Chapter 425 The dust has settled, and the mechanical bird is completed
As long as the Queen Mother can wake up, there is still hope.
But no matter how Shen Lirong prayed in her heart, there was no news from the inner room that the Empress Dowager had woken up.
After a while, an imperial physician came out to reply.
"Your Majesty, we have already given the Empress Dowager medical treatment and medicine. We hope she will wake up by evening."
Shen Lirong was dumbfounded again.
The Queen Mother would not wake up until night.
But the emperor asked Chu Huaijing to make a choice right now.
This is simply...this is simply taking advantage of someone's misfortune!
Seeing that both mother and son were silent, the emperor suddenly laughed.
"I just remembered that I can give you a third option."
Shen Lirong's eyes lit up instantly.
Has the emperor changed his mind?
As long as we let them stay in the palace, everything will be fine!
Looking at Shen Lirong's expectant expression, the emperor said lightly, "I can have someone send you back to Mount Wutai. You can pray for the Queen Mother there!"
Upon hearing this, Chu Huaijing, who had just been struggling with what choice to make, said without a second thought, "I'm willing to be adopted!"
"Jing'er!" Shen Lirong's eyes widened. "What nonsense are you talking about? You are the emperor's son, how can you be adopted?"
Chu Huaijing didn't care about that. "If I don't agree to be adopted, do you want me to go back to Mount Wutai to practice?"
He is a big reason why the Empress Dowager has become what she is now.
He now didn't know what the Queen Mother would look like after she recovered, and he didn't know whether the Queen Mother would blame him after she recovered.
He didn't want to be emperor anyway.
What's wrong with being adopted and becoming a rich and idle person?
The emperor looked at Chu Huaijing with appreciation.
Although he didn't like this son who suddenly appeared at all.
But at least he can see the reality clearly, know what to do, and know what choices to make.
That's it!
"Okay, since you've agreed, I'll issue an order to change Yudie tomorrow."
Shen Lirong wanted to stop it, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only look towards the inner room.
Her only hope now is that the Queen Mother can wake up soon.
As long as the Empress Dowager wakes up, she will definitely stop the Emperor!
Even if Shen Lirong didn't say anything, the emperor only needed to look at her expression to guess what she was thinking.
"I said I'll only give you a cup of tea. Now the time is almost up. If you can't make a choice, I can only arrange for someone to send you back to Mount Wutai. I have actually seen that the relationship between you and the Queen Mother is very deep. Seeing the Queen Mother like this now, you must be extremely anxious and uneasy. I can't do anything else, but I can ask you to pray for the Queen Mother. Come here——"
Shen Lirong also wanted to see if the emperor really wanted to send her away.
If the emperor was just talking and not really doing it, she could still try to wait until the empress dowager woke up.
But now it seems that the emperor is obviously not joking.
If she was really sent out of the capital overnight, who knows where she would be sent?
By then, neither the Empress Dowager nor the Shen family would be able to find her.
When she thought of that possibility, Shen Lirong's heart almost jumped out of her throat.
"Your Majesty! I am willing to return to the Shen family!"
The emperor didn't find it strange at all when he heard Shen Lirong say this.
It seemed that all this had already been anticipated by him.
"Okay." The emperor nodded. "I'll have someone send you back right away. But there's one thing you have to understand."
"What?"
"I will declare you dead. From now on, you are no longer Chu Huaijing's mother, but a daughter of the Shen family's side branch. From now on, you will have no relationship with me or the royal family. You can marry someone else if you want, or not. That is your Shen family's business and has nothing to do with me. Do you understand?"
Shen Lirong's face turned as pale as paper, and her body lost all strength, and she knelt softly on the ground.
She persisted for so many years!
Without any status or formality, she raised her child alone in Mount Wutai for so many years!
The final result is still this!
If she had known it would end like this, why would she have gone to Mount Wutai!
Why should she give birth to the child!
Shen Lirong felt bitter in her heart, but she couldn't say anything.
Things have already been decided, and there is no way for her to change it on her own.
The emperor didn't like the thought of things going on any longer, so he immediately asked someone to write an imperial edict.
At the same time, other news was spread.
Shen Lirong and her son were dissatisfied with the Queen Mother and had an argument. The Queen Mother fell and suffered a stroke.
Shen Lirong took the blame on herself and committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
Chu Huaijing was not capable of taking on important roles and could no longer stay in the palace, so he was adopted out.
These things cannot be written in the imperial edict and can only be spread in the form of rumors.
But there are no rumors in this world without reason.
Smart people know that this is definitely not a rumor, but reality.
