After reciting the sutras, the Empress Dowager rose with the help of Granny Su in Cining Palace.
After the Empress Dowager sat down, she asked, "I heard that Suhetai's daughter is injured again?"
"Nothing can be hidden from you!" Granny Su massaged the Empress Dowager's legs.
"I am old, not blind or deaf! What in the palace can be kept from me?" The Empress Dowager pulled Su Mama's hand, gesturing for her to rise.
"Yes, nothing can be hidden from you, sir!" Granny Su replied with a smile.
"I've been thinking that after I'm gone, you'll be all alone, and you'll inevitably feel lonely."
I told you to get married, but you wouldn't. Now you're old and all alone!
"What are you saying, Empress Dowager? You will surely live to be a hundred!" said Granny Su, her eyes red with tears.
"Who can live to be a hundred? It's just a way of comforting oneself!" The Empress Dowager has now taken a more detached view of life and death.
"Empress Dowager, if you say that again, I will ignore you!" Granny Su said defiantly.
"Alright, that's enough. Why are you still acting like those little girls?" the Empress Dowager said with a smile.
"I had thought about giving you a child before, when Consort Yi was pregnant."
But we've already given Xiao Wu to Qiqige, so we can't keep trying to fleece one sheep!
Unexpectedly, Lady Wanliuha became pregnant at this time. I have decided that regardless of whether the baby is a boy or a girl, it will be brought to Cining Palace and entrusted to you!
“But will His Majesty agree? This servant is also worried that I won’t be able to take good care of the young master!” Granny Su said anxiously.
"Xuan Ye has no choice but to agree! You raised Xuan Ye, can't you even take care of a baby?"
Besides, it's not like you have to take care of her yourself; there's a wet nurse! So don't worry!
"Wanliuhashi is also clueless. Keeping the child with her will only be bad for the child! Moreover, Wanliuhashi has no right to raise the child!" the Empress Dowager said.
"This servant thanks the Empress Dowager!" Granny Su knelt down and said to the Empress Dowager.
"Get up! You're getting old, don't kneel so easily in the future!" the Empress Dowager said to Granny Su.
"Yes!" Granny Su didn't hesitate and replied in accordance with the Empress Dowager's words.
Wanliuha was still hoping that the child in her womb would one day turn her life around, but little did she know that the child's future was already planned out before the child was even born.
He Xue was confined to the mansion by Madam Tongjia every day. Madam Tongjia said that He Xue could not leave the mansion until her hand was healed. He Xue could only practice calligraphy and torment Madam Tongjia's flowers every day.
In order to keep Hexue at home, Lady Tongjia had no choice but to give away the flowers. Of course, she had already hidden away her favorite flowers so that Hexue would not be able to come into contact with them.
Tongjia decided to wait for Su Hetai to return so she could settle accounts with him properly, since the debts of the son should be repaid by the father!
Although He Xue was confined to the mansion, she didn't feel bored. Tana and Shi Jingrou would come to keep her company every few days.
That day, Shi Jingrou came to see He Xue again. Shi Jingrou played the zither for He Xue. The melodious music flowed out slowly as Shi Jingrou's fingers moved lightly. He Xue sat on the recliner and swayed gently.
When the Crown Prince and Jing Shu arrived, this was the scene they saw.
He Xue was completely unaware that someone was approaching. She reached out and picked up a grape next to her, then tossed it high into the air and opened her mouth to catch it.
Jing Shu couldn't bear to look anymore; He Xue was being far too casual!
The moment the Crown Prince entered, his gaze fell entirely on He Xue. He had suffered so much from unrequited love, yet He Xue, that heartless little devil, was enjoying herself so much!
Jing Shu felt that the Crown Prince had a problem with his eyes. Anyone should first see Shi Jingrou playing the zither under the tree, not the little sister opening her mouth to catch grapes.
It was Shi Jingrou who noticed the Crown Prince and Jing Shu, and immediately stood up to pay her respects.
"Sister, are you done playing?" He Xue asked in surprise, wondering why Shi Jingrou had suddenly stopped.
"Greetings, Your Highness!" Shi Jingrou rose and bowed to the Crown Prince.
Hearing the sound, He Xue turned her head and saw the Crown Prince looking at her. She quickly got up from her bed, but the more anxious she was, the less she could get up.
Seeing this, the Crown Prince shook his head helplessly and walked over with a doting expression. "Be careful, don't fall!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!" He Xue said to the Crown Prince after getting up. "Your Highness, how was my elder sister's zither playing?"
"Not bad!" the crown prince said simply.
Shi Jingrou curtsied to the Crown Prince.
He Xue glanced at the Crown Prince with displeasure. He was so clueless! He should have said a few more words of praise! She was his future wife!
He Xue's gaze left the Crown Prince completely bewildered!
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