It was not cold in August, but the Queen and Cao Muxue felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, with chills running through their bones.
The rusty door closed again, and Xie Wanruo left Leng Palace without looking back.
When Yu Cheng woke up, he saw that Xie Wanruo was not in the room, and the sound of coughing attracted Yingrong.
"Your Highness." Yingrong knelt in front of the bed to cheer Yu Chengshun.
After Yu Cheng stopped coughing, he asked in a weak voice: "Where is Wanruo?"
Ying Rong said: "Your Majesty, I went to say thank you to Concubine Yu."
This was what Xie Wanruo said before she left.
When Xie Wanruo left with Yingyue, Yingyue held a thank-you gift in her hand, and she must be going to Zhongling Palace.
Yu Cheng frowned in confusion: "Why does Wanruo want to thank Concubine Yu?"
In Yu Cheng's impression, Xie Wanruo had always lived in seclusion. Except for necessary greetings, he rarely left the East Palace and had no friendship with Concubine Yu.
It's so good, why should I say thank you?
Yingrong was shocked to realize that she had made a mistake. She ducked and stammered, "No...it's nothing. Your Highness needs some water."
Seeing her like this, Yu Cheng knew that there must be something inside, and said with a sharp look in his eyes: "Tell me."
Although Yu Cheng was injured, the prince's majesty was still there.
Yingrong shivered and had no choice but to reply truthfully.
Yu Cheng was shocked when he heard that the queen and Cao Muxue, with their guards, broke into the courtyard and wanted to kill Xie Wanruo and her son.
"Your Majesty, you don't know how dangerous it was at that time. The guards' knives were about to reach the Queen's neck. Fortunately, Concubine Yu came in time, otherwise the Queen would...just..." Yingrong couldn't say any more and could only choke and cry.
After crying for a while, Yingrong said again: "That day, there were corpses lying on the ground in the courtyard, and there was blood everywhere. My empress has been growing up in a boudoir since she was a child. She has never seen such a bloody and terrifying scene. She was so horrified that she trembled all over..."
Yu Cheng couldn't help but think of Xie Wanruo's nightmare last night and her words, 'No, your highness, save me...'.
He thought Xie Wanruo was just having a nightmare, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen.
Yu Cheng didn't understand. Cao Muxue was jealous and wanted to deal with Xie Wanruo. Why did the queen do the same?
Yu Cheng thought of Tianjishan's assassination.
He first thought that the queen was in the dark and had no idea. Now it seems that the queen clearly knows everything and even cooperates with Cao Qian.
This realization made Yu Cheng's heart hurt sharply, his face furrowed in pain, and he coughed violently again.
"Cough cough... cough cough cough..."
Yu Cheng lay on the bed, his body trembling from the cough, like a fish on the chopping board that was dying of lack of water.
Yingrong was frightened and hurriedly cheered Yu Chengshun, fearing that Yu Chengshun would be overly excited and something would happen.
"Your Highness, Your Highness..."
When Ying Rong was at a loss and hesitating whether to ask Doctor Chen, Xie Wanruo came back.
"What's wrong?" Xie Wanruo quickly ran to the bed, took over from Yingrong to cheer Yu Chengshun, and ordered Yingrong to pour tea.
Yu Cheng looked at Xie Wanruo with a worried look on his face, and stopped his coughing forcibly, but was so uncomfortable that he couldn't speak for a while.
Xie Wanruo took the tea and supported Yu Cheng to feed him to drink.
After slowly drinking a few sips of tea, Yu Cheng finally felt more comfortable and could speak.
"Wanruo, why didn't you tell me?" Yu Cheng grabbed Xie Wanruo's hand, his eyes were filled with pain, and his heart was torn with self-blame and guilt.
Xie Wanruo was startled: "What should I tell His Highness?"
Yu Cheng closed his eyes and said in pain: "I already know, Queen Mother and Muxue, they... want to harm you."
Hearing this, Xie Wanruo turned to look at Yingrong and scolded her for talking too much.
Yu Cheng sighed: "It's not her fault, I ordered her to say it."
"Go down."
"Yes." Yingrong hurriedly stepped back as if she had been granted amnesty.