Almost overnight, these news spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital, and everyone knew about it.
Shen Lirong didn't find out about this until the next morning.
After knowing this, Shen Lirong smiled sadly.
At this moment, she clearly understood that she could never go back.
From now on, whether she is alive or dead, she can only be the daughter of the Shen family's side branch, and will no longer be the former Shen Lirong.
Shen Lirong stared outside blankly.
If she had known the outcome would be like this, she wouldn't have done what she did before.
It’s a pity that in this world, we didn’t know it earlier.
Chu Huaijing was adopted by an old prince as his grandson.
The old King of Qin's own son had already inherited the title, and his grandson had already requested to be named the Crown Prince.
After Chu Huaijing was adopted, he lived a carefree life, but it was impossible for him to get a high position.
But Chu Huaijing was obviously frightened.
His mother is "dead", but he can still live well with his own identity and name, which is enough for him.
As for more, he didn't ask for it.
This matter was completely settled in such a short time.
The Queen Mother woke up two days later.
Although the person woke up, his condition did not improve much.
His mouth was crooked, his eyes were squinting, his saliva was flowing, and half of his body was out of control.
She couldn't even speak, let alone have any objection to this matter.
Some people thought that the Empress Dowager's sudden return with Shen Lirong and her son would cause some bloody storm in the court.
Some people even went to curry favor with the Shen family in advance.
As a result, the Queen Mother was unable to get out of bed just two days after returning.
Chu Huaixu was adopted, and Shen Lirong "died" directly.
The Shen family didn't say a word from beginning to end. Even when Shen Lirong "died" and the empress dowager was ill in bed, the Shen family didn't say a word.
Compared with the past, the Shen family has become more and more secluded.
Those who had shown goodwill to the Shen family in advance were all dumbfounded.
How did things turn out like this?
Just when they wanted to change direction and cut losses in time, the transfer order came down.
All these people were transferred out of the capital.
Some were even exiled to extremely remote places.
Once I leave, it will be difficult for me to return to the capital in this life.
These people felt regretful but also extremely fortunate.
In this kind of situation, if you make the wrong choice and don't die directly, it's already a blessing.
Can't ask for anything more.
With so many people being transferred away, naturally there are some people to fill their positions.
In an instant, the capital city became extremely lively.
But none of this has anything to do with Yu Youning.
Yu Youning doesn't care who holds what position.
The pills she had developed previously had shown results and could now be mass-produced.
Not only in the capital, Yu Youning also wanted to send the prescription to various places and sell the same pills in pharmacies on Penglai Island.
These things cannot be done in a day or two, it takes a long time.
Fortunately, Yu Youning doesn’t have much of anything, but he has a lot of time.
She has plenty of patience and time to slowly get all these things done.
Yu Youning was busy when he felt something flying towards him. He subconsciously turned his head and saw a mechanical bird circling above his head.
It is different from the previous little mechanical bird.
Although this mechanical bird is not as big as the one we sat on during the Three Kingdoms Competition, it can accommodate two people.
At this moment, Xiao Muyu was sitting there.
Xiao Muyu waved to Yu Youning, "Youning, come up and try!"
"OK!"
Yu Youning was not afraid at all and immediately flew up using his lightness skills.
Yu Youning landed on the mechanical bird, and the bird didn't even shake, it was still very stable.
"Sister Muyu, has this been successful?"
Xiao Muyu winked at Yu Youning, "At least this is a real success. Come on, I'll take you to see the capital!"
Of course, Yu Youning had seen the capital city many times. He had also seen the capital city while riding on Teng Snake before.
But that was completely different from the feeling now.
It is broad daylight now, and such a large mechanical bird flying above the capital will naturally be discovered.
After many people discovered the existence of the mechanical bird, they all stopped and looked up, their eyes full of shock.
The mechanical bird flew closer to the palace.
The palace guards, who were responsible for the safety of the palace, became alert when they saw the mechanical bird suddenly appear.
Even a row of archers suddenly appeared, all aiming their bows and arrows at the mechanical bird.
Yu Youning was not panicked at all, looking down at them, "It's me! Don't panic!"
There was no guard in the palace who didn't know Yu Youning. When they saw Yu Youning and heard her voice, the tense atmosphere disappeared.
Some people even went directly to the palaces of Chu Huaixu and the emperor and empress in order to ask for rewards.
The emperor and Chu Huaixu were discussing matters in the imperial study, while the empress was resting in the palace.
When they heard about this, they all came outside.
When the emperor saw the mechanical bird, he praised it highly.
"Great! Great! I actually made it!"
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