On the third day of the wedding, the woman had to go back to her natal home to visit her relatives, and the man had to accompany her, so Li Qiushuang and Xu Huaian naturally did the same.

Early in the morning, the two of them went out after packing up, and the carriage stopped at the side entrance of the palace.

Xu Huai'an got out of the car, looked at the familiar gate in front of him and recalled that Li Qiushuang brought her into the palace to meet the queen through this gate.

Li Qiushuang walked in front, Xu Huai'an took half a step back, and Li Qiushuang stopped in front of the palace gate.

"Your Highness?" Xu Huai'an looked at Li Qiushuang suspiciously.

Li Qiushuang hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "I may have to see the Queen Mother later, so relax and be natural."

Xu Huai'an was puzzled at first, then understood Li Qiushuang's intention and said: "I see."

Xu Huai'an followed Li Qiushuang, not half a step behind, just entering Fengyi Palace, he saw Ning Zhu coming down to welcome them, and saluted the two of them.

"I've seen Your Highness, consort, and my empress has gone to pay her respects to the Queen Mother. My empress tells you that if your highness's consort comes, you can go directly to the Palace of Compassion and Ning."

"Thank you, aunt." Li Qiushuang nodded and said, "Thank you, aunt."

Then he looked at Xu Huai'an, and his voice softened a little: "My son-in-law, let's go."

Xu Huai'an smiled softly: "Okay."

Ning Zhu covered her lips and said with a smile: "Your Highness and the son-in-law have such a good relationship, the empress and the queen mother will definitely be happy to see each other."

Li Qiushuang didn't answer, but bent the corners of her lips.

Ning Zhu didn't say much, and led the two of them to the outside of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and after ordering someone to inform her, she led the two of them inside.

The empress dowager sat at the head of the main hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace, and the empress had a smile on her face as she watched the two walk away together.

"The son is for the emperor's grandmother, and the queen mother pays her respects."

"I give it to the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager pays her respects."

The two saluted together.

"Get up quickly." The queen mother's loving voice sounded.

"Yes."

The two stood up, the Queen Mother's eyes fell on Xu Huai'an, seeing her handsome and elegant face, with decent manners, she nodded in satisfaction.

"I heard that the second son of the Xu family is gentle and elegant, but seeing him today really deserves his reputation." The queen mother laughed.

Xu Huai'an bent his lips and smiled slightly: "The Queen Mother is absurd."

Xu Huai'an has a gentle temperament, which won the Queen Mother's favor. She has seen all kinds of intrigues in this palace for decades, and she has long been disgusted with those hypocrisy and arrogance.

The Empress Dowager said: "Originally the Ai family was not very optimistic about Shuang'er's marriage this time, but now it seems that the Ai family is worrying too much, Shuang'er, you have chosen a good son-in-law."

Li Qiushuang bent her lips: "Thank you, Grandmother, for your success."

Zhang Qingnian said: "Seeing that the two of you love each other and love each other, the empress will be relieved, and a stone in the empress's heart will also fall. From now on, I only hope that you will have a child, and the empress will be satisfied."

Xu Huai'an's heart skipped a beat, Li Qiushuang said without changing expression: "Your son-in-law is not in good health, mother, you also know, my daughter plans to wait until the son-in-law is better."

Zhang Qingnian showed a worried expression: "But you are too old, this matter can't be delayed for too long."

"Don't worry, Empress Mother, I'll save my children." Li Qiushuang replied casually.

But Xu Huai'an thought in his heart, her identity is destined not to be concealed for a long time, she and Li Qiushuang naturally cannot have a child, after a long time, it will naturally arouse suspicion.

The four talked again, the queen mother took a look at the sky and left the two of them to eat in the palace, and sent someone to invite Emperor Wen to join them.

The queen mother claimed to be a bit tired, so Zhang Qingnian helped the queen mother to rest at the back, and told the two to go around the palace and call them when the meal was ready.

