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When Ye Zhen came forward, the Empress Dowager had already reached out to hold her little hand. Looking closely at Ye Zhen's face, she looked back at Aunt Cheng in amazement.
Aunt Cheng was already shocked when she saw Ye Zhen walk into the Palace of Compassionate Peace. She nodded gently to the Empress Dowager, confirming her suspicions.
The Third Young Lady of the Lu Family did look a lot like the dead Princess Qin.
"Child, what is your name?" The Empress Dowager thought of her unlucky daughter-in-law and felt sad. She spoke to Ye Zhen more softly and kindly.
Ye Zhen looked back at the Empress Dowager gracefully. This was the only elder who made her feel warm when she became a soul. Her eyes naturally showed respect, love, and gratitude. "Replying to the Empress Dowager, this subject's daughter is called Yao Yao, the Yao Yao of the Peach Blossom."
The Empress Dowager nodded with a smile. "It's a good name. Did you grow up in the Border Town?"
"Yes, has the Empress Dowager ever been to the Border Town?" Ye Zhen pretended to be innocent.
"Ai jia has never been there, but I have heard of it." The Empress Dowager said with a smile. "Then what did you do in the Border Town?"
Lu Wushuang's face turned green when she heard this. She thought that the Empress Dowager wanted to see the Old Madam and Lu Yaoyao just to give her face as an imperial concubine and send them away with a few words. But now, looking at the Empress Dowager's attitude towards Lu Yaoyao, it seems that she really likes her.
Is it because Lu Yaoyao is so beautiful that the Empress Dowager wants to take her into the palace?
Ye Zhen did not look at Lu Wushuang's face. She smiled shyly and searched for traces of Lu Yaoyao's life in her memory. "… My brother and I liked to catch cicadas in the summer. My mother wouldn't let me climb trees, so I slipped away when she wasn't paying attention. There was a lame soldier living next door. He taught me how to ride a horse, and I could ride better than my brother. My brother refused to take me hunting, so I competed with him in archery. He lost to me … I caught two hares on my first try."
Ye Zhen's sweet and tender voice sounded briskly in the hall. The melodious voice of a young girl made people feel better at once.
The Empress Dowager liked the little girl more and more. "So, you learned horsemanship and archery in Border City. What else did you learn?"
Ye Zhen bowed her head in embarrassment. "I didn't study well. When I was in the border town, my mother invited a teacher for me, but I didn't think it was useful … When I returned to the capital, I learned that I had to take the six arts exam to enter the medical center. Fortunately, there was Mr. Dan, but I didn't do well in the exam of etiquette and calligraphy."
"You are already very good." The Empress Dowager rubbed Ye Zhen's head, her eyes overflowing with tender affection.
The smile on Lu Wushuang's mouth was stiff. She laughed dryly and said, "Yaoyao, how can you say such nonsense in front of the Empress Dowager? Are you afraid that the Empress Dowager doesn't know that you are a wild girl in Border Town?"
Yes, in Lu Wushuang's opinion, even if Lu Yaoyao was beautiful, she was just a wild girl.
Ye Zhen stuck out her pink tongue and winked at the Empress Dowager. "Empress Dowager, this official's daughter was unrestrained when I was in Border Town. I was different from my sisters in the capital. My mother said that I was a wild girl."
The Empress Dowager laughed and held Ye Zhen's hand to Lu Wushuang. "Imperial Concubine Lu, your sister is a blessed person. It's not bad for a girl to be wild."
Seeing that the Empress Dowager really liked Yaoyao, Old Madam Lu was very pleased. In her opinion, no one who had seen Yaoyao did not like her.
Of course, those who were jealous of her were excluded.
Lu Wushuang smiled reluctantly. "Empress Dowager is right."
"In the future, enter the palace more often to talk with Ai Jia." The Empress Dowager said to Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen didn't like the palace, but she liked the Empress Dowager. She carefully rubbed the Empress Dowager's arm. "Empress Dowager, this official's daughter doesn't know how to speak. What if I say something wrong?"
The Empress Dowager smiled. "Ai Jia will feed you a few more candies, and you will understand."
Ye Zhen pursed her lips and smiled.
Old Madam Lu shook her head and said to the Empress Dowager, "Empress Dowager, this official's concubine's granddaughter is impudent. Thanks to your magnanimity, you didn't argue with her."
"Ai Jia likes such a little girl." The Empress Dowager said. She didn't know whether it was because Lu Yaoyao looked like Ye Zhen, or because she spoke with a vivid expression and a sweet voice, but the Empress Dowager liked this little girl from the bottom of her heart.
Lu Wushuang secretly curled her lips, and in her heart, she hated Lu Yaoyao even more.
Old Madam Lu, who was sitting opposite, saw the expression on Lu Wushuang's face. She sighed secretly in her heart. Her eldest granddaughter was not as pure and straightforward as Yaoyao.
While they were talking, a woman dressed as a palace maid came in anxiously from outside.
Aunt Cheng immediately nodded to the Empress Dowager and went out to ask the palace maid what happened. After a while, Aunt Cheng came back.
"What's wrong? Is the little prince making trouble again? "The Empress Dowager looked at Aunt Cheng and asked.
"Replying to the Empress Dowager, it's the little prince … He heard that Third Miss Lu has come and is clamoring to see Third Miss Lu. He still refuses to take his medicine and is making a fuss." Aunt Cheng looked at Ye Zhen and whispered to the Empress Dowager.
Ye Zhen's eyes darkened slightly. She lowered her head and pretended not to hear Aunt Cheng's words. But in her heart, she scolded Mo Rongyi.
The Empress Dowager shook her head helplessly. "This child!" She looked at Ye Zhen and said, "Yaoyao, do you remember the little prince you saved near Chengde Villa before?"
"Replying to the Empress Dowager, this official's daughter remembers."
"He has caught a cold these days. He refused to take the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor and has not recovered. Now he is making a fuss and wants to see you …" The Empress Dowager was a little hesitant. She was not good at forcing people.
Lu Wushuang immediately smiled and said, "Empress Dowager, what's so difficult about this? Let Yaoyao go and greet the little prince. When the little prince sees Yaoyao, he will naturally be willing to take the medicine."
Ye Zhen pursed her lips and did not speak, but looked sideways at Old Madam Lu.
Old Madam Lu nodded with a smile. "Yaoyao, then go and greet the little prince."
"Alright." Ye Zhen nodded obediently, thinking that when she saw Mo Rongyi later, she would find a chance to teach him a lesson.
That little brat! He must be angry because Liu Hua didn't pay him money.
The Empress Dowager touched Ye Zhen's head lovingly and asked the palace maid to take Ye Zhen to the prince's residence to find the little prince.
Because Mo Rongyi was still young, the Empress Dowager was reluctant to let him go out and open a new house, so she continued to let him live in the prince's residence.
Mo Rongzhan had no son yet, so Mo Rongyi was the only prince living in the prince's residence.
When Ye Zhen came over, she heard him crying and refusing to take the medicine.
"Little prince, Third Miss Lu is here." The palace maid who was walking next to Ye Zhen looked at her awkwardly and said to Mo Rongyi who was inside, "Let's go.
The door creaked open and Mo Rongyi ran out. "Yaoyao, you really came?"
Ye Zhen originally thought that Mo Rongyi was pretending to be ill, but when she saw his thin face and pale and sallow complexion, she knew that he was really ill.
"Little prince, why don't you take your medicine when you are ill?" Ye Zhen asked with a frown. It was really annoying that she could not get along with the Empress Dowager for a few more days.
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