The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 706 Let Grandma Come See Me

The Empress Dowager was indeed thinking about it. She rarely took a liking to a young maid, and now the maid had come to her for help. Moreover, to be honest, she actually had a few ways to resolve this matter.

She was merely gathering information. Although she had lived in the palace for a long time, she had no estrangement from her son and daughter-in-law, and she did not stir up trouble in the court. She still had the power to find people.

Ayu ate two plates of pastries, drank a cup of flower tea, and ate the digestive pills that Tuanzi had secretly given her before the Empress Dowager arrived.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Ayu and said, "Yu girl, you are the first person who dares to come to me so brazenly to ask for a favor."

Ayu didn't need the Empress Dowager to remind her much. She gave Tangyuan a wink, and Tangyuan immediately went out and brought in the small basket that was outside.

"Having been an official for so long, you haven't learned anything else, but you have learned the art of flattery?" The Empress Dowager said this in a joking tone, without even looking at the contents of the basket.

Ayu didn't argue, but simply took the small basket, opened it, and inside was a ceramic bowl with a lid on.

As soon as she lifted the lid, the aroma locked inside eagerly burst out, and everyone present smelled its fresh and fragrant scent.

"What is this?" The Empress Dowager couldn't help but sit up straight and hurriedly asked, "How was it made?"

Ayu smiled and said, "This? My grandma made it specially. She said that young girls are frail and eating too much meat can easily make them chubby, so they won't be laughed at by those who don't know the situation. So she made this soup for me. I don't know what she used to make it, but it's very delicious. I can drink it every few days."

When Ayu said this, the Empress Dowager's expression changed. When she mentioned that it would make those who didn't know the truth laugh at her, the Empress Dowager seemed to be getting restless.

She walked up to Ayu in a few steps, and before Ayu could ask, she almost snatched the soup bowl from Ayu's hand. She didn't care whether it was hot or not, let alone let someone test it for poison first, and drank it down in one gulp.

"Queen Mother!"

"Mother!"

Ayu and Empress Qin were both startled, fearing that the old man might choke from drinking too quickly.

There were still some scraps in the soup, not completely skimmed off, which Old Madam Wang had deliberately left for Ayu to eat on the way to the palace so she wouldn't get hungry. But Ayu wasn't in the mood to eat on the way, and later thought that giving it to the Empress Dowager might have a good effect.

Upon closer inspection, the results were truly remarkable.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?" Ayu tilted her head to look at the Empress Dowager, only to see that she was just holding the soup in her mouth and not swallowing it directly.

Her expression seemed to be a mix of reminiscence and sorrow, but it eventually faded into tranquility.

The Empress Dowager swallowed the soup, took a handkerchief from a maid, wiped her mouth, and then sat back down.

It was as if the inappropriate action just now was merely an illusion for everyone.

"Yu'er, you just said that this soup was made for you by your grandmother. What is your grandmother's name?"

Ayu was truly stumped by the question: What is Grandma's name?
It seemed that no one in the family had ever mentioned it, so she naturally wouldn't ask about it for no reason.

Looking back now, it seems she didn't know the names of the women in her family very well. She knew the names of the boys and her sisters-in-law, but she wasn't sure about her mother, aunts, and grandmothers.

After thinking carefully, Ayu finally said uncertainly, "Zhang...Zhang the donkey?"

"Cough cough cough cough!" This time, the Empress Dowager couldn't hold back and started coughing violently.

After everyone watched in fear as she finished coughing, the Empress Dowager waved her hand and said, "You'll stay here with me tonight. Also, I'll send someone to invite your grandmother to come to the palace to see me tomorrow."

No one noticed that she claimed to have changed again.

(End of this chapter)