Chapter 390 I Want My Mother

Daxing, Xizhou City.

Chunzhi and Huo Zheng left the Beili Royal Court and returned to Xizhou on the 23rd day of the first lunar month. She wore riding clothes and rode into the city with Huo Zheng, spurring her horse and waving the whip, looking heroic and dashing, completely different from her previous sickly appearance.

Early that morning, the sky was clear and there were many people walking on the street.

The guards led the way in front and followed behind, and soon attracted the attention of the people in the city.

Soon someone recognized the Prince and his wife of Chang'an and shouted:

"It's the princess!"

"It's the prince and princess who are back!"

"God bless you! The princess has truly recovered from her illness and returned safely!"

Those who had sick relatives at home even chased after the prince and princess's group to ask where they found the miracle doctor, and they also wanted to seek medical treatment from him.

However, these voices were quickly drowned out by the cheers of the people of Xizhou.

When Chunzhi, Huo Zheng and their group returned to the palace, Cui'er and others immediately came out to greet them, surrounding the princess and asking about her well-being.

Many maids who were unaware of the situation thought that the princess was really seriously ill and had gone out to seek medical treatment and was saved, and they were filled with tears of joy.

Chunzhi talked to them with a smile while holding Huo Zheng's hand and walking quickly towards the mansion.

Having been away from Xizhou for so long, she missed Xiaoxinghui even in her dreams.

The couple walked quickly towards the main courtyard. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw Xiao Xinghui fighting with a tabby cat. Qingye, the wet nurse and several maids stood by and wanted to help, but they were all rejected by the young master.

The moment Chunzhi saw the child, she let go of Huo Zheng's hand and quickly stepped forward, shouting, "Xiaoxing, come back—"

Xiao Xing looked back at the sound and saw his mother and father suddenly appear before him. He was startled at first, then immediately ran towards his mother, hugging her legs like a fledgling swallow, "Mother! Mother... wuwu... Mother is finally back!"

Xiaoxing was laughing one moment and crying the next.

Chunzhi picked him up and said, "It's mother's fault, don't cry..."

Xiao Xinghui has grown taller and stronger than when she first left Xizhou, and even her speech has become clearer.

Children change every day.

Chunzhi always misses the changes in Xiaoxinghui.

She felt sad, hugged the child tightly and coaxed him softly.

Huo Zheng stepped forward and took Xiao Xinghui, holding him high up. "Men don't cry easily. You're only allowed to cry for a while."

As soon as Xiaoxing saw his father, he stopped crying and wanted to ride on his father's neck like a big horse.

Huo Zheng hadn't seen his son for a long time and missed him terribly, so he lifted him up and let him ride on his neck.

With his parents playing with him, Xiao Xinghui soon burst into laughter.

The tabby cat that had been fighting with him saw the three of them having fun together, so it jumped onto the roof and squatted there, watching them.

Chunzhi and Huo Zheng accompanied Xiaoxinghui to play for a while, and then a group of Xizhou officials and their wives came to the palace to ask for an audience.

Huo Zheng and a group of Xizhou officials went to the front hall to discuss matters, and Chunzhi took Xiaoxing back to the garden to meet the wives of the officials.

As soon as Mrs. Wang and the others saw Chunzhi, they came forward and said, "Princess, I am your princess. Good fortune will come to you. Everything will be fine!"

"Your Highness, you are much better now! I see you look better than before."

Everyone gathered around Chunzhi and talked. Xiaoxing looked at this and that, and obediently let his mother hold his hand, and did not run away to play.

Chunzhi ordered the maids to make tea and serve snacks, and sat in the garden to chat with the ladies.

In the first month of the year, only winter plum blossoms are in full bloom.

Several ladies came to visit the princess and talked to her a lot.

When it was time for lunch, Chunzhi invited them to have lunch at the palace, just in time to prepare food for everyone who was discussing business in the front hall.

Everyone in the palace became busy all of a sudden.

Everyone was happy that the princess had recovered, and Chunzhi felt a little guilty seeing this.

After she had lunch with the ladies, she prepared a return gift for each of them, and everyone went home with many thanks.

Chunzhi held Xiaoxing, who was too sleepy to open his eyes but still clung to her, and replied, "Are you sleepy? How about taking a nap with your wet nurse?"

