The next morning, before dawn, Xuan Yuanzhan got up.
Su Xuening was still half asleep when she saw him get up and woke up as well: "Are we going back to Kyoto?"
"Go back to court, I'll be back after court." Xuan Yuanzhan kissed her ear and whispered, "It's still early, sleep a little longer."
"Then be careful on your journey." Su Xuening felt sorry for Xuan Yuanzhan traveling back and forth so much, but she also couldn't bear to let him not come, because she also wanted to see him very much.
"Hmm." Xuan Yuanzhan responded softly, put on his clothes, and went out.
Once outside, Xuanyuan Zhan knocked on Bai Shi's door again, wanting to take her back today.
Before he could speak, the door opened and Granny Shang came out and said, "Your Highness, the Dowager Consort said that she is worried about the Princess and will stay here for a few more days."
...Xuan Yuanzhan was speechless. She hadn't said that when she came last night. She said she would just take a look at Ning'er and then go back, and would never stay to bother her.
She's already stayed an extra night, and she still wants to stay?
"Ahem~" Xuan Yuanzhan coughed lightly, deliberately lowering his voice to say into the room, "Ning'er is being taken care of by Master and Uncle, so there's nothing to worry about. Besides, I'll come over to be with Ning'er after court, so there's no need for you here!"
Bai Shi, who was pretending to be asleep inside the room, was displeased and said angrily, "What's it to you if I stay here to keep Ning'er company? Besides, this is your territory. No one has kicked me out yet, so why are you meddling so much!"
Although her master and uncle seemed like nice people, they were both men after all, so how could she trust them to take care of Ning'er?
Ning'er was weak and pregnant, so naturally she and Granny Shang had to take care of her personally!
...Xuan Yuanzhan was completely speechless. She had already moved in, so even if they disliked her, they wouldn't feel comfortable kicking her out. Wasn't she usually quite polite? Why was she being so willful today?
Pei Luo seemed to hear the commotion outside. Without coming out, she spoke from inside the room: "It is only natural for the Dowager Consort to be worried about Ning'er and want to stay and take care of her. We are all family, so she can stay for a few days."
After hearing Pei Luo's words, Xuan Yuanzhan had nothing more to say: "I'm sorry to have bothered you, Master."
Xuanyuan Zhan bowed to Pei Luo's room, then looked at Granny Shang and said, "It's still early, let Mother sleep a little longer, Ning'er is still sleeping too."
Bai, who was in the room, could easily understand the meaning behind her son's words.
It wasn't that he was concerned about her not sleeping enough, but rather that he was worried she would disturb his wife.
Is she really that inconsiderate? Her daughter-in-law is sleeping, and she still has to disturb her!
Xuanyuan Zhan didn't care whether Bai Shi heard him or not, and led Ye Yun and Ye Feng out of the bamboo forest.
These past few days, Xuan Yuanzhan has been preoccupied with removing the curse from Su Xuening, so he hasn't attended court or handled state affairs for several days.
So as soon as the court session ended, Xuanyuan Peng dragged him to the Imperial Study to review memorials.
Since Su Xuening's condition had stabilized, Xuan Yuanzhan, unusually, stayed in the imperial study to review memorials.
Xuan Yuanzhan was as fast as ever. Although he hadn't been here for the past few days and a lot of difficult reports had piled up, he still picked out the important ones to deal with first.
Seeing him diligently reviewing the memorials, Xuanyuan Peng was quite satisfied. Suddenly, he asked, seemingly casually, "I heard your mother left the capital with you yesterday? Has she returned today?"
Xuanyuan Zhan paused in his movements, his brows furrowing instinctively: "No."
Xuanyuan Peng then asked with concern, "Where did your mother go?"
Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Zhan instantly became angry and slammed the vermilion brush onto the table.
The palace servants in the room were all terrified by Xuan Yuanzhan's sudden action, and didn't dare to even breathe loudly.
Not to mention Zong Jiu and the others, even Xuan Yuanpeng's heart trembled from Xuan Yuanzhan's sudden action.
Xuan Yuanzhan raised his eyes and looked angrily at Xuan Yuanpeng: "May I ask, in what capacity are you concerned about her?"
"Zhan'er, I..."
Xuanyuan Peng was extremely embarrassed by Xuanyuan Zhan's question. He wanted to explain, but he felt ashamed and thought that he was not qualified to answer the question at this moment.
“She is your sister-in-law, the Dowager Consort of the Holy King’s Mansion. She has the right to go anywhere, but you have no right to monitor her!” Xuan Yuanzhan reminded him with a gloomy face.
Seeing that he had misunderstood him, Xuanyuan Peng became anxious: "I didn't. I sent secret guards to follow her because I was worried that someone might harm her."
Xuanyuan Peng glanced at Zong Jiu, who immediately understood and led a room full of palace servants away.
Soon only the two of them were left in the room. Xuan Yuanpeng then explained to Xuan Yuanzhan, "As you know, because of me, there are many people in both the court and the harem who want to harm your mother. I only want to protect her; I have no other intentions!"
Xuanyuan Zhan gave Xuanyuan Peng a gloomy look.
He didn't completely believe these words. If he really only sent secret guards to protect his mother, he should know that his mother is safe now, and he shouldn't care where his mother is or who she is with.
He was a man too; he knew what he cared about. He was angry because his mother's status was something he had no right to care about. Besides, if it weren't for him, his mother might have been free long ago!
However, he believed that he sent his secret guards not to monitor his mother, but mainly to protect her.
Thinking of how the Holy Prince's Mansion had remained impregnable during his absence from the capital, and how he had contributed to that, Xuan Yuanzhan finally softened and explained in a gentler tone, "Ning'er had a miscarriage and was sent to the outskirts of the capital to recuperate. My mother was worried and went with her to take care of her."
Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Peng was somewhat worried: "How could the pregnancy suddenly be affected?"
"You'll have to ask your good son about that! If he hadn't deliberately had someone spill that hangover soup at the farewell banquet and led us to change our clothes, Ning'er wouldn't have been so frightened that she had a miscarriage!"
Xuan Yuanzhan deliberately pinned the blame on Xuan Yuanyu, because he had once again harbored those disgusting thoughts about Ning'er!
He hasn't even settled accounts with him for this yet, so it's a good opportunity for Xuanyuan Peng to teach him a lesson.
Xuanyuan Peng instantly recalled that there seemed to be such an incident at the farewell banquet. He hadn't expected that all those things were orchestrated by Xuanyuan Yu. He immediately roared, "That third brother! I'll summon him in a moment!"
"Alright, I have to go see Ning'er now."
Xuanyuan Zhan lost interest in reviewing any memorials and got up to leave.
Xuanyuan Peng quickly urged him to stay, saying, "It's already noon, have lunch before you go."
"No."
Xuanyuan Zhan was in a hurry to get back to see Su Xuening, so he wasn't hungry at all and had no intention of staying for a meal.
Seeing him going back and forth like this, Xuan Yuanpeng felt very sorry for him: "Why did you go so far to recuperate? There are all kinds of imperial physicians in the capital. Why did you go to the outskirts of the capital?"
"The air quality in the suburbs of Beijing is good, which is beneficial for Ning'er's pregnancy."
Ning'er didn't want others to know about her master and uncle, so Xuan Yuanzhan didn't mention the western suburban valley much, and left after saying a few words.
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