Yu Zheng's heart trembled slightly when he heard the cry of the baby with tender and clear breasts. His expression softened unconsciously and he rushed into the house ecstatically.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty." Yu Zheng suddenly entered the room, startling Tan Yu and others.
Aunt Gui held the newly wrapped child in her arms and led Tan Yu and others to report the good news to Yu Zheng: "Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince. The princess has given birth to a little prince. Mother and son are safe."
At this moment, there is nothing more beautiful than the words "safety for mother and child".
Yu Zheng walked closer and stared at the baby who was crying "wow" with bright dark eyes.
Aunt Gui held the child and sent it forward. Yu Zheng stretched out his hand and took the child with a gentle and somewhat helpless movement.
Miraculously, the child stopped crying as soon as he reached Yu Zheng's arms, and his wet eyes stared at Yu Zheng for a moment.
"What a good boy, he can recognize people right after he is born." Yu Lan joked.
Aunt Gui also smiled and said: "We are connected by blood, and father and son share the same heart."
Yu Zheng stared at the child in his arms, the corners of his lips raised and he said: "Reward, there are rewards for all."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Tan Yu and others thanked him happily.
Jiang Shu was sweating profusely and panting slightly with a pale face. He looked at the father and son tenderly with almond-shaped eyes and smiled weakly and happily.
Yu Zheng held the child and walked to the bedside and sat down. He felt distressed and grateful: "Shu'er, this is our child."
"Yes." Jiang Shu responded softly, looking at the child's red and tender face, tears of excitement and joy overflowed from the corners of his eyes.
This is their child.
Yu Zheng took Jiang Shu's hand and gently held the child's little hand. Then his broad palm covered the mother and son's hands.
Yu Lan stood aside and was touched by the warm scene in front of him. He wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "The child hasn't been cleaned yet. I'll take him to be cleaned first."
"Okay." Yu Zheng handed the child to Yu Lan.
Aunt Gui and Chu Yu all went to the bathroom, leaving only Yu Zheng and Jiang Shu in the inner room.
"Shu'er, thank you for your hard work." Yu Zheng held Jiang Shu's hand with one hand and touched Jiang Shu's face with the other.
Jiang Shu dodged and said, "I look ugly now. My body is covered in sweat and I'm not clean."
The weather was already hot, and Jiang Shu had tried her best during the delivery. Jiang Shu's body was soaked with sweat, as if she had been fished out of the water.
Not only that, she had just given birth, and her clothes and mattress were all dirty, and she hadn't had time to change them.
With this look, she really didn't want to get close to Yu Zheng.
"It's not ugly, it's very clean." Yu Zheng's slender jade-like fingers brushed the sweat-wet hair on Jiang Shu's face to her ears, and lowered his head to kiss the sweat beads on her forehead.
A faint blush appeared on Jiang Shu's pale cheeks, and there was a smile on her lips.
The two hours of labor pain became worth it in this kiss.
Seeing the tired look in Yu Zheng's eyes, Jiang Shu remembered the assassin's words and asked hurriedly: "Were you and your father assassinated?"
Yu Zheng was slightly surprised: "How do you know?"
Jiang Shu told him about the assassin coming to the house, and Yu Zheng's dark eyes turned cold as he listened.
He expected that Cao Qian would kill them all, so he took the opportunity to attack Jiang Shu, but fortunately he kept the secret guard.
Just as Jiang Shu was about to ask about their assassination, Yu Lan and others came out holding their children.
Aunt Gui said: "Your Majesty, please go sit outside for a while while we wash and change the princess into clean clothes."
It was really uncomfortable for Jiang Shu to be like this.
Yu Zheng reluctantly got up and went to the outer room.
Chu Yu and the others quickly cleaned Jiang Shu and changed his clothes and mattresses.
After everything was tidied up, Chu Yu and others left with their children, and Yu Zheng came in through the curtain.
"Why did you come back so early?" Yu Lan asked curiously.
