"Xiao Yu, isn't Xiao Xi'er back yet?"
"She wants to stay with her mother at the Gu Mansion for a few days."
Su Xingyi was surprised, "Is Xiao Xi'er hiding something from us?"
"Oh? Why do you say that?"
"If something happens at the Gu Mansion, I will definitely know it first. My mother suddenly left without saying goodbye, and she left the palace with Xiao Xi'er without even saying goodbye to my grandmother. It must be an important matter that I didn't know about. And this afternoon, Xiao Xi'er dragged my mother to have dinner. I always felt something was wrong. I think you should know."
Xiao Lingyu felt that there was no need to hide it from Su Xingyi. He needed to know what Empress Dowager Du and her son were thinking.
"Not long after your master and the Queen Mother became engaged, the Emperor was worried that having an heir would threaten Xiaowu's throne, so he secretly sent someone to give the Queen Mother a drug that would make her childless."
"What?" Su Xingyi was horrified. "My mother has been infected. Will she never be able to bear children again?"
"The Queen Mother must have understood the Emperor and anticipated his intentions, so she took precautions in advance, and the Emperor did not succeed. I also learned about this from Xiao Xi'er today. Today, she arranged for Yun Shuang, no, it should be her little pet, to inquire about the Queen Mother's situation. Unexpectedly, they discovered the conspiracy between mother and son. The Queen Mother sent the imperial physician disguised as a civilian doctor to the Gu Mansion to check the Queen Mother's pulse, to ensure that the Queen Mother could not bear children."
"If the Emperor knew that my mother hadn't been tricked, wouldn't he resort to even more despicable tactics against her?" Su Xing's eyes were red with rage, and veins bulged on his forehead. "I'm going to take him down tonight!"
Su Xingyi turned around and was about to leave when Xiao Lingyu grabbed his sleeve and said, "Calm down. Don't be impulsive."
Xiao Lingyu was a little scared by Su Xingyi's furious look.
"I can't calm down. Causing my mother to die in childbirth wasn't enough. After finally being reborn through Gu Yunshu's body, she has to endure his persecution. I can't bear it any longer!"
Su Xingyi shook off Xiao Lingyu's hand and strode away.
Xiao Lingyu lost his balance and fell off the bed.
"Waaaaa..." Xiaowu was frightened and started crying.
Upon hearing the sound, Mo Shu and others hurried into the inner room.
"My Lady."
"Quickly stop the prince!"
"Your Highness, the Queen has fallen."
Su Xingyi panicked and hurried back to the inner room, picking up Xiao Lingyu with heartache.
"I'm sorry, Xiaoyu, I hurt you."
Xiao Lingyu held Su Xingyi's hand tightly and said, "I'm fine. Go comfort Xiaowu."
Su Xingyi leaned over and held the crying Xiaowu in his arms, "Xiaowu, be good and don't cry..."
“Wow wow wow wow…”
Xiaowu cried even louder and twisted around in Su Xingyi's arms, trying to break free from Su Xingyi and not wanting him to hold her.
Su Xingyi realized something and quickly said to the child in his arms, "Xiaowu, Daddy was wrong. Daddy hurt your mother. Daddy will never do it again. Please forgive Daddy and stop crying, okay?"
Xiaowu stretched out his two little hands towards Xiao Lingyu while crying.
Su Xingyi quickly put Xiaowu in Xiao Lingyu's arms.
"What's wrong? Why is the child crying so hard?"
Shangguan Lan and Baili Qingluan rushed over with the children.
"Xiaowu is just hungry, it's okay, he's not crying anymore." Xiao Lingyu hurriedly explained.
"Are you really just hungry?" Shangguan Lan glanced at the red corners of Su Xingyi's eyes. Could something unpleasant have happened between the two of them, scaring Xiaowu?
"Yes, grandma. Xiaowu is really just hungry. He was crying while eating just now, and now he has fallen asleep in my arms."
Xiaowu was really tired of crying. There were still a few tears hanging on her long, thin, black eyelashes, but there was not a trace of milk at the corners of her mouth.
Shangguan Lan saw through it but didn't say anything. "I'm glad Xiaowu is okay. It's getting late. You should go to bed early. We'll walk around in the back garden."
After Su Xingyi sent Shangguan Lan and his group out of the courtyard, Shangguan Lan pulled him away.
"Ayi, Yu'er is in confinement now. She can't be bullied, otherwise she will develop a chronic illness. No matter what you two can't agree on, you have to give in to Yu'er."
Su Xingyi's heart tightened. Xiaoyu's fall was obviously not light. "Grandma, I was wrong. I will never make Xiaoyu angry again."
"What, you guys really did argue just now and scared Xiaowu?"
Su Xingyi: ...
"No, grandma misunderstood. We didn't argue. I just wasn't calm enough."
Shangguan Lan was puzzled and asked, "What is it that is keeping you from calming down?"
"Nothing, Princess Qingluan is waiting for you. Go to the back garden and take a walk. I'll go and coax Xiaoyu."
After Su Xingyi finished speaking, he ran away without looking back.
Shangguan Lan smiled and turned to leave.
"Xiao Yu, I'm sorry, I was wrong. Can I rub it for you?"
Xiao Lingyu waved his hand. "It's okay. It doesn't hurt anymore. The floor is covered with thick blankets. I can't get hurt. When I heard Xiao Xi'er talk about this today, I agreed with you and wanted to get the emperor down as soon as possible. But Queen Mother doesn't want you to be branded as a rebel forcing the emperor to abdicate. She wants you to ascend the throne legitimately... So, we'll follow Queen Mother's wishes and wait until Xiao Wu is one month old. Then the Emperor will issue an abdication decree and help you ascend the throne."
Su Xingyi was still holding back his anger. His mother was thinking about him, so he naturally had to cooperate with her and not disrupt her plans. "Okay, let's wait until Xiaowu is one month old, but then the imperial physician comes..."
Xiao Lingyu interrupted him, "Don't worry, Xiao Xi'er has a way to convince the emperor that the queen mother is unable to bear children. News will be received in the next two days. Let's just wait and see."
Su Xingyi took a deep breath and expelled the foul air from his body. "That's the only way."
Xiao Lingyu lowered his eyes and looked at Xiao Wu in his arms. "If Mother hadn't been reborn through Gu Yunshu's body, and had simply been born to Miss Gu who looked like Mother, do you think the child he had with Master would have snatched Xiao Wu's throne in the future?"
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