After Ayu said that, she ignored Meiren Xu and stood up slowly. She said:

"I blame myself for being inconvenient and not being able to help Meiren Xu. Since Meiren Xu has to do a lot of things, I will not keep Meiren Xu."

She handed Liuzhu a look and smiled: "Liuzhu, send Mei Meng to me."

She said it quickly, and didn't even have the chance to interrupt Meiren.

When she turned around and left, Mei Meiren was supported and stood up. Yin Yage's palace servant was already blocking her and bowed to her with a smile: "Mei Meiren Xu, please."

Meiren Xu is not a shameless person like Ayu. She was almost slapped in the face and sent off the guests. She couldn't stay without any abnormality and left immediately.

As soon as she stepped out of the hall, she saw several palace servants coming from the corridor with charcoal fires. When she met her, she quickly leaned over to salute.

Mei Meiren's eyes paused on the charcoal fire in their arms, and her breathing became lighter. She said:

"I remember that the Zhongsheng Palace had just issued a case for each palace a few days ago."

The charcoal fire in her Yunlou is just enough, how can I add some extra money to Yin Yage?

Meiren Xu suddenly remembered the many braziers lit in Yin Ya Pavilion, and suddenly tightened her palms. Whoever is favored in the harem or who is not favored? Just look at the example of the distribution of the Provincial Palace every month, you can find out one or two.

The answer was the young eunuch in the head: "My beauty misunderstood."

After hearing this, Meiren Xu was not relieved yet. The following sentence from Xiaoguru made her confused:

"This is the Emperor who heard that Yin Yage was not enough charcoal fire, so he deliberately passed by Yu Meiren's charcoal fire from the front of the emperor."

Until the palace servant walked over to her with the charcoal fire, Mei Meiren still stood there and did not come back to her senses.

Luo Yun behind her shouted carefully: "Master?"

She suddenly came to her senses, and the smile that often hung on her face disappeared, and her hands tightly pinched her sleeves.

Your Majesty! You are so partial!

They live in the same palace. The emperor did this without caring about her at all. Wouldn't he be helping Mei Mei to slap her in the face?

If Feng Yu knew what she was thinking, he would definitely be angry. When did he need to take care of others' feelings when he did things?

At least, when he made this order, he never thought of Meiren Xu.

Ayu was not surprised to hear the news of Meiren Xu's departure in the inner hall. She held her forehead with some headaches.

She went to the imperial court that day because the empress dowager was about to return to the palace. She wanted to ask for peace of mind, so she made up her mind to be more at peace during this period.

But when this beauty came, she made her lose her power.

The charcoal fire in front of the emperor was sent, and the little palace servant faintly revealed the encounter with Meiren Xu halfway. Ayu's eyes suddenly lit up, and she asked happily:

"What did Meiren Xu say?"

What are you content with peace and restlessness? The Queen Mother hasn’t returned to the palace yet.

Besides, even the emperor said that the Empress Dowager would not dislike her, so why should she bind herself too much?

"Miss Xu didn't say anything, just..." The palace man thought about it carefully before saying, "Just stand there and let the slaves come."

Ayu is a little regretful now.

If she knew that the charcoal fire in front of the emperor was sent here, she would not have been in a hurry to send Mei Ren away in an instant.

She rewarded several palace servants and asked them to leave before she lay on the soft couch.

After this, she had no intention of thinking about the past. There were still many things waiting for her. Ayu stroked her lower abdomen, and she could not neglect her.

Thinking of this, she asked Zhou Qi: "Is the news confirmed? When will the Queen Mother arrive in the capital?"

"Three days later, the emperor issued an order, and everyone would go to Zhengyang Gate to welcome the queen mother back to the palace." She didn't remember, so Zhou Qi naturally had to pay some attention to it. Today, the will that had just been passed on in front of the emperor.

After a slight pause, Ayu suddenly sneered: "The emperor said that everyone will come to welcome the queen mother that day. Why is the beauty Xu going to this trip today?"

Everyone, naturally, includes the Queen, who is recuperating.

So is Mei Mei’s actions surrendering to the queen or having other plans?

Zhou Qi was also puzzled. After a while, she said her guess:

"Maybe... I deliberately wanted to disgust my master?"

Ayu subconsciously retorted: "Will she be so bored?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Qi couldn't help but reach out to her lips and smiled. Ayu paused slightly, her beautiful eyes widened and looked at her lightly: "Okay, you're actually waiting here to laugh at me!"

A few days ago, she asked Zhou Qi to go to Zhongshen Hall specifically, but she was just deliberately disgusted with the beauty.

She can do it, and Meiren Xu may not be so boring.

Ayu pretended not to see Zhou Qi's smile. She asked someone to call Madam Song and asked carefully: "Madam, you have been in the palace for a long time. Do you know what color the Queen Mother has to do with it or something?"

Madam Song immediately knew her intentions, and after thinking, she said, "Don't worry, Master, the Empress Dowager does not have any special taboo colors."

