"So...the rumors about a hidden pregnancy are true? When did you two get together?"
Madam Shen was already feeling dizzy.
Shen Yulou nodded. "We met at the Spring Festival banquet last year. He said I was very good-looking and fell in love with me at first sight."
Madam Shen: "..." This is truly terrible.
She said he couldn't believe his son was so bold as to throw flowers at the emperor's palanquin; apparently, he already had a child.
It's made specifically for them, isn't it?
"Ahem... So, how does a man give birth?" Madam Shen asked Shen Yulou hesitantly after calming down for a moment.
"She was born via cesarean section by a renowned doctor." Shen Yulou replied without hesitation.
"Ah..." Madam Shen looked pained, never expecting His Majesty to have gone to such lengths.
He was even willing to bear a child for Shen Yulou, risking his life for her. It seems he truly loved Shen Yulou.
Madam Shen accepted this son-in-law in her heart.
"Oh dear, I was so engrossed in chatting with you that I almost forgot." Madam Shen suddenly slapped her thigh.
"After I heard the news, I prepared a lot of things for the child. I was planning to go to the palace to give them to you as soon as you returned from the imperial mausoleum."
"I never expected something like that to happen."
As Madam Shen spoke, she opened the small bundle she had placed on the stool.
"This is a specially made longevity lock and a small silver bracelet, along with a few small clothes and toys, and..."
Madam Shen took each item onto the table one by one, listing them off as if they were precious treasures.
The little one looked at the glittering longevity lock and started babbling again, wanting it.
Madam Shen put the longevity lock around the little guy's neck, clapped her hands, and was very satisfied with her masterpiece.
Madam Shen and Shen Yuchen sat at Shen Yulou's place for a while, waiting for Prime Minister Shen to finish his court session.
Madam Shen and Prime Minister Shen took turns holding the fox cub and praising him for a long time before reluctantly going home together.
Chi Yuan felt uncomfortable under the unusually loving gaze of his mother-in-law.
"Yue...cough...Why is Madam Shen looking at me so strangely?"
Chi Yuan moved in front of Shen Yulou, completely baffled.
"It's nothing. I just said that the fox cub was born via C-section during your annual leave this year."
Shen Yulou wanted to laugh when he thought about his own nonsense.
“Oh…” Chi Yuan suddenly realized.
No wonder, he said that when Prime Minister Shen went to court a while ago, he looked at him like he was his father's killer.
Why is Madam Shen being so nice?
But it's not a big deal. Shen Yulou can make up whatever he wants; it doesn't matter.
He doesn't care about his reputation in these areas.
"So what exactly happened back then?" The two sat down, and Shen Yulou slowly asked about what happened back then.
Chi Yuan told him everything he had found out.
Shen Yulou listened quietly.
[Ding! Hidden storyline fully unlocked, your 5000 merit points have been credited to your account]
Upon hearing the system's voice, Shen Yulou was startled and secretly clicked his tongue in amazement.
Holy crap, is this hidden storyline really that expensive?
Shouldn't we give him a few more? Paying off his debts will be just around the corner.
Isn't that a glimmer of hope?
However, amidst his great joy, Shen Yulou seemed to suddenly discover something.
"So, you already knew that the jade engraved with the dragon was something the people of Sheng'an Kingdom deliberately used to mislead you?"
"I just can't rule out the possibility that it was used to distract, but I don't necessarily know for sure."
Chi Yuan corrected his statement.
Shen Yulou felt that something was not quite right.
"Since you were so confident before, and even started to have some guesses, why were you worried for so long when that red jade appeared?"
Shen Yulou looked at Chi Yuan dangerously.
At that time, he was also blinded by his own worries about Chi Yuan.
They completely forgot how strange this behavior was.
Why did he feel that Chi Yuan was pretending to be pitiful at that time?
"No, it's just that you guys are here, so I'm worrying too much."
Chi Yuan felt a little guilty.
However, he was right, only his worries were mixed with some petty schemes.
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