The two thanked the queen for her kindness, after they left, Li Qiushuang brought Xu Huaian to the garden of the Compassionate Ning Palace, and retreated the servants.

"You don't need to take those words of the queen mother to heart, I will deal with it." Li Qiushuang said.

Xu Huai'an knew that Li Qiushuang was comforting herself, but somehow she was annoyed that it was useless, and more out of curiosity, she pursed her lips, and finally opened her mouth.

"Your Highness, I have a question, I don't know if I should ask it or not."

Li Qiushuang glanced at her. In her image, Xu Huai'an was used to being submissive and rarely asked questions. Now that he asked her, he wanted to hear what she wanted to ask.

"But it doesn't matter."

Xu Huai'an looked at her, and finally mustered up his courage and said, "Why doesn't Your Highness really find a man to marry? Then there will be no troubles in the future."

Li Qiushuang was stunned for a moment, she was also a little confused when suddenly asked this question.

She couldn't help thinking, in fact, Xu Huai'an is definitely not an excellent candidate for marriage, first of all, she is weak, and most importantly, she is not a man.

Li Qiushuang couldn't help but glance at Xu Huai'an.

Seeing that she didn't answer but was still looking at him, Xu Huai'an was at a loss for a while: "But what did I ask that shouldn't be?"

Li Qiushuang regained consciousness and shook her head: "No, it's just that I don't know how to answer."

Xu Huai'an was puzzled, but Li Qiushuang didn't want to answer any further, so she had no choice but to give up, the two of them were speechless for a while.

After a short while, someone from the palace came to summon them, and the meal was ready, and they were invited to go to the main hall to prepare the meal.

This eased the embarrassment between the two.

"Let's go." Li Qiushuang said.

Xu Huai'an responded and followed Li Qiushuang back to the main hall.

Lunch has been prepared, and the empress dowager moved out from the apse.

Emperor Wen hadn't arrived yet, the Imperial Study Room was not far from the Palace of Compassion and Ning, but there was still a long way to go, the few people were chatting, most likely the Empress Dowager would ask questions, Li Qiushuang would answer them, and occasionally Xu Huai'an would also answer a few words when mentioned.

"The Emperor is here."

Finally, there was a shout outside the hall, and several people except the Queen Mother hurriedly stood up and saluted.

When the bright yellow figure appeared at the door, everyone said in unison.

"Concubine/children/subjects refer to the emperor/father."

Emperor Wen strode into the hall, his eyes swept across the crowd, and he paused on Xu Huai'an.

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty/Father."

Everyone got up one after another, Xu Huaian slightly raised his eyes to look at the Ninth Five Lord, but he didn't want to meet Emperor Wen's eyes full of shock.

Xu Huai'an was at a loss for what to do, and the palace was extremely quiet for a while.

"Your Majesty?" Zhang Qingnian finally spoke, breaking the silence in front of him.

Emperor Wen returned to his senses, looked at Xu Huai'an again with some inquiring eyes, and said, "This is Xu Yitang's second son?"

Xu Huai'an replied: "Xu Yitang is the minister's father."

The probing in Emperor Wen's eyes made Xu Huai'an panic a little, fearing that Emperor Wen would see his identity.She pretended to be calm and waited for Emperor Wen to deal with him.

Emperor Wen narrowed his eyes slightly, although Li Qiushuang had met Xu Huai'an on the day of his wedding and gave him a lot of dowry, but the distance was far away at that time, and he hadn't looked at it carefully, now seeing Xu Huai'an again, some dusty past in his heart also quietly surfaced .

After a while, Emperor Wen said again: "Who is your mother? Where is she from?"

Xu Huai'an was puzzled, but he still answered one by one: "My mother, Shen Mengyun, is from Yangzhou."

Emperor Wen frowned and murmured, "Isn't it?"

Xu Huai'an was very confused, so he couldn't help calling out boldly: "Your Majesty?"

