The Empress stood up and personally helped Dangui up, holding her hand and comforting her, “Don’t be afraid, I have no other intentions.”

　　Dan Gui was still a little nervous: “My Lady, is there something important that you want me to do?”

　　The Empress shook her head: “No, it’s just that I’ve thought about it again and again. What I advised you was my own idea and I shouldn’t force it on you.”

　　Dan Gui was stunned, with a look of panic: “Madam, you…”

　　”Listen to what I have to say.” The Empress interrupted Dangui and continued, “I am also selfish and can’t bear to see you leave me, so I tried my best to persuade you.”

　　”But then I wonder, if you were my daughter, what would I do?”

　　”When I remembered that even though I was extremely disappointed with all the men in the world, I had never advised Xiao Qi^[1]seven in that way, I knew that I shouldn’t have advised you in that way.”

　　”I am terrified. How can I compare with the Seventh Princess?” Dangui was shocked and moved, and was about to kneel down.

　　The Empress held her arm and sighed, “You should leave the palace today and meet your lover. Tell him that I have agreed to your marriage and let them choose a good date.”

　　”Go and say hello and then come back to the palace. When you get married in a while, I will prepare a dowry for you. It will be worth it that you have stayed by my side for so many years and even risked your life to protect me.”

　　For Dangui, the news came too sudden and was too shocking.

　　She had already accepted her fate and planned to stay in the palace until she died, but suddenly, things turned around.

　　She cried with joy, knelt on the ground, hugged the Empress’s legs and cried loudly: “My Empress, I don’t know how to thank you, I, I…”

　　I was crying so hard that I couldn’t catch my breath.

　　The Empress looked at this maid who had been with her for more than ten years, and her heart was filled with mixed emotions. Her eyes became wet. She pulled Dangui up and said deliberately, “If you don’t leave now, I will change my mind.”

　　”Go, go. I’ll leave right away.” Dangui burst into laughter and said while wiping her tears. She bowed respectfully and was about to leave.

　　”Wait a moment.” The Empress held her back and called for the capable Madam Zheng, asking her to take her token as the head maid of Fengyi Palace and some snacks, fruits and the like, and go with Dangui.

　　Dangui knew that the Empress was trying to save her face. She had refused the marriage proposal before, which had already made her cousin and his mother very dissatisfied with her. She was afraid that she would not be treated well when she came again this time.

　　Madam Zheng naturally knew the key point and said immediately, “Your Majesty, please rest assured. With this old servant here, I will make sure that Dangui will not be left out.”

　　The Empress warned, “Don’t be too angry. No matter what the reason is, she has changed her mind several times. After all, it is Dangui’s side. You should try to make peace with her. It will be easier for Dangui to live in the future when she marries him.”

　　Madam Zheng replied, “Don’t worry, Madam. I know what’s going on.”

　　Dangui was deeply moved and kowtowed to the Empress before following Nanny Zheng.

　　Looking at the joyful figure, the Empress sighed, stood alone in the empty palace for a long time, and said, “Come here, follow me to Hibiscus Palace.”

　　—

　　Inside Hibiscus Palace, the Imperial Concubine was sitting on the couch holding Ji Jinyou, while the imperial physician was checking the pulse of the Seventh Princess.

　　Ji Jinyou has always been curious about traditional Chinese medicine. She thinks it is a magical thing to be able to tell whether a person is healthy or not by taking the pulse. She blinked her big eyes and stared at the imperial physician’s hands.

　　Seeing that the chubby girl in her arms was too well-behaved, the imperial concubine thought she was afraid, so she held her chubby hand and comforted her, “Don’t be afraid, Xiaojiu. Show it to your seventh sister first, and your eighth sister, and then to our Xiaojiu.”

　　Ji Jinyou raised her little head and said seriously, “Youyou, don’t be afraid.”

　　The little girl said in a baby voice that she was not afraid. The imperial concubine was so moved that her voice became soft again unconsciously: “Our little Jiu is really amazing. She is not even afraid of asking for your pulse.”

　　Ji Jinyou: “…”

　　The Imperial Noble Consort is too exaggerated, even more exaggerated than her mother, Concubine Ru.

　　The seven or eight princesses all got goosebumps at the same time, but they tried hard not to roll their eyes.

　　The imperial physician took Princess Qi and ba’s pulse, and then carefully took Ji Jinyou’s pulse, and then told them that everything was fine.

　　Ji Jinyou nodded and thanked him seriously. After the imperial physician returned the greeting, he said goodbye and left.

　　The Imperial Concubine felt relieved, but her doubts became even greater.

　　Xiaojiu is in good health and has only more than 60 days to live. What is going on?

　　Could it be true, as Xiaoqi and Xiaoba said, that someone had harmed her?

　　I wanted to discuss it further, but it was not convenient for me to hide in the inner room again in front of the little girl.

　　Although Xiaojiu is only three years old, the conversation between her and System is enough to show that this child is very smart, even too smart to be like a three-year-old child.

　　They couldn’t always be so sneaky, or she would find out something.

　　It was still early for lunch, and the Eighth Princess suddenly felt playful. She reached out to the Imperial Concubine to hug Ji Jinyou: “Mother, Seventh Sister and I will take Xiaojiu out for a walk.”

　　The Seventh Princess nodded in agreement: “Let’s take Xiaojiu out for some exercise.”

　　The chubby and soft little girl was very comfortable in her arms. The imperial concubine hadn’t held her enough, so she raised her hand to block her: “Where are you going? It’s so hot outside.”

　　The Eighth Princess said casually: “Let’s just stroll around. Let’s find a shady place so that Xiaojiu won’t get sunburned.”

　　The Imperial Concubine knew her own daughters best. When she saw the Eighth Princess and the Seventh Princess making eye contact, she knew that these two troublesome girls wanted to take Little Nine to another concubine to see if they could hear some gossip.

　　She glared at Princess Seven or Eight and said, “Sit still and don’t go anywhere.”

　　This matter is too strange and of great importance. She needs to discuss it with the Empress. Before that, Xiaojiu should try to see fewer people.

　　At least, she had to wait for the people she had assigned to find out the result and clarify the matter of her only having 67 days left to live.

　　The Eighth Princess was not one to sit still and protested by stamping her feet, “Mother, let us take Xiaojiu out to play for a while.”

　　The Imperial Concubine firmly disagreed: “No, I sent someone to call your brother to come and have dinner together. According to the time, he will be here soon. Your brother hasn’t seen Xiaojiu for many days. Xiaojiu must stay here.”

　　I guess the brother doesn’t even recognize Xiaojiu, so why bother meeting her?

　　The Eighth Princess wanted to roll her eyes. Don’t think she didn’t know that her mother just wanted to hear what System had to say about her brother.

　　The palace maid outside reported that the Empress had arrived, and several people hurriedly stood up to greet her.

　　The Empress walked into the palace and asked everyone to stand up. Then she reached out and took Ji Jinyou, who was leaning over to salute but had not yet stood up, and touched her hand. She said softly, “Xiaojiu, would you like to go with your mother to sit with your father?”

　　Ji Jinyou was stunned: [System, why do I feel like everyone is acting weird? Are they all vying to take me with them?]