity and wealth in their jewelry, they also had to consider decentness. They could not make them look like a wealthy business family outside, and they only pursue preciousness without paying attention to elegance.

Since you need to be elegant, you have to consider the size of the gems when making jewelry. Gemstones that are the size of pigeon eggs are rare enough. The ruby ​​ring that Lu gave to Xu Roujia...

Anyway, when the ring was still in Lu's hand, the gem surface covered Lu's three fingers.

Xu Roujia immediately received it in her sleeve.

But everyone else has seen it long ago.

The Empress Dowager pretended that she didn't see her. It would be fine if her son liked Lu, and it had nothing to do with her being a mother-in-law.

The queen smiled and tasted tea.

Concubine Yao De had long wanted to mock Lu. She had no suitable opportunity before. Now that Lu was giving gifts, Concubine Yao De chuckled and joked, "I was surprised to see the fourth wife. Have you never seen such a big gem ring? Hahaha, don't talk about you, I have never seen you. Your mother took out all the good things in the box."

Concubine Yao De has always been arrogant and does not care about the occasion when she makes people mock others. Besides, what do you care about? Anyway, the emperor doesn’t like her, and her rules and duties are in vain. It’s better to be happy as you do, at least you will be happy.

Emperor Yongjia glanced at her, but he couldn't say anything for Lu on this occasion, let alone...

Looking at Lu again, Emperor Yongjia was really helpless. Last year, he gave Lu a whole piece of ruby ​​and asked Lu to decide what jewelry to make. Lu wanted a ring, so Emperor Yongjia asked the craftsman to draw a few styles. As a result, Lu thought everything was small and finally chose the one she liked the most, and only asked the craftsman to make the gems as big as the original two.

Emperor Yongjia reminded Lu that the ring made by the clan would be ugly, really ugly.

Lu didn't believe it: "Of course the bigger the gem, the better, and fools think it's ugly."

So, now Yao Defei is ridiculing Lu for being vulgar and boring. Lu is probably mocking Yao Defei for being stupid and ignorant.

The two women despise each other, and Emperor Yongjia thought it would be better for him to watch the show silently.

Lu did not hear Yao Defei's sarcasm. It was a fact that the gems were big. She just looked at her former niece's current daughter-in-law with a smile.

Xu Roujia couldn't let Concubine Yao De's joke for nothing, so she replied solemnly: "Concubine De's words are that I have never seen such a big gem before. Thank you for your mother's reward. My son likes it very much."

Lu said with satisfaction: "It's good if you like it, I'll give you a hairpin another day."

Xu Roujia thanked happily.

After ceremonials, Zhou Qi followed Emperor Yongjia to the imperial study, and Xu Roujia stayed in Ci'an Palace.

The Empress Dowager was anxious to talk to her granddaughter, but a group of daughters-in-law and granddaughter-in-law were here, so she could only wait.

Xu Roujia is a bride, and the concubines will talk about the younger generations.

The four princesses gathered together, including Princess Huai who was seven months pregnant, and Princess Ning also had a happy pulse in the first month of the year. Now it is almost three months old, and there is no good news left for Princess Jing and Xu Roujia who has just entered the door.

Princess Jing is gentle and cautious. Whenever she comes to visit, she will not speak without saying anything.

The queen smiled and instructed Xu Roujia and Princess Jing: "You two should also pay attention to regulating your bodies and spread their branches and leaves for our royal family as soon as possible."

Xu Roujia and Princess Jing looked at each other and stood up at the same time.

There is nothing to talk about later, it’s all polite words.

The queen was impatient and asked the queen and others to go there.

The queen, Concubine Yao De, Princess Huai and others said goodbye one after another. Before leaving, Lu asked Xu Roujia to sit in her palace later.

Xu Roujia must go.

The annoying ones left. The Empress Dowager called Xu Roujia to the inner room and carefully asked about the couple's relationship.

Recalling Zhou Qi's performance from last night to this morning, Xu Roujia's cheeks were slightly red, and she lowered her head and said, "My fourth cousin is very nice to me. I slept in in the morning, but he actually prepared a pastry for me to fill my stomach in advance and asked me to eat on the way."

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she was very pleased and sighed: "The fourth brother has been sensible since he was a child. I knew that he would treat you well if he married you."

Xu Roujia just smiled.

