lucky star girl

Chapter 212
Dong Shu didn't expect that she would be stopped by Mrs. Liu again, she was a little puzzled, after all, this is the palace, there are so many people, why did she do this?Could it be that she is not afraid of being discovered?

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

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

"The side concubine's words are funny. You just sent someone an unsigned note. How would I know who the person who asked me out is?" Dong Shu's tone was sincere. After all, after receiving the note, she , I really think so.

Mrs. Liu thought about many reasons why Dong Shu didn't come to see her, but she never thought about it because of this reason.

She looked at Dong Shu with a complicated expression, and before Dong Shu was about to leave, she said again: "Qingxiang Tower is a dowry property given to me by my natal family, and almost everyone in the capital knows it."

It was for this reason that Mrs. Liu thought that Dong Shu would guess that the owner of the note was her if she wrote "Qingxianglou" to meet.

Dong Shu really doesn't know about this.

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

Dong Shu wasn't angry. After all, she didn't know Mrs. Liu well. It was for her own good that her mother-in-law didn't tell her.

After thinking for a while, Dong Shu looked at Mrs. Liu and said bluntly, "The side concubine should know my origin. I really don't necessarily know these things that are very common to other women in the capital."

Seeing that Dong Shu didn't shy away from her background, Liu looked at her in surprise and asked, "You don't care about your background so much? You, don't you think that your background makes you inferior to us?"

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

Although she is their eldest daughter, her life was not good when she was a child because both her parents were concubines.

Later, even if she entered the Third Prince's Mansion, because her parents were all concubines, she could only be a side concubine, and the son she gave birth to could only be a concubine.

Now the third prince will be adopted, and even if there is a throne in the future, it will belong to his eldest son, and it has nothing to do with his son.

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

Now that her son and Zheng's son are standing together, the difference between the two children can be clearly seen.

Liu felt that her son's current situation was entirely due to her bad background.

Her background was a topic she had always avoided, but she never expected that Dong Shu would be able to speak out about it.

Seeing Mrs. Liu like this, Dong Shu shook her head incomprehensibly and said, "I have never felt that my background is bad. My parents gave me my background. My parents have already given me life. As for my future life What I become depends on myself." At this point, Dong Shu paused for a moment and then continued with a smile: "Maybe our girls have fewer opportunities, but didn't there be female generals in the previous dynasty? Are there any businesswomen who are in charge of the family business? As for men, they have more opportunities. They can study in the imperial examination or join the army to fight. These are opportunities to change their destiny. The birth is only a temporary thing, and how far they can go in the future depends on themselves , not the origin given by parents at the beginning."

After Dong Shu said this to Mrs. Liu, she ignored her and walked directly past her into the hall.

It wasn't until Dong Shu was about to reach the entrance of the main hall that Liu came back from her own thoughts. She wanted to thank Dong Shu, but she had already left.

Turning around, seeing her walking to the entrance of the main hall alone, Liu Shi suddenly looked at her back and laughed.

This smile is different from any fake smile before, it is a real one, a smile from the heart.

Dong Shu didn't know this. After returning to the main hall, she stomped her feet lightly, then took off her cloak and handed it to the maid serving here, and walked quickly to Old Madam Xu.

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

"Coming back so soon?"

"Well, there is nothing wrong with the empress." Dong Shu didn't want to talk about the situation of Empress Hu just now in front of everyone. After saying this, she looked at the old lady Xu and said softly: "The empress sent someone to tell me, say You want me to stay by your side later, but now let me talk to mother first."

Dong Shu watched the old lady Xu just finished saying this, and the old lady Xu laughed immediately, "This is the grace of the empress, I still have your sister-in-law by my side, so you can rest assured to accompany the empress later."

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

After all, today is the New Year's banquet, and the royal clan, ministers and their family members are all here. Empress Hu can let Dong Shu be by her side, which means to support Dong Shu.

Seeing that her mother-in-law was not angry but a little happy, Dong Shu felt relieved.

As for being blocked by Mrs. Liu just now, she didn't intend to tell Mrs. Xu about it. After all, there are many people here, and there are Zhang family members.

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

They are also according to grade, from low to high, and slowly arrived here.

Emperor Ruikang is not young, and he is not a lustful person, so there have been no newcomers in the harem for many years, and the youngest concubines are all nearly 30 years old.

