Empress Dowager Yan pulled Yan Ruxue to sit beside her. "Speaking of which, Ruxue, when you were eight, you fell into the Canglan River. When I heard the news, I was nearly scared to death. Thank heavens you were safe."
Yan Ruxue nodded and smiled. "I'm sorry to have worried you, Empress Dowager."
"To survive a great disaster means good fortune will follow." Empress Dowager Yan patted the back of Yan Ruxue's hand. "Now, you are the most talented woman in all of Great Zhou. In the future, you will be our Empress of Great Zhou, and your child will be the Emperor of Great Zhou."
Yan Ruxue gave a shy smile, a faint blush coloring her cheeks.
Seeing the young woman's charmingly shy and lovely appearance before her, Empress Dowager Yan grew even fonder of her.
"It's a pity. According to the rites of our Zhou Kingdom, you and His Majesty cannot meet before you are wed. Otherwise, I would have His Majesty come over right now. If he saw you, he would surely be utterly captivated.
