The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 298: What did she get wrong again, number 294?

Don’t mention how impatient the Empress had grown, the consort’s in the harem were also getting restless.

Unable to bear it any longer, the Noble Consort spoke up, "Shouldn’t we send someone to meet Empress Dowager on the road? The post station isn’t too far from the city! It’s impossible that she hasn’t arrived after half a day."

The Empress, too, feared something might have happened on the road and was just thinking of sending someone to investigate when a guard from the city gates hurriedly reported, "Your Highness, the Empress Dowager’s carriage has entered the city!"

A collective sigh of relief came from the palace concubines!

Finally entered the city!

Having entered the city, it wouldn’t be more than a quarter of an hour before they could reach the palace gates, right?

Then another quarter of an hour passed, and as they were being turned into icicles by the cold wind and then melting into puddles under the sun, the Emperor appeared outside the palace gates with his courtiers.

As soon as the Empress Dowager would arrive at the palace gates, someone would promptly inform the Emperor.

Before the Empress Dowager was close to the palace gates, no one dared to disturb the Emperor.

So the Emperor only needed to come out when the Empress Dowager was nearly at the palace gates.

Seeing the Empress and the multitude of consorts like frostbitten eggplants, the Emperor asked, "Have you been waiting for a long time? Didn’t the guards notify you that the Empress Dowager’s return to the palace was rescheduled?"

This shouldn’t be!

The Empress smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager has been continuously sending messengers."

The Emperor nodded, saying nothing further, thinking the Empress wanted to show her filial piety by waiting here early.

This was really unnecessary, as his own mother didn’t value such displays.

As long as the Empress did her duty well, being a good wife, a mother, managing the harem properly, the Empress Dowager would naturally like her.

Unfortunately, her heart was too narrow!

After giving birth to a legitimate son, she couldn’t tolerate the Crown Prince and Xiaojiu.

Nor could she tolerate the other pregnant consorts, resulting in very few children being born in the harem over the years.

Not to mention the Empress Dowager, even the Emperor was finding it hard to like the Empress.

While he could not forget his previous Empress, he would never shortchange the other women who followed him.

At the establishment of the nation, it was the brothers and fathers of those women who stabilized the Imperial Court, unless they made an unforgivable mistake, he would not mistreat them.

Including the current Empress, but she had disappointed him.

The Emperor had been waiting for less than half an incense stick’s time when the Empress Dowager’s carriage could be seen arriving.

The Empress too, upon seeing it, felt a great sense of relief. If it had been any later, her legs would have given out!

The carriage quickly stopped in front of the palace gates, and the Emperor personally stepped forward, approached the side of the carriage, and bowed respectfully, "Your son welcomes Mother back to the palace!"

The whole assembly of consorts and ministers knelt down, "We welcome the Empress Dowager and the Ninth Prince back to the palace!"

The Empress Dowager, supporting herself on the Emperor’s hand, stepped down from the carriage, smiling warmly, "You may all rise."

The Empress stood up and glanced at the Empress Dowager, surprise flashing through her heart: Is this the Empress Dowager?

How does she seem to have grown younger by more than a decade?

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How has the Empress Dowager seemingly become younger as the days went by?

It seems as if her wrinkles have all disappeared!

And her complexion is exceptionally good, too!

Could it be that Shaxi County has mountains and waters that rejuvenate?

Seeing the Empress Dowager looking rosy and spirited, the Emperor was pleased as well. He smiled and said, "Mother looks well. Was the journey tiresome?"

The Empress Dowager replied with a smile, "Not at all, if the Emperor says I’m looking well, how can I dare say I’m tired?"

"Haha..." the Emperor laughed heartily, "Indeed!"

Xuanyuan Que got down from another carriage and came to the Emperor’s side, bowing, "Your son greets you, Father Emperor."

The Emperor was extremely surprised!

Xiaojiu had actually learned to perform a salute?

The Emperor wanted to hug him, but still did not, as Xiaojiu had disliked being held since he began to crawl.

