After being married off by my younger sister, I became the most beloved person in the palace

The old lady had a fearless look on her face. She picked up the medicine and gulped it down in one gulp. It was so bitter that her eyebrows and eyes were squeezed together.

Gu Zhiyin thought that the old lady was afraid of bitterness, so she used local ingredients to make a dish of date paste cake. The sweet and soft taste immediately dispelled the bitterness in her mouth, and the old lady couldn't stop eating.

"You still have to take medicine tonight. If you finish the cakes and pastries in one go, they will be gone soon." Gu Zhiyin reminded when she saw the plate of cakes was almost empty.

The old lady paused as she stretched out her hand, and took it back with a feeling of unfulfilled desire.

“Do more next time.”

"The ingredients here are limited. I'll make something else and bring it over tomorrow."

The old lady nodded with satisfaction: "Good boy!"

For several days in a row, Gu Zhiyin came to the farm to visit the old lady, bringing different snacks every day and coaxing her to take medicine.

The old lady is no longer in serious condition and can get out of bed and walk around.

The autumn breeze blew gently, and the cool sunlight sprinkled lightly in the yard.

Gu Zhiyin supported the old lady and walked slowly in circles in the yard to help digest the food. Suddenly, there was a hurried knock on the door.

Mother Hu put down the broom in her hand and walked over to open the door.

A middle-aged man with fair skin had one hand in a plaster cast hanging around his neck. He asked with a polite smile on his face:

"Excuse me, have you ever seen an old..."

Just when he was halfway through his words, he saw the old lady coming from a distance. His eyes suddenly widened, and two rays of surprise flashed in his eyes. He shouted, "Too..."

The moment he spoke, the old lady shot him a murderous look, frightening the man so much that he immediately stopped talking. After a long while, he uttered the following words dryly: "Madam, I finally found you."

I'm going to die. The way the Queen Mother looked at me just now made me feel like a chicken whose neck was strangled by fate.

Queen Mother Qin retracted her domineering gaze and glanced at Yu En's broken arm calmly. A faint light flashed in her dark eyes: "Why did you come here?"

When Yu En heard the Queen Mother asking him, his eyes suddenly turned red. He took a deep breath and started talking about how he had led the assassin away and found this place with only a few clues, and then asked every family one by one about the hardships he had gone through.

The Queen Mother rolled her eyes speechlessly.

"Should I say you're stupid or compliment you on your luck?"

"You're looking for me one by one, are you worried that I haven't exposed myself fast enough?"

"Where's the brain?"

Queen Mother Qin asked three questions in a row, which made Yu En's eyes go straight and his neck shrink like a quail.

"The servant was wrong."

Gu Zhiyin looked at Queen Mother Qin, whose aura suddenly became full, and was stunned for a long time. To be honest, she was a little shocked.

The grandmother she met halfway must have a good family background, otherwise she wouldn't have such a strong aura.

"Don't stand outside, come in and talk." Gu Zhiyin said.

As soon as she spoke, Queen Mother Qin's cold and hard expression suddenly softened, and a soft light appeared between her brows: "Ah, I'll listen to you."

Yu En looked horrified: "..."

When did the Queen Mother become so easy to talk to?

Even when facing the Seventh Princess, he would not be so gentle and indulgent.

As Yu En walked, he quietly looked at Gu Zhiyin, as if he wanted to see what was special about her.

When the Queen Mother noticed it, she gave him a warning look: Be more restrained.

Yu En shuddered, then immediately retracted his gaze and followed the empress dowager without looking away.

Gu Zhiyin helped the empress dowager back to the house. Seeing that the master and servant seemed to have something to say, she said goodbye and left.

"Grandma, I'll come see you tomorrow."

Queen Mother Qin nodded: "Yes, please drive slowly on the road."

bah—

Yu En staggered, his legs went limp and he fell to the ground, looking at Gu Zhiyin in horror.

What did he just hear?

Grandma?

I have only been away from the Empress Dowager for a few days, and the Empress Dowager already has a granddaughter?

It's so scary.

"Are you okay?" Gu Zhiyin asked with concern.

Yu En shook his head like a rattle: "No...it's okay."

But my heart was filled with wailing.

Something happened.

The Empress Dowager suddenly recognized a granddaughter. Isn’t this a huge deal?

But it seems that this girl doesn't know the Queen Mother's identity, so he has to keep it secret for her.

After Gu Zhiyin left, only Queen Mother Qin and Yu En were left in the room.

Yu En closed the door and knelt in front of the Queen Mother: "I am late, please punish me, Queen Mother."

Queen Mother Qin sat on the couch, her aged face full of majesty and her eyes cold: "You have done a great job in protecting the emperor, how could I punish you? Get up."

Yu En stood up in fear and trepidation, and then he became concerned about the Queen Mother's injuries: "It was that girl who saved the Queen Mother just now, was she hurt anywhere? Is she from the Queen Mother's family? I heard her calling the Queen Mother "grandmother"...haha..."

The last two haha, it was very awkward to laugh.

Queen Mother Qin raised her eyes slightly and glanced at him. Yu En choked and immediately shut his mouth.

"do not know."

Yu En: “Ah?”

"But I liked her the first time I saw her, but it's a pity that she has a grandmother."

So I had to acknowledge her as my granddaughter.

Yu En was dumbfounded. It was... so sudden.

"I wonder which family she belongs to?"

Queen Mother: “I forgot to ask.”

Yu En: You are so free to do whatever you want, just like the Empress Dowager.

Yu En only dared to think about this in his heart. If he dared to say it out loud, given the Queen Mother's temperament, he would be dead.

"Then Queen Mother, shall we go back to the palace now?" Yu En paused and asked again.

Queen Mother Qin's eyes turned colder, and she said in a grim tone, "I won't go back for now. The emperor has grown wings and wants to get rid of me, but unfortunately he was one step behind. Now that I'm missing, he must be restless. I have to hide in the dark and enjoy his embarrassment."

"It's a good opportunity to take a look at the court's movements. I will slowly settle accounts with those ministers who thought I was in trouble and turned against the emperor after I return to the palace."

Yu En: "The Queen Mother is wise."

"Where is Nanny Zhou? Has she been caught?" asked the Queen Mother.

When she mentioned Nanny Zhou, the haze in her eyes was like a gloomy black cloud, shining with a sharp light, and her cold tone made people feel chilly.

Yu En knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I was in a hurry to find you and didn't take care of her, so she ran away."

"Ha." The Queen Mother sneered, "The monk may run away, but the temple cannot. Ever since I entered the palace, she has been serving me. Over the past few decades, I have regarded her as the person I trust the most. I never thought that she would dare to betray me. I will definitely skin her alive and tear out her tendons."

"I will definitely send more people to find her as soon as possible." Yu En gritted his teeth and said angrily.

It’s really hard to guard against domestic thieves.

Who would have thought that the first person to stab the empress dowager was not her enemy, but Nanny Zhou, who had accompanied the empress dowager through decades of ups and downs and won the empress dowager's full trust.

Yu Endu felt aggrieved for the Queen Mother.