Zhou Ruiyuan nodded and reached out to brush away her hair, "Well, if you don't want to go, I'll help you refuse." Du Wanchun smiled and said, "Of course I have to go. I haven't been to the palace yet." Zhou Ruiyuan listened and his eyes sank slightly, "In the future, the palace will be our home." Du Wanchun leaned in his arms and nodded with a smile. The next morning, Du Wanchun changed into a light yellow palace dress, put on the headdress given to her by Aunt Zhou, and followed Miss Han to the palace. Miss Han held her hand and whispered, "Sister-in-law, today's flower-viewing banquet is for ladies in the palace. Don't worry, as long as we don't provoke them, nothing will happen."

A few days ago, Concubine Duan heard that Miss Han was going to get married, so she specially held a flower-viewing banquet in the palace. On the one hand, she wanted to win over Miss Han, and on the other hand, she wanted to show her power to the Han family.

Du Wanchun followed Miss Han in the carriage and entered the palace. When they arrived in the palace, they got off the carriage and followed a group of palace maids and eunuchs to walk inside.

Soon, under the guidance of the palace maids, they arrived at Concubine Duan's palace.

Miss Han and Du Wanchun bowed to Concubine Duan, "Madam Concubine."

Concubine Duan saw Miss Han coming in with a strange woman, and began to look at Du Wanchun and asked her, "Who is this?"

Han Yaner stood up and replied, "This is the sister-in-law of the Zhou family. I brought her to the palace today."

Concubine Duan lowered her eyes and looked at Du Wanchun from head to toe.

At this time, one of the concubines on the side said with a smile, "Isn't this sister-in-law of the Zhou family a peasant woman? I heard that the Zhou family makes a living by making incense and farming."

"Yes, but she looks no worse than the women in Beijing."

"It's all because of Miss Han. Miss Han is getting more and more rude. She actually brought a peasant woman into the palace."

Du Wanchun listened to their discussions without getting angry, and sat aside with Miss Han.

Instead, Concubine Duan smiled and said, "Now that the emperor has adopted Zhou's son as his adopted son, the Zhou family is naturally not an ordinary peasant family. You should be careful with your words."

The concubines immediately shut up, lowering their heads with unwillingness on their faces.

Unlike what Du Wanchun thought, Concubine Duan looked kind and spoke softly.

But the more such people are, the more terrifying they are.

With Concubine Duan's words, no one bothered Du Wanchun during the entire flower viewing banquet.

When the banquet was about to end, the emperor came.

This was the first time Du Wanchun saw Zhou Ruiyuan's biological father. Seeing the two people's somewhat similar faces, he once again felt the cruelty of the emperor in his heart.

When the old emperor saw Du Wanchun, his eyes sank slightly and he looked at her carefully.

Concubine Duan hurriedly said, "This is Zhou Yan's sister-in-law."

When the old emperor heard this, he immediately retracted his gaze.

Du Wanchun quickly bowed to him, "I, a commoner, pay my respects to the emperor."

The old emperor said slowly, "Well, stand up."

Du Wanchun lowered her head and stood up.

The old emperor did not stay for long, he sat here for a while and then left.

After the banquet was over, Du Wanchun hurriedly left the palace with Miss Han.

As they left, Concubine Duan asked the little maid beside her, "Did you see it just now?"

The little maid asked, "I wonder what the queen is talking about?"

Concubine Duan took out a box of incense and lit it slowly, "The emperor looked at the sister-in-law of the Zhou family."

The little maid paused and comforted her, "My queen, the emperor has always been like this."

Concubine Duan picked up the burning incense and smelled it and said, "Yes, he has always been like this, but the fragrance of the sister-in-law of the Zhou family is indeed more unique."

The little maid asked in confusion, "Unique? I didn't notice it."

Concubine Duan stood up and looked at the window Go over, "The fragrance on her body always reminds me of the queen."

The little maid was stunned, "My queen, you must have made a mistake. I also smelled the fragrance on the peasant woman today, but it was no different from the fragrance of ordinary spices."

Concubine Duan coughed lightly and turned around and said, "I think I'm overthinking."

The little maid saw her coughing and asked hurriedly, "My queen, you have been coughing a lot recently. Do you want to see the imperial physician?"

Concubine Duan waved her hand and said, "No, it's just a cold."

The little maid didn't ask any more questions after hearing her say that.

After Du Wanchun left the palace, she told Zhou Ruiyuan everything in the palace.

Zhou Ruiyuan took her hand and said, "In the future, with me here, no one can say that to you again."

Du Wanchun

She smiled and said, "Forget it, a verbal dispute is nothing."

Zhou Ruiyuan held her hand, his face full of pity.

At this time, Zhou Feng came over and said, "Sister-in-law, you can have dinner."

Du Wanchun didn't eat anything today when she was out in the palace, and when she came back, she just arrived at Zhou's house for dinner.

She stood up and said, "Thank you, second brother."

After waiting for the group to finish their meal, a voice suddenly came from outside the house, "Shopkeeper, the emperor is here."

Zhou Feng was startled, "What did you say? The emperor is here?"

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