Xu Min finally accepted the fact. When she received the news of her child's death, she felt an overwhelming hatred for Qi Yun. Taking advantage of the opportunity to whisper in the emperor's ear, she also tripped up Qi Yun in many ways. But even though the hatred was there, the feelings were still there. So every time Qi Yun was in dire straits, she couldn't help but let go. After many years, she really treated him as a stranger. That child became an eternal pain in her heart.

She turned to look at the man lying on the bed, and tears finally streamed down her face. She grasped his hand, "Back then...you saved our child...our child..."

Qi Yun was looking at her, yet it seemed as if he wasn't.

"Yes, he saved your child." Qiao Wan tilted her head and smiled sweetly, as if her previous emotional outburst was just an illusion. She slowly walked to the bedside again. "Your Highness, have I ever told you that Mu'er's eyes are very much like yours? But my Mu'er is blind, and you can't speak now. Sometimes, God is very fair, isn't he?"

Qi Yun's eyes were like a deep pool, the ripples within which could easily draw a woman in. But at this moment, the vitality in his eyes was long gone. He fixed his gaze on Qiao Wan, opened his mouth, but unfortunately, no sound came out.

"Qiao Wan!" Xu Min grabbed Qiao Wan's shoulders. "Where's Qi Duan?! Where did you hide my child?!"

"What good would it do to tell you?" Qiao Wan chuckled lightly. "Do you think that if you knew, you'd want to acknowledge him as your father and then bring him back to the palace to show the Emperor?"

"You!...Qiao Wan, how dare you treat Prince Xiao and Qi Duan like this! I will not let you get away with this!"

"Is that so? Your Highness, I am eager to see."

"You wait, I won't let a poisonous woman like you take care of the prince!" With that, Xu Min walked out of the abandoned courtyard.

Qiao Wan shook her head and sighed, "Your Highness, your beloved mistress has called me a poisonous woman. How could my heart possibly be poisoned by Your Highness?"

She wasn't afraid of Xu Min bringing people over, because she had already prepared to die together with them. Qi Yun closed her eyes in pain.

On the other side, Xu Min walked out of the courtyard to find her people. Just around the corner, she saw a girl in red carrying a lantern who had been waiting for a long time.

She was blessed with good fortune and honor, and was referred to as "the Imperial Concubine".

Xu Min didn't have time to pay attention to her, but her next sentence made her stop in her tracks.

"If Your Highness is going to call for reinforcements because of Prince Xiao and Young Master Qi's matter, in my opinion, it is unnecessary."

Xu Min's face stiffened. "Who are you?"

"I used to be the fiancée of Young Master Qi Duan, but he fell in love with a fox spirit and broke off our engagement. Now, I am the fiancée of the Crown Prince."

"A fox demon and a fiancée, do you think this is a theatrical performance?"

"In other words, my daughter is Xia Fengguang."

"Surname Xia? Could it be that you are!"

Feng Guang smiled and said, “My father was once the Grand Marshal of the Army, and my mother was Princess Ding’an, who was stationed at the border. In other words, His Majesty is my uncle.”

I feel sorry for her, having spent five points to obtain this special status cheat.

Xu Min's face was extremely ugly. If there was one couple in the court who was the most eccentric, it would definitely be Princess Ding'an and her husband. Ding'an was the emperor's sister. She preferred military uniforms to dresses. At the age of fifteen, she volunteered to guard the border. She didn't think about getting married until she was twenty-five. So she chose the one she knew best. She married Xia Chao, the Grand Marshal of the Army at the time. Both of them were military generals and got along very well. When they didn't get along, they would fight with their spears, ostensibly for sparring. Later, they had a child. Princess Ding'an didn't change much, but Xia Chao thought that he had dedicated so many years to the country and it was time to think about himself. The environment at the border was too harsh. He suggested to Ding'an that they take the child back to the capital. But Ding'an couldn't let go of the battlefield. In a fit of anger, Xia Chao resigned from his post and took the child to Luoyang.