Emperor Wen came back to his senses, seeing that everyone in the room was looking at him, he suppressed his curiosity, waved his hands and said, "It's nothing, just seeing my son-in-law and thinking of an old friend."

Xu Huai'an secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "That's how it is."

Emperor Wen took a deep look at Xu Huai'an, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and then looked at Li Qiushuang's loving smile.

"Shuang'er returns to Ning today, so the whole family doesn't have to be restrained."

Emperor Wen looked at the Empress Dowager again, stepped forward and saluted, "Mother Empress."

The Queen Mother nodded with a warm smile, stood up with the help of the maidservant and said, "Since the Emperor is here, don't stand still, sit down."

Then everyone found a seat and sat down.

During the dinner, Emperor Wen asked Xu Huai'an a lot of questions.

"What is your son-in-law's year?"

Xu Huai'an thought it was strange, before she married Li Qiushuang, Emperor Wen must have known her well, and knew her age well, although he was confused, but the emperor had to answer the question, so he had no choice but to say.

"At the beginning of the year, the party and the crown."

Emperor Wen said again: "Where have you been?"

Xu Huai'an replied: "Because my body is weak, my father took care of me more strictly. I used to stay in Luoyang City and never went to other places."

Emperor Wen asked: "Oh? What is the reason for the son-in-law's body?"

Xu Huai'an was helpless: "Because I was born before full term, my body is weaker than ordinary people."

Emperor Wen nodded, and was about to ask again, but Li Qiushuang suddenly said.

"Father, how is Qilang's homework these days?"

Hearing this, Emperor Wen frowned, and snorted softly, "You're still so idle all day long, Taifu Shen's book is almost three feet high."

Hearing this, Li Qiushuang said: "Qilang is not young anymore, it would be good to let him practice more with the great emperor brother."

"Well, I also have this intention." Emperor Wen responded, then looked at Li Qiushuang and said: "Are you going back to Ling Jue Palace this time?"

Li Qiushuang nodded: "There are still matters in the division waiting for my daughter to deal with, and I will return to the mother after the Qianqiu banquet."

Emperor Wen frowned and said, "You have only returned to the palace not long ago, why are you in such a hurry to return? Why don't you stay longer?"

"There are some troubles in the rivers and lakes, and they need to be dealt with." Li Qiushuang replied.

Emperor Wen sighed softly, then looked at Xu Huai'an and said, "What's your son-in-law's plan, do you want to become an official?"

Xu Huai'an said: "I have no such wish for now, I just want to be by His Highness's side."

She tactfully declined, but saw the disappointment flashing in Emperor Wen's eyes.

She was deeply puzzled, Emperor Wen seemed very strange to her today, as if he was looking at another person through her.

Li Qiushuang was even more aware of the difference in Emperor Wen, she glanced at Xu Huai'an, and couldn't help feeling suspicious in her heart.

After lunch, Emperor Wen still had government affairs to deal with, so he gave the two of them a few words, then took a deep look at Xu Huai'an, turned and left.

Li Qiushuang also bid farewell to the Empress Dowager, and left with Xu Huai'an who was full of doubts.

Emperor Wen returned to the Imperial Study Room, and while he was writing, he looked at the memorial in front of him, but he hadn't finished writing for a long time, as if he was in deep thought.

Jiang Yun watched, and couldn't help calling: "Your Majesty?"

Emperor Wen returned to his senses, frowned slightly, and then waved his hand, and a man in black fell in front of him, kneeling on one knee and waiting to be dealt with.

"Go and check the second son of Xu's family for me. I want to check for me carefully, and by the way, go and check the incident 20 years ago." Emperor Wen said.

The man in black cupped his fists and stepped back.

Jiang Yun glanced at Emperor Wen's face, but found that Emperor Wen seemed to be nostalgic, with a sad face.

"Like, very similar."

He heard Emperor Wen murmur in a low voice.

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