After rebirth, the daughter of the marquisate went crazy

Hearing her say this, Xu's face was filled with emotion, "You kid, you always take care of everything by yourself. You should have talked to us."

Ye Qingyu smiled and said, "Third aunt, I just had a dream. How dare I tell you such mysterious things? I'm afraid you will worry that I will have a nightmare and won't sleep well."

"I was just worried about what might happen, but I never expected it to actually come true. So, when my grandfather told me there was a flood in the south, I sent Uncle Fu to Yuzhou. I figured the relief grain from the imperial court should be arriving soon, and Uncle Fu should be back by then."

The Duke laughed heartily, "That's very good, very good. You are a good child, you understand the hardships of the common people, you are worthy of being a child of our Duke's Mansion."

Xu smiled and said, "Qingqing has always been a good child. Among all the children in Kyoto, who can compare with our Qingqing in terms of understanding and noble moral character?"

Zhong agreed sincerely, "That's right, Qingqing is such a good child."

Gu Huaizhi and Gu Yuanchen looked at her with smiles.

Ye Qingyu felt embarrassed when her elders praised her, and her face turned slightly red.

At this time, the doorman hurried into the room and reported, "My Lord, there is a eunuch from Shoukang Palace outside the door."

Everyone was startled, and the Duke hurriedly said, "Please come in."

Shoukang Palace is the residence of the Empress Dowager. Now, the Empress Dowager sent people to the Duke's Mansion, probably for the Empress Dowager's birthday in a few days.

The Duke naturally knew that the Empress Dowager's birthday was in three days, but now it was a disaster. The Empress Dowager knew that in order to raise food, the Emperor had to send relief money to the disaster area. How could she be willing to celebrate her birthday at such a time?

Now it seems that things have changed.

Several people walked quickly to the gate to greet Eunuch Xia.

"Greetings, Duke Shen." Eunuch Xia came towards him with a smile on his face.

Duke Shen hurriedly returned the greeting, "Eunuch Xia, may I know what instructions the Empress Dowager has for you?"

Eunuch Xia glanced around at the people behind the Duke, and paused on Ye Qingyu before he smiled and said, "Three days from now, it will be the Empress Dowager's birthday. Originally, the Empress Dowager was unwilling to spend that much money on her birthday celebration, but the Emperor said that now that the floods in the south have stabilized and the cold weather in Kyoto has passed, it is something worth celebrating.

We might as well hold a banquet together with the Empress Dowager's birthday to cheer everyone up and reward everyone for their hard work these past few days."

The Duke nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Eunuch Xia's gaze fell on Ye Qingyu, "This is the granddaughter of Duke Shen, Miss Ye of the Qingyuan Marquis's Mansion, right?"

Ye Qingyu knelt down and saluted gracefully, "Qingyu greets Eunuch Xia."

Eunuch Xia said with a smile, "Miss Ye is too polite. The Empress Dowager has asked me to invite Miss Ye to attend her birthday banquet in three days. Miss Ye donated grain in the south to stabilize the situation and buy time for the court to raise grain. The Empress Dowager heard the Emperor speak highly of you and she must meet you."

Ye Qingyu was flattered. "Qingyu dare not take credit for it. The Empress Dowager is too kind."

Eunuch Xia smiled and said, "Miss Ye is being modest." He turned to look at the Duke, "Please invite the Duke and the two ladies and gentlemen to Shoukang Palace in three days to have some fun."

"I'll take my leave now." Eunuch Xia bowed and was about to leave.

Duke Shen quickly said, "I will escort you out."

Ye Qingyu watched Eunuch Xia leave, but Eunuch Xia still had something to say.

The Empress Dowager's birthday banquet was held to select concubines for the princes and arrange marriages for them.

Looking at Eunuch Xia who was leaving, Gu Yuanchen smiled brightly and said, "Now everyone in Kyoto should know about my cousin's grain donation."

Ye Qingyu smiled bitterly, somewhat helplessly, "Fourth cousin, please don't make fun of me.

I really didn't expect it. It was just an impulse at the time, and I didn't intend to stand out and let everyone know. Sigh, I'd better not go out anymore these days."

Ye Qingyu really didn't expect that the matter of donating grain would become known to everyone. She originally did it to win the favor of His Majesty the Emperor. She knew that the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet would not be cancelled, and the Empress Dowager would still arrange a marriage for her as in her previous life. She didn't want her grandfather to use the safety of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to disobey the Empress Dowager's order for her.

As long as she did good things that benefited the country and made the emperor and the empress dowager feel good about her, there would still be room for improvement in the marriage. If the empress dowager and the emperor took her feelings into consideration, she would not marry Shen Mingxiu and repeat the mistakes of her previous life.

Ye Qingyu really didn't leave the Duke's Mansion for the past three days. Three days later, she entered the palace with her third aunt and second aunt.

Ye Qingyu was very familiar with the imperial palace. In her previous life, Shen Mingxiu was named the crown prince and lived in the East Palace. She lived in the East Palace and was naturally very familiar with the imperial palace.

Seeing the familiar plants and trees, Ye Qingyu was a little dazed.

"Qingqing, what's wrong?" Seeing her pale face, Xu Shi thought she hadn't been to the palace for a long time and became a little nervous. "It's okay. The Empress Dowager is kind and gentle. When you were little, your mother brought you to see the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager loved you very much. Do you still remember?"

Ye Qingyu was slightly startled and shook her head gently.

She couldn't remember clearly what happened in her childhood, but in her previous life, she was very familiar with the empress dowager. The empress dowager treated her kindly. After entering the Eastern Palace, she often stayed by the empress dowager's side. Although the empress dowager had always been a little cold towards Shen Mingxiu, she was not alienated from her.

It was only after she became familiar with the Empress Dowager that she found out that the Empress Dowager and her grandmother were close friends, so she was very close to both her mother and her. It was just that her mother died early, and she only brought her into the palace a few times when she was a child. She was still young at that time, so she naturally didn't remember it now.

Her mother had been bedridden for more than two years. After her mother passed away, she stayed at home to mourn for her mother and rarely went out to attend banquets. Now, she had not seen the Empress Dowager for a long time.

Seeing her lost in thought, Zhong said softly, "Qingqing, don't worry. The Queen Mother is very kind. Just remember not to lose your manners."

Ye Qingyu nodded, "Qingqing remembers."

Led by the palace maids, the female relatives of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion soon arrived at Shoukang Palace.

They arrived neither too early nor too late, and by now, many officials' wives and daughters were already sitting in the flower hall of Shoukang Palace.

The palace maid led them to the seat of the ladies in the Duke's Mansion, then bowed and left.

They sat at the front, and at the same table were the Duke of England's old lady, first lady, and second lady.

They greeted the old lady, "Good health, old lady."

The Duke of England's wife was also a kind old lady. She smiled and waved her hand, "No need to be so polite, please sit down."

Mrs. Zhong smiled and said, "The old lady is still in such good health."

The old lady smiled and said, "You are old, haha. Oh, this child is so beautiful. It must be your sister-in-law's child."

Xu said, "Old Madam has good eyesight. Qingqing is really Qingshuang's child."

Ye Qingyu stood up and saluted again, "Qingyu greets the old lady, the old lady is in good health."