Early the next morning.
Duanmu Junyu still did not attend the morning court session. Meanwhile, the officials of Xiliang had been waiting for several days without seeing Duanmu Junyu. Instead, Jinzhu arrived first: "His Majesty has decreed that there will be no morning court session today. Court is adjourned!"
Just like the previous days, Jinzhu left after reading the imperial edict.
The officials were left bewildered.
"Why isn't His Majesty attending the morning court session again?"
"Yes, it's been several days already. Has something happened to His Majesty?"
"Is he sick? This has never happened before!"
"It seems that ever since we requested that His Majesty be made Crown Princess, His Majesty has stopped attending the morning court sessions!"
"Is that so? Doesn't His Majesty wish to make the First Princess the Crown Princess?"
"Your Majesty only has one daughter, the Crown Prince. If you don't make the Crown Prince the Crown Princess, then who does Your Majesty want to make the Crown Princess?"
"Haven't you heard? It seems that His Majesty brought back a pair of illegitimate daughters and a illegitimate son from outside the palace these past two days, and it seems that he even used the Vermilion Bird divine beast!"
"I've heard about this too. I heard that His Majesty attaches great importance to those illegitimate daughter and son."
"His Majesty has illegitimate daughters and sons outside the palace? That doesn't make sense. If His Majesty takes a fancy to someone, he can simply bring her into the palace and bestow titles upon her. Why would she give birth to illegitimate daughters and sons outside the palace? It just doesn't make sense!"
"Yes, we didn't see Her Majesty pregnant before, so how did she suddenly have two illegitimate daughters and a illegitimate child?"
"Are those illegitimate daughters and children truly His Majesty's bloodline?"
"Alright, stop talking nonsense. Now that His Majesty has brought them into the palace, he will announce their identities sooner or later!"
Duanmu Shenghua listened to the officials' discussions and left the West Liang Palace with a gloomy expression.
An official caught up with her from behind and whispered, "Your Highness, His Majesty has not attended court for the past two days, and he has not responded to the memorials you asked us to submit."
Duanmu Shenghua narrowed her eyes menacingly: "If she doesn't reply, you can continue submitting memorials until she does!"
Duanmu Junyu thought that she could get away with hiding and not attending court, but she wanted to see how long she could keep it up.
"Yes!" the official replied immediately.
Duanmu Junyu didn't care about the gossip or the undercurrents in the court. She still got up early to go see Su Xuening and Xiaobao.
Duanmu Junyu stayed with Su Xuening for a while, but Pei Luo didn't come over, so she asked, "Isn't your master coming to give me acupuncture today?"
Su Xuening explained, "Master said that the acupuncture process is very painful and you will not be able to bear it, so Master plans to give you acupuncture once every two or three days to ensure that your body can withstand it."
Duanmu Junyu frowned: "I'm in good health, there's nothing I can't handle."
Duanmu Junyu then said to Jinzhu, "Go and invite Physician Luo."
"Yes," Jinzhu replied, and soon invited Pei Luo and the others over.
"Your Majesty." The group nodded to Duanmu Junyu.
Duanmu Junyu quickly returned the greeting and asked, "Isn't Doctor Luo going to give me acupuncture today?"
Pei Luo glanced at Su Xuening and explained, "Acupuncture is very taxing on the body. We're just worried that Your Majesty's health might not be able to handle it."
Before Pei Luo could finish speaking, Duanmu Junyu quickly said, "I am in good health. The acupuncture did hurt a bit, but after a nap, I feel much more relaxed. I hope you can treat me soon."
She wasn't in a hurry to regain her memories; she simply enjoyed the relaxed feeling.
Although it was indeed very painful, the heaviness in her head lessened after she woke up from the pain. She was looking forward to the feeling of relief she would experience after the blood clot in her brain was completely removed.
Pei Luo didn't expect Duanmu Junyu to be so proactive. Without saying anything, he directly grabbed Duanmu Junyu's wrist and began to examine it.
After a moment, he released Duanmu Junyu's wrist: "There are no problems with your body for the time being. If you insist, I can continue to administer acupuncture for you."
Su Xuening became a little nervous upon hearing this: "Didn't you say that Mother's body wouldn't be able to withstand the continuous acupuncture treatments?"
Pei Luo raised an eyebrow: "I just checked your mother's pulse. Her body can still handle it for now. I'll prepare some more herbal medicine for her in the next few days to help her recover. I'll stop as soon as I find that her body can't take it anymore!"
Since Pei Luo had said so, Su Xuening was no longer worried.
She naturally trusted her master completely; if her master said there was no problem, then there was definitely no problem.
At Duanmu Junyu's request, Pei Luo began to administer acupuncture to her once again.
Despite having learned from yesterday's experience, Duanmu Junyu was still in excruciating pain this time!
Fortunately, the acupuncture treatment ended after more than an hour.
Before Pei Luo could speak, she fell into a deep sleep, exhausted.
When Duanmu Junyu woke up, she still felt that her heavy head was a little lighter.
For several days in a row, Duanmu Junyu tried her best to cooperate with Pei Luo's treatment. With each acupuncture treatment, she felt her mind becoming more and more relaxed.
With the midwife's daily postpartum meals and Pei Luo's daily conditioning soups, Su Xuening felt much better after giving birth.
Of course, the most obvious change was in Xiao Bao. Whether it was because Su Xuening's postpartum meals and herbal soups made his milk so nutritious, or because babies naturally grow quickly, Xiao Bao grew chubby and healthy in just a few days.
Even though Su Xuening watched him every day, it was still very obvious that he was changing every day!
This made Duanmu Junyu and Bai Shi adore Xiao Bao every day. Their personalities complemented each other, and although they hadn't known each other for very long, they became close friends who could talk about anything.
Of course, the reason they talked so much was mainly because Bai Shi did most of the talking, while Duanmu Junyu did less.
Perhaps it wasn't just because of Duanmu Junyu's personality, but also because she hadn't regained her memories, which is why she didn't have much to say to Bai Shi.
Fortunately, their personalities complement each other, one talks and the other listens, so they get along very well!
Then there's Su Yun'an. In the first two days after arriving in Xiliang, he clung to Duanmu Junyu, practically inseparable from her. But after that, he remembered he needed to practice martial arts and stopped relying on Duanmu Junyu. He regained his former enthusiasm for martial arts and practiced diligently every day, which made Duanmu Junyu feel sorry for him.
Su Yun'an was also afraid that Duanmu Junyu would spoil him, but he wouldn't allow Duanmu Junyu to feel sorry for him.
Besides practicing martial arts, Su Yun'an spends every day with Xiao Bao, teaching him to call him "uncle" every day. He hasn't forgotten that he wants Xiao Bao to be the first to call him "uncle"!
As for Pei Luo and the others, Pei Luo was the one who took care of Su Xuening and Xiao Bao, and treated Duanmu Junyu.
Youyi and Daoyi were bored, so they gave Su Yun'an some pointers on martial arts. They did so as if they were competing against the Xuanmen sect, sparing no effort in instructing Su Yun'an!
This allowed Su Yun'an's martial arts skills to improve by leaps and bounds in a short period of time!
In short, after staying in Xiliang for a few days, everyone settled down and life went on in an orderly manner!
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