Stepping on—

The warm winter sun shines in the gardens of Jinghuayuan. More than ten palace maids and wolf guards slowly walk through the stone road by the lake.

Several housewives from the Xiao family followed the sedan chair and spoke respectfully, and the empress dowager raised the curtain on the side.

Because of her low-key appearance, the Queen Mother only wore a blue gauze skirt with a fire fox shawl on her shoulders, her hair was combed into a common drooping bun, and a golden hairpin was inserted between her hair.

Even if she dressed so low-key, it would be difficult to suppress the bright and charming look between her eyebrows. Just like in Qujiangchi, as long as the empress dowager appears, other ladies will naturally lose their color.

However, today, the Queen Mother was not in a good mood and showed a little fatigue on her cheeks, which was obviously because she didn't close her eyes all night.

I slept well in the middle of the night yesterday. A big man suddenly ran into her quilt and forced her to touch her for half an hour. He was still numb and felt that his arms were hanging around her, and it was a bit difficult to breathe.

The Queen Mother can't remember what she felt, otherwise she wouldn't have been taken away from her close-fitting clothes.

After Xu Buling left last night, she knew the picture and comforted herself with the 'urge to follow the power', but she could sleep over and over again, and always thought about something strange...

The empress dowager has a strong personality. She suffered losses inexplicably and was "threatened" by others. The more she thought about it, the more she felt uncomfortable. If you don't have an explanation, you will get back the "Lotus Hidden Carp". I'm afraid you won't even think about falling asleep in the future.

After finally dawning, the empress dowager ordered the female official to prepare a sedan chair and return to the Xiao family on the grounds of visiting relatives. After learning that Xu Buling had gone to the Imperial College, she naturally couldn't go to find trouble. As the saying goes, "The son is not the fault of the father." Xu Buling is so bold and arrogant, which must have something to do with the indulgence of his elders, so the empress dowager decided to come to Mrs. Lu's teachings first.

The sedan chair stopped outside the courtyard, and several maids hurriedly ran out to greet him:

"See the Queen Mother!"

With Qiao'e's support, the empress dowager walked out of the curtain and said a few words to the women of the Xiao family to let them go back. She tightened the Firefox shawl and walked towards the villa.

When Mrs. Lu heard the report, she naturally couldn't be neglected because of her identity. She put on her dress in two or three times and walked to the yard to greet her.

After cleaning up in the house for a long time, Mrs. Lu's makeup was gorgeous. Compared with the plain empress dowager, her momentum was even more overwhelming.

Mrs. Lu also felt something was wrong, but the empress dowager came uninvited and she had no time to clean up, so she had to bow slightly with a natural look:

"The Queen Mother."

When the empress dowager saw Mrs. Lu's dress, she frowned slightly and glanced up and down:

"Hongluan, are you going to go out?"

"Um……"

Mrs. Lu blinked and thought for a while: "I will go out for a walk with Ling'er in the afternoon and clean up in advance."

When Xu Buling was mentioned, the Empress Dowager's face darkened a little. She subconsciously tightened the Firefox shawl and walked slowly towards Mrs. Lu's room:

"Hongluan, come in with me and have some things to talk to you."

Strictly speaking, the Empress Dowager and Mrs. Lu are aunts and nieces. They are about the same age as half of their close friends, and there are not many rules.

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she thought the empress dowager had any worries to ask her to make family affairs. She immediately raised her hand and asked the maids and palace maids to retreat, followed the empress dowager into the boudoir, with a bit of strangeness in her eyes.

The empress dowager walked into the boudoir in a restless mood. Before she could make up her words, she looked up and saw her portrait hanging on the wall directly in front of her, which was very eye-catching.

The Queen Mother paused and her brows frowned:

"Why is this painting with you?"

After Mrs. Lu closed the door, the respect on her face disappeared without a trace. She walked to the soft couch and sat down, picked up the teapot and made tea, with a calm expression:

"Oh, painting~ Well... The Queen Mother also knew that Ling'er had good martial arts since she was a child and did not like calligraphy and painting. A few days ago, he took the paintings from the palace. He felt that it was 'average', so he brought them to me. The house happened to be short of calligraphy and paintings with decorations, so he hung them here. What does the Queen Mother think?"

The words are gentle, but every sentence is heart-wrenching!

The empress dowager's face gradually darkened, her slender eyebrows jumped a few times, her hands folded around her waist tightly, and her fingernails almost pierced into her flesh.

But how to arrange the things you give out is someone else's business, and even if they sell them, there is no reason to blame them.

The Queen Mother took a deep breath of the cold air, her face returned to naturalness, and sat down on the same soft couch like a good sister, leaning against her and looking at her:

"It's pretty good. In the past, your room was lifeless and there were many paintings, and it felt much brighter."

"That's right, Xu Danqing's Mo Bao, Da Yue is the only one. It was difficult to even take a look at him before. If Ling'er hadn't been caring, I wouldn't have the chance to hang it in the house..."

The empress dowager's eyes twitched a few times, and she was already full of frustration, but how could she stand being teased like this? Finally, she couldn't help but burst out first:

"Lu Hongluan, please stop being sarcastic and talk well."

"hehe……"

Mrs. Lu didn't care about the tone of the queen mother at all, picked up the teacup and leaned on it lazily, looking at the mature beauty with a gray face:

"Did the Empress Dowager regret it? Yes, I will definitely be reluctant to leave the things I have been hiding for more than ten years. Why don't I tell Ling'er and ask him to send them back to you?"

The empress dowager snorted, too lazy to maintain her usual dignity and dignity. She snatched the teacup from Mrs. Lu's hand and placed it on the table, and said coldly:

"Xu Buling is always there to open his mouth and shut up. What have you spoiled him? He is not like a prince of a vassal prince now, and he is lawless and does not understand any rules..."

Mrs. Lu supported her cheeks and raised her eyebrows:

"It's much better than Xiao Ting~"

"you--"

The empress dowager was so angry that her eyelashes trembled and she said coldly: "I came here to talk to you about the serious matters. If you mock me like this, I will pack up my things and go back to Huainan tomorrow. I will not let me take it."

"Why!"

Mrs. Lu suddenly became anxious and glared: "King Su handed over Ling'er to me. Do you want your nephew to find Xiao Ting? What does Ling'er have to do with you?"

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly: "Do you think I dare not?"

“…”

Mrs. Lu looked carefully and found that the empress dowager seemed to be really angry. Although the two were close, their identities were here. With the empress dowager's willful temperament, it was not impossible to do such a thing as robbing love.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Lu sat upright and her expression became a little more correct:

"What are you doing so loudly? If you have something to say."

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