The summer palace is located outside the city. In addition to the royal family, many princes and ministers in the capital also have other courtyards in that area and guards are around the palace.

This time Jiang Rui took several imperial concubines and the Little Emperor to escape the summer heat and many female relatives in the city accompanied them.

It was only in the evening that they arrived at the palace, and after resting, it was dark.

The mountains were really cool, the night breeze was slow, and no one bothered, Jiang Rui slept soundly.

In the early morning of the next day, many women entered the palace to ask for peace, and the Xie family was among them.

Because of the exposure of the previous plan, the Xie family was very peaceful for a while. This is the first time they have asked for a meeting since Jiang Rui came here. It was Empress Dowager Xie’s sister-in-law and two nieces.

“Niangniang was in poor health a while ago and the Old Lady at home was distraught, just because… It was not convenient to enter the palace. Not long ago, she learned that Niangniang was coming to the palace to escape the summer heat. The Old Lady immediately ordered us to come and ask Niangniang for peace. I don’t know how Niangniang is doing recently?” The eldest sister-in-law, Li Shi, said.

“My sister-in-law has a heart and I also ask my sister-in-law to convey it so that the Old Lady in the house can rest assured, I have already been fine.” Jiang Rui said.

The Xie family naturally knew about her recovery and the main purpose of coming today was to express concern and warm up feelings.

Li Shi raised her head to look at her, but after seeing it clearly, she was shocked. The current appearance of Niangniang from their family is more than good, it can be said that it is rejuvenating and radiant. Not to mention herself, but the two daughters following her, their complexion is not as good as that of this Niangniang.

But, there is no woman who does not care about her appearance. Li Shi was very curious about her sister-in-law’s method of rejuvenation, but the two were not intimate in the past and now that one of them is the Empress Dowager, so she is even more rusty and restrained. She sits on the embroidery mound and binds her hands and feet, until she finally retreats, she can’t ask the question.

Hanyan sent the three people out of the palace. Seeing there was no one there, Li Shi whispered: “Hanyan girl, can you take a step to speak?”

Hanyan happened to have something to say to her. The two went around into a pavilion and talked for a while before coming out. The look on Li’s face was shocked and tranced.

After going out of the palace gate, her two daughters let go and immediately twittered.

“The Empress Dowager is so young, she looks younger than the little aunt.”

“Yes, everyone else says that our little aunt in the house looks the best, but I think the Empress Dowager is more beautiful than the little aunt, don’t you think?”

But, Li Shi no longer had the heart to be curious about the appearance of the Empress Dowager and her mind was full of what Hanyan had just said.

Niangniang turned out to be with Chief Eunuch Lu Xingzhou… And it was for the Xie family that she had to commit himself, this, this…

Li Shi could not wait for a long time and immediately returned to Beijing with her two daughters.

Jiang Rui spent the morning dealing with the madams, and in the afternoon, she accompanied the Little Emperor to read a book, and then she was free in the evening. After counting the stars in the sky and the fireflies in the grass, she soon stopped.

Just a little sleepy, she noticed a slight noise outside the hall. She turned her body to look at the door, but after a few breaths, sure enough, she saw a figure appear behind the screen.

Lu Xingzhou was dressed in a black riding suit, with a cape on his shoulders, and a riding whip in his hand. His hair which was always neatly tied up on weekdays was slightly messy and he seemed to be a bit dusty.

He turned the screen silently, but he did not expect that the people in the room were awake. After being slightly stunned, he slowly raised the corners of his mouth: “The minister greets Niangniang.”

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