The grandson was sensible. When she thought of Lu, the queen mother couldn't help but patted Xu Roujia's sleeves and said despisedly: "When you go back, lock the ring at the bottom of the box. Don't let me see it again. It's a waste of resources and I'm useless to put it."

Xu Roujia deliberately took out the ring, put on her hand and shook her hand in front of the empress dowager, and said happily: "It's actually quite beautiful, it makes my hands look whiter. Do you think it's?"

The seventeen-year-old newlywed bride was playing with her elders, and her eyes were full of laughter, as if she was still the carefree child.

The queen mother grabbed the granddaughter's hand and patted her gently a few times.

After saying goodbye to the Queen Mother, Xu Roujia went to find Lu.

Lu was also very concerned about the couple's relationship. She, who was born in the countryside, seemed much more straightforward than the empress dowager, and her face turned red with just one sentence.

"Auntie, I'll leave." Xu Roujia said without a look.

Lu pinched her tender little face: "I still call me aunt, it's time to call me mother!"

Xu Roujia said angrily: "How can you be a mother at all?"

Lu's beautiful eyes turned and said with a smile: "Then you continue to treat me as your aunt. How about it, will your cousin love others?"

Xu Roujia covered her ears, threw Lu down and ran out.

Unexpectedly, I lifted the curtain and hit someone's arms head-on.

A familiar aura came to my face, and Xu Roujia looked up in panic and fell into Zhou Qi's cold and narrow phoenix eyes.

The same eyes, the eyes were as cold as the February breeze during the day. At night, he was so close, but there seemed to be a strong fire in his eyes, which made her dare not look directly at it.

"Your Majesty is here." After reacting, Xu Roujia immediately stepped back and bowed his head and said.

Zhou Qi noticed her red earlobes.

After glanced at him, Zhou Qi asked in confusion: "Why are you so panicked?"

Xu Roujia no longer treated him as an outsider. She bit her lip and said in a difficult voice: "My aunt... she has no restraint again."

Zhou Qi:...

How could he not know his own mother? Even when he was sixteen, he had to ask about his injuries.

Helplessness flashed in his eyes, and Zhou Qi could only say, "Just pretend that I didn't hear it."

Xu Roujia smiled and nodded.

Zhou Qi led her into the room again.

Seeing his son, Lu's back was straightened, and he returned to the appearance of his elders.

The palace people were all outside. Zhou Qi looked at the shy little wife beside him. After thinking about it, he whispered to his mother: "Mother, my cousin is thin-skinned. Be careful in the future and don't make things difficult for her anymore."

Xu Roujia was shocked, and Zhou Qi said so directly?

Will Lu be angry?

Although Lu has always taken good care of her, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law...

Xu Roujia looked at Lu with some concern, but saw Lu's smile so hard that his eyes narrowed into two lines.

"Okay, mom knows, don't worry, as long as you couple are loving, mom won't ask for anything." Seeing his son protecting his wife, the big stone in Lu's heart finally fell to the ground. Is it easy to be a mother? I finally pulled my son to find a great marriage for him, but this is not enough. She still has to worry that her son will not love his wife!

If possible, Lu didn't want to worry so much.

Lu, who had enough care, did not leave his son and daughter-in-law to eat, drove the two away directly and asked them to go back to their house to marry him. He went hot.

The Zhuang Prince's Mansion was managed in an orderly manner by Zhou Qi. Xu Roujia had seen several important nannies in charge and went back to the house to rest.

But Zhou Qi also followed.

Xu Roujia's waist was sore, and she glanced at Zhou Qi's cold face. Xu Roujia endured the discomfort and asked: "Is there anything wrong with my cousin?"

Zhou Qi has nothing to do.

But his wife's implication was as if he shouldn't have stayed in the backyard if he had nothing to do.

Yes, what did he stay in the backyard for this day?

"It's okay, my cousin sits slowly, I'll go to the front yard to take a look." Zhou Qi said calmly.

Xu Roujia smiled and sent him out.

As soon as Zhou Qi left, Xu Roujia immediately lay down on the bed and went to take a break.

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Zhou Qi had a three-day marriage and didn't have to go out. Zhou Qi subconsciously came to the study.

After walking a few steps along the bookcase, Zhou Qi felt a stir and took out the third book that his mother gave him.

He only looked at two pictures before, and they all came in handy last night, so he can read them down today.

At night, Zhou Qi held his newlywed wife and put what he learned into practice.

Xu Roujia:...
To be continued...