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Su Xinyi gleaned an important piece of information from this conversation. Those who could make an early appearance at the Lantern Festival's palace banquet were certainly no ordinary folk; their daughters were destined for the inner palace or to enter the various royal households.

The fact that the Empress didn't let her show her face at the Lantern Festival's palace banquet was indeed well-intentioned, for Su Xinyi could imagine how many eyes would be fixed on the Eastern Palace that day.

Since the Empress was willing to shield her, Su Xinyi certainly felt grateful, and she immediately responded, "Daughter-in-law thanks Mother Empress for her words, with this assurance, I can rest easy."

The Empress looked at Su Xinyi, seeming to want to say something more, but ultimately she did not speak, "You should go back as well. As your pregnancy progresses, just come here on the first and fifteenth of each month. There's no need to make the trip on other days."