There were no outsiders in the house, and Yu Zheng told Jiang Shu and Yu Lan about Tianji Mountain.
The two were shocked after hearing this, and Yu Lan said angrily: "Cao Qian is really vicious, and he can even kill his own nephew."
Yu Zheng said nothing, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.
He didn't sleep all night last night. He didn't even eat breakfast after offering sacrifices to heaven and praying for blessings. He rushed all the way back to the palace. Now that he was relaxing, Yu Zheng felt sleepy and hungry.
Jiang Shu had just given birth and was very tired and needed to rest.
So Yu Lan stood up and said, "I'll ask someone to bring you some food. You can rest for a while after using it."
"Thank you, sister." Yu Zheng said.
Not long after Yu Lan went out, Tan Yu brought food.
Yu Zheng helped Jiang Shu up and fed her himself.
After the meal, Yu Zheng took off his clothes and lay down next to Jiang Shu.
When Jiang Shu saw the cotton wrapped around his arms and shoulders, he was shocked and said, "You are injured."
Yu Zheng said nonchalantly: "Skin injury, it doesn't matter."
"Go to sleep, I have to go to the palace later." Yu Zheng kissed Jiang Shu's cheek soothingly, hugged her and closed his eyes with satisfaction.
East Palace.
The bright sun shone on the blood-stained ground, which was shocking.
Concubine Yu Gui and Xie Wanruo were standing in the corridor, with numerous imperial troops in front of them.
The queen and Cao Muxue stood at the courtyard gate, looking at them angrily across the courtyard full of corpses.
The two hundred guards brought by the queen were no match for the five hundred forbidden troops. Most of the corpses in the courtyard belonged to the guards of Yongning Palace.
After half an hour of fierce fighting, only half of the guards in front of the queen were left.
"Aunt...aunt." Cao Muxue's eyes were filled with fear as she had never seen so many dead people.
Concubine Yu looked at the tragic scene of corpses strewn on the ground and blood flowing in patches, she frowned and asked: "Empress, do you want to continue?"
Upon hearing this, the guards of Yongning Palace tightened their grip on the knife and looked at the queen hesitantly.
If we continue to fight, there will be no result except more deaths.
The queen understood that there was nothing she could do about Concubine Yu and Xie Wanruo now.
"Go back to Yongning Palace." She gave Concubine Yu a vicious look, and the queen turned around and left unwillingly.
Cao Muxue followed closely behind the queen. Now she did not dare to stay alone in the East Palace.
After returning to Yongning Palace, the queen smashed the tea cup on the table with an angry face.
"Aunt, what should we do next?" Cao Muxue asked tremblingly.
The queen glared at her angrily and said, "What else can I do? I can only wait for your father to come back."
As long as Cao Qian's plan succeeds and the emperor and Yu Zheng are both dead, it will be easy to deal with Concubine Yu and Xie Wanruo.
But if the plan fails...
No, cannot fail! No chance!
The queen clung to the armrest of the chair, feeling that time passed very slowly while waiting, and every moment was torture.
As the sun approached its zenith, the sound of hurried footsteps finally came from outside the palace.
"Queen, Your Majesty... Your Majesty is back." The guard reported urgently.
What?
The Queen suspected that she had heard wrongly, so she stood up and asked, "What did you say? The Emperor...is back?"
"yes."
"What about the prince?" The queen trembled slightly.
The guard hesitated and said: "His Royal Highness...is seriously injured and unconscious."
"How could this happen?" The queen was shocked and fell back weakly.
"What about me...my father?" Cao Muxue asked anxiously, swallowing her saliva.
The guard said: "I don't know..."
The emperor is back alive, do you still need to ask about Cao Qian's fate? Either captured or killed.
The queen knew that it would soon be their turn.
Regicide was a major crime against the nine clans.
"Aunt..." Cao Muxue looked at the queen in despair and fear, trembling uncontrollably.
