I pinched Baihua Qian's fingers and moved slightly. A few slices of pastry shook off. I didn't say anything, but I took another bite of the pastry. The sweet smell spread from the tip of my tongue to the throat.??     ??

I smiled and said, "How great that's it. Your Highness will have a younger brother or sister in the future."

Nian Shen looked up at me, then lowered his head.

I leaned down and looked at him: "What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

Nian Shen pouted and thought for a while before saying, "Actually, I am very happy to have a younger brother and sister. There are no other brothers and sisters in the palace to play with me, but - but it seems that everyone is very unhappy, especially the Imperial Concubine. After she deliberately went to Jingren Palace to see her mother, she said a lot, which made everyone very angry."

“…”

"Where is the Queen? Is she angry too?"

Nian Shen thought for a while and shook his head: "My mother, she has never been angry and rarely happy."

I frowned slightly - Chang Qing in my impression was indeed a gentle and indifferent person. She was generous and decent to anyone in any occasion, and she also had the majesty of being a mother in the world after a country. But now she seemed to have changed from indifference to indifference, and was cold and indifferent to everything around her, as if she was a person who did not exist in the harem at all.

What made her change?

However, seeing Xiao Nianshen's somewhat lonely look, I still comforted him and said, "Actually, it's so great that the Empress is like this. She is not happy with things or sad with herself."

"Don't you be happy with things? Don't you be sad with yourself?" It seemed that this sentence was a bit too profound for Xiao Xiao's deep thoughts. He pouted and said, "What does it mean?"

I thought about it, leaned down and looked straight with him, looked at the eyes that were so clear that there was no trace of impurities, and said seriously: "That is to say, no matter how the outside world changes, no matter what you encounter, don't change your true nature and nature. Your Highness is a kind and good child. Then no matter how others view you or treat you, your Highness must be a kind person as always, and that's the best."

Nian Shen opened his eyes wide and looked at me. After a while, he said softly: "I seem to be a little confused..."

I laughed and said softly: "Your Highness is still too young now, and your Highness will understand in the future."

Nian Shen thought about it again and said, "But, I know what Grandma said is to be a good person, I will do this."

I smiled softly at him.

Nian Shen looked up at the sky, stuck out his tongue and said, "Oh, I should go back, otherwise the palace maids and nannies will look for me everywhere later. Grandma, I'm leaving, I'll come over to deliver food to you tomorrow."

I thought about it and said, "Your Highness, don't come tomorrow."

"ah?"

Nian Shen was stunned for a moment, looked at me and said, "Why? Are you not afraid of being hungry? I only brought you a small piece of pastry today. If you don't come tomorrow, you will have nothing to eat?"

"I can eat the food they sent."

"Huh? Don't you like eating what they sent you to eat?"

"..." This time, I was stunned for a moment.

Although the child in front of me is still young and so honest and kind, he does not seem to be stupid. After not having been with me for too long, he can see some things clearly. I looked at his clean and clear eyes and felt a little secretly.

I smiled and said, "But, I still have to eat something tomorrow. Your Highness, don't come, okay?"

Nian Shen looked at me blankly, and after a while, he said, "Why?"

"No, but - since Concubine Li is pregnant, the Empress should also visit her and will also bring her to him. Therefore, your Highness should follow the Empress tomorrow, so of course you can't come here."

Nian Shen said "Oh" and nodded immediately: "Yes, yes."

But I looked at the child's childlike appearance with a wry smile. I didn't want to tell him the real reasons, and I hope he would never know such a thing in his life.

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It started raining the next day.

There was a drizzling sound of rain outside, and the sound of water dripping from the eaves falling on the bluestone slabs.

There is a autumn rain and a cool feeling. When I am still lying in the quilt, I can feel the coolness of water vapor outside invading the air-permeable house, but the thin cotton wool cannot resist such coldness.

I squeezed the quilt with my cold fingers and curled up in the corner.

I don’t know how long it took, but there seemed to be a sound of footsteps among the sound of rain and water.

My drooping eyelids slowly lifted up. In the quiet surroundings, the footsteps became louder and louder, even a little harsh. I could almost sense where they were going-front yard, entrance, corridor, corner...

Then, the door of the courtyard was pushed open.

The nanny smiled carefully and said, "Long live, Empress, this place is really dirty, I hope it will be long live, Empress forgive me."

No one answered her words, and the footsteps were getting closer and closer. I saw some shaking figures appearing in the light that penetrated from outside the door on the ground, and finally stopped at the door.

After a moment of silence, a low voice said: "Open the door."

"Long live, this-" the nanny said in a hint of embarrassment: "This madman had a problem just two days ago, but she was afraid that after opening the door, she would want to-if the Holy Lord and scare the Empress, the servants would be punished and died."

