After His Majesty was reborn, the poor little girl in his previous life was spoiled to death

"Madam, the people from Yuchen Palace are here," Ping An asked, patting his waist, "Look, do you want to see them?"

Le Zhu was taking out a crystal jade-handled five-beaded Taiping cart and carefully massaging the empress dowager's cheek. Upon hearing this, he glanced at Ping An and whispered, "How tactless! Can't you see that the empress dowager is busy?"

The Queen Mother raised her hand, signaling Le Zhu to stop. She frowned and asked, "Why, the Emperor hasn't returned to the palace yet?"

Ping'an's already bent waist collapsed, and he knelt on the ground, his voice getting lower and lower: "Your Majesty, His Majesty has not yet returned..."

"Nonsense!" The Queen Mother's face completely sank, and she scolded, "It's almost time for dinner, how can you servants serve him? You just watch the Emperor starve!"

At this moment, all the palace maids, from Le Zhu on down, knelt down again. Although they knew that it was the Queen Mother who was venting her anger, no one dared to say a word in defense.

After a long silence, a cold snort came from the upper position. The Queen Mother raised her hand and pinched her brows, saying gloomily, "Why don't you let anyone in?"

"Yes." Ping An felt as if he had been pardoned when he heard this. He kowtowed tremblingly, then bowed and walked out.

The Queen Mother glanced at Le Zhu beside her and said, "Why are you still kneeling? Stand up."

Le Zhu looked at the Queen Mother's expression and said with a smile, "If your Majesty does not speak, I will not dare to stand up even if I kneel to death."

The queen mother laughed after hearing this: "You are so old, yet you still say such foolish things. If your subordinates hear this, who will obey you?"

Le Zhu stood up and helped the old lady to sit on the seat, and said with a smile: "I don't care what those people think. As long as the lady is not angry with me, I will always have food to eat."

She personally helped the Queen Mother to sit down, and brought the ginseng tea that had been dried on the side: "Would your Majesty like to have some snacks first?"

The Queen Mother took a sip and shook her head: "Forget it, wait a little longer."

While the master and the slave were talking, Ping An led a senior palace maid up to kowtow and said, "This servant pays homage to the Queen Mother."

The palace maid was no more than her early twenties, not very tall, with fair skin, but looked very calm. Judging from her attire, she was a female official of high rank in the inner palace.

The Queen Mother looked at him coldly for a while, but did not call him. She slowly drank half a cup of tea before saying, "He looks unfamiliar. What's his name?"

The maid kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am as fast as lightning."

"Like lightning?" The Queen Mother smiled slightly. "In the past, most people who came and went between the two palaces were Rulu. Why is she not here today?"

Rudian lowered his brows and said, "The emperor has other important matters to attend to, and Rulu is busy with the mission, so he sent this servant over."

The Queen Mother did not comment upon hearing this: "Since she is a senior maid of your majesty's generation, I cannot treat her with disrespect. Please stand up."

Ru Dian kowtowed again: "Thank you for your grace, Empress Dowager." Fang slowly stood up and stood solemnly in front with his head bowed.

"Your Majesty is leaving the palace today. Did you tell me when you will be back?"

Ru Dian shook her head slightly: "To answer the Queen Mother's question, Your Majesty left in a hurry, and I and your servants did not receive any instructions."

This was within the Queen Mother's expectations. She lowered her eyes and asked again, "Your Majesty left the palace before having lunch. Where are you in such a hurry to go?"

Fine beads of sweat oozed from her hair as fast as lightning. She whispered, "Your Majesty, I, a humble servant, dare not spy on you."

After saying this, Le Zhu couldn't help but look at her. What a bold girl!

As expected, the Queen Mother slammed the teacup heavily on the table and said angrily, "You rude people! You serve His Majesty closely, but you can't even figure out His Majesty's whereabouts. What's the use of you?"

"The emperor is worth a ton of gold, and he is the hope of all the people in the world. How can you treat him so lightly?"

She kowtowed repeatedly and said, "I am terrified."

The Queen Mother sneered, "You are just looking at me, an old woman with dim eyesight, and I am not worthy of asking you questions."

"I dare not!" She raised her head and said, "Let your Majesty know that the rules of the Jade Palace are strict and your Majesty is majestic. You are not allowed to hear or say anything."