Ayu nodded and said to Zhou Qi: "Then, the day when the Empress Dowager returned to the palace, she wore the rouge dress she sent from Shangyi Bureau a few days ago. What do you think?"

The dress was meticulously made, and the most important thing was that the color was not too ostentatious and was in accordance with the rules, so it was always impossible to get any mistakes.

When the emperor sent Madam Song over, Ayu naturally made the best use of the goods. Most of the people who could ask her would ask her for advice.

Madam Song is the emperor's person. Unless the emperor ordered her, she had no reason to harm her. Ayu had a sense of her heart.

"It is very good for the master to pick out the clothes, but it is better to be more serious when the empress dowager returns to the palace and the master meets the empress dowager for the first time."

A trace of understanding flashed in Ayu's eyes, and her eyes slowly fell on the dressing table.

——

On the eve of the empress dowager returning to the palace, Ayu went to bed early to rest. The next day, she was gently awakened by Zhou Qi.

It was not just her, but when Ayu sat in front of the dressing table, she seemed to be able to hear the sound of the whole harem being busy.

Zhou Qi took a silk towel and soaked it in hot water. She cleaned her face and asked Liuzhu to tie a bun for her. Instead of wearing the jade hairpin she loved in the past, she chose Bu Yao, which the emperor specially admired after she was pregnant.

She slept early yesterday, and her face was still good today, with pink lips not on her face but red. She added a rouge-colored palace skirt, and Liuzhu squatted on the ground to tidy up her clothes. She wore a pair of embroidered shoes with velvet beads and beads, today, and was extremely valuable.

Ayu looked around at the bronze mirror, and Madam Song nodded to her, and then she let out a relaxed breath.

Her palms were a little wet, and she had made more ideas. Until today, she still felt nervous. She couldn't ask about these skills alone:

"Mum, is the time right?"

Madam Song laughed: "Master, don't worry, there is still some time left in Li Chenshi, and the old slave has already ordered the imperial kitchen to deliver meals earlier."

Ayu was already nervous, and she couldn't help but be surprised when she heard this: "I still have to have a meal at this time?"

Just as she was thinking of refusing, Madam Song said over there: "Master, you will not be able to come back until noon."

Wu Shi? Ayu rarely hesitated. In the past, from waking up to Wu Shi, she didn't know how much she would eat.

She was afraid of losing her composure before the Empress Dowager, so she nodded and urged: "The nanny sent someone to urge her again."

After a hurry to have breakfast, the warm sun had risen from the sky. The dim morning light fell on Ayu's face from the window. Zhou Qi and Liuzhu supported her, no longer delayed her time, and rushed to Zhengyang Gate.

Zhengyangmen, this is the first time Ayu has been here.

It should be said that most of the concubines in the harem came for the first time. Except for the queen who entered the palace from this gate, the rest of the people just entered from the side gate.

By then, there were many people standing in front of Zhengyang Gate, all in formal clothes, and the same was true. During this period, Ayu saw an acquaintance. Zhou Xiurong waved to her and whispered softly: "Why did you come here at this time?"

The emperor has not arrived yet, but all civil and military officials have come, almost all waiting for the emperor and the empress.

This scene was the first time Ayu saw her, and she forced her to suppress her nervousness. She whispered a few words to Zhou Xiurong before saying:

"Is the Emperor going to pick up the Empress?"

Zhou Xiurong replied in a low voice, but there was a decent smile on her face: "Yes, it should be time."

As soon as he finished speaking, there were clamors and applauses from afar from the front. The emperor and empress walked slowly with great momentum. After many days, Ayu met the Queen again and found that she was no different from the past.

As gentle, solemn and majestic as ever.

Not long after, a team was traveling from a distance outside Zhengyang Gate, and thousands of people followed him, and the surroundings were quiet. Ayu also leaned over and knelt down.

She quietly looked up and saw the Empress Dowager step out of the ceremonial guard. The Emperor stepped forward to greet her respectfully. Before she could see clearly, she felt that Zhou Xiurong was standing by her side and gently pushed her:

"Don't look, bow your head."

In this situation, all civil and military officials are here, and there is no slight inappropriateness.

A hundred people were in front of him, Feng Yu personally held the empress dowager's arm: "Does the mother feel bumpy all the way?"

The queen mother was kind and kind. She was holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, and was gently twisting them. When she heard this, she smiled and looked at him:

"You asked thousands of people to protect the trip and specifically asked to slow down the itinerary. How could the mother still feel bumpy?"

"It's all what the sons should do."

She shook her head lightly and didn't say anything about this. Instead, she looked at the hundreds of people kneeling in front of Zhengyang Gate. She paused slightly, her eyes accidentally swept over the graceful woman beside her, and said with a faint expression:

"Let them all break up."

"It's because my son is not considerate. My mother's car is exhausted and asked them to disturb my mother's purity." Feng Yu nodded to Yang De and helped the empress dowager continue walking forward.

After a moment, only a group of people from the harem were left in front of Zhengyang Gate.

The queen mother glanced at her and didn't see the person she wanted to see, and was a little disappointed: "Where is the princess?"
To be continued...