At this time, a gentle voice said, "Your Majesty asks you to open it, just open it. Besides, I see that she is very quiet now, not like she is going crazy, I am afraid that it will not be known if it is better. If it is really good, just let her go, which is also a merit."

"This is."

The nanny took out the key and carefully opened the iron lock on the wooden fence.

Listening to the sound of the iron lock being opened, I slowly raised my head and saw a pair of bright yellow boots stained with mud and sand stepping in. Although the eyes looked dazzling in this dark room, I didn't feel any throbbing. But when a skirt embroidered with golden silk peonies came in, my eyes were suddenly stinging.

Then, I looked up and saw the two familiar and unfamiliar figures.

Pei Yuanhao and Nangong Lizhu.

He was still the same, and there had been no change in the past two years. His dark quietness was still deep and sinister, and there was no excessive smile on his face. When he saw me, his eyes became a little darker.

But the woman around him has changed a lot.

A gorgeous long dress and a head full of jade, the more her beautiful face looked like a fairy. She gained a little weight, and her round cheeks were blushing. You could tell at a glance that she was a woman immersed in happiness. Although it was rumored that she was pregnant, she still couldn't see any changes in her figure at all, but she still carefully protected her belly with her hands, as if it was the most precious treasure in her life.

The bright eyes, with a soft light, slowly looked at me and then at my feet.

There was an empty bowl there, and there were still a few rice grains left in it, and even a few were still beside my mouth.

The rosy cherry lips quietly raised a faint smile, but it was just a flash. She said softly: "It's so cold here. Why is she only this quilt, and no one prepares her more? What if it gets frozen?"

The nanny stood behind her and immediately stepped forward and said, "Yes, Empress. She suddenly became cold today. Before she could prepare for her, the servants will go and do it immediately later."

"Yeah, remember."

Nangong Lizhu nodded, turned to look at me again, and saw me curled up in the corner with a quilt wrapped in a quilt and trembling. She showed a pity on her face and walked over gently: "Hey, look at you, are you better now-"

Before I finished speaking, I suddenly got up and rushed over.

No one could have expected that I would suddenly become crazy at this time. Maybe because I have been seeing me so quiet, everyone thinks that I will not hurt others and are not prepared for it.

But, there is still that man.

Just as my hand was about to pinch Nangong Lizhu's neck, he suddenly stretched out his hand to pull the woman back, and at the same time stretched out his arm to stop me. I had already grabbed him desperately, tear his sleeves, and roared desperately: "Give me back my daughter! You give me back my daughter!"

"Oh, this lunatic is crazy again!"

The people around him immediately reacted and hurriedly came forward to pull me, but Pei Yuanhao stopped me with one hand, but gritted his teeth and said, "Everything comes back!"

Those people were shocked, but they had no way to disobey, so they could only retreat to the side. While he was suffering from my fight, he looked at my eyes. My eyes were bloodshot and red, and they were as fierce as a female wolf. They said gritting their teeth: "Beast! Return my daughter! Return my daughter to me! Return it to me! I want to kill you, I want to kill you!"

There was no expression on his face, but the ice in his eyes seemed to be cracked. He looked at me deeply, watching me constantly tearing and yelling, and suddenly reached out and pushed me hard. I was caught off guard by him, hitting the wall behind me heavily, and then fell to the ground.

At this time, all the talents around him surged up.

"Your Majesty, you are fine, yourselves?"

"Hurry up and tell me that the emperor is not injured by her."

"I deserve to die for all my sins!"

The people around him were talking and talking. He didn't seem to listen to a word. He just looked at me and watched me slowly lift up from the ground. However, because he was too weak, he could no longer stand up, so he could only sit in the corner again, panting and staring at them.

At this time, he turned around and looked at Nangong Lizhu. Nangong Lizhu was also asking him with concern. He said in a deep voice: "Didn't you hurt just now?"

"No."

Nangong Lizhu had already snuggled into his arms. Although she did not hurt her, it seemed that the incident just now scared her. Until now, she still covered her stomach and didn't dare to put it down. Her voice trembled slightly: "I was just scared, afraid that the child would..."

When he heard this, he hurriedly reached out to stroke her back and gently stroked her: "It's okay. I will protect you and the children."

"Um."

She nodded softly in his arms, looked down at me, and Pei Yuanhao also looked at me.

Under their gaze, I picked up the bowl beside my feet and threw it hard on the ground. The bowl was broken. I picked up a larger piece of fragments and squeezed them in my hand, looking at them: "You should be careful if you lean over again. I have a knife here!"

Pei Yuanhao kept looking at me, and another heavy darkness in his eyes, but I just pinched the fragment hard, panting and staring at him fiercely, as if as long as he dared to take another step forward, I would fight him to the death!
Chapter completed!