Xie Wanruo saw that Yu Cheng's eyebrows were knitted together, with an expression of pain and guilt. She raised her hand to touch his eyebrows and said, "Your Highness, don't think too much, I'm fine."
But she almost died!
"Wanruo, I...I'm sorry for you." Yu Cheng felt that he owed Xie Wanruo so much that he had no face to face her.
Xie Wanruo said softly: "Then will your Highness spend your whole life repaying me?"
Everything she suffered was indeed caused by Yu Cheng, but she was the one who was willing to enter the palace in the first place. Furthermore, things in this world are inherently complicated and difficult to distinguish between right and wrong.
If he said it wrong, what did Yu Cheng do wrong? Why should you bear all this? Who will repay him?
Faced with Xie Wanruo's magnanimity and tolerance, Yu Cheng said solemnly: "Okay."
He knew in his heart that Xie Wanruo wanted to tie him down and give him a reason to live.
His Wanruo is so good.
If it was a great misfortune to be born the son of a queen, then meeting Xie Wanruo was a great blessing.
"Your Highness, none of this is your fault. Stop feeling depressed and get better soon. Hao Lin, Hao Yan and I all need you." Xie Wanruo smoothed Yu Cheng's brows little by little.
Yu Cheng took a deep breath and finally plucked up the courage to ask: "The Queen Mother and Muxue..."
"They were deposed and relegated to the cold palace." Xie Wanruo told the truth.
Yu Cheng would know sooner or later. Instead of lying and concealing it, it would be better to break it off and then stand up again.
In fact, Yu Cheng had already guessed it.
When he woke up, he didn't see the queen and Cao Muxue, so he knew that they would not be able to come.
"What about...the Cao family?" Yu Cheng asked again.
Although I have some suspicions in my mind, I still need to confirm them.
"The Manchus of the Cao family have been imprisoned and are being interrogated by King Jing. I heard that many crimes have been found in the past few days, and many officials have been implicated..."
Xie Wanruo told Yu Cheng everything she knew.
It's a good thing that Yu Cheng can ask and want to know about the situation in the outside world, which means that he plans to get back on his feet.
Cao Qian's crime was beyond Yu Cheng's expectation. He thought that Cao Qian's regicide and rebellion against him was a heinous crime, but he didn't expect that Cao Qian would commit so many serious crimes.
Yu Cheng was stunned for a long time without regaining consciousness.
Xie Wanruo didn't speak anymore, just stayed with him quietly.
The sky was gray and it was threatening to rain.
Jiang Shu rested for a few days, and his body recovered a lot. He could move freely, but he couldn't leave the house and felt suffocated.
Bored, he walked from the inner room to the outer room, and from the outer room to the inner room. After going back and forth a few times, Jiang Shu sat back on the edge of the bed.
"You feel very comfortable after eating and sleeping all day long, and eating when you wake up." Jiang Shu stretched out his hand and gently poked Yu Ziyou's sleeping face, with a gentle and loving look on his face.
A few days later, Yu Ziyou's skin faded from redness, and her face was round and white, soft and waxy like a yuanxiao, making people want to take a bite.
Jiang Shuxi lowered his head and kissed Yu Ziyou's gentle face.
Yu Ziyou, whose good sleep was disturbed, moved his eyebrows in displeasure and opened his eyes leisurely.
Yu Ziyou woke up, but didn't cry.
He looked at Jiang Shu with dark eyes, his expression very calm, as if he knew that the person in front of him was his mother and felt very at ease around her.
Jiang Shu picked him up and walked slowly in the room, talking to Yu Ziyou as if he was talking to himself.
Yu Ziyou stared at Jiang Shu without blinking, seeming to be very interested in what she was saying.
Jiang Shuzhuan was tired and sat down on the soft couch.
Yu Ziyou's little mouth was deflated, and she was about to cry.
Jiang Shu said hurriedly: "But are you hungry?"
On the third day after giving birth, Jiang Shu produced milk. In the past few days, she was feeding her almost all the time during the day. Only at night or when the milk supply was not enough, the wet nurse assisted in feeding her.
While talking, Jiang Shu skillfully unbuttoned his clothes and fed Yu Ziyou milk.
Yu Zheng walked into the inner room and happened to see this scene.