This palace may really not be suitable for the growth of a prince. Almost all the sons of Emperor Ruikang have left the palace as adults. The princes who still live in the palace are only the eighth prince whose biological mother is the county magistrate's daughter, and his biological mother died early Ninth Prince who is in poor health.

On the contrary, there are quite a few princesses who marry underage, 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 Empress Hu loved Dong Shu, these princesses all nodded their heads to her after seeing Dong Shu.

Just when Dong Shu was a little puzzled, Mrs. Ye approached her and explained: "Uncle Huang hardly cares about these princesses. If they want to marry a good family and choose a good son-in-law, it all depends on the Queen's will. Before, the Queen didn't care But now that the empress has regained the palace power, their fate will naturally return to the empress's hands."

As soon as Mrs. Ye finished speaking, Dong Shu understood what she meant. Now everyone knew that she could speak well in front of the empress. Although the princesses were born noble, they were afraid of offending her.

The scene of the princesses being respectful and courteous to Dong Shu happened to be seen by Mrs. Liu 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 Shiyin couldn't help clenching her hands in her sleeves. She believed that her choice must be right.

Dong Shu didn't know that Mrs. Liu had just entered the hall just now, because there were more and more people at the meeting, and the women who wanted to get in touch with Xu's family couldn't find a chance to talk to Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Ye, so they gathered around beside 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 maids and servants serving in the palace got the news that Emperor Ruikang and Empress Hu came here hand in hand.

Almost immediately after the news arrived, everyone in the entire hall became busy.

The men quickly stood up in their own positions according to their grades, while the women were busy arranging their clothes and jewelry in an orderly manner. When they were busy on their front feet, the next moment, they heard the arrival of the Holy Majesty and the Empress. sound.

Accompanied by Empress Hu, Emperor Ruikang slowly walked into the hall, and saw the scene of everyone saluting to him. Although he knew that it might be difficult to see him again in the future, he could not help but think in the bottom of his heart when he saw their respectful appearance. , Is my Holy Majesty qualified?

He has been on the throne for more than [-] years, and he thinks that he was reserved for his career in the first ten years, and he dared not slack off, but what about the next ten years?

At this time, Emperor Ruikang thought of his prince again.

If his crown prince was still alive, wouldn't he have passed the throne to him two years earlier, instead of sitting on the throne for a few more years with his sick body, and almost dragging himself down?
As soon as he thought of this in his heart, Emperor Ruikang vetoed his own idea the next moment.

No, if the 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 around, the other bastards will have no chance to sit on the throne.

Empress Hu knew that Emperor Ruikang was distracted when she saw Ruikang's expression. Although she didn't want to control him, she also knew that if Emperor Ruikang made a fool of himself at this time, it would really damage the majesty of the royal family.

She didn't want to anymore, but Queen Hu finally stretched out her hand and gently pulled Rui Kangdi's palm under the cover of her sleeve.

Sensing the movement of Empress Hu beside him, Emperor Ruikang came back to his senses in an instant, and looked at her with questioning eyes.

Seeing Emperor Ruikang like this, Empress Hu knew that he was really old.

Otherwise, he would have realized why he pulled him long ago.

Fortunately, Rui Kangdi quickly realized where they were at this time. He felt that Empress Hu just reminded him, which proved that she still had him in her heart.

This discovery put Rui Kangdi in a very good mood. Although his body was not very comfortable, he still insisted on helping Queen Hu to sit down first, and then with the help of his servant, he sat firmly beside Queen Hu .

The small movements between Emperor Ruikang and Empress Hu were discovered by many people, especially the movement of Emperor Ruikang helping Empress Hu to sit down first, which was seen by almost everyone in the hall.

Seeing such a scene, those who had small thoughts in their hearts couldn't help raising the status of Empress Hu.

Even Dong Shu felt that there were more eyes on her than before.

After Emperor Ruikang and Empress Hu sat down, everyone in the hall naturally bowed to them. After everyone sat down, Emperor Ruikang took the lead to speak to the fifth prince Ye Jingxing: "Xinger, come to the father!" Come to the emperor."

Almost as soon as Emperor Ruikang finished speaking, the relaxed atmosphere in the hall suddenly tightened.

They didn't expect that when Emperor Ruikang came, he would call Ye Jingxing to his side without making any preparations.

This is, are you going to announce your Zen position?

(End of this chapter)