Dugu's mansion is still full of joy and harmony. The eldest daughter has been married for a month, and the mansion still retains the decorations for the wedding reception, and there are bright reds that symbolize auspiciousness everywhere.

Aunt Jing felt very troubled and wanted to remove the tied ribbons and auspicious knots several times, but they were stopped by Dugu Ruyuan. He didn't know who said that these mascots were kept for a hundred days and were good for the bride and helped the family prosperity.

"Imperial Concubine, what wind blows you?" Dugu Ruyuan walked in with a smile. It was rare that he could see Concubine Xuan so close. He was so happy.

"Can Lord Dugu be safe?" Concubine Xuan frowned. She didn't expect that Dugu Ruyuan was so old and was staggering with one hand on a crutch.

"Thank you for your concern. The old minister accidentally sprained his ankle a while ago and was much better off in bed for half a month. Now he only needs a crutch to walk normally." Dugu Ruyuan struggled to support his body with a crutch and half-kneeled to pay tribute to Concubine Xuan. At this time, he no longer felt sorry for his newly changed clothes, even if the clothes were made of crimson silk gifted by the emperor to the prince's father-in-law.

"Sir, don't be polite, take your seat quickly!" Concubine Xuan didn't want to make things difficult for the person in front of her, so she immediately signaled Xiao Luzi to help Dugu Ruyuan sit down and chat.

"Thank you for your understanding, and I am so honored by the old minister." Dugu Ruyuan put the crutch aside and bowed and thanked him for a cup of tea to Concubine Xuan.

"Sir, don't thank me. If you want to thank me, thank your baby daughter!" Concubine Xuan took the teacup with a smile and put it aside.

"I understand Xiaomeng's personality..." Dugu Ruyuan wanted to say something nice to his beloved daughter.

"The Crown Princess was raised by the adults, so naturally no one knows her better than the adults!"

Concubine Xuan directly interrupted the polite words in front of him and looked at Dugu Ruyuan with a smile, "If the Crown Princess had not been straightforward and open-minded, the palace would not have had the chance to visit Dugu Mansion."

"The reason why the Imperial Concubine was able to come to the mansion was the blessing that Dugu had cultivated in his previous life. The ability of the Crown Princess to serve you is also the cause and effect of her accumulating virtue and doing good deeds in her previous life. Thanks to the Imperial Concubine for her love for her ministers and daughters." Dugu Ruyuan began to compliment when he saw that Concubine Xuan was very polite.

"Xiaomeng is not ordinary straightforward, and has a personality and ideas. To put it bluntly, she is still young and full of vitality~" Concubine Xuan shook her head helplessly, "You have good teachings to her. There is such a princess in the harem, which is also due to accumulation of good deeds."

Concubine Xuan didn't know that her beloved nephew was looking forward to her going back in the palace, so she kept praising Dugu Xiaomeng's straightforwardness in front of Dugu Ruyuan.

"The Imperial Concubine has been awarded too much. Xiaomeng is straight-hearted. I will thank God if I didn't cause trouble for you." Dugu Ruyuan was a little proud, "But to be honest, if Xiaomeng trains more, you will definitely have the charm of your time..."

Dugu and Zefeng were old acquaintances, and their descendants naturally met since childhood. When Dugu Ruyuan first met Zefengchai, she was still a child who would cry when she saw caterpillars. Later, as she grew up, she became more and more arrogant. Perhaps because Zefeng's mansion had only one baby girl, she raised her to heaven.

So much so that Ze Fengchai proudly wanted to be the queen. When she was about to go to the palace, she clamored to marry into the royal family, which extinguished Dugu Ruyuan's ignorant feelings, so that he realized early on that he could not afford what she wanted.

"Rareless~" Concubine Xuan suddenly scolded sternly, "The first half of the sentence is quite sensible. I think you are as ignorant as your daughter, but the second half of the sentence is to reduce my life for you?"

"Ah?" Dugu Ruyuan was so scared that he was shocked and quickly knelt down and waited for Concubine Xuan to continue scolding.

"What? I just heard the voice of my words?" Concubine Xuan glared, "I shouldn't have appeared here, do you understand?"

"I am stupid, I hope the imperial concubine will give me advice." Dugu Ruyuan gritted his teeth and said word by word. The woman in front of him is no longer the Xiaochaier who was happy when she had eaten pastries.

"If you weren't for your father's indulgence, how could you cultivate such a tricky and domineering woman with your Dugu family's ability?" Concubine Xuan forgot that she was once a willful woman with a full personality.

"If Xiaomeng gets angry at the imperial concubine, it will make the imperial concubine angry. I have suffered it on his behalf. I hope the imperial concubine will not be angry." Dugu Ruyuan said the more he spoke, the lower his voice became, and his head was so low that he could not be lowered. Although his forehead felt the coldness of the ground, his heart became colder.

"You won't know that she left the palace privately, right? You have been staying in the mansion for three days, and you have never heard of it. Besides, I have been in the mansion for a cup of tea, but I didn't even see the figure of the Crown Princess. What kind of priesthood?" Concubine Xuan said while taking a sip of tea.

"I have asked my servants to tell you that the Crown Princess is here, maybe it's because he is dressing up to see the imperial concubine." Dugu Ruyuan explained guiltily. He understood that his daughter was arrogant and did not want to come to see the imperial concubine Xuan.

"Don't make excuses from me. What does Dugu Xiaomeng look like? Do I still understand?" Concubine Xuan threw the teacup to the ground angrily.

"My lady, don't be angry, I'll bring Xiaomeng to see you now." Dugu Ruyuan stood up with difficulty endured the pain in his ankle.

"Leading the way, I want to see my daughter-in-law in person." Concubine Xuan pushed Dugu Ruyuan and asked him to take two steps quickly. Unexpectedly, Dugu Ruyuan fell to the ground without standing firmly.

Concubine Xuan also has fleshy heart. She didn't expect Dugu Ruyuan, who was the same age as her, would be so vicissitudes. She couldn't help but worry, "Did you... have you suffered a lot in the underworld before?"

"Ah?" Dugu Ruyuan quickly got up. He didn't expect that he would act so embarrassed in front of Concubine Xuan.

"Aren't you framed by the coachman before and entered the underworld? Did you get angry inside?" Concubine Xuan's attitude became much more kind.

"No, the emperor knew at that time that he was innocent and specifically asked the guards to take good care of the ministers. At that time, he sent the ministers to the underworld to be just a gesture." Dugu Ruyuan understood that the safety of being a minister could be determined by just one sentence of the Lord.

"It's good that you haven't suffered any injuries, then how did you get this injury?" A trace of gentleness flashed in Concubine Xuan's eyes, perhaps because she recalled every bit of her childhood.

"Maybe I'm really old, I have to twist my feet when I walk. It's so ashamed." Dugu Ruyuan was still embarrassed.

"You are half a year older than this palace, why are you getting older?" Concubine Xuan smiled.

"Concubine, you are always young and not as vicissitudes as the old minister." Dugu Ruyuan also looked a little smiled.

"Look at your temples, they turned white early, I don't know what they were worried about?" Concubine Xuan blamed her slightly.

When I was young, I thought that my mother was the best in the world, and I didn’t just obsess with it. Now I dreamed of it has become empty.
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