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Half an incense stick of time ago …

The empress dowager's expression quickly changed. A few seconds later, Lady Meng suddenly smiled helplessly.

"I'm old. I'm old after all. My eyes have blurred and my temper has become weird." Saying this, he slowly raised his arm.

In the distance, Shuiqiu saw the empress dowager's actions and immediately reacted. She took a few steps to the empress dowager's side and bent down, respectfully lifting her arm.

"Empress Dowager, please slow down."

"Alright."

Everyone knew that the empress dowager, who had always been dignified and unperturbed, and never allowed anyone to offend her, had returned.

After taking two steps back, the empress dowager calmly stopped in her tracks. She turned around and looked at Xuanyuan Yun, but the corner of her eyes couldn't help but faintly sweep a glance at Xiao Lan.

After that, she smiled apologetically at Xuanyuan Yun. "Ah, my … I seem to have scared your wangfei just now."

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Yun turned his head to look at Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan lowered his eyes.

Xuanyuan Po naturally did not have the right to speak where Xuanyuan Po was, and whether she was frightened or not, the Empress Dowager Meng was very clear that she had her reasons for saying so.

At this moment, the only thing that she could do was to lower her eyes and silently lower her sense of existence.

A few seconds later, Xuanyuan Yun calmly withdrew his gaze, his voice indifferent. "The empress dowager's words are too serious. The wangfei is fine."

The empress dowager gave a dignified smile. "As long as there's nothing wrong. This wangfei of yours really is very similar to a woman from a hundred years ago …"

Hm?

Everyone in the courtyard couldn't help but look at each other when they heard the empress dowager's words. A woman from a hundred years ago? Who was it?

Xuanyuan Wentian also revealed a puzzled expression, but he suddenly realized something after a moment. His entire person became as calm as a bowl of water and there was an unstoppable coldness on his face.

Xiao Lan was the closest to Xuanyuan Wentian, so naturally, he could also sense it the most. He could not help but give Xuanyuan Yun a glance.

What happened to him?

She was surprised by what the Empress Mother had said, but it was within her expectations. However, Xuanyuan Po's reaction … He seemed to realize what the Empress Mother was going to say. He was rejecting her, even deeply rejecting her.

After a long time, when the Empress Mother saw that Xuanyuan Po seemed unwilling to speak, she smiled again, but this time it was a deep smile.

"Why don't you ask who she looks like?"

It was obvious that the empress dowager wanted to press on.

And Xuan Yuan remained silent.

"My son?"

As the Empress Mother whispered again, Xuanyuan'er finally spoke, but her voice had lost its usual indifference and had become abnormally low.

"I don't know anyone from a hundred years ago, so I naturally don't know who wangfei looks like. But I feel that wangfei isn't like anyone else, she's just wangfei's wangfei, just Wanglan Yi."

"If this one says she looks like blue …"

"The Emperor has arrived."

Before the Empress Dowager could finish her words, she was interrupted by a sharp shout from a court lady at the door.

Everyone quickly recovered from the conversation between the Empress Dowager and Xuanyuan, turned around, and bowed.

"We pay our respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty."

Xuanyuan Hongxi walked in from outside the courtyard with a smile on his face, his face filled with majesty. Very soon, he arrived before the empress dowager and bowed respectfully.

"Hongxi pays his respects to Her Majesty. May Her Majesty Fu Lu remain forever and live for tens of thousands of years."

The empress dowager's attention finally shifted to Xuanyuan Hongxi. With a smile, she extended a hand towards Xuanyuan Hongxi, who was bending over her.

"Emperor, get up."

Xuanyuan Hong Xi stood up, and the first thing he saw when he raised his head was Xuanyuan Yun.

"Eh? "Regent, I didn't expect that you would come in advance to see Her Majesty this year. This is truly rare."

Xuanyuan Yun calmly looked back at Xuanyuan Hongxi with clear eyes.

"This year's preparations are complete compared to the previous years. This King does not need to spend much time to prepare before coming here."

"Oh ~ So that's how it is, haha …"

Xuanyuan Hong raised his eyebrows and smiled, but his gaze seemed to have a deeper meaning as it swept across Xiao Lan's body. He turned around and leisurely looked at the countless handwritten scriptures on the table and randomly picked out a copy.

After flipping through a few pages, she looked at Lady Meng with a submissive gaze. "I wonder if the empress dowager will be able to receive a satisfactory scripture this year?"

Hearing this, the empress dowager smiled, her gaze falling upon the silent body of the empress dowager.

"Yes, your concubine is very good. I really like the 'Classic of Prosperity' that you sent me."

"Oh ~ that's right," Xuanyuan Hong Xi said as he turned to look at her.

Sensing Xuanyuan Hong Xi's gaze on her, a shy smile appeared on her face.

Xuanyuan Hongxi nodded in satisfaction. "That's right. Consort Xian is one of the most meticulous people, and she's always able to make people satisfied. It seems like I'll have to think of something to give Consort Xian."

"Your Majesty is too serious. As long as the empress dowager is happy, I don't want any rewards."

As soon as she said that, the empress dowager and Xuanyuan Hongxi's laughter grew even more joyous, and everyone smiled apologetically at her.

"That's right, esteemed imperial concubine is truly filial."

"That's right, that's right. Empress Dowager Xian's character is both kind and docile."

"Exactly."

"…"

The fawning voices of the crowd began to rise and fall, and in that moment, all the shyness in Yu Menghan's body disappeared.

Xiao Lan naturally wouldn't join them, and the man beside her didn't even spare her a glance.

Thinking that there was still some time before the praises from the crowd, Xiao Lan, who was bored to death, turned his gaze towards the 'Classic of Proverbs' that was copied by Yu Yuhan.

A breeze blew the scripture book up one page at a time until it reached the final page.

"Huh?"

Xiao Lan paused as he looked at the scripture.

Xuanyuan Yun lowered his head to look at Xiao Lan, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Lan continued to look at the book.

"That scripture book …"

Xuanyuan Wentian's gaze followed Xiao Lan's direction. He did not notice anything special about an ordinary handwritten scripture.

"What happened to the scripture?" Xuanyuan Yin asked in a calm voice.

Xiao Lan stretched out her hand to caress the corner of her lips. "That 'Classic of Proverbs' is only half a volume."

Xiao Lan's voice was originally not loud, but how did those who were flattering and fawning on her immediately stop. In an instant, the words of Xiao Lan that were only half volume of the 'Scripture of the Universal Scripture' clearly scattered throughout the courtyard.

Instantly, everyone looked at Xiao Lan, and following that, ridiculing expressions appeared on their faces.

The empress dowager, Xuanyuan Hong Xi, and Yuanyan also quickly looked at Xiao Lan, especially the taunting on her face which had reached its peak.

"Sister, what did you just say?"

Xiao Lan glanced at Sky Meng Han. Didn't everyone hear what she said?

She took another step towards Xiao Lan.

"Little sister, you can eat more, but you can never speak carelessly. The 'Scripture of the Buddha' is the most respected scripture, it is one that the masters of the National Protector Temple had to look for for several years to finally finish compiling it. You dare to brazenly say that this scripture is half-volume, it is the most complete scripture of the Buddhist family."