"Your humble servant pays homage to the Queen..."
Before Tian An finished speaking, the Queen hurried forward and stopped her from getting up. "Hurry up and lie down. Don't move. You just gave birth! We are all family. There is no need to be polite. Your aunt is here to see you, not to cause trouble."
Tian An's tired face showed a hint of apology, "It is my fault for being impolite."
Hearing this, the Queen showed displeasure, "Girl, why are you so distant today?"
Tian An looked at the two little ones beside her, "I'm going to be a mother now, I have to be more stable and set a good example for my children!"
She swore that this was what she really thought in her heart, but when the queen heard it, it sounded a little sad.
Thinking of the news the emperor had told her earlier, she looked serious and held Tian An's hand distressedly: "Don't worry, girl, your uncle and aunt will give you justice and will not let you and your son swallow this grievance for no reason."
Gu Jinyan on the side also joined in, saying that they could not let the two siblings go easily.
Tian An was stunned, knowing that they had misunderstood her meaning. But before she could explain further, the queen's attention was attracted by the two children and the topic was changed.
Knowing that Tian An had been tired today, they did not disturb him too much. After taking the two children to the side room to show them to the emperor and Xiao Chen, they sent the emperor and empress back to the palace as they did when they came.
The next day, after a good night's sleep, Princess Wenxuan finally remembered her two children and said, "Go and invite the second young master and the young lady to come for breakfast."
Unfortunately, the maid who went to invite people did not invite Xiao Qingwei and Xiao Minru, but only brought their personal servants and maids.
Looking at the two people kneeling on the ground, trembling and kowtowing for mercy, Princess Wenxuan frowned and said sternly, "Tell me, what happened? Where are the young master and the young lady?"
"Young master and princess sneaked out of the post station yesterday and never came back." The servant said tremblingly.
"You bastard, what do you mean by not coming back? Huh? Explain it to me clearly." Princess Wenxuan slammed the table and stood up, almost scaring the two of them out of their wits.
"Replying to Princess, yesterday the princess didn't want to learn the rules, so she pretended to be sick and hid in her room. Later, she felt bored in the room, so she begged the second young master to take her out for a walk, and then, the two of them didn't come back all night." The maid Chunxi knelt on the ground, her body shaking like a sieve, and said in a crying voice.
Princess Wenxuan became even more furious after hearing this. "The princess and the young master haven't returned all night, and you two idiots actually dared to conceal it and not report it. It seems you are tired of living."
After that, she shouted angrily toward the door, "Come here, drag these two bastards out and beat them to death with sticks."
"Princess, please spare me, Princess, please spare me..."
Even though the two men cried and kowtowed, they still could not escape the fate of being beaten to death. Soon the sound of sticks hitting flesh could be heard outside the house, and in just a moment, the two men were dead.
Princess Wenxuan sent almost all the guards she brought from Chuzhou out to look for someone.
He originally wanted to instruct the guards sent by the palace to guard the confined siblings Xiao Minru and Xiao Qingwei to go with him to look for them.
Unfortunately, they ignored her. "I am under the order of His Majesty to guard Princess Jiamin and her brother and sister. If the princess wants me to help find them, please go to the palace and ask His Majesty for permission."
"You?" Princess Wenxuan didn't expect that this person would be so disrespectful to her, and her face turned red with anger.
He forced himself to calm down, pointed at the leading officer and threatened, "Guard? You don't even know when the person escaped, and you still have the nerve to call yourself a guard? If you don't find him back, you will be held responsible."
She thought she could control them, but young General Tan Qihui didn't fall for her tricks at all. "I failed to guard them properly, which is at most a dereliction of duty. I will apologize to the emperor later. However, the princess and her brother went out without permission during the house arrest, which is disobedience. Please consider the severity of the matter."
He is the youngest son of General Zhongyuan. He has been determined to fight in the battlefield to defend his country since he was young. He was training well in the military camp, but because of these two second-generation rich kids, he was transferred here by the emperor to guard the gate, wasting his time.
I've been in a bad mood these past few days because I've done nothing, and now I have to ask him to help find someone. He must be too bored to meddle in other people's business.
It would be better if these two siblings did not come back. It would be better if they died outside. Maybe the emperor could transfer them back earlier.
Thinking of this, he yawned and glanced lazily at Princess Wenxuan, "Princess, if you want to find someone, hurry up. I will give you an hour at most. If the person hasn't returned by the time the time is up, I will go to the palace to report.
If His Majesty blames me then, I will not be held responsible."
After saying this, he walked to the side, and in front of Princess Wenxuan, he leaned against the stone lion at the entrance of the post station with his sword in his arms and closed his eyes to take a nap.
Princess Wenxuan was so angry at his arrogant look that her lungs almost exploded, but she couldn't do anything about him. She could only stomp her feet in anger and take it out on the people she brought with her.
"What are you still standing there for, you bitches? Go find someone else for me, the princess."
Hearing this, the maids following her all lowered their heads and hurried out of the post station gate, and in a moment they blended into the crowd on the street.
In response to this, Tan Qihui curled his lips and said nothing. He adjusted himself to a comfortable position and silently calculated the time in his mind.
He didn't want to waste even a minute here.
Princess Wenxuan, who was so angry that her mouth was dry, returned to the hall and picked up the teacup casually, but found that there was not a drop of water in the teapot.
She wanted to ask the servant to make tea, but then she remembered that she had already sent the servant out, and she was so angry that she smashed the teapot in her hand.
At the Duke Zhao's Mansion, Zhao Yiming specifically asked Jingyu to take a few days off for him, and took the official business that could not be delayed back to the mansion to handle, just to accompany his mother.
Tian An took good care of herself during her pregnancy and did not suffer any pain when giving birth to her two children. After a night's rest, she started walking around.
At this time, the couple were staring happily at the brother and sister who were sleeping soundly in the crib.
It was not until the two little ones woke up and wanted to be fed and were taken away by the wet nurse that the two came to their senses.
Tian An felt somewhat guilty about her child's breastfeeding. As a woman of the new era, she actually didn't want to find a wet nurse for her child.
But she gave birth to two children at once, and she couldn't feed both children by herself at the same time. It was also unrealistic to feed them with formula here, so she had to compromise.
The two children were taken away, and the couple regained consciousness.
Tian An counted the time on his fingers and said, "Didn't we say we were going to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday? It's only a few days away. What kind of gifts should we prepare?"
Zhao Yiming poured her a cup of hot water and said nonchalantly, "We don't need to prepare anything."
Tian An: “???”
Facing Tian An's doubts, Zhao Yiming didn't say much, but only reminded her: "Just take good care of yourself, don't worry about other things, I'll take care of everything!"
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