The group's favorite little Fubao has become the most arrogant kid in the whole imperial city

Chapter 52 The Queen Mother doesn't seem to like her very much
Mu Yuan looked unhappy. "I don't know. I just heard the eunuch in front say that the Queen Mother secretly avoided His Majesty's people, so..."

Concubine Chen rubbed her brows and said, "Mu Yuan, send the people you have arranged to Shoukang Palace to serve the Queen Mother. Mu Hua, ask the small kitchen to prepare some food. I will go and call Xihe."

I’m afraid there will be some trouble when the Queen Mother returns to the palace this time. Children get hungry easily, so it’s better for them to eat something.

"The slaves obey the order."

"Mother~" Xihe was wearing a white nightgown, holding the doll that Concubine Chen had sewed for her, and she obediently poked her little head out from behind the screen.

Concubine Chen quickly stood up and held the person in her arms, wrapping her up in her cloak, "Why don't you call me mother now that you're up? Aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"

"Xihe heard mother talking, so she wanted to come find mother."

The little girl likes to stick to Concubine Chen more and more, especially when she just wakes up, she must see her.

Concubine Chen smiled and tapped her little nose, her tone full of helplessness, "Okay, go find mother, mother is holding Xihe."

Then she thought of the Queen Mother's matter, "Xihe, let me dress you, and we'll go out after we eat something."

"Are you going to pick up the Queen Mother?"

Concubine Chen nodded and said, "The Queen Mother is very kind. Xihe will just follow Mother for a while. If...what the Queen Mother says is not nice, don't worry about it. Let Mother speak for herself, okay?"

It goes without saying what the Queen Mother's attitude towards Xihe is. There will inevitably be a conflict, but Concubine Chen does not want her child to retort. If it gets out, it will inevitably damage Xihe's reputation.

This kind of thing is suitable for her as a noble concubine to do. Even if the empress dowager is angry, she can only reprimand her at most. If she punishes her too harshly, her brothers in the court will not be pushovers and will skin the Yun family alive sooner or later.

Concubine Chen understood this principle, and the Empress Dowager understood it even better.

The little girl nodded ignorantly, and then shook her head, "Then... Mother can't be wronged!"

She didn't want to be wronged, but she also didn't want her mother to be wronged.

Concubine Chen was stunned for a moment, then she burst into laughter and hugged her little daughter, calling her "my dear".

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I don’t know if it was intentional, but the empress dowager’s ceremony was so extraordinarily grand, almost catching up with the ceremony when Emperor Jingyuan crowned her empress. It was as if she was afraid that no one would know she was back.

As soon as the phoenix carriage arrived, a palace maid opened the curtain of the carriage and welcomed a graceful and elegant woman to get off.

Emperor Jingyuan stepped forward, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am honored to see you. Thank you for the long journey."

The empress dowager is over fifty years old. Although she takes good care of herself, there are many fine lines around her eyes and her eyes are full of sharpness.

"The emperor is here."

"I, your concubine (grandson), pay my respects to the Empress Dowager (grandmother). May you be well and at peace, my grandmother."

The Queen Mother glanced at them calmly, then raised her hand and asked everyone to stand up, "Everyone, stand up."

At this time, a woman came out from behind the carriage, walked straight over, and held the Queen Mother's hand, "Sister..."

The Queen Mother's expression brightened a little, and she patted her hand soothingly.

Emperor Jingyuan's eyes turned cold, "Madam Yun, didn't I order her to be confined to her house? What? Do you treat my imperial decree as a joke?"

Emperor Jingyuan took a tough stance on the matter of Li Xihong, and Marquis Xining was also a smart man, so he demoted his wife to a concubine when he returned.

Now Yun can no longer be called "Lady of Marquis Xining".

Madam Yun's face froze. The days of fear and the ridicule of the people in the capital had made her lose her usual arrogance. Coupled with Zhao Wanyu's incident, the Marquis of Xining was also having a hard time in the army. She was filled with anger and would curse her whenever he was not satisfied. Her life was extremely difficult.

The Queen Mother's face was grim, and her tone became heavier, "What do you mean, Emperor? She is my biological sister, your aunt! She was worried about my health, so she came all the way to take care of me. What's your attitude?"

Not far away, Concubine Chen's face suddenly darkened.

What did the Queen Mother mean? She reprimanded her son in public for the sake of a minister's wife. Did she become stupid from chanting Buddha's name?

Emperor Jingyuan frowned subconsciously, "Oh? Your Majesty, do you mean that from now on, no one will take my imperial edict seriously?"

The Queen Mother's face was grim, and she squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth, "That's not what I meant. The Emperor is worrying too much."

Emperor Jingyuan lazily responded, "That would be best."

He raised his head and glanced at Madam Yun. "Since Madam Yun wants you to accompany me, then you can. But... Madam Yun's house arrest will be extended for another six months. What do you think, Madam?"

The Queen Mother was about to argue when Emperor Jingyuan suddenly interrupted her.

"Does the Queen Mother miss Yun Hou?"

When the empress dowager raised her head, she met Emperor Jingyuan's warning eyes. Her heart sank and she gave up the idea of ​​pleading for Madam Yun.

After a long time, he replied awkwardly: "Then do as the emperor says."

Emperor Jingyuan obviously won this round, but he was not happy at all. His deep eyes were filled with ink, and there was a chilling chill lingering around him.

Suddenly, he felt a softness in his palm.

As soon as Emperor Jingyuan lowered his head, he met Xihe's clear and beautiful eyes.

The little girl curved her eyes and opened her mouth to say, "Daddy, I'm here."

A warm feeling flowed through Emperor Jingyuan's heart, and he held her hand tighter.

The Queen Mother had known about Xihe's existence for a long time, and looked at her unkindly, "Are you Xihe?"

Xihe took a step forward and looked at the Queen Mother with wide eyes and a smile, "Hello, Queen Mother, I am Xihe."

The whole person is extremely well-behaved.

The Queen Mother had already heard Madam Yun's comments on Xihe, and she was even more unhappy at this moment, "You are so young, yet you know how to flatter. You are really not up to the standard."

Xihe uttered an "ah", blinked his eyes, looked confused, and lowered his head and said: "Grandma, did Xihe do something wrong?"

It seems like she hasn't done anything yet?
The Queen Mother looked away in disgust, speaking with a hint of disdain, "I thought you were teaching me, but you dare to talk back at such a young age! How did Concubine Chen teach her child? It's so rude."

One sentence belittled two people.

Xihe pursed her lips and slowly lowered her head.

Hmm~it seems like the Queen Mother doesn’t like her very much.

Seeing his little daughter being wronged, Emperor Jingyuan's originally cold expression was covered with a layer of frost, "Xihe is still a child, why does the Queen Mother have to be like this?"

The Queen Mother said sternly: "I just said a few words to her and she dared to refute me. Where is her filial piety? Is it possible that I am wrong?"

The empress dowager was extremely partial to Emperor Jingyuan. She couldn't do anything about him, so she just tortured his children.

It used to be Zhao Jinyuan, and now it’s Xihe.

The heart has never changed.

Emperor Jingyuan's eyebrows were tinged with impatience, "Grandparents are kind and grandchildren are filial. Mother, you were so malicious when you first met Xihe. I want to ask you, have you done it yourself?"

The Queen Mother was humiliated and her expression was extremely ugly. "Is the Emperor trying to embarrass me?"

The mother and son have been at odds with each other for many years. In the early years, Emperor Jingyuan would still give the empress dowager some face, but as the other party frequently interfered in state affairs in recent years, he no longer had a good face.