The Empress Dowager laughed, "I owe my good complexion to Xiaojiu and Xuanbao!"

Hearing this, the Emperor reached out to touch Xuanyuan Que’s little head.

Before he could make a move, Xuanyuan Que walked toward Xuanyuan Hao, looking as if it was unintentional, so the Emperor could not detect that he was purposely avoiding him, after all, he moved away first, and the Emperor reached out afterward.

Even if the Emperor had noticed that he was deliberately avoiding him, it wouldn’t have mattered, since the child had always disliked being touched by others since he was young.

The Emperor continued speaking with the Empress Dowager, "Did Mother come into the Capital City with Princess Wuyou?"

The Emperor was aware of Xuanbao; he had personally conferred upon her the title of Commandery Princess, the first in Xuanyuan Country to hold a fief of her own.

The first without ancestral shade, who at the age of four, had attained the position of Commandery Princess on her own merits!

She truly deserved the title, supreme and unparalleled!

For the sake of improving the Empress Dowager’s health and softening Xiaojiu’s solitary nature alone, the conferment of her title as Commandery Princess was worth it.

Not to mention she had benefited so many commoners and done so much for Xuanyuan Country.

The Emperor was genuinely curious about what Xuanbao, as mentioned by the Empress Dowager, actually looked like.

"Indeed, were it not for that girl’s desire to come to the Capital, I would have been too lazy to move!"

The Emperor: "..."

So, fortunately, he had instructed the Empress to send an invitation to Princess Wuyou, otherwise, he wouldn’t have known when he would be able to see his mother.

"It seems I must summon Princess Wuyou to the palace soon."

The Empress Dowager hurriedly said, "Your Majesty must not; the Ruo Family has only just arrived in the Capital, fatigued from such a long journey, and Xuanbao has grown thin from the exertion. Let them rest for a couple of days!"

Upon hearing this, thoughts stirred among the palace concubines. It seemed that Princess Wuyou was particularly favored by the Empress Dowager, and once she entered the palace, they must remind their servants to be courteous and respectful.

The Empress undoubtedly did not like the Ruo Family, for the sole reason that the Ruo Family was now close to Xuanyuan Que and the Empress Dowager, and no matter their ability, they belonged to the Crown Prince’s side!

Therefore, the Ruo Family’s capabilities were an obstacle to her and her son.

Now that they were in the Capital, it would be easier to deal with them with closer watch.

The Empress said with a smile, "Princess Wuyou is indeed a blessing to our Xuanyuan Country. Since Princess Wuyou has already been conferred the title of Commandery Princess, Your Majesty should keep her in the Capital City. She could accompany the Princes and Princesses in their studies, and if the Empress Dowager wishes to see the young Commandery Princess, she could do so at any time."

Xuanyuan Que glanced at the Empress lightly.

The Empress Dowager said indifferently, "Princess Wuyou is merely a four or five-year-old child. Naturally, she’ll be wherever her parents are. How could I keep her in the Capital City just because I want to see her? What kind of person would that make me?"

The Empress: "..."

What had she said wrong?

Wasn’t she speaking to please her?

Why was the Empress Dowager displeased again?

Moreover, having a young Commandery Princess to accompany the Princes and Princesses in their studies was a great honor, wasn’t it?

How many officials wished to send their children to the palace to be companions in study to Princes and Princesses?

Who wouldn’t take pride in this?

"The Empress Dowager is, of course, a person who loves the Commandery Princess!" replied the Empress with a smile, then tactfully fell silent.

The Empress Dowager did not say anything more. The Empress, born into a noble family, had certain values ingrained in her, which could not be changed.

The Empress Dowager had a humble origin, and had personally stood by the founding Emperor in conquering the world. As the founding Empress, she understood the needs of the people more than just being aloof and supreme, which is why the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could not agree on anything!

As the Emperor spoke with the Empress Dowager, he supported her onto the imperial carriage, and a group of people escorted the Empress Dowager back to Cining Palace.

Ruo Xuan was unaware that she was being thought of; she was busy touring around her Princess Residence.