A dream ends life

Su Ci touched his face and smiled calmly, neither admitting nor refuting.

He knelt down and paid his respects to the Empress Dowager in a proper manner.

The Empress Dowager did not stop her. After she finished her greetings, she said, "Get up."

Su Ci bowed and said, "I am a little girl who didn't recognize a great man. I hope you will forgive me for any offense I have caused you in the past."

"Humph! Give me back my bracelet."

Su Ci...

Aren't you the Empress Dowager? Isn't your vision too narrow? What's your overall view?

Rubbing his nose, he said, "It's in the carriage. I'll go get it myself in a moment."

The Empress Dowager rolled her eyes and snorted, "I knew you were trying to blackmail me, you greedy girl."

Su Ci stopped talking. She felt guilty now, even though she was so confident a few days ago. She kept silent because she said so many things wrong.

Nanny Li stood aside, her shoulders shaking, not daring to laugh out loud. She knew that her young lady would come to settle the score later.

"Show me what you got me."

Su Ci felt warm in her heart. Even though her identity was no longer concealed, the old lady did not put on airs and still spoke to her in a "you" or "mine" manner.

After spending many days together, she has figured out the old lady's temper, and she won't go wrong by following her will.

Nanny Li quickly brought over the two brocade boxes.

Su Ci opened one and inside was a picture of a hundred years of longevity.

The Empress Dowager looked at her curiously, "Are these all longevity characters?" Su Ci nodded and explained them to her slowly.

“It’s double-sided embroidery! Oh my god, how is this done?”

From Nanny Li's perspective, it was a picture of pine and crane prolonging life.

The Empress Dowager was also surprised.

She had seen many double-sided embroidery, but being able to seamlessly connect two completely different patterns was simply a fantasy.

The double-sided embroidery she had seen was just a slight change to the same pattern, resulting in two different patterns.

But this one is completely different, it is simply a masterpiece of nature and incomparable.

The three were chatting happily when an inappropriate voice was heard.

"What treasure did Auntie get? Why didn't she invite me to see it? Auntie really doesn't like me anymore."

Du Jingjing pulled Xiao Che in from outside.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became weird.

Su Ci lowered her eyes and saluted Xiao Che.

Xiao Che looked at her face and said, "Stand up."

Du Jingjing pulled him closer, and Su Ci could only step back.

"Aunt, what kind of weird talisman is this? What makes it different from the others?" Du Jingjing looked at the Hundred Longevity Painting, confused.

There are very few words on the Hundred Longevity Picture that Su Ci gave in the history of Dongyong, so it is no wonder that she did not recognize them.

However, Su Ci felt a little unhappy because her gift was belittled in this way.

However, she was not here to cause trouble and had no intention of confronting Du Jingjing head-on.

As long as the old lady is happy today, there will be no intersection between them after today, so why bother to argue about who is better?

The Empress Dowager looked at her niece, who was already old, and felt quite emotional.

This niece is the daughter of her younger brother's second wife. She is young but of a higher generation, so she is doted on and protected by the family. It is inevitable that she is a little spoiled.

She also likes her innocence and carefreeness.

What I don't have has become a regret, and I just want to compensate it to the younger generations, but now it's a bit embarrassing.

She understood the little girl's thoughts and saw that Xiao Che doted on her very much.

He turned a blind eye and acquiesced to the way they got along, thinking that maybe she was an exception for his son, and maybe his son liked girls like this kind of girl.

Just when Jingjing grew up, Su Ci appeared. She was confused again. It was really hard to guess what her son was thinking.

Now it has become a love affair between three people.

She decided not to interfere, as both the palm and the back of the hand are flesh and blood. Perhaps, her son would like it.

She would be happy to have either of these two as her daughter-in-law. Both of them were good, one dignified and steady, the other pretty and charming.

A happy person, a sweet talker.

It doesn't matter what Xiao Che chooses.

Nanny Li looked at her young lady's expression and knew what she was thinking.

I shook my head secretly, thinking that the lady was thinking too simply.

There is no such thing as harmony between wives and concubines in the world, unless the two women don't like their husbands. What's more, Su Yatou's personality will never allow her to be a concubine.

Don’t be fooled by cousin’s sweet-talking appearance. It’s because everyone dotes on her and they don’t give her anything she wants.

Anyone who tries to snatch the prince from her will find that the obedient kitten will eventually turn into a tiger.

I couldn't help but worry about Su Ci.

She likes this girl very much. She doesn't want anything to happen to her and hopes that the prince can treat her decently.

The Empress Dowager explained the words on the picture to Du Jingjing in a low voice.

Xiao Che seemed to be listening carefully, his attention completely focused on Su Ci.

Su Ci lowered her eyes, secretly calculating how much benefit Yu Luohan could bring her today.

As long as there is one more opportunity, her plan can be fully launched.

"Su girl," Nanny Li brought her back to her thoughts.

"Mommy."

"Miss asked you what the other box is?"

Su Ci just realized that everyone was looking at her, including Xiao Che.

Xiao Che pursed his lips tightly and looked at her with a probing look.

"This contains some pastries I prepared. They are not worth much, but they taste good. Would you like to try them?"

The Empress Dowager and Li Ma were both curious about the cakes she was talking about. Su Ci was very particular about food, never wronged herself, but also would not waste it.

"It's just cakes, it can be given as a gift." Du Jingjing was not interested in anything Su Ci gave her.

A piece of rag with unknown embroidery on it and a box of cakes, it really looked like a poor relative from the countryside visiting.

The Empress Dowager acted as if she didn't hear what she said. "Open it quickly, let me see what kind of pastry it is."

She had lived for most of her life and had seen all kinds of good things. She loved Su Ci's kindness very much.

Su Ci opened the box and the pastries inside appeared.

"Wow, it's so beautiful." Nanny Li exclaimed.

The Empress Dowager smiled and nodded, and even Du Jingjing opened her eyes wide.

What's inside is not just pastries, but exquisite works of art.

There are nine different kinds of pastries placed in the nine-square grid. The four corners are small cream cakes in the shape of flowers, and the other grids are filled with cute little animals made of sugar.

There are cute kittens, pink piglets... and in the middle is a juicy peach.

"Su girl, are all these really edible?" Nanny Li asked the question that everyone wanted to ask.

Su Ci said: "The cream cake can be eaten directly, and the rest..."

Su Ci washed her hands, picked up a pink pig that was sleeping with its head tilted, and placed it in front of the Empress Dowager.

He picked up the spoon next to him and said, "Try to knock it down and see."

The Empress Dowager held the spoon with some reluctance. Such a cute little pig would surely be disfigured if it was hit like this.

Su Ci signaled her to knock quickly, and simply knocked on the piglet's fat belly.

The piglet broke into pieces with a crisp sound.

"Oh, what is this?" Du Jingjing shouted loudly.

A sparkling thing appeared in the pig's belly, looking particularly precious among the broken pieces.

The Empress Dowager, Nanny Li and Du Jingjing all had the novel feeling of discovering a treasure.

Du Jingjing picked up the thing and looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "It's crystal!"