Xuanyuan Zhan returned to the palace just in time for dinner.
When Xuanyuan Zhan arrived at Ningxiang Garden, Bai Shi and Su Xuening were just about to have dinner.
Both of them were very happy to see Xuanyuan Zhan return.
"You've come back just in time." Madam Bai looked at Granny Shang and instructed, "Add another set of bowls and chopsticks."
"Yes." Even if Madam Bai hadn't given the order, Granny Shang would have been getting ready to fetch the bowls and chopsticks by now.
Xuanyuan Zhan sat down next to Su Xuening, squeezed her hand and said, "When I was taking Yun'an back, I happened to run into Master and Uncle in the valley."
Su Xuening smiled and said, "That is indeed a coincidence."
Bai asked suspiciously, "You went there this morning. Even if you were just taking Yun'an there and back, would it really take that long?"
They were riding fast horses, which would take at most two or three hours, but it's been almost four or five hours already.
Xuanyuan Zhan raised his chin without changing his expression: "Can't I play a game of chess with Master, or spar with my martial uncle?"
Su Xuening smelled the faint sandalwood scent on Xuan Yuanzhan and smiled at Bai Shi, saying, "Mother, let's eat."
"Alright, alright, let's eat." Bai Shi was too lazy to waste words with Xuan Yuanzhan and ordered Granny Shang to start the meal.
The three of them had dinner together.
Bai Shi and Xuan Yuanzhan continued to serve food to Su Xuening, who had obviously gotten used to it.
The two of them had already figured out her tastes, so they picked out all the foods she liked.
She is now seven months pregnant, which is a time when she eats a lot, so she eats almost everything they put on her plate.
She would drink the nourishing soup that Granny Shang prepared for her every three days.
There's no way around it, drinking it every day really gets boring, so I've changed it to once every three days.
Fortunately, the nourishing soup wasn't bad, otherwise she might not have been able to drink it.
The recipe for this tonic soup must be from a Taoist sect, and I must say, its effects on regulating the body are truly remarkable.
My uncle once said that when he guided the silver needles into her meridians, the needles would affect her future childbirth. Even though the needles have now been removed, she has still been harmed.
That's why her master and uncle were so worried and wanted to be there when she gave birth. With her master there, she would be fine.
But now, after drinking the nourishing soups stewed by Granny Shang for several months, her body, which had been damaged by the silver needles, has gradually recovered.
It must be said that the medical skills of the Xuanmen sect are quite impressive.
It can be said that it complements the medical skills of their Hundred Flowers Valley to a certain extent!
After dinner, the two bid farewell to Madam Bai and left.
As soon as they returned to the room, Xuan Yuanzhan embraced Su Xuening.
Bihe and Lülian exchanged a glance, then politely withdrew, considerately closing the door behind them.
Smelling the sandalwood scent on Xuan Yuanzhan, Su Xuening couldn't help but ask, "Did you go to Bailong Temple?"
"Mm," Xuan Yuanzhan responded softly.
Su Xuening guessed what he had gone to do, but seeing his sullen expression, she wasn't sure what kind of answer he had gotten. Finally, she asked curiously, "Did you get the answer you wanted?"
Xuan Yuanzhan smiled bitterly and said in a muffled voice, "If there really is something wrong with my background, would that old fox Dao Yi tell me?"
He should have expected this. He treated his mother like a daughter; how could he betray her?
Su Xuening's eyes flickered slightly, and she silently breathed a sigh of relief. She then glared at Xuan Yuanzhan and said, "How can you say that about Master? No matter what Master does, it's all for your own good and for Mother's good."
Her master treated them like his own children, just like her master. No matter what answer her master gave, it was always for Xuan Yuanzhan's good.
“I know.” How could Xuanyuan Zhan not understand his master’s heart? “I don’t blame him.”
Su Xuening cupped Xuan Yuanzhan's face, which was nestled against her neck, and looked at the forlorn expression on his face, asking, "Do you still want to find the answer?"
Xuanyuan Zhan was stunned for a moment before shaking his head and smiling bitterly: "Forget it, let's just listen to Bai Fuya. We don't need to care about whether they're dead or alive. The only thing I can be sure of is that I am Bai Fuya's biological son, so Bai Fuya, you, and the child are the most important people to me. I can't care about anything else. I don't want to pursue it anymore; it's pointless."
He thought about it on the way back, and thankfully he didn't get a clear answer this time.
Looking back, if his master had really given him the correct answer, if it were really as he thought, then he might not have been able to remain unaffected when facing Xuanyuan Peng.
This current state is clearly the best, so he doesn't want to delve any further.
Hearing him say that, Su Xuening was also very happy.
Actually, she was also worried that he might actually find out the truth, and if that affected his ambition to compete for the throne, that would be troublesome.
In the end, it will benefit Su Huiyan and Xuan Yuan Yu, and it will also put them in danger.
It would be best if he stopped pursuing the matter. Who cares who his biological father is? We should focus on seizing the throne first.
Moreover, judging from the timeline of her previous life, Xuan Yuanpeng's health was about to deteriorate. In her previous life, after her child was born, Xuan Yuanyu and Su Feiling snatched the child, dug out the heart, and offered it to Xuan Yuanpeng.
Her child is due in three months, which means that Xuanyuan Peng's health had problems before that, and it's around this time.
Su Xuening looked at Xuan Yuanzhan with some unease and asked, "Last time I asked you to ask the imperial physician about the Emperor's health, did you ask?"
Xuanyuan Zhan nodded blankly: "I asked, and Hang Yuqing said he is in good health and has no problems at all."
No problems at all?
Su Xuening frowned. This meant that Xuan Yuanpeng was in good health. Could it be that he was poisoned in his previous life?
In her previous life, she was imprisoned in the cold palace and never treated Xuan Yuanpeng's illness, so she really didn't know what illness he had.
However, she had read the medical book from the Xuanmen sect, which used the heart of an infant as a medicinal ingredient to treat tuberculosis. So, Xuanyuan Peng had tuberculosis, right?
However, tuberculosis is a disease caused by either congenital deficiency or overwork. Xuanyuan Peng was clearly not born with a deficiency, and if it were due to overwork, the imperial physicians should have been able to detect it much earlier.
Moreover, Hang Yuqing's medical skills are not bad; it's impossible that he couldn't even detect tuberculosis.
So far, Xuanyuan Peng's body has not had any problems, which means that his tuberculosis suddenly occurred in the past three months. It's just tuberculosis, which is impossible, so there must be something wrong with his illness.
Su Xuening looked at Xuan Yuanzhan with concern: "You'd better have Hang Yuqing investigate the Emperor again. You must not be careless."
Seeing Su Xuening's unusually worried expression, Xuan Yuanzhan sensed something and frowned, asking, "Have you discovered something? Or figured something out?"
Ning'er's medical skills are quite good. Could it be that she noticed something was wrong with Xuan Yuanpeng's health when she entered the palace last time?
Su Xuening looked at Xuan Yuanzhan expectantly, wanting to tell him the truth, but since it involved her past life, she couldn't say it!
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