In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

Zhou Langya and Pei Huizhou looked at each other, one with a melancholy look and the other with a smile in his eyes.

......

The wind blew in the Imperial Garden.

Bai Lu tightened her clothes and immediately ran to the Queen Mother's palace to find her.

Now in the huge palace, everyone naturally knows Bai Lu's identity. She is very close to the Queen Mother. When she said she wanted to find the Queen Mother, the palace servants would naturally take Bai Lu to find the Queen Mother.

In the Queen Mother's Palace.

The Queen Mother was drinking tea in the palace when she saw Bai Lu coming to find her.

The Queen Mother immediately asked the palace maids to bring Bai Lu in, "Hey, isn't this our Lady White?"

The Queen Mother was very happy. She walked forward with a smile, touched her little face, and said with a smile: "Lady Bai, please sit down, please sit down."

Then, she said to the person next to her, "Madam Liang, this is the White Lady I told you about."

"?"

Lady of the Duke of Liang? Isn't this Ximen Liuyun's stepmother?

Bai Lu turned her head and saw a beautiful woman about twenty-five or twenty-six years old sitting below. The woman was so beautiful and looked very charming. Her peach blossom eyes were touching with every frown and smile. She was simply a stunner.

Bai Lu quickly bowed to the wife of Duke Liang, "I pay my respects to the wife of Duke Liang."

Lady Liangguogong hurriedly stood up, helped Bailu to her seat, looked at her and smiled.

"...According to Lady Bai's status, we should all pay our respects to you, Lady Bai. You are the sworn sister of the Queen Mother."

"Please take a seat, please take a seat."

Bai Lu smiled: "It really makes me feel embarrassed."

The Queen Mother smiled and said to Bai Lu, "Speaking of the devil, here you are. I didn't expect you to come here without being called."

"It just so happens that the Lady of the Duke of Liang came to the palace to ask about the young master's situation. Aren't the young prince and his family at your house now? It's a good opportunity for you to talk to him about the young prince and Ximen Liuyun's situation."

After hearing this, Bai Lu had no idea what was going on, so she immediately smiled.

"So Madam Liang wanted to ask about the young prince and his friends' situation."

It was normal for Ximen Liuyun's stepmother to come over and ask about Ximen Liuyun's recent situation in person.

Bai Lu then said to Lady Liang, "Madam, don't worry, the young prince and the young master are both fine."

The wife of the Duke of Liang nodded with a smile. After exchanging pleasantries with Bai Lu for a while, Bai Lu carefully thought about what she said and felt that it was quite normal and reasonable.

She seemed to love her son dearly, no different from his biological mother. Even the Queen Mother liked this wife of the Duke of Liang very much.

Bai Lu met the wife of the Duke of Liang and she actually liked her quite a bit and didn't have any aversion to her.

Could it be... that she is really a good stepmother? Is this stepmother really doting on the prince of Liang, Ximen Liuyun?

Bai Lu pondered for a while and thought that their family affairs had nothing to do with her. She would go back and tell the young master to be alert.

"..."

Bai Lu chatted with the wife of Duke Liang for a while, and the Queen Mother felt a little tired, so she lay down on the couch and fell asleep.

Before going to bed, she specifically said to Bai Lu.

White Snake, don't worry, the people in the palace will definitely not bully you."

"If anyone bullies you, wake me up immediately and I will stand up for you."

"In my palace, you can do whatever you want."

"..."

Bai Lu nodded quickly.

After the Queen Mother went to the side hall to sleep, Bai Lu and the wife of Duke Liang sat in the main hall, drinking tea and chatting.

Most of the other palace maids in the room went to serve the Queen Mother, and there were only two palace maids serving tea here.

Bai Lu glanced at the two palace maids who lowered their heads and looked docile. Before she could say anything, she saw the wife of Duke Liang saying with a smile.

"...These two girls, please do me a favor."

As she spoke, she called over two palace maids and asked one of them to bring her a bowl of ginseng soup and the other to bring her a plate of bitter almonds, which had been fried with a little sugar.

Bai Lu was a little puzzled. "Why do we have to go together? These tasks can be easily done by one person."

Lady Liang Guogong laughed and said, "This is naturally because the kitchen that makes bitter almonds is in the Queen Mother's palace. The Queen Mother is the only one in the entire palace who likes to eat bitter almonds."

"As for the ginseng soup...it's in the imperial kitchen. The two places are in different locations, so we have to go to each one separately."

"If a palace maid goes, it will be too much trouble. By the time the bitter almonds are delivered, the ginseng soup will feel cold."

"Since it's cold, the energy to replenish qi and blood is gone. It's better to drink hot ginseng soup. As for the bitter almonds... it's better to stir-fry them with sugar."

It turned out that she wanted to drink more hot drinks.

Bai Lu nodded without thinking much about it.

Seeing that both of them had left, Lady Liang looked around the room and found that no one was there. She then said to Bai Lu with a smile, "Lady Bai, I heard that you are doing very well in business in Liangzhou."

"The economic lifeline of Liangzhou...is in your hands, right?"

"!!!"

Bai Lu was shocked when she heard this, and quickly said to the wife of the Duke of Liang: "Madam, you are wrong. You really embarrass me. The economic lifeline is just a bunch of lies spread by the people below."

"..."

Lady Liangguogong said with a smile: "That's very modest, Lady Bai. You are doing well in business, so you should be praised."

"There aren't many women who are as good at business as you are."

"My mother's family is also in Liangzhou. I have some connections, but they are not in business. It's just that my ancestral home is in Liangzhou."

"After that, there will be a big reshuffle in Liangzhou. I guess the governor of Liangzhou will be someone from my mother's family... It would be great if I could help White Snake there."

Bai Lu said calmly, "What are you talking about, Madam Liang? If we talk about helping or not, then we would be owing Madam a favor."

"I'm just a businessman. It's hard to repay a favor!"

"..."

Lady Liangguogong took a sip of tea with a smile, and said, "Mrs. Bai is really a smart person. She doesn't even want to get close to my Duke's Mansion... I said I wanted to help you and extend an olive branch to you, but you rejected it again."

"It's clear that White Snake is not a shallow-eyed person."

"My favor...is very easy to repay."

Lady Liangguogong said this while leisurely drinking tea.

After Bailu, no more words were spoken.

The wife of the Duke of Liang has no grudge against me, nor do I have any favors with her, so why would she suddenly talk about... helping me?

These high-ranking officials and their relatives are not easy to deal with. They are all very cunning, so if they get any benefits, they will keep them for themselves. If they share them with others, it means they are asking for favors from others.

Bai Lu glanced at the wife of the Duke of Liang and saw her saying with a smile.

"My favor... Actually, you have already repaid it before. After all, you have taken such good care of my son. It would be better if the young master could stay with you for a while longer."