Thinking of the Min family, Emperor Chongjin's face turned cold. He glanced at the two brats beside him and frowned slightly. "Fine, I'll take you there myself."
After saying that, Emperor Chongjin turned to look at Chen Zhixian who was walking over, "Listen to Physician Yuan, take your medicine and eat your medicinal food properly. I will come to see you again later."
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhixian immediately nodded.
She had originally planned to ask Emperor Chongjin to go and take a look, since Min Shi was quite eloquent, and what if she bullied Niannian?
Emperor Chongjin understood Chen Zhixian's meaning and gently patted her hand to comfort her.
"Don't worry, Min's maternal clan often abuses the Empress Dowager's name to bully others, and the Empress Dowager has long been dissatisfied with them. Besides, today's fault lies entirely with Min, not with Niannian. The Empress Dowager will not let Niannian suffer any injustice."
Hearing this, Chen Zhixian breathed a sigh of relief, stood at the bottom of the steps, and smiled as she saw the father and son out the door.
As dusk fell, Tingyun and Tingyue each held a hexagonal palace lantern and stood under the eaves. A gentle breeze stirred, causing the red lanterns overhead to sway. The warm yellow and red light illuminated Chen Zhixian's gentle and graceful profile in the twilight. The beauty smiled softly, exuding a gentle and charming charm.
Emperor Chongjin nodded with a faint smile. When he turned around, he glanced at the two boys following behind, then looked into the distance and caught up with the little boy who was running away with his short legs, laughing.
A moment later, the little boy came running back with a giggle, holding two fluffy foxtail grasses in his hands. He ran up to the group and gave the grasses to his fifth brother.
Xuandi received the grass, skillfully tied it into a small rabbit, and handed it to her.
The little bunny got the rabbit, clutched it tightly in his hand, and ran off happily with a laugh. From afar, a small, round figure could be seen darting and rolling around in front of him, so cute and lively, accompanied by bursts of silvery laughter.
Emperor Chongjin watched this scene with a smile, his hands behind his back, and followed slowly behind with measured steps. His usually cold and indifferent eyes had also softened unconsciously, radiating a faint kindness.
Huo Chengche smiled as he looked at the chubby little figure, and subtly glanced at the woman standing under the eaves.
They had walked quite a distance away, and the smile on Chen Zhixian's lips was gone from when she faced Emperor Chongjin; she simply watched them go.
This version of Chen Zhixian is more natural; the gentleness in her eyes seems to emanate from her very bones, and she is already approachable even before she smiles.
Huo Chengche calmly withdrew his gaze.
Xuan Di naturally noticed Huo Chengche's actions. He glanced at Chen Zhixian, then leaned close to Huo Chengche's ear with a smirk and whispered in a cheeky tone, "Oh, Your Highness, are you feeling unwell?"
Xuandi thought that Huo Chengche would be unhappy to see how much Emperor Chongjin doted on Chen Zhixian.
However, upon hearing this, Huo Chengche's deep eyes remained calm, and he only glanced at Xuan Di with a cold look, as if he were looking at an idiot.
Huo Chengche knew very well that after his mother passed away, even if Emperor Chongjin defied public opinion and declared that he would not establish another empress, there would still come a day when his father would have another woman by his side, not a new empress, but a favored concubine who was also a secondary empress.
If it wasn't Chen Zhixian, it would have been someone else. Compared to a ruthless woman like Consort Xue with a deep mind, he would rather it was Chen Zhixian, at least he wouldn't dislike her.
Xuandi, feeling awkward, pursed his lips and said nothing more.
Xihe Palace was not far from Shouci Palace, and soon Emperor Chongjin arrived at Shouci Palace with two adults and one child.
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