Chapter 430 Hello, hey, hey! I'm the Queen Mother. Who are you?
Su Yanshi's eyes were always following Qi Changchuan's back.
It was not until she could no longer see even the corner of his clothes that she withdrew her gaze with melancholy. When she realized that Shi Li was looking at her, her face turned red and she lowered her head timidly.
For some reason, Shi Li suddenly felt inexplicably uncomfortable. She casually comforted everyone present with a few words, then waved her hand listlessly and asked them to leave.
As for what kind of punishment those ladies and noble girls who did not come would receive, Shi Li was too lazy to ask.
They were the ones who broke the rules in the first place, so there was no need for her, the "victim", to worry.
Shi Li was inexplicably depressed and couldn't even muster the energy to eat. She just took two bites and then stopped.
In order to cheer her up, Xin Tang found many interesting toys from somewhere.
Including stone chess pieces that are very similar to modern animal chess, as well as other gadgets.
With this kind of thought, it is no wonder that she was chosen to be a female official in Chengyang Palace. She is really suitable to accompany the Queen Mother and relieve her boredom.
Shi Li didn't want to let him down, so he just played two rounds. It was not until noon that his mood was saved by a crookedly written letter.
The previous emperor had no son, so he adopted Zhou Chenghao as his heir, but he still had a daughter.
Zhou Youning is the only legitimate princess of the late emperor. Her biological mother is a beauty in the late emperor's harem. However, the beauty was unlucky and died of hemorrhage after giving birth to her.
Later, no other children were born in the harem. The late emperor was particularly fond of her and directly named her Princess Fu'an when she reached the age of 15.
In terms of age, Zhou Youning is only two years younger than Shi Li.
In terms of relationship, the two are both mother and daughter in name and cousins in blood.
After Shi Li entered the palace, she became closest to her and they had a close relationship.
The late emperor passed away a year ago. Zhou Youning was extremely sad and volunteered to leave the palace to keep vigil for the late emperor for a year.
Now that the one-year term is up, she is finally going back to the palace.
"I wonder if she has grown taller, and if she still likes climbing trees as much as before."
Shi Li looked at the letter Zhou Youning wrote back, with a smile on her face.
If Zhou Youning hadn't written in the letter that she would return to the palace the day after tomorrow, Shi Li would have wanted to go to her palace and wait right now.
Seeing that Shi Li's mood had improved, Xin Tang also breathed a sigh of relief. She asked other palace maids to take her place for a while, and went out to quietly write a letter and hand it out.
Later, Chengyang Palace welcomed another uninvited guest.
When Shi Li heard that the old tutor came to visit her, she felt very bad.
Recalling the way the old tutor pointed at Qi Changchuan tremblingly at the banquet that day, she did not dare to delay for a moment and quickly asked someone to come in and find a seat for the tutor.
She tidied up her appearance as quickly as possible and walked out in a dignified and steady manner.
The Taifu is the emperor's teacher and had taught the previous emperor. She must respect him.
"This old minister has seen the Queen Mother."
When he arrived in front, Shi Li saw the old man standing up to salute him, and immediately asked someone to support him.
"Master, please don't be so polite. Please take a seat."
Shi Li spoke very quickly, afraid that she would speak more slowly.
She is about the same age as Su Yanshi, and this old tutor can be regarded as her grandfather. If she really worships him, it would be almost like shortening her life.
Tutor Su did not insist too much. He sat on the chair with the help of the palace servants and looked at Shi Li with a smile on his face.
"This old minister has come to see the Queen Mother today. I have an important matter to discuss with her."
Shi Li saw him sit down, so he sat down too.
But when he heard these words, he paused for a moment while sitting down, and felt a chill in his heart.
Looking at the smile on Su Taifu's face, he also felt it was very unpredictable.
That feeling... is like a weasel paying New Year's greetings to a chicken. It looks like it has bad intentions no matter how you look at it.
Shi Li forced a smile, "Whatever it is, please speak up, Master."
She could ask, but she couldn't guarantee that she would agree.
The Grand Tutor obviously didn't take the young Queen Mother in front of him seriously, and said directly: "I have few children and grandchildren, and now I only have a young granddaughter. I would like to ask the Queen Mother to act as a matchmaker. What do you think?"