Xie Jingrun understood the Empress Dowager; she didn't like Rong Qingqing at all and would never summon her to the palace to admire the plum blossoms with her for no reason.
There must be something he doesn't know about this.
"Who else?"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhaojing's face fell. Why was this kid so perceptive?
"There aren't many people."
Xie Jingrun glanced at him, already understanding. "Don't do anything underhanded with your grandmother behind my back. When the time comes, you can go and marry her yourself."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhaojing cried out, "What do you mean, 'I will marry'? I am determined to remain chaste for your mother."
"Oh." Xie Jingrun wasn't very interested, but he still teased him, "Really? Then how did Feng Mo and Feng Xin come about?"
Emperor Zhaojing choked.
After a long pause, he muttered softly, "...Actually, Feng Mo is younger than you. It was Situ Jin who did it. She deliberately ate something to induce labor before your mother gave birth, so you were born before her. I didn't want to touch that bitch Situ Jin at all. It was your mother..." He paused here, recalling what happened back then, feeling a great deal of guilt. At that time, the royal family had few heirs, and he favored Consort Li. The Empress Dowager couldn't reason with him, so she went to Consort Li...
Xie Jingrun's gaze swept across his weathered face, and he paused for a moment. "What about Feng Xin? It's not like my mother would crawl out of the ground and beg you for her."
Speaking of this, Emperor Zhaojing became indignant, "Of course it was Situ Jin's doing, I fell for it."
Upon hearing this, Xie Jingrun stopped talking and continued reviewing the papers.
The mention of Consort Li visibly dampened Emperor Zhaojing's spirits, and he fell silent.
A moment later, Xie Jingrun put the memorial he had reviewed aside, stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go see the plum garden."
Emperor Zhaojing regained his senses, his expression returning to normal, as if he were not the one who had just looked so heartbroken.
Plum Garden.
The Empress Dowager turned to her attendant, Lin, and said, "Go and see if the Emperor and the Crown Prince have arrived yet?"
"Yes." Just as Lin Mama was about to go and see, she saw Emperor Zhaojing and Xie Jingrun walk in from outside the garden. She quickly said with a happy face, "His Majesty and His Highness have arrived."
The Empress Dowager saw it too, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The emperor initially disagreed with her holding the plum blossom appreciation banquet and advised her not to worry about Xingxiu's marriage.
How could she not worry?
The royal family has always had few offspring, and she intends to encourage Xingxiu to take more concubines so that the royal family can have more offspring.
Seeing that the emperor was not interested, she, as the grandmother, naturally had to make more plans for her grandson.
Upon seeing Xie Jingrun arrive, the group of noble ladies could not hide their joy and hurriedly rose to pay their respects to Emperor Zhaojing and Xie Jingrun.
Rong Qingqing and Shangguan Yanran also stepped forward and mingled among the young ladies, bowing to the two of them.
Looking at the garden full of beautiful women, Xie Jingrun frowned and glanced at Emperor Zhaojing.
Are these the few people he was referring to?
Emperor Zhaojing noticed the displeased look from his son, but pretended not to see it. Instead, he turned to the noble ladies, raised his hand slightly, and said authoritatively, "No need for formalities."
As soon as Rong Qingqing straightened up, she met Xie Jingrun's gaze.
Xie Jingrun felt uneasy seeing her mingling among a group of noble ladies, seemingly trying to keep a low profile.
Why should the woman he has his eye on suffer such injustice?
He frowned slightly and was about to walk towards her when Emperor Zhaojing suddenly grabbed him and said in a low voice, "Xingxiu, your grandmother is still watching from upstairs. If she doesn't want to cause trouble for Rong Qingqing, you'd better not go over now."
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