After hearing the indignant rebuke from Empress Dowager Huixian, Xu Shu responded calmly, "I have never been concerned about the political affairs of the previous dynasty, and I have no idea about the reduction of the vassal state!"

Empress Dowager Huixian snorted coldly, "Don't you know? Didn't the emperor always tell you everything? He didn't tell you that he wanted to abolish the hereditary vassal kings personally conferred by Emperor Gaozu?"

"Since it was said by the emperor, wouldn't it be better for the Empress Dowager to go directly to the emperor and tell him? Why do you come and ask me, a person who knows nothing?"

Xu Shu retorted Empress Dowager Huixian in a word. If Empress Dowager Huixian could find Zhou Jin, how could she come to Xu Shu if she could say these words to Zhou Jin? Isn’t this the first thing she couldn’t find Zhou Jin, and the second thing Zhou Jin wouldn’t listen to her say this, so she came to Xu Shu with the second best!

"The matter of reducing the vassal state will shake the foundation of the country. As the queen, you should also advise the emperor to do such inappropriate things!"

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics!" Xu Shu replied dryly.

Empress Dowager Huixian was furious and suddenly sneered, "Since the queen is obsessed with her wife's virtue, the Ai family will personally advise the emperor!"

"Great sends the Queen Mother!" Xu Shu was blessed.

Empress Dowager Huixian was so angry that she was about to leave. She should have guessed it long ago. She guessed that Xu Shu would not interfere in the destruction of the vassal states, so why would she not be happy about this trip?

"Empress, Miss Qiao Xin is asking for a meeting!" Before Empress Dowager Huixian left, Yuzhu came to report.

Xu Shu glanced at Empress Dowager Huixian who was stunned for a moment and said, "Let him come in!"

Qiao Xin entered, without looking at her. After seeing Empress Dowager Huixian, she first greeted Empress Dowager Huixian before greeting Xu Shu. "My daughter meets the Empress Dowager, see the Empress!"

Then his eyes never stopped on Empress Dowager Huixian, and Empress Dowager Huixian did not pay much attention to Qiao Xin, but the two of them were obviously related, but now they were even more alienated than strangers, which was really hard to understand...

"What are you asking for a visit to this palace?"

Qiao Xin replied, "My daughter's sister showed signs of heat when she woke up yesterday morning. The heat has not subsided so far. She seems to be infected with the cold. She reported back and forth to the Queen and asked the Queen to invite an imperial physician to treat it!"

Although Xu Shu controlled Erqiao not to let them cause trouble, she did not make things difficult for them. She was about to ask someone to invite the imperial physician, Empress Dowager Huixian sneered, "No matter how much they say, their sisters came to serve the emperor from afar. Even if the queen was jealous, she should not use human life as a joke. She was sick yesterday and was unable to continue today before she dared to report. It can be seen that the queen treats them so harshly on weekdays, so she would rather bear it than speak out when she was sick, for fear that the queen would be blamed by the queen!"

Qiao Xin hurriedly explained, "It's not like this. It's because the minister is afraid of disturbing the queen..."

Empress Dowager Huixian interrupted Qiao Xin angrily, "Why are you talking to the Ai family? There is no rule!"

"The Empress Dowager forgive me!" Qiao Xin hurriedly knelt down and apologized, "I didn't mean it..."

Xu Shu watched the two of them play coldly, and was too lazy to expose them. She just said lightly, "Since you are sick, please hire an imperial physician. The Queen Mother is right. When life is at stake, there is nothing to worry about whether to forgive the crime or not. Do you think so?"

Empress Dowager Huixian snorted and said nothing.

Xu Shu reminded him with "kindness", "Didn't the Empress Dowager still advise the emperor about the reduction of the vassal state?"

When Xu Shu mentioned the reduction of the vassal states, Qiao Xin's eyes flashed for a moment, but it flew away in a flash. Then she retreated before Empress Dowager Huixian left, "My daughter took her leave!"

Empress Dowager Huixian glared at Xu Shu, "There is no need to remind the Queen of the Empress if the Ai family wants to do!"

After saying that, he really left.

Through the curtains that were rolled up by the wind, Xu Shu saw Qiao Xin, who had left first, not going back to the side hall, but stood in the corridor and bowed to see Empress Dowager Huixian leave. Xu Shu thought for a while and ordered, "Transfer the will of this palace, it's the New Year. Let the nanny go back and rest, and let the two Miss Qiao relax and prepare for the New Year!"

"Yes!" Yuzhu nodded and responded.

At this time, the cold is infected...

Xu Shu closed her clothes and didn't feel that it was too cold. These two days are a rare good weather in winter. It is also a strange thing that Qiao Yanyan can still get infected with the cold!

"Luhe, you can follow me after the imperial doctor comes later and quietly find out how Qiao Yanyan is infected with the cold!"

"yes!"

After Lu He sent the imperial physician away, he reported to Xu Shu, "I asked the palace maids who served in the side hall. The night before yesterday, Miss Qiao Xin suddenly went to Miss Qiao Yanyan's bedroom, saying that the two sisters had not been lying on the same bed for a long time and had to sleep together to talk. They also drove the palace maids who were on duty. Then Miss Qiao Yanyan had a little cough when she woke up yesterday morning..."

Sure enough! Qiao Yanyan’s cold wind is what Qiao Xin does, but what is the purpose of Qiao Xin making Qiao Yanyan sick? What are the benefits of Qiao Yanyan’s illness?

Xu Shu frowned and didn't think of it. However, Qiao Xin was definitely not aimless, so Lu He paid more attention to Qiao Xin's abnormal movements. However, Qiao Xin did not move any more, and even took good care of Qiao Yanyan, who was infected with the disease. But the more this happened, the more unusual it became.

On the day of the Chinese New Year, the emperor and the empress sacrificed their ancestors together, then accepted worship from the ministers and gave them to the ministers. Until the family dinner began in the evening, there was no time to breathe all day. After counting, she had only been married to Zhou Jin for half a year, and there had been no less than five worship activities of all kinds, and each time she had to work for a few days. It was really tiring. She couldn't help but admire the Empress Dowager and the two Empress Dowagers. They all came here. Sure enough, those who could sit in this position had to bear the burden that others could not bear!

Taking advantage of the free time before the dinner started, Zhou Jin was still handling political affairs in the front hall, and Xu Shu closed her eyes to rest in the middle hall of Qiyuan Hall. It was originally time for Zhou Jin to have a seal of writing during the Chinese New Year, but because the matter of reducing the vassal states was always undecided, Zhou Jin did not hold a seal of writing during the Chinese New Year as usual. Although some court officials said something a little bit, being an emperor is always a good thing to be diligent.

When Xu Shu was sleeping in a daze, she was suddenly pushed to wake up by Lu He and opened her eyes hazy, "What's wrong? Has the family dinner begun?"

Lu He shook his head, lowered his head and whispered, "Empress, I have been paying attention to the movements of Miss Qiao Xin these days. Just when the Empress and the Emperor gave the banquet to the ministers, a little palace maid was sent to Qifeng Palace to Qifeng Palace, and he followed the imperial physician who asked the medics to take the pulse. When I looked at the palace maid, I asked someone to follow her and then I realized that the little palace maid actually came from Taichang Palace!"
Chapter completed!