My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

In Shoukang Palace, when the Queen Mother heard that Mei Xueer had arrived, she trembled and tried to sit up, as happy as a child.

"Oh, oh, oh..." What the Queen Mother wanted to say was "It's coming, it's good."

Although his speech is not very clear yet, he has made great progress.

"The granddaughter-in-law pays her respects to the Empress Dowager!" Mei Xueer walked forward with a smile and supported the Empress Dowager.

You have to hold on to her, because this will be her biggest support in the future.

With this thigh, the dog prince is nothing!

She even had the confidence to rely on her father.

Haha, father can tell at a glance that his heart is not in good condition, but those quack doctors in the Imperial Hospital can’t even see that.

Humph, wait until the Empress Dowager feels better, then I will go and hug the Emperor's thigh.

If Nanxing knew what his young lady was thinking, he would probably lecture her again: Miss, it is not easy to hug the emperor's thigh. If you are not careful, this thigh may press down and crush you to death.

"Grandmother, you are recovering very well. I, your granddaughter-in-law, will do my best to treat you, but you also need to exercise. If we work together, you will be back to normal in half a year! Now, your granddaughter-in-law will give you acupuncture again. Don't worry, it won't hurt."

"Hooho..."

Although the Queen Mother couldn't say many things, she understood what Mei Xueer was saying.

It seems that the previous rumors were all false.

The third brother’s wife is pretty good!

More than an hour passed, and Mei Xueer removed the last needle. She once again instructed Madam Kuang on how to massage the empress dowager's numb limbs, how to help her turn over, and how to perform auxiliary treatment.

After finishing, she sat on the edge of the bed, feeling a little tired, and rubbed her temples.

At the same time, he received gratitude from the Queen Mother and Nanny Kuang.

Seeing that she was tired, Nanxing handed her a piece of osmanthus cake.

The young lady got up early in the morning, made a deal with Prince Jing, performed surgery on the guards in the palace, and had trouble with the prince's men. Now she is giving acupuncture to the empress dowager. How can she not be tired?

Mei Xueer was speechless: Why are there osmanthus flowers everywhere I go?

"Princess, what's wrong?" Nanny Kuang asked when she saw that she looked a little dazed.

Mei Xueer pretended to sigh deeply: "Alas, Aunt Kuang, I will not hide it from you. When I saw this osmanthus cake, I thought of the osmanthus tree in Prince Jing's mansion."

Madam Kuang also sighed, "Princess, you don't know that the osmanthus cake you are eating now is made from the osmanthus flowers from the osmanthus tree in Prince Jing's mansion."

Mei Xueer was speechless.

Nanny Kuang glanced at the Queen Mother and saw that she was a little excited, so she reached out and held her hand, gently rubbing her fingers, saying, "Every golden autumn, when the sweet osmanthus is fragrant, Prince Jing will pick the sweet osmanthus from the tree and send it to Shoukang Palace. The Queen Mother likes to eat sweet osmanthus cake, but she only eats sweet osmanthus cake made from the sweet osmanthus in Prince Jing's mansion."

Mei Xueer: I didn’t realize that the Dog Prince is quite good at currying favor with the Queen Mother.

Madam Kuang continued: "I am telling you, the Queen Mother can smell the difference when she smells the osmanthus flowers from other places."

Mei Xueer: Haha, Lord Dog, there’s no need for me to be a villain. I’ll see what you can send to Shoukang Palace next year.

"I know that the osmanthus tree is the imperial grandmother's remembrance of the imperial grandfather." She sighed sincerely.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was not in a good mood, she decided to cheer her up. Then, she rolled her eyes and came up with a plan, "Grandmother, can your granddaughter-in-law sing a song for you?"

The Queen Mother happily waved her uncoordinated, wrinkled hands, "Listen, song..."

Mei Xueer cleared her throat and began to sing——

"The stars in the sky are silent, and the children on the ground miss their grandfather; the eyes in the sky blink, and my grandmother's heart is sweet-scented osmanthus cake. The courtyard of the palace is full of flowers, and my grandmother's heart is under the tree; I think of my grandmother's words every night, and my tears are shining..."

Replace lupine with osmanthus, replace mom with grandparents, and then deliberately sing in a child’s voice, done!

After the cheerful yet sad song stopped, the house fell into silence for a long time.

Two lines of tears suddenly fell from the empress dowager's somewhat cloudy eyes.

After the death of the late emperor, the little person who leaned under the osmanthus tree and cried all day and night always looked up at the dark sky, looking at the twinkling stars in the sky.

Is he searching for his royal grandfather across the starry sky?

Once upon a time, he was the apple of the eye of the emperor's grandfather.

When Cui Hongjing was young, his chubby face was always filled with an innocent and bright smile, which squeezed his eyes into slits.