Xiao Xinghui shook her head, "I don't want a wet nurse... I want my mother."

"Okay, Mommy will go back with Xiaoxing to sleep together."

Chunzhi originally wanted to ask about the recent affairs of the palace, but when she heard Xiaoxinghui say this, her heart softened, and she immediately put everything aside and accompanied Xiaoxinghui for a nap.

The weather is cold in the first month of the year.

There was a heater in the room, and Chunzhi and Xiaoxing lay on the couch together, gently patting his back to coax him to sleep.

Xiao Xinghui was actually very sleepy, but he still whispered, "I miss mommy...singing."

"good."

Chunzhi responded gently and hummed Xiaoxing's favorite nursery rhyme back to him.

Xiao Xing secretly opened his eyes and looked at his mother for a long time before he snuggled into her arms and fell asleep peacefully.

Chunzhi and Xiaoxing lay down together, and soon she felt sleepy and fell asleep with him.

Both mother and son slept very soundly and for a long time.

After Huo Zheng finished discussing government affairs with a group of Xizhou officials and returned to the main house, he found the mother and son sleeping soundly.

He walked slowly closer and saw the two of them sleeping peacefully. His thin lips couldn't help but curl up slightly, and he reached out to gently brush away Chunzhi's messy hair.

Just then, a maid came to report.

Huo Zheng raised his hand to stop the maid before she could speak. After she walked out the door, he whispered, "What's the matter?"

The maid bowed and said respectfully, "Your Highness, two imperial physicians from the capital are requesting an audience."

Huo Zheng remembered that the two imperial doctors had come to treat the princess and had stayed in Xizhou for a long time. He immediately said, "Let them come to the study."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The servant girl responded and left.

Huo Zheng turned and went to the study. Not long after he sat down, two imperial doctors came over.

Imperial Physician Zhou and Imperial Physician Fan stepped forward and saluted simultaneously, "Greetings, Your Highness."

"No need to be so polite, please take a seat." Huo Zheng said as he asked someone to serve tea.

The two imperial physicians took their seats.

Doctor Fan, the elder, spoke first, "We have been in Xizhou for over two months now. Now that the princess has recovered from her illness, it is time to return to the capital to report."

Huo Zheng nodded. "Thank you both for your hard work these days. I will send someone to prepare your luggage and take you back to the capital."

Seeing that Prince Chang'an was so straightforward, Doctor Zhou immediately said that they would keep their mouths shut after returning to the capital, and would say what they should say and not say a word about what they shouldn't say.

Beili had previously agreed to put the entire blame for the appearance of Prince Chang'an and his wife in Beili on the Xiling people.

With the testimony of these two imperial doctors, no matter what kind of secret information the emperor received, he could not truly confirm that the Prince of Chang'an and his wife had been to Beili.

Huo Zheng thanked the two imperial physicians, sent someone to send them back to the capital, and then sat behind his desk to look through the letters he had received over the past few days.

During the days I was away from Beili, it was inconvenient to exchange letters, so all the letters were piled up in the study in the palace.

There were more than thirty letters, twenty of which were written by Gu Yuanjia.

Mr. Gu was recuperating in the capital, but he was not idle at all. He wrote to him every three days to tell him about the recent events in the capital.

In fact, Huo Zheng had secret agents in the capital, and whenever any major events occurred in the capital, carrier pigeons would be sent to Xizhou as soon as possible.

However, Mr. Gu had unique insights into these matters, and Huo Zheng was happy to read his writings.

He opened the letters one by one and read them.

Gu Yuanjia said in the letter that the fight between Prince Rui Huo Yang and the Ninth Prince Huo Yan was getting more intense.

Officials in the capital city fought endlessly over this.

The emperor's harem was also not at peace. The 20-year-old Concubine Zheng became pregnant. She was promoted several levels and became Concubine Zheng, the emperor's new favorite concubine.

An imperial physician took the emperor's pulse and said that the baby was 90% likely to be conceived. The emperor was having a child in his old age and there was hope that he would have a sixteenth prince.

Huo Zheng laughed in silence after reading it, and wrote a letter to ask how Gu Yuanjia's injury was recovering and when he was planning to come to Xizhou.