At night.
Xiao Lingyu couldn't sleep because of Xiao Wu's torment.
"Xiao Yu, do you want me to secretly bring Xiao Xier over to help you sleep?"
"No, my child has grown up and needs to be independent. I want to turn over a new leaf."
Su Xingyi hurriedly and carefully helped Xiao Lingyu turn over, and brought a soft pillow to place behind Xiao Lingyu.
"Are you feeling better now?"
Xiao Lingyu: "Better now."
"Let Xiao Xier come and sleep with you. I'll sleep on the couch by the window."
Xiao Lingyu refused, "I can't always rely on Xiao Xier. I tossed and turned and she fell asleep. Xiao Xier has matured a lot compared to last year. She's not a three-year-old who knows nothing anymore, and she doesn't cry easily anymore. Sometimes I feel like she's like an adult."
Su Xingyi said, "I haven't noticed. Xiao Xi'er is a cute little kid now. I wonder what she'll be like as the Empress?"
Xiao Lingyu thought for a moment and said, "She should be a beautiful, majestic, and extremely noble empress. Her harem should have three thousand beauties, or rather, male concubines."
"What?" Su Xingyi was so shocked that his three views were shattered, "This... this is not allowed..." He found it hard to accept.
"Why not? She's the little Princess Nankun, and she'll inherit the throne and become the ruler of a country. She handles state affairs in the previous dynasty, so naturally, there must be corresponding empress, concubines, and imperial concubines in the harem... Just like when you inherit the throne in the future, there will be corresponding arrangements in the harem to fill the heirs."
"I don't want it! I only want one wife. I won't take a concubine. Xiao Xi'er needs someone who truly loves her in the future. Only then can we live happily."
"Okay." Xiao Lingyu rubbed his head, "You're a love-brained person!"
Love brain?
Su Xingyi was puzzled for a moment. "It's good to be in love. You just need to be devoted to someone. Starting tomorrow, I will instill my thoughts into Xiao Xier. She must marry, oh no, marry a young man who truly loves her, loves her, and pampers her, not for her power and status. If she has a baby in the future, she won't be able to handle state affairs while pregnant. She will need to let the young man share the burden with her. If he doesn't truly love Xiao Xier, he might try to seize power and kill her when she is weakest. We in Beiyi can't quench a nearby fire with distant waters."
Xiao Lingyu was surprised. Su Xingyi was really like an old father who cared about him a lot. She thought he was an old-fashioned person at heart.
"Then you must instill it well. What about An Ge'er and the others?"
"Instill it together."
The next day.
Su Ningjie and Su Ningwen were lifted up from the bed early by Su Xingyi.
"Kids, hurry up and get up, Yunqian and his father are here."
Upon hearing this, the two brothers quickly put on their clothes, washed and dressed, and hurried to the flower hall to have dinner.
As soon as Su Ningwen entered the flower hall, he threw himself into Meng Zilu's arms, "Daddy, why are you here?"
"We are here to take you two brothers to study at the Imperial College. You have deceived us so badly."
Su Ningwen smiled and said, "If you want to cooperate with your mother, you have to cry more realistically. Now that the bad guy has been caught, there is no need to act anymore."
"Hey, you two, stop hugging each other. Come and eat! It won't taste good if it gets cold." Su Xingyi followed and separated the father and son without leaving a trace. "After you finish eating, I'll take you to the Imperial College."
"Your Majesty, we have eaten."
Su Xingyi pulled Meng Zilu to sit down and said with a smile, "Eat more. Studying takes a lot of brain power and makes you hungry quickly."
Meng Zilu did not refuse. He came here so early just to have dinner with Su Ningwen. "Your Highness, the princess is not well now, so I will take care of the children. I will take them to the Imperial College every day."
Su Xingyi thought about how Xiaoyu had trouble falling asleep at night these days, and it took her a long time to fall asleep. He was still sleeping now because he wanted to accompany her more. "Then Zilu will have to pay more attention to her these days."
Meng Zilu was secretly delighted. "The children are studying very hard. If they don't get enough sleep, they will lose their energy. The journey from the Meng Mansion to the Imperial College saves 35 minutes. Let Wen Ge'er and Jie Ge'er stay at the Meng Mansion for the next few days. They can sleep a little longer in the morning. What do you think?"
Su Xingyi knew what he was planning. He couldn't kidnap Wen Ge'er anyway. "Okay, then let's stay at the Meng Mansion for a few days. What do you think, kids?"
"We'll follow Daddy's arrangements."
Meng Zilu was very happy. He didn't expect things to go so smoothly. After breakfast, he took his three children to the Imperial College.
At this time in the court, Emperor Qianyuan was so angry that his face turned blue.
He repeatedly warned people not to let the news get out, but it spread like wildfire overnight, and the entire capital knew that his concubine was the real murderer of Feng Jinyu!
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine's persecution of the royal bloodline is a capital crime and must not be tolerated. Please, Your Majesty, severely punish Imperial Concubine Cui!"
"Your Majesty, please severely punish Concubine Cui!"
"Your Majesty, please severely punish Concubine Cui!"
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"Shut up!" Emperor Qianyuan shouted, and the hall suddenly fell silent.
Emperor Qianyuan glanced at Xiao Tianci, who suddenly came to court today and said nothing.
"I have already banished Concubine Cui and the little prince to the cold palace. My dear ministers, please do not mention it again! If there is nothing else, please withdraw from the court!"
"Your Majesty!" Xiao Tianci stepped out, "This old minister has something to report!"
Emperor Qianyuan frowned, very impatient, "Mr. Xiao, don't talk about anything that's not important!"
"Your Majesty, please help me. My eldest daughter-in-law didn't die of illness, but was murdered!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room was in an uproar.
Madam Xiao clearly died of illness, everyone in the capital knows it!
How could he be murdered?
Emperor Qianyuan was also shocked. "Lord Xiao, please don't talk nonsense. Madam Xiao had an acute illness. The imperial doctors and even the most skilled doctor at the time, Wu Yuanshou, all said that Madam Xiao had an incurable disease. How could she have been murdered?!"
"Your Majesty, when my daughter Yu'er was engaged to the eldest prince, you would arrange for the imperial physician to come to the palace every year to check our pulse and prescribe medicine to nourish our bodies."
The other ministers in the court showed envy on their faces when they heard this, and a few officials couldn't help but feel jealous, mixed with a sense of schadenfreude.
Now that she has married off, Princess Xiao should forget about marrying into the royal family again. She can only live her whole life with a country bumpkin, a prince of a different surname who is not presentable and has no power or influence.
"The pulse of my eldest daughter-in-law was safe six months before she became ill. It was Wu Youshu who tampered with the prescription for my eldest daughter-in-law and gave her a chronic poison, which caused her to fall ill three months later..."
"Mr. Xiao." Meng Gaoyang took the opportunity to come out and cooperate, "Wu Youshu doesn't have the courage. Someone must have instructed him to do this."
Xiao Tianci nodded, "That's right. The person behind this doesn't want the eldest prince to marry my Yu'er and be made the crown prince. That's why he wants to kill my eldest daughter-in-law. That's why my Yu'er has to observe three years of mourning."
"Mr. Xiao, can you find out who is behind this?"
When Meng Gaoyang asked this question, Emperor Qianyuan and the ministers all guessed something.
"It's Imperial Concubine Cui Wan!"
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