The Queen Mother remembered that every time she saw him, he would stretch out his chubby arms to her, smiling just like his mother, smiling so clearly and purely.

Once upon a time, he was also the apple of his father's eye.

The emperor doted on him so much that the other princes gritted their teeth and the other concubines in the harem gradually became interested in him.

The autumn wind is not as nice as the spring wind. The osmanthus flowers fall mercilessly overnight.

How many flowers fall.

Just overnight, everything changed.

Just like the withered osmanthus flowers all over the ground, falling from the proud branches into the humble mud in an instant.

From then on, the Queen Mother never saw him smile again.

In this world, the only one who can protect him is the Queen Mother.

If it weren't for the Queen Mother's protection, Prince Jing would have died the year his mother died. In the years that followed, he died countless times.

But the Queen Mother knew that she could protect him for a while, but not for a lifetime.

If you are not a heartless person, why would you want to be born into an imperial family?

She was a queen mother who adhered to her duties and never interfered in the affairs of the court.

Because of her grandson Cui Hongjing, a gap has gradually developed between her and her son, the current emperor.

It was unclear from which year Cui Hongjing suddenly began to distance himself from her. Apart from routine greetings, attending to her illness, and unavoidable visits, he never stepped into the Empress Dowager's bedroom.

However, every autumn, he would personally pick the osmanthus flowers in the palace one by one and give them to Nanny Kuang.

The Empress Dowager knew that he did it on purpose. He didn't want to create a rift between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor because of him.

He was also telling her: Your grandson has grown up and can take care of himself, so you, the Royal Grandmother, just need to take care of your own health.

She understood his thoughts.

He grew up safely as she wished.

However, he no longer had the innocence and agility of his childhood. Every year at the palace banquet, she looked at him, and his eyes were filled with only sadness and depth.

The Queen Mother knew that he was no longer the Jing'er in her memory.

Although the Queen Mother was speechless at the moment, her mind was clear.

Thinking back on the past decade, she blamed herself, but more than that, she felt heartbroken.

But what can she do?

If it weren't for her deep love for Jing'er, she wouldn't have fallen seriously ill because of the emperor's anger this time.

The Queen Mother couldn't stop crying, her lips trembled constantly, and her eyes were misty.

Mei Xueer was anxious. She just wanted to hint to Nanny Kuang to go and take a look at the osmanthus tree in the palace so that the dog prince would be in trouble. But she didn't expect that the empress dowager would be defeated when she heard the song.

Breaking the defense is a small matter, but getting sick is a big matter!

The Queen Mother cannot be provoked further in her current condition.

She quickly fed the empress dowager medicine again and gave her an injection.

Then she turned around and asked Aunt Kuang for help, and saw that Aunt Kuang was also crying.

"Grandmother, I didn't mean it. I won't sing again." She was really worried about the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother had been very nice to her these days, and she really treated her as an elder.

Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother cried for a while, then wiped away her tears and smiled, with a soft look in her eyes, "Good, nice to hear! I like it..."

"Empress Dowager, can you speak clearly now?" Nanny Kuang was the first to react and was extremely surprised.

God, it has such effect?

Mei Xueer felt relieved. She held the Queen Mother's hand tightly and put it on her face, "Grandmother, you scared your granddaughter-in-law..."

The Queen Mother looked at her with a more loving look.

Mei Xueer was grateful, "Grandmother, I will sing another song for you."

Without waiting for the Queen Mother to answer, she began to sing: "My little face is like an apple, like an apple, like an apple, Grandma, please kiss me, kiss me..."

Goudan immediately complained: [You, you, you woman, you are stealing my lines! ]

Mei Xueer: [Go——]

Goudan: [You're even imitating my accent! ]

Mei Xueer: [Go away——]

These days, this magical song often sounded in her mind, so she sang it without thinking.

That deliberately soft voice, coupled with her somewhat exaggerated and coquettish expression, made both the Queen Mother and Nanny Kuang laugh.

There were bursts of happy laughter in Shoukang Palace.

After a long time, the Queen Mother stopped laughing and asked, "Old Third Wife, Wife, Jing'er's injury?"

"Grandmother, Prince Jing is fine. He is fine. He also wants to come to see you, but my father said that for your health, we have to wait until you are fully recovered before allowing others to come to the palace to pay their respects. So, Grandmother, you have to get well soon. When you are well again, I will come to see you with him."

The Queen Mother nodded, gently closed her cloudy eyes, and murmured: "Ai Jia, I haven't seen him for a long time..."

Mei Xueer was a little puzzled: The Dog Prince often went to the palace, so why had the grandfather and grandson not seen each other for such a long time?

Nanny Kuang quickly said, "Princess, let the Queen Mother rest for a while!"

"Oh, yes, Your Majesty needs to rest more."