Chapter 273 Exactly the Same
Why are you so particular about rules?
"I'm pleased to see how good-looking these two children are. What's wrong with giving them nice names?"
The emperor looked at Xie Qingran with a hint of helplessness.
This girl is thorough in everything she does, and good at everything, but sometimes she's just too rigid.
Xie Qingran smiled gently, then lowered her head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty is right. It's all because I'm too old-fashioned. I caused trouble for my family when I was young because I didn't know the rules, so I'm always extra vigilant."
Everyone here knows who she offended when she was little and who she didn't follow the rules. The emperor's smile froze for a moment. He glanced at Xie Qingran and handed the child in his hand to the wet nurse beside him: "Alright, alright, it's not appropriate for you to talk here. Ajue, come with me and let them have a proper talk!"
"Yes!" Xiao Jue stood up, patted Xie Qingran on the shoulder, and then turned to follow His Majesty out.
For a moment, only the Empress and Xie Qingran remained in the room, and the atmosphere did indeed become much more relaxed.
The Empress sighed helplessly at Xie Qingran's appearance, then handed the child to the wet nurse and spoke again, "We've heard about what happened on the day you gave birth. What were you and your husband thinking?"
"We haven't thought about this yet." Xie Qingran smiled and looked at the Empress. "Now that the person has been detained for a month, I estimate that someone will come knocking on our door soon. As for anything else, I don't know."
Does this mean they're going to investigate this thoroughly?
"The borders have been very unstable lately, and His Majesty has been unable to eat or sleep because of this. So I hope you two can be lenient with each other." The Empress said this with some guilt, feeling that she was doing something unfair to Xie Qingran.
After all, it was Xie Qingran who truly suffered, as she almost lost both of her children.
Xie Qingran knew this would happen. She couldn't help but smile when she saw the Empress's expression, and then said calmly, "Your Majesty is joking. This matter is just a small thing in the inner quarters. I guess it has nothing to do with the frontier. Could it be that foreigners arranged for these people to assassinate a pregnant woman like me?"
Upon hearing this, the Empress knew that Xie Qingran had no intention of letting the matter go.
Her gaze towards Xie Qingran was somewhat complicated: "When I first met you, I only thought that although you were aloof, you were a well-mannered and sensible girl. I never expected that you would be so vindictive?"
"Yazi?" Xie Qingran repeated the two words meaningfully. She looked at the Empress, and for a moment, she was speechless. In despair, she could only sigh: "Whatever Your Majesty says goes. Whether it's 'Yazi is vengeful' or whatever, the birth of these two children has been so bumpy. I will absolutely not let this matter go so easily!"
"Qingran!" The Empress looked at Xie Qingran with some annoyance: "Do you know..."
The Empress originally wanted to say a few words of reprimand, but faced with Xie Qingran's still somewhat pale face, she couldn't utter a single word.
After all, it was Xie Qingran who suffered, and it was Xie Qingran and her two children who almost died.
"Enough, enough. These two children are alive and well now. You should do more good deeds for their sake."
The Empress sighed helplessly, seemingly at her wit's end with Xie Qingran, but in reality, it was nothing more than moral blackmail.
Upon hearing this, Xie Qingran found it utterly ridiculous.
"I believe the best way to accumulate good karma is to bring all those who want to harm us to justice, so that our children can grow up safely in the future."
"Only when you have justice in your heart can you live a happy life."
Xie Qingran wasn't being aggressive; she was simply speaking out for herself.
She just wants an explanation, she wants justice.
Why are these people allowed to hurt her so recklessly?
The Empress sighed helplessly, "I'm a little tired. Why don't you go out for a walk? You can have lunch here with us."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will take the children out for a walk first." Xie Qingran stood up, bowed, and led the two children and the wet nurse outside.
After leaving Changchun Palace, Xiao Yu and Xiao Yanran both looked rather grim. Xiao Yanran cautiously glanced at Xie Qingran, then whispered, "Sister-in-law, does the Empress mean that you should swallow this anger and let this matter go?"
Even a child could see the meaning, so how could Xie Qingran really not see it at all?
She patted Xiao Yanran's head: "Yes, the Empress believes that now is a time when we need people, so it's better not to act recklessly."
"What about you, sister-in-law?" Xiao Yanran frowned, looking at Xie Qingran with curiosity. "Does your sister-in-law also think that we shouldn't act rashly at this time?"
Xie Qingran glanced at the pavilion in front of her, then led the two children over and sat down together.
She smiled and then said calmly, "Yes, I also think we shouldn't act rashly at this time."
Xie Qingran wasn't entirely without a sense of the bigger picture; otherwise, she wouldn't have endured it for so long.
However, her reluctance to act rashly does not mean that others will not act rashly either.
Sure enough, not long after she sat down, Zhou Huai'an strode over. He frowned and looked at Xie Qingran: "A month has passed. What exactly do you want? When are you going to give me back my nanny?"
"I don't understand what Prince Jin means by that."
Xie Qingran frowned, looking at Zhou Huai'an with a puzzled expression.
"How come Prince Jin's nanny is in our Duke Zhenguo's mansion?"
this……
Zhou Huai'an had considered many possibilities, but he never expected Xie Qingran to pretend to be stupid.
Xie Qingran is actually pretending to be stupid and completely denying it?
At this point, Zhou Huai'an really couldn't hold back anymore.
His eyebrows were furrowed tightly as he glared at Xie Qingran with displeasure: "Don't think that just because you're a first-rank imperial consort now, I can't do anything to you. Give her back to me, or we'll all suffer if things fall apart!"
"I said I don't know, I don't recognize, and I've never seen it before."
"Prince Jin doesn't believe me?"
Xie Qingran remained calm and simply stared at him intently!
"Why is Your Highness making things so difficult for my sister-in-law?"
"How can you blame others when your own family has lost face?"
Xiao Yu was dissatisfied and stood protectively in front of Xie Qingran, frowning as he looked at Zhou Huai'an.
Zhou Huai'an never expected that the little brat who didn't dare to breathe loudly in front of him before would now dare to speak to him so arrogantly.
His actions and mannerisms are exactly the same as Xie Qingran's!
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