Jiangjiang crawled out of his little bed and said, "Hey, Father is right. The Imperial Tutor said the same thing. Mother, don't be afraid. The Imperial Grandmother can't snatch me away! Last time, she held me for half an hour and then complained of back pain!"

Sheng Xiyan suddenly burst into tears, her tears rubbed against Xuan Ling's chest, and her tense body finally softened.

After being comforted by the father and son, I felt much better.

She stretched out her arms and hugged Jiang Jiang, "Mom will be strong now that she knows."

She cannot be cowardly and negative, but must set an example of positive life for her children.

Yu Chen lifted up his chubby legs, blew bubbles and thought, I was really born in a warm family, I will be very happy.

Xuan Ling and Sheng Xiyan waited until they were almost asleep, and then they looked at the three little kids one by one.

Xuan Ling put his lips on Sheng Xiyan's without saying anything. Sheng Xiyan pushed him away and said, "Oh, I have a cold. Don't let the disease spread to you..."

“I’m not afraid…”

"Aren't you afraid of being uncomfortable?"

"Don't be afraid. My masculine energy will dispel the coldness in your body... Yanyan, relax. Don't be nervous. Everything will be fine... Let's not rush it, okay?"

He coaxed her softly and gently.

"How come my Yanyan is so beautiful... How come she is so charming..."

"Hmm~~~~~" she moaned.

Finally, after several attempts, Sheng Xiyan's face flushed red, a sweet smile hung on the corners of her lips, and she lay softly in his arms.

Finally, Yanyan was coaxed into submission.

"Yanyan, go to sleep, be good..."

"Hmm~~~"

Xuan Ling slowed down his disordered breathing and embraced her as she fell into a deep sleep.

In the middle of the night, the three children cried one after another for milk, but the two of them had no strength left and fell asleep holding each other.

Meixiang, who was on night duty, and three wet nurses carefully held Yuchen, Yuyan and Lezhao, feeding them and changing their diapers.

For several consecutive days, in the Cining Palace.

The empress dowager leaned on the couch with gilded phoenix pattern, with an apricot-yellow headband on her forehead and a pale face.

Concubine Jia held the jade medicine cup, scooped a spoonful of ginseng soup and handed it to her lips: "Aunt, the queen is so presumptuous. When you recover, you will definitely punish her..."

"That's enough." The Queen Mother raised her hand to interrupt, and the ginseng soup splashed onto the brocade quilt, spreading a dark color.

Sheng Xiyan’s scarlet eyes appeared in front of her again - that girl could have watched her fall, why did she save her?

Concubine Jia curled her lips and said, "Aunt, do you think the Queen is really not a human being?"

"Bang!" The Queen Mother suddenly slammed the table, causing the sandalwood ashes in the shrine to fall. "How can such rumors be tolerated in the sacred place of the Imperial Palace!"

Concubine Jia shrank her neck. "The Emperor has ordered that no rumors be spread. I only heard it from others. Don't you think it's strange? The Empress sometimes walks very fast. For example, the other day she flew from the phoenix chariot to you in a flash..."

But the Queen Mother waved her hand tiredly: "Go away."

After the palace door closed, the head nanny said softly, "Tomorrow is the first day of the lunar year. Your health is not good. Why don't you go next month?"

"Tomorrow, go to Baiyun Temple as usual. I'll ask for the 'demon-slaying' talisman."

The Queen Mother stroked the Pisces jade pendant, a trace of determination flashed in her eyes.

"Luan'er is reckless. I didn't let her continue just now. I can also see that something is wrong with the Queen. If she is not a human being, will she harm the Emperor and the three children? I can't just ignore it."

The head nanny unconsciously said, "If the Empress is a monster, then the three princes are..."

"Nonsense!" the Queen Mother scolded. "The three children are very cute. There will be no problem. I like them no matter how I look at them. Not to mention Yu Chen, even Yu Yan and Le Zhao are adorable."

The eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to... Luan Er who was just born that year...

"Ah," the empress dowager sighed. She had originally planned for Concubine Jia, thinking that everything would go very smoothly, but she didn't expect to encounter such a difficult favorite concubine like Sheng Xiyan.

"When Sheng first entered the palace, the emperor had little affection for her. It's my fault that I was too kind and didn't punish her. I've raised a tiger that has become a disaster."

At three quarters past the hour of Yin, thirty-six guards led the way, and the vermilion-lacquered and gold-painted phoenix chariot slowly stopped in front of the mountain gate of Baiyun Temple.

The temple master led twelve Taoist priests to kneel and greet them. The bluestone road was covered with fresh mugwort, and the sound of copper bells for exorcism drifted in the morning breeze.

The Empress Dowager took the hand of the nanny and walked into the main hall. The three-meter-tall statue of the Three Pure Ones looked down at all living beings.

She took three sticks of ambergris, each as thick as her arm, and lit them in the eternal lamp, her wrist shaking almost imperceptibly.

"Believers..." she muttered to herself, "I beg the Heavenly Lord to grant me a talisman to suppress the evil spirits around my son..."

The monk clasped his hands together and said, "I believe that the Queen Mother will have a happy event today."

The Queen Mother was astonished. Things had been going wrong recently, so how could there be any good news? Could it be that there was hope for raising Yu Chen?

As the two were talking, a voice suddenly came from outside the palace, "Empress Dowager! Empress Dowager, I know where your daughter is!"

The empress dowager pricked up her ears, as if she heard someone talking about her daughter. She was startled. No one knew that Concubine Jia was her biological daughter, so why would someone shout that?

"Madam Zhang, go see who's making the noise and bring them in."

Outside the hall, Aunt Wang knelt and shouted.

Aunt Zhang said, "Stop shouting and follow me in."

Inside the Zen room in the treasure hall.

"How dare you!" The Queen Mother looked at Ruan Niang, who was kneeling on the ground, twisting her jade Buddhist beads in her hand. "Ruan Niang, so it was you who was causing this trouble? You're so bold!"

Ruan Niang quickly waved her hands, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, this is none of my business. I am here to accompany this person to see you."

The Queen Mother looked at Aunt Wang and said, "I don't know you, why are you talking nonsense?"

Aunt Wang trembled as she took out a piece of faded brocade from her bosom, and then a jade pendant. "Her Majesty, please take a look."

The head nanny presented it to the Queen Mother, whose eyes suddenly narrowed, and a buzzing sound came into her head.

This piece of brocade was the quilt cover she used to swaddle her daughter when she left. It had a plum blossom pattern and she went to two cloth shops before choosing one, hoping that her daughter would grow up with perseverance.

"This...this is..." The Queen Mother stood up suddenly, and the phoenix crown and beads shook violently.

She pulled off the jade pendant from her waist and folded it upwards. The two carps fit together perfectly, and the word "Luan" on the back was clearly visible in the sunlight.

"You, how come you have these two things? Tell the truth!"

Aunt Wang banged her head on the ground: "Twenty years ago in Jiangnan, this old slave, bewildered, abandoned the young lady in front of the Sheng family's medicine shop..."

"You're talking nonsense!" The Queen Mother suddenly shouted, but she couldn't stop shaking all over. "My Luan'er is clearly..."

Her words stopped abruptly.

The face of Concubine Jia, which bore no resemblance to her, appeared before her eyes...