"By the way, grandma is okay, right?" Mu Hanyan asked.
"Don't worry, didn't the emperor say it? It's just a competition, just a competition, what can happen?" Yue Fanchen showed a sly smirk at the corner of his mouth, exactly the same as his elder brother.
"No, I'm not worried about that. I once heard that grandma was suffering from a hidden illness. Was there anything wrong with her fighting with someone just now?" Mu Hanyan said.
"Who told you that?" Yue Fanchen asked with a frown.
"Wu Ziyue." Mu Hanyan replied.
"No wonder. I was wondering why that old fellow dared to show off in the palace. This is why." Yue Fanchen said thoughtfully. Then, he looked around carefully and said to Mu Hanyan through his voice transmission, "Actually, the Queen Mother is not ill, but injured."
"Injured? How did grandma get injured?" Mu Hanyan was extremely surprised and asked by gathering her energy to transmit the message.
She had just witnessed her grandmother's strength with her own eyes. There weren't many people in the world who could hurt her. Furthermore, as the Queen Mother, she was protected by countless experts in the palace, both openly and covertly. How could anyone possibly hurt her?
"About two years ago, my mother said she wanted to see you, so she went to Anyun alone, and was injured when she came back." Yue Fanchen hesitated for a moment, but still spoke honestly.
"Grandma came to see me? How come I didn't know?" Mu Hanyan was even more surprised.
"Maybe he doesn't want you to know." Yue Fanchen guessed.
Mu Hanyan frowned, feeling something was amiss. Two years ago, her bloodline had awakened, and her grandmother had chosen this exact moment to visit her. Could there be some other reason?
Thinking of the temple assassin who tried to assassinate her at the beginning of her rebirth, Mu Hanyan had an idea: Could it be that her grandmother came to visit her just to see if she could awaken her bloodline before she turned sixteen, and the reason she was injured was actually to protect herself?
"Is grandma seriously injured?" Although she was not sure about her guess, Mu Hanyan still felt sad and asked.
Given my grandmother’s status and position, if it was just a common injury, it should have been healed long ago. But it has been delayed for so long, the injury must be serious.
"It's not a serious injury, but it's a very strange one. Most importantly, it has a huge impact on her cultivation. Over the past two years, my eldest brother has privately visited many famous doctors to treat her, but they couldn't find the cause. Her condition has been intermittent.
We kept this matter a secret to prevent it from getting out and damaging the royal foundation. We also specifically instructed those famous doctors that if the news leaked out, they should just say that the Queen Mother had a hidden illness and never tell anyone about her injury.
"But it seems the news has leaked out. I was wondering why that old fellow Wu Tianxiong dared to ask for trouble when he knew how powerful the Queen Mother was. Now that I think about it, maybe he was just testing the Queen Mother's strength." Yue Fanchen said in a deep voice.
"Test? Could it be that he has rebellious intentions?" Mu Hanyan was shocked.
"What's so strange about this? Our Yue family's throne was obtained through strength. If others have the strength, they can naturally seize it as well.
Back then, the ancestor of the Wu family joined hands with the ancestor of our Yue family to conquer the Shangyue Kingdom and was named the King of Co-Kings, second only to the emperor. He was willing to be inferior to others, but later generations may not think so.
In the past, our Yue family had produced countless masters, and the Wu family didn't dare to dream of such a thing. However, in this generation, our father was of ordinary talent and passed the throne to our eldest brother early on. Although my eldest brother has outstanding talents, he is still young and cannot intimidate the Wu family. The Yue family's throne is actually supported by our mother. If it is confirmed that the queen mother is seriously injured and has not recovered, how can Wu Tianxiong not have other ideas?
"But fortunately, the Queen Mother's injuries should be fine, and Wu Tianxiong should give up hope now." Yue Fanchen explained slowly, a look of relief on his face as he finished.
Is it really nothing serious? Mu Hanyan was not so optimistic.
With my grandmother's strength, it is certainly difficult to hurt her, but if the other party can hurt her, the strength of the other party must be extraordinary. It is far from as easy as imagined to recover without treatment.
Mu Hanyan felt uneasy and quickened her pace.
Following Lu Nianxin, several people returned to the hall.
"You all go out." Lu Nianxin waved her hand, and several palace maids left the hall.
Only when there were no outsiders around did Lu Nianxin let out a long breath. His body suddenly swayed a few times, and his face turned pale. He seemed to have aged ten years.
"Grandma (Queen Mother)!" Mu Hanyan had long suspected that her grandmother's injury would not heal so easily, and had been paying attention to her expression. As soon as she saw something was wrong, she quickly stepped forward to support her. Yue Fanyi and the others also extended their hands, but they were a step too slow.
"See, I told you that girls are more considerate." Lu Nianxin forced a smile and said jokingly.
"Mother." Yue Fanyi and Yue Fanchen were in no mood to joke with her. They supported her on both sides, tears welling up in their eyes with anxiety.
Seeing that Yue Fanyi, the king of a country, showed such filial behavior because he was worried about his mother, Mu Hanyan couldn't help but be moved.
"You boring guys, your mother finally told me a joke and you didn't even laugh. It was better when we were kids." Seeing the anxious and solemn faces of the two, Lu Nianxin said disappointedly.
"Mother, there's nothing else to say. Sit down and rest. I'll go get the imperial physician." Yue Fanyi said, forcing out a smile that was uglier than crying with great difficulty.
"Those quacks should stop spreading the news. I finally managed to trick the old man. If those quacks leak the news, all my efforts will be in vain." Lu Nianxin sat down and shook his head.
"But mother, your injuries..." Yue Fanyi looked at his mother hesitantly.
"My injuries are not serious, I won't die." Lu Nianxin waved her hand.
Seeing her grandmother's tired face and thinking that she might have been injured because of herself, Mu Hanyan felt even more heartbroken.
"Hanyan, come here, grandma has something to say to you." Lu Nianxin patted the seat beside her and said to Mu Hanyan.
"Grandma, you should rest well first. I'll talk to you later." Mu Hanyan said with concern. Because she didn't know the extent of Lu Nianxin's injuries, she didn't dare to take out the elixir rashly. Besides, the elixir in the palace would not be worse than the one she had.
"It's okay. I believe Fan Chen has already told you that my injury has been going on for a few days. It doesn't have much impact on my body, but it does hinder my cultivation. It won't hurt to say a few words." Lu Nianxin said with a smile.
Seeing that her complexion had improved a lot, Mu Hanyan knew that these words were not meant to comfort her, so she felt slightly relieved and sat down beside her obediently.
"Hanyan, Fanchen probably told you about the affairs of our Yue family and the Wu family just now, right?" Lu Nianxin asked.
What Yue Fanchen and Mu Hanyan said just now was all transmitted through the Qi gathering, but with Lu Nianxin's wisdom, he could guess a little.
"Yeah." Mu Hanyan nodded.
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