"Let's eat, eat more. You're most likely to get hungry right now." Madam Bai continued to serve Su Xuening food.
"Thank you, Mother." Su Xuening snapped out of her reverie and focused on her meal.
And you know what? She does get hungry quite easily these days.
However, she was never hungry in the Holy King's Mansion. In addition to three meals a day, her mother would prepare snacks and treats for her every day, just in case she was hungry.
However, she didn't dare to eat too much of anything too nourishing, for fear that the baby would be too big for her to give birth to later.
When she was in the Cold Palace, she couldn't get any nutritious food. The lack of nutrition made her weak, and she almost had a difficult childbirth. Fortunately, she knew some medicine, so she was able to give birth safely. It's just a pity...
Thinking of how her child was killed by them in her past life, Su Xuening's eyes instantly darkened, and the food in her mouth suddenly lost its flavor.
After the two finished eating, Madam Bai looked at Su Xuening with concern and asked, "The weather is nice today, would you like your mother to accompany you for a stroll?"
Su Xuening remembered the time they went shopping together and almost bought the whole street, so she quickly laughed and said, "Forget it, I don't need anything, I really don't need to buy anything. I want to go back to the bamboo forest in the western suburbs. There are some things I want to tell Yun An, and I can also go back to see Master and the others."
Upon hearing this, Lady Bai immediately became interested: "That would be great! I happen to have nothing to do, so I'll accompany you back. I'll also go and see Xiao Yun'an and Doctor Luo."
Unexpectedly, Bai Shi also wanted to go. Su Xuening smiled and said, "Alright, let's go together then."
Perhaps her mother was worried about her leaving the capital alone. Now that Xuanyuan Zhan was not in the capital, she should be more careful. With her mother by her side, she could feel more at ease.
Anyway, my mother has been to the bamboo forest, and she's an old acquaintance of my master and the others.
Lady Bai specially asked Granny Shang to prepare many gifts and took them to the bamboo forest in the western suburbs.
Su Yun'an was practicing martial arts in the bamboo forest when she saw Su Xuening leading Bai Shi and a carriage into the bamboo forest from afar. She immediately ran over happily and said, "Your Highness, sister, what brings you here?"
Bai Shi happily patted Su Yun'an's head: "Your sister missed you and came to visit. I missed you all too, so I came with your sister to see you. I also brought you a gift."
Su Yun'an looked at the carriage behind them and guessed that the Empress Dowager always brought many gifts whenever she came.
"Master has gone out to gather herbs, but Uncle is here."
As Su Yun'an spoke, he pulled Su Xuening to the bamboo house.
In the bamboo house courtyard, Youyi lay on a rocking chair, idly counting the baby swallows that had just hatched under the eaves.
"Uncle-Master, the Imperial Concubine and my sister have arrived." Su Yun'an's voice came before he even reached the courtyard.
Youyi slowly sat up in his rocking chair. He had guessed it was them as soon as they entered the stone formation.
"Uncle-Master".
Su Yun'an entered the courtyard and greeted You Yi.
Youyi teased the two of them, saying, "Your Holy King's Mansion must be quite idle, coming here every few days."
Bai looked at You Yi and laughed, "The Prince's mansion is indeed boring. That's why I was thinking of coming here to play chess with you. Let's play a game!"
Upon hearing this, You Yi's eyes lit up instantly: "Next round."
He was bored; his senior brother was a medical fanatic, and Su Yun'an was a martial arts fanatic.
One of them spends all day collecting herbs, refining medicine, and researching medical techniques, while the other spends all day practicing martial arts and swordsmanship, making him really bored!
If he weren't still thinking about the girl's childbirth, he would have wanted to go back to Hundred Flowers Valley.
With so many junior disciples in Hundred Flowers Valley, he wouldn't be so bored just to tease them!
Youyi went to play chess with Bai at the stone table.
Su Xuening had something to say to Su Yun'an, so she pulled him to the Ink Bamboo Forest.
The two walked to the edge of the small lake, and Su Yun'an looked at Su Xuening and asked, "Sister, is there something you want to tell me?"
Otherwise, it would be a bit too frequent for his sister to come visit him again, given that he had only left the Holy King's Mansion a few days ago.
"I do have something to tell you." Su Xuening pulled Su Yun'an to sit down on a fallen, withered tree next to them.
"What exactly happened?" Su Yun'an asked curiously.
It must be something very important, otherwise my sister could have sent him a message.
Su Xuening didn't speak, but first pulled open his collar and looked at his back and shoulders.
When Su Yun'an's clothes were being pulled down by Su Xuening, her face immediately turned red, and she tightened her collar, saying, "Sister, men and women shouldn't touch each other. What are you looking at?"
Su Xuening was amused by him and gently pulled his clothes up before saying, "Do you still remember the pattern on Father's shoulder?"
“Hmm.” Su Yun’an nodded: “Of course I remember, it seemed to be a blue dragon.”
Besides his mother, he was probably the one who knew his father's pattern best.
When he was a child, his father often took him to bathe, and every time he saw the blue dragon pattern on his father's shoulder, he felt it was very powerful.
“My mother also has a pattern on the back of her shoulder, it looks like a phoenix.”
He remembered that when he was a child, he would clamor for the same pattern as his father. His father said that his pattern was a pair with his mother's; his was the Azure Dragon and his mother's was the Vermilion Bird. He also coaxed him, saying that when he grew up and got a wife, he would be able to have that kind of pattern.
Su Yun'an was very clever. As soon as Su Xuening asked the question, he realized what was going on: "Just now, was my sister looking at my shoulder to see if I had a pattern like Father's?"
Su Xuening laughed: "Yes, I just checked carefully, you don't have it."
Su Yun'an knew he didn't, of course, and asked curiously, "Does your sister have a pattern on her shoulder?"
Su Xuening shook her head: "No, neither of us has a pattern."
Hearing that Su Xuening also had no pattern, Su Yun'an silently breathed a sigh of relief.
He was a little afraid that he would be the only one in the family without a pattern, which would make him feel a bit pitiful.
Fortunately, his sister didn't have any either, which proves that he's not abnormal.
"Do the patterns on Father and Mother's shoulders have any meaning?" Su Yun'an felt that her sister wouldn't bring up the patterns on Father and Mother's shoulders for no reason.
Su Xuening sat down next to Su Yun'an, and the two sat side by side on the withered tree.
"What I'm about to tell you is all just my speculation. There's no concrete evidence to prove it's true. So until everything is confirmed, you can't tell anyone except the person you trust most, understand?"
Su Xuening originally wanted to tell Yun An about these things after everything was confirmed, but now she needs Yun An's help.
"Mm." Seeing Su Xuening's solemn expression, Su Yun'an nodded obediently.
What could it be? I have a feeling my sister is going to tell him some earth-shattering secret!
Do you remember when Mother left on a fire phoenix?
"Of course," Su Yun'an replied without hesitation.
How could he forget the scene when his mother left? He would never forget it in his entire life.
Seeing that he was still bothered by his mother's departure, Su Xuening said with heartache, "I heard that the Fire Phoenix is the guardian beast of Xiliang, and only the Xiliang royal family can control it."
Su Yun'an was momentarily stunned, his little mind racing. Thinking of the answer, he suddenly stood up from the withered tree: "Sister, are you saying Mother is from the Western Liang royal family?"
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