The empress dowager pulled her hand down, held it and slowly patted her hands, turned and looked at Ji Wu Jiu “blood are thicker than water, how can we break away from family so easily” then she look at Xu Cai Ren “was the person you mentioned Lu Li? He and the empress are truly cousins”
XU Cai Ren suddenly nodded “it seems like the empress and Lieutenant Lu really has a good relationship”
Ji Wu Jiu’s expression turned sour, he placed the cup in his hand down on the table, the tea in the cup could not take the action and spilled out, and some got into his hands and the table.
Xu Cai Ren stunned. And looked at the empress dowager with a scared look.
The empress dowager is not afraid of Ji Wu Jiu, who ask her to be his birth mother. She consoled Xu Cai Ren again, and towards Ji Wu Jiu she said “what are you angry about!… Wei Rong, was there something you want to say?”
Xu Cai Ren was contemplating and carefully took a peek at Ji Wu Jiu.
“Do not be afraid, just speak out, I will back you”
Ji Wu Jiu although still with a dark face, did not stop her however.
Xu Cai Ren then continued “actually… it is nothing big. Just that two nights ago, I don’t feel well, so I wanted to go to Ying Hua Hall to pray abit. But the moment I entered, I heard there was a happy conversation going on inside the hall. I got very curious, so I eavesdropped for a bit, and because I was too far, I could not tell what they were talking about, but I can tell that the voice belonged to the empress, and she called the man cousin brother, that is why I ask that question earlier”