The beloved baby has a space

Ayu has no respect for the powerful and wealthy. She didn't have this concept before, but now that she's been in office for a few months, Old Madam Wang and Xie Zhen have talked to her a lot about the necessary social etiquette.

She wasn't stupid; even though she was young, she understood these things when they were explained to her.

She no longer felt any reverence, because in her view, people are just people, only with different identities and different ranges of things they can do, and nothing else.

So when her grandmother asked her to find the Empress Dowager, she didn't think it was a difficult task; it was as easy as her grandmother had said.

Not to mention that the elves also said so, so this trip is definitely going to happen.

The next day was not Ayu's day off. She wrote a letter requesting leave, had it sent to the Bureau of Astrology, and then sent a copy to the Ministry of Personnel for backup. Only then did she submit the letter to the palace.

She presented Yuxiangjun's plaque, which could be directly sent to the inner palace. Because the inner palace was very large, someone came to guide her inside when she presented the plaque.

Whether the Empress Dowager sees her or not, she will be the first to know.

At that time, the Empress Dowager was meeting Empress Qin for the first time. The two women were not very similar in temperament. The Empress Dowager was gentle in her youth, but she was very strong at heart.

Such a personality is the least suitable for entering the palace, but she did, and from then on she was oppressed by imperial power for the rest of her life, which is why she didn't like the royal family.

Aside from this daughter-in-law, the Empress Dowager always believed that Empress Qin was probably the most suitable person to be Empress.

To be honest, the Empress Dowager believed that if she were to become Empress, she might be able to manage Dachang better, since her decisiveness was far superior to that of her indecisive son.

If it weren't for her son, why would Empress Qin have had to beg her family for help?

She came from the Qin family in Jiangnan, but she developed a delicate and frail personality. Later, she fell in love with the emperor, even though her parents initially disapproved of the late emperor.

To be precise, the Qin family of Jiangnan has always looked down on imperial power.

Later events proved that my parents were right; that scoundrel of an emperor was indeed not a good match.

As the Empress Dowager pondered, her thoughts drifted far away, and she didn't even notice that Empress Qin had been talking to her for a long time.

It wasn't until the Empress Dowager's maidservant came to report: "Your Majesty, Prince Yuxiang requests an audience."

The Empress Dowager paused for a moment before asking, "Who is Lord Yuxiang?"

As Dachang has developed to its current state, it has a considerable number of nobles, including dozens of princes with titles, not to mention the others of lower rank.

"Is it the child of the Wang family on Sansi Street?" Empress Qin interjected. "Your Majesty, it should be the child named Ayu. She has done many things that benefit the country and the people, so she was given the title of Lady Yuxiang."

"Oh, that young girl, speaking of which, isn't she your betrothed daughter-in-law?" The Empress Dowager remembered and said to the maid, "Go and invite her in. She's young and frail; she shouldn't catch a cold outside."

"Yes."

After being invited inside, Ayu saw that a charcoal brazier had already been lit in the room, so she took off her cloak, handed it to Tangyuan beside her, and bowed to the two of them.

"Ayu greets the Empress Dowager and the Empress."

The Empress Dowager waved her hand: "Get up. Why haven't I seen you being so particular before? Is it because you saw your future mother-in-law here and deliberately did this to impress her, or was it because you didn't want to please me since I was the only old woman here?"

Ayu realized the Empress Dowager was joking, so she went along with it, saying, "The past is the past. I didn't understand anything back then. Now that I'm all grown up, I have to show you how I've changed, don't I?"

"You silly girl." The Empress Dowager was genuinely amused and asked, "You're the kind of person who doesn't come to visit unless there's a reason. You haven't come to see me in so long, and I've only seen a few gifts you sent. What brings you here this time?"

“I can’t hide it from the Empress Dowager. I do have something I need your help with. My grandmother said that no one else can help with this, only you can!” Ayu said sincerely, and even analyzed it herself, “I’ve never heard my grandmother praise someone like this before, which means that I’ve come to the right person!”

Empress Qin said quietly, "Yu Xiangjun thought of the Empress Dowager, but didn't think of me much?" Empress Qin was not a person who liked to joke, but seeing how casually A Yu and the Empress Dowager were talking, she remembered that she had also heard this little girl's childish voice before, so she also said something.

Ayu shook her head: "This is not what I thought, it was Grandma's idea. In our family, Grandma rarely tells us what to do, but lets us figure it out ourselves. If I were to figure it out myself, I would probably ask someone else, because I feel that only very important national matters can be addressed by asking you. But since Grandma asked me to ask, I feel that if you can do it easily, I can just thank you directly, which would also save some trouble in the middle."

In Ayu's mind, the Empress Dowager was a special friend she met in the palace, while the Empress was her brother Ayou's cousin. Judging from their status, the Empress should be closer to her, but she still preferred the Empress Dowager.

The Empress seemed a bit too serious.

"Alright, you little girl, when did you become so talkative? Tell me, what do you want me to do?" The Empress Dowager interrupted Ayu's incessant chatter and asked with a smile.

Ayu then told me about the divination at the astrology office, and added, "There are only a few of us in our family still outside. My second uncle is doing alright; I can use a nobleman's messenger to help send messages. But my fifth brother is too far away, and I don't know exactly where he is, so I can only come to you for help."

The Empress Dowager hadn't expected this, and for a moment she couldn't think of a good solution.

Jiangsai is a special place, a source of worry for the entire Dachang region. Moreover, it is far away, and finding someone whose destination is unknown is not as easy as one might imagine.

But she didn't want Ayu to find out.

After all, she said she had a grandmother backing her up, implying that she should come and beg her.

She couldn't refuse the old man's heartfelt approval.

"Don't rush, let me think about it." The Empress Dowager was afraid that Ayu would press for an answer immediately, so she brought up her self-reference again.

She even got up, walked behind the screen, and pretended to be deep in thought.

Ayu wasn't in a hurry. If the Empress Dowager couldn't come up with a solution, she would take the initiative to borrow the cliff eagle from her.

She had made up her mind. Cliff eagles were very precious, so she would exchange them for something very precious.

Each of the items in the space is incredibly valuable, some even priceless. She certainly wouldn't lose out by using them to exchange for the Empress Dowager.

There are some things that cannot be taken out, but I think the Empress Dowager would not refuse anything that can truly prolong life.

There are also some nutritional supplements that Tuanzi specially researched for her, and Tuanzi even made them in a way that fits the people of Dachang's understanding, so that they can be given directly to the Empress Dowager without being suspected.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager left, and Ayu looked at Empress Qin.

Empress Qin looked at her and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something growing on my face?"

“No, I was just thinking that you and Brother Ayou’s mother look so alike, both of you are very beautiful, especially your eyes, they are exactly the same!” Ayu said earnestly, “I have never seen anyone with more beautiful eyes than you, no, two people.”

Empress Qin was stunned, and only then did she realize that her current identity was not this little girl's future mother-in-law, but her future mother-in-law's sister.

She tried to smile to appear more approachable, but when she forced a smile, it only made her look forced and insincere.

Hua Hong, standing next to him, trembled slightly at the mouth.

When the Empress laughed like that, it looked like she was going to kill someone.

Empress Qin, who understood the maid's expression, was speechless.

She stopped laughing and fell silent.

The two of them sat and waited for the Empress Dowager to come up with a solution.