Chapter 524 I Must Find Her
Jiang Fenghua ultimately couldn't win against Xie Shang. She could only think to herself: "A man who's crazy one minute and insane the next, fine! You're the emperor, you can go wherever you want."
She said, "Why are you all looking at me? Go and serve the Emperor!"
She followed slowly behind.
In an instant, a group of palace maids and eunuchs followed behind the emperor, all scrambling about, "Your Majesty, slow down, watch your step, watch the trees, walk this way, don't fall into the lake..."
Xie Shang didn't want anyone to help him up, and he accidentally tripped over something and fell to the ground. Instantly, the palace servants swarmed over to help him, "Your Majesty, are you alright?!"
Wu Xin, standing to the side, gave instructions: "Quickly help the Emperor up. Did the Emperor hurt himself?"
Xie Shang's alcohol tolerance was not good to begin with, but fortunately he was able to walk a few steps after vomiting once. He didn't need anyone to help him. Just now he even pushed Jiang Fenghua away, but now he started looking for Jiang Fenghua again. He was indeed unpredictable and was trying to make himself feel important.
He said, “I want to summon the Empress to my bedchamber. Xiao Anzi, go and carry the Empress to the Qianqing Palace. Why shouldn’t she serve me? Who made this rule? I’m going back to the palace… to wait for her.”
Wu Xin deliberately asked, "Should this servant escort His Majesty back to Qianqing Palace or Chenxi Palace?" Didn't he just say he was going back to Chenxi Palace? Now he's changed his mind. Tonight, he's determined to escort His Majesty to the Empress's Palace.
"Where did she go?" Xie Shang suddenly asked Wuxin.
Wu Xin glanced at Jiang Fenghua, "Your Majesty is asking who went where? Her Majesty the Empress is here!"
The next moment, Xie Shang started looking for someone again. He pushed Wuxin aside and walked straight towards Jiang Fenghua.
Xie Shang walked up to Jiang Fenghua, cupped her face and rubbed it, looking her over carefully. "I've finally found you. I've been looking for you for so long. Don't leave me."
He held Jiang Fenghua tightly, begging her not to leave. Xie Shang in front of him had no imperial majesty whatsoever, acting like a spoiled child.
Jiang Fenghua asked in confusion, "Who is the person His Majesty is looking for?"
"I want to find...find her." Xie Shang's voice gradually faded.
He leaned close to Jiang Fenghua's ear, his voice so soft that Jiang Fenghua might not even hear it clearly, "I must find her."
Finally, Jiang Fenghua heard clearly and tentatively asked, "Does Your Majesty wish to find Jiang Fenghua?"
Xie Shang shook his head. "No, I will not look for the heartless Jiang Fenghua. I will never like Jiang Fenghua again. I want to find her, to find the woman I truly love."
Jiang Fenghua then asked, "Is Su Tingwan the person His Majesty truly loves?"
"No, none of you are her. You've all lied to me. You don't like me. Only she... she likes me." Xie Shang, drunk, uttered cruel and heartless words, "I don't like any of you. None of you deserve my love."
Jiang Fenghua supported his body, but Xie Shang leaned his weight entirely on her as if he were asleep, muttering to himself, "I will definitely find her. I don't want Jiang Fenghua anymore. She's a liar."
Jiang Fenghua had no choice but to say to Wuxin, "You should help the Emperor to the Qianqing Palace first!"
"Aren't we going to Chenxi Palace? The Emperor is drunk and needs Your Majesty's care." Wuxin, however, felt this was an opportunity to reconcile with the Emperor: "The Emperor is just talking nonsense while drunk, Your Majesty, please don't take it to heart."
Jiang Fenghua looked at Wuxin and said, "You know Xie Shang has someone else in his heart. The person he needs right now is not me. When he sobers up and sees me, he will only find me annoying."
Before she left, she said again, "Take good care of the Emperor."
After Wuxin helped Xie Shang steady himself, Jiang Fenghua went straight back to Chenxi Palace. She must have broken Xie Shang's heart! She found it laughable that she could hurt him like that.
Let him go find the person he truly loves! Perhaps that's why she never truly entered Xie Shang's heart, which is why he doubted and suspected her.
Let him go find whomever he wants, and bring her back to be his favored concubine! All I need to do is secure my position as Empress.
Lin Yu was already waiting in the Morning Light Palace, and she had brought Xie Ziyan, Xie Hongyou, and Xie Hongyuan with her.
"Is the banquet over so soon?" Lin Yu noticed her pale face and asked, "What happened?"
"The banquet is over. The Emperor is drunk. He can't hold his liquor, yet he drank so much. He reeks of alcohol and almost threw up all over me." She used this excuse.
Jiang Fenghua removed the hairpin from her head and took off her elaborate and formal clothes.
Only after she changed into fresh clothes did she go to hold the child, asking, "What is Xiaoyan doing?"
Xie Ziyan said, "It's a little horse. It's a little horse that Father Emperor gave to me, and I like it very much."
She patted her daughter's head. "How about your mother teaches you to ride a horse when you're a little older?"
"Great!" Xie Ziyan exclaimed happily. "Yan'er loves riding horses, and Yan'er will take good care of the foals, big and small, and they will love Yan'er too."
Xie Hongyou, however, was playing with Xie Hongyuan by the cradle. "Mother, little Yuan'er is sucking his fingers. Come and see, he likes to suck his fingers."
He was worried that his younger brother would bite off his finger, but he didn't expect that his brother didn't have any teeth yet. He tried to stop him several times but failed, so he kept watching to prevent him from eating.
Jiang Fenghua picked up her youngest son again and kissed his little face. In just over a month, the fourth prince had grown up and was already handsome and cute. "Does You'er like her little brother?"
Xie Hongyou nodded. "I like it."
"From now on, You'er must protect your younger brother and sister well," Jiang Fenghua said gently.
"You'er will definitely protect them." Xie Hongyou kissed Jiang Fenghua's cheek warmly. "Youyou will also protect Mother."
Jiang Fenghua kissed Xie Hongyou's little face again, "My good Youyou, I will always protect you."
Seeing the happy smile on Jiang Fenghua's face when she saw the child, Lin Yu's heart wavered again. She knew Jiang Fenghua couldn't bear to abandon her child.
But when she thought that Jiang Fenghua would never find true happiness in the palace, she made up her mind to take her away. It was Xie Shang who wronged her first.
Lin Yu handed the water glass to Jiang Fenghua, saying, "You must be thirsty after walking all this way! Have some water."
"Thank you." Jiang Fenghua didn't think much of it and drank the water Lin Yu handed her, unaware that it was drugged.
Seeing that she had drunk water, Lin Yu said, "If you're tired, go and rest. We'll take care of the child."
She then had the wet nurse take the three children away and instructed Hongxiu and Lianye to watch over them carefully. Neither of them noticed anything unusual about Lin Yu.
A short while later, Jiang Fenghua yawned from exhaustion: "I'm going to take a nap. I'm really tired today. I drank some wine and talked a lot."
She soon fell into a deep sleep, and by midnight, everyone in the entire Morning Light Palace was fast asleep, including Granny Wang.
Ao Xue found Lin Yu, "A Yu, are you really going to do this?"
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