The hall is quiet and the fragrance of flowers is faint.
Xia Chu and Xiao Mubai both had embarrassment on their faces, and the atmosphere was a little unspeakably depressing for a moment, making Xia Chu feel uncomfortable breathing.
"Your Majesty, you've just woken up. Why don't you have some tea?" Xia Chu forced himself to break the weird atmosphere.
Seeing that he didn't refute, he stood up and went to the outer hall to prepare tea.
He would not get involved in the grudges between father and son. The emperor would not let go of Xiao Mubai after all, but he should not harm this innocent fish in the pond.
Xiao Mubai's thin lips pursed tightly until Xia Chu went outside the hall, and his expression hardened again.
"Concubine Li once said that the poison on my son's body was caused by the father himself."
The emperor's angry pressure suddenly subsided, and the sharp light gradually faded from his eyes, replaced by an indescribably complex expression.
"My original intention was not to poison you."
There was a strong trace of reminiscence on the emperor's face, and his usually thick and majestic voice became very emotional: "When mentioning this, it will lead to an old incident many years ago..."
Xia Chu, who was still preparing tea outside, heard this and immediately walked in with a cup of herbal tea.
When the emperor saw him approaching to serve tea, he raised his eyes and glanced at him: "It is indeed related to Lan Yuying's mother."
The emperor took the teacup and touched the cup to the cold. His dissatisfied eyes glanced at Xia Chu again, only to see that he had already sat cross-legged on the edge of the couch, leaning on his delicate hands and looking at him impatiently: "Your Majesty, in the third year of the year You said when you were ten that you wanted to tell me the whole story."
The emperor's eyes glanced at Xiao Mubai, who was still standing upright: "You can sit down too."
Xiao Mubai stood there with a hint of stubbornness on his face. Xia Chu tugged at his robe, then turned around and sat down on the nearest chair.
"When Suyin came all the way to the Xiao Kingdom for marriage, I wanted to grant her the position of queen but was blocked by the Queen Mother. I had no choice but to make her my concubine and treat her with special favor. It didn't take long for her to become pregnant and the baby was born. When you are a baby boy, I and Tianyong will be extremely happy."
The emperor's eyes fell on Xiao Mubai's face, recalling the moment when he was born.
Xiao Mubai listened very seriously when he mentioned the names of his mother's concubine and Prince Liang.
"But not long after you were born, your body became weaker and weaker. You were diagnosed by the imperial doctor as having congenital deficiencies. It was impossible for you to practice martial arts, let alone to become the world leader in the future. Even if you were well nursed back to health, you would still be a powerless person. Useless person." The emperor withdrew his gaze and took a sip of tea.
The tea has become cold, and a line of coldness goes straight down the throat and pierces into the chest, with a bitter taste.
"It was only after I carefully examined the hospital that I found out that you were not born with any deficiencies, but were harmed by others after you were born. I already loved Suyin very much, and your birth has made her even more popular in the harem. This unique gift His favor has caused you to be harmed by others.”
When Xia Chu heard this, he said, "According to the emperor's love for Concubine Qi and the importance he attached to Mubai, Yongxin Palace must be very cautious about food and clothing, otherwise Concubine Qi would not be able to give birth to the emperor safely. Hey, how did you harm Mu Bai?"
The emperor sighed softly: "Suyin was short of breast milk after giving birth to Mubai, so she had to find a wet nurse to feed her. It was only afterwards that I found out that the wet nurse secretly took other things besides the food in the dining room."
Xia Chushu read medical books and instantly imagined that many things would be detrimental to the baby's development. If this was done deliberately, long-term consumption of milk would definitely cause great damage to Xiao Mubai's body.
He raised his eyes to look at Xiao Mubai, and when he saw him lowering his eyes and nodding to comfort him, he felt even more distressed.
"Although I investigated in time and executed the wet nurse, and all those who recommended her to the palace were executed, your body and bones were too weak after all. I ordered the matter to be sealed, but I have also been searching for it. Is there any way to strengthen your body?"
Although the emperor did not clearly say who was behind the scenes, it is conceivable that it was caused by competition for favor in the harem.
Xiao Mubai and Xia Chu looked at each other and became increasingly reluctant to stay in this deep palace for the rest of their lives.
"I don't dare to tell Tianyong about this. If the child who has been given infinite hope by us can't even hold a sword in the future, how will he be different from a useless person? How can he rule the world? Therefore, I will leave the palace incognito once every year. Visit the world’s famous doctors.”
The emperor paused and looked at Xia Chu: "It was when Mu Bai was three years old that I met Lan Yuying's mother on the way back to the capital from the palace."
Xia Chu's eyes lit up, and she suddenly felt that the chaotic thoughts in her mind seemed to be gradually connected.
"A startling glance is hard to forget." There was a flickering thought in the emperor's eyes: "Although I have always loved Suyin very much, I have to ask myself. Only when I met A Li did I know what love is."
When Xiao Mubai heard this, there was a look of dissatisfaction in his eyes, and he said coldly: "What is the mother-in-law of the minister there? Is it a tool used to give birth to a baby boy from Xiao and Liang?"
The thoughts in the emperor's eyes faded, and then he narrowed his eyes slightly and looked back at Xiao Mubai: "In these years, I have never treated Suyin harshly."
From the corner of his eye, Xiao Mubai caught a glimpse of Xia Chu shaking her head slightly at him. He also knew in his heart that over the years, the Emperor had not treated Concubine Qi harshly, but instead treated her with more kindness.
Even though the two of them broke up after Pang Weiguang's incident, the emperor's gratitude to Concubine Qi never stopped year after year.
Among the women in the harem, who can truly win the heart of the emperor? They are nothing more than tools sent to the palace to restrain each other in order to weigh power.
For them, it doesn't matter where the emperor's heart is. Continuous rewards are the emperor's attitude and the basis for their standing.
"For my own selfish reasons, I arrested everyone in the Miao family. Later..."
Before the emperor finished speaking, Xia Chu suddenly interrupted: "Your Majesty, what I want to know is the truth."
The emperor's pupils shrank slightly, and Xia Chu continued: "It was not the emperor who arrested the Miao family back then. Now the Queen Mother has passed away. There is no need to hold anyone accountable. There is no need for the Emperor to put everything in order to protect the Queen Mother. Take it all on yourself."
The emperor looked at Xia Chu with sharp eyes: "Where did you know that?"
Xia Chu pinched his eyebrows. He suddenly connected those things and thought more clearly: "The people in the Miao Family Incense Shop are not dead."
The stern look in the emperor's eyes only increased: "Miao Lin doesn't know who caught him. Don't tell me. It was Lan Yuying's father who told you."
The emperor's answer further confirmed Xia Chu's guess. Miao Lin should be Lan Xilin's real name, and Miao Lin could not have been rescued by Concubine Li.
Otherwise, according to Li Fei's temperament, it would be impossible for him to take Lan Yuying safely and hide in Zilan Mountain, living freely and freely for these years.
Lan Xilin could leave the palace alive only if the emperor let him go...
(End of chapter)