Feng Chengqian?
No wonder the emperor was reluctant to appoint Yu'er as the crown prince. He was thinking about his brother all the time.
"Cheng Qian, what a nice name..."
At this moment, the little prince opened his eyes and looked at Empress Dowager Du.
The child's eyes resembled Xiao Yu'er's, and Empress Dowager Du liked him even more. "Brother, I am your great-grandmother..."
Xiaowu frowned, pouted, and his face turned red. After a moment, he looked at Empress Dowager Du and burst into tears.
Empress Dowager Du was at a loss for a moment, "Quickly check if my brother is hungry or has peed?"
Su Xingyi hurriedly took the child, Mo Shu, and Nanny Yuan took the little prince from Su Xingyi's hands and took him to the outer room.
Before leaving, Nanny Yuan looked back and saw Empress Dowager Du half lying on the bed, holding her temples and supported by Aunt Yun.
Su Xingyi said calmly, "Empress Dowager, you've just recovered and are still a little weak. You need to rest more. The little prince must be hungry. I'll go comfort him. You rest first. I'll come to see you another day."
Empress Dowager Du felt somewhat uncomfortable when she saw Su Xingyi still calling her Empress Dowager. No matter how much he disowned her as his grandmother, they were still related by blood.
She didn't force it. She had many grandchildren anyway, so one more wouldn't make a difference.
"Okay, go back and be careful."
Not long after Su Xingyi left the inner bedroom, Xiaowu's voice stopped.
Soon, Yun Gu walked in and said, "Empress Dowager, the little prince peed himself. Now that he has a new diaper, he's stopped crying and is sleeping again in the arms of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"I'll take a nap for a while. The emperor will come and wake me up."
Yun Gu saw that Queen Mother Du had woken up and was obviously not as strong as before, "Okay, Queen Mother."
"Isn't that Ayi?"
Fu Xuan hurriedly said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother will see the young prince when she wakes up."
The emperor withdrew his gaze and took Yang Sheng, the head of the Imperial Hospital, into the Cining Palace.
"Empress Dowager..."
Emperor Qianyuan raised his hand to stop Yun Gu from waking up Empress Dowager Du, and Dean Yang hurried forward to take Empress Dowager Du's pulse.
Dean Yang placed two fingers on Empress Dowager Du's wrist, and Empress Dowager Du opened her eyes.
"Mother..."
Empress Dowager Du glanced at him and closed her eyes tiredly again.
Emperor Qianyuan frowned, wondering if his mother's health was not as good as before.
"Mr. Yang, how is the Queen Mother? Will she fall into a coma again?"
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager's narcolepsy has been cured and she will no longer be drowsy. From now on, she will be fine if she eats small meals frequently and exercises in the courtyard..."
"I understand, please leave."
Emperor Qianyuan then sent Yun Gu and the others away. He sat down in front of the bed and took Empress Dowager Du's hand, gently pressing it. "Your Majesty, have you met the little prince? Isn't he very cute?"
"He's adorable, and Mother likes him very much. He looks more like Xiao Yu'er. Did you intend to make him the crown prince from the moment he was born?"
Emperor Qianyuan gave a dry laugh and said, "Mother, nothing I do can be hidden from you."
"You crawled out of my womb. I know what you're thinking, but you didn't tell me in advance. That's why we're in this situation today."
It's not that Emperor Qianyuan didn't regret it, it's just that he was too concerned at the time. If he had really told his mother about the anonymous letter, perhaps the situation today wouldn't have happened.
But there is no medicine for regret in this world.
"...At this point, please relax, Queen Mother. Rest and recuperate is the most important thing."
Empress Dowager Du thought about how she had lived to a ripe old age and had successfully helped her son ascend the throne.
No matter who sits on the throne in the future, it will be her son's bloodline, not Feng Yulin's bloodline!
Just for this reason, she has no regrets.
"Feng Yulin can't get married and can't have children. Mother was confused before and didn't stop him. Before he gets married, you should find a way to ruin this marriage. Feng Yulin having a son will threaten my brother."
Emperor Qianyuan comforted her, "Don't worry, mother. I have already made arrangements. Even if Feng Yulin gets married, he will not be able to give birth to a son."
Empress Dowager Du was surprised and asked, "What do you mean?"
Emperor Qianyuan then told Empress Dowager Du in detail about Gu Yunshu drinking the sterile drug.
"Are you sure you succeeded? Cui Wan also gave Xie Wanying a sterilizing drug before, but Xie Wanyi saw through it in advance, so Cui Wan didn't succeed."
"Mother, the daughter of the Gu family is just a merchant's daughter. How can she compare with a daughter from an aristocratic family? She can't possibly have Xie Wanying's intelligence and courage. Moreover, Xie Wanying knew that marrying her to Yu'er was for the sake of auspiciousness and for the sake of having children. That's why she took such precautions."
"...Miss Gu is clinging to Feng Yulin's thigh just to find a backer to deal with the second branch of the Gu family."
Empress Dowager Du frowned. "It's better to be safe than sorry. We must not be careless. We need to find a way to arrange for the imperial physician to disguise himself as a common doctor and go into the Gu Mansion to check her pulse. We must make sure she is unable to bear children!"
Emperor Qianyuan thought about it and decided that it would be safer to have a doctor come into the palace to check her pulse and give her a sterilizing drug. "Okay, mother, I will make the arrangements."
[You two, mother and son, were plotting loudly, but didn't you see there was a bird as big and cute as me by the window?]
When the little yellow oriole saw that the mother and son had finished their breakfast, it flew back to the East Palace.
The Imperial Garden of the East Palace, behind the rockery.
Xiao Xi'er hung a letter around Huang Huang's neck and said, "Huang Huang, you must personally hand the letter to the Queen Mother. I will fly back to my father and mother in a month."
[So, should I stay in Nankun and come to Beiyi occasionally?]
"Of course. My father, the emperor, and my mother, the empress, are old, and I am the crown princess, shouldering the fate of a nation."
[Oh, then I'll fly back quickly. If I'm late, your mother will come to Beiyi.]
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