The Queen Mother's face was stern, and she said in a cold voice: "The Emperor is the ruler of the country, and his majesty cannot be offended. But besides being a subject, I am also his mother. As a mother, is it against the rules to ask about your son's whereabouts? There is no such thing in the world!"

She kowtowed three times like lightning. When she raised her head again, there was a bloodstain on her forehead. She said earnestly, "How dare I lie to the Queen Mother when she asked me about this? If you did this on purpose, I will be killed without a burial place! I really don't know..."

"What a fool you are!" The Queen Mother stood up proudly and waved her sleeves, "You don't know this, you don't know that, it shows that you are not serving well. Since you are so useless, don't go back to Yuchen Palace, just stay in Ciqing Palace!"

As soon as the words came out, the expressions of the eunuchs and maids changed. Le Zhu hesitated again and again, but still bravely advised: "Madam..."

The Queen Mother suddenly turned around and looked at her: "Why, can't I, the Queen Mother, even deal with a palace maid? Do I have to listen to your orders?"

Le Zhu was so frightened that she quickly shut up: "I would never dare to do that."

"Hmph!" The Queen Mother walked straight out of the palace without stopping, leaving only one sentence, "Pass on my oral order and go to Yuchen Palace!"

Le Zhu looked up in surprise and exchanged glances with Ping An. This was a big deal!

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When Wei Dexi heard the noise outside, he thought it was the emperor returning, so he went out happily to greet him, but what he saw was the ceremonial procession from the Ciqing Palace.

His heart was pounding, and he didn't have time to think about it. He knelt down and said, "Your servant wishes the Empress Dowager a happy life."

The Queen Mother's gaze fell heavily on his shoulder. She waved her hand slightly, and Le Zhu said softly, "Eunuch Wei, please stand up."

Wei Dexi kowtowed, then got up from the ground and said with a shy smile: "I didn't know the Empress Dowager would come. I'm sorry for not welcoming you. I hope the Empress Dowager will forgive me."

After that, he personally helped the Queen Mother down from the carriage, being extremely attentive and careful. He glanced around and found that there was no lightning-fast figure among the people accompanying the emperor. He knew there must be a reason, so he secretly perked up.

The Queen Mother was able to get rid of some of her unhappiness after receiving his attention. After entering the back hall, she sat on the couch facing south and asked in a deep voice, "Where is His Majesty?"

Wei Dexi was just bringing someone in to serve tea and incense when he heard this and said with a smile, "Empress Dowager, the emperor hasn't returned yet."

The Queen Mother asked, "It's already time to light the lamps, and the palace gates have been locked, but Your Majesty hasn't returned yet. What's going on?"

Wei Dexi said respectfully, "Before His Majesty left, my master told me to have the palace serve meals as usual. I think it won't be long before His Majesty returns to the palace."

The Queen Mother's expression softened a little: "In that case, I will wait for His Majesty to have dinner together." She looked at Wei Dexi and said, "I vaguely heard that His Majesty has been going out of the palace frequently recently. I wonder if it is true?"

Wei Dexi smiled bitterly in his heart, but his face was still submissive. He lowered his body again and again and said softly, "Old Madam, if you say I go there often, I don't. But the eldest princess held a garden banquet before, and the emperor was lucky enough to come once; and the other time was today."

The Queen Mother gave him a deep look: "Oh, really?"

Wei Dexi had no choice but to say, "It is true."

The Queen Mother did not say anything more to him. She just waited for Emperor Zhaoyuan to return to the palace. However, she had to wait for nearly an hour and a half.

The further time went by, the empress dowager's expression became more gloomy, and all the palace ladies were trembling with fear, not daring to breathe.

Wei Dexi had already knelt obediently by the side, with his head lowered and his eyes submissive, not saying a word, for fear of offending the empress dowager.

Le Zhu urged her two or three times: "Madam, even if we don't serve you food, you should at least have some snacks. How can your body bear to sit like this?"

The Queen Mother said angrily: "If the Emperor can bear it, why can't I bear it?"

A deep shadow formed between her brows: "I will sit here and wait to see when His Majesty will come back!"

The heavy silence weighed on everyone's heart, making it hard for everyone to breathe.

Suddenly, there was a noise outside the pavilion, followed by the eunuchs' joyful voices: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has returned to the palace!"