Xuan Ling slowly reached out and stroked her hair, his voice as deep as a pool of water: "Yan Yan, although the Queen Mother is your biological mother, she never raised you and was not kind to you in the past. Why do you bother with her?"
Sheng Xiyan's eyes were filled with tears, and her face flushed from crying. "Although she never took care of me, she gave me life. I hate her for not treating me well in the past, but I also understand that ignorance is not a sin.
Husband, please don't let her die, okay? Wuu ...
Xuan Ling gave her an unfathomable smile and touched her head again.
Sheng Xiyan's eyes were blurred with tears. Did he agree or not?
"Yan Yan..."
The Queen Mother woke up at some point, and her pale lips trembled as she called her.
When Sheng Xiyan turned around, she saw twenty years of guilt and longing in the old lady's eyes.
She tugged at Xuan Ling's dragon robe, crying even louder, and said in a naughty way: "Xuan Lang, can you promise me? If you don't promise me, I won't get up... I will just keep crying... Wuuuuu..."
Xuan Ling had no choice but to pull her up, "Yan Yan, I promise you, I won't cry anymore."
He held her on his lap and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
Sheng Xiyan hugged his neck and sobbed, "Thank you...husband."
Finally it worked.
The Empress Dowager caressed the Shu brocade dress with a peony pattern. The head nanny bowed and coaxed her, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager worked through several nights making this dress for you. Not only did she prick her finger, she also had a headache."
Sheng Xiyan then realized that the old lady's finger was torn because she was making clothes for her.
Xuan Ling leaned close to her ear and said, "Yan Yan, what did you just say? If you don't obey, I will investigate what happened back then..."
Sheng Xiyan quickly said, "I'll be obedient, I'll be obedient."
She walked slowly to the Queen Mother, and it seemed like she had been walking there for twenty years.
It was the first time I sat so close to the old lady. I secretly observed the empress dowager's appearance, trying to find more similarities between the two of them.
The Queen Mother took the dress to Sheng Xiyan for comparison.
Sheng Xiyan noticed that the stitches of the Baoxiang pattern were crooked and there were traces of blood on the cuffs - how many sleepless nights had it taken to stitch this?
"Mother made it according to the clothing bureau's measurements..." The Queen Mother's voice trembled, "Maybe it won't fit..."
The word "mother" made Sheng Xiyan feel like a needle piercing her heart.
She took the dress and touched the Queen Mother's fingers wrapped in gauze, and her heart ached...
"It's pretty," she whispered, running her fingertips over the uneven stitching. "I like it."
The Queen Mother's tears fell, and her phoenix eyes were filled with cautious hope.
Xuan Ling suddenly cleared his throat, hinting to Sheng Xiyan that she understood - this was a little gesture between them, meaning "don't be afraid."
"Mother..."
This call was as sweet as honey, but it came twenty years late.
The Queen Mother pulled her into her arms and cried like a baby.
Sheng Xiyan smelled the scent of sandalwood mixed with peony on the old lady's body, and suddenly understood what "the smell of mother" meant.
When she put on the ill-fitting dress, Xuan Ling pulled her aside to examine her carefully, praising her: "Yan Yan's elegance and beauty are unparalleled."
"You're so smooth-talking." She turned around with a red face, but he pinched the tip of her nose.
The Queen Mother had a relieved smile on her face. "Emperor, I should thank you. It is because of your unwavering kindness to Yanyan that we are where we are today."
Xuan Ling pinched Sheng Xiyan's cheek, "Did you hear that? Even the Queen Mother praised me for my persistent love for you. Next time we have a fight, don't bring up the idea of dividing the family."
He narrowed his eyes, "Otherwise I will tie you to the dragon bed."
Sheng Xiyan leaned into his arms, smiled coquettishly and said, "I understand. Next time if you mess with me, I will come to the Cining Palace to find my mother and live with her."
Xuan Ling tapped her nose and said lovingly, "Yes, now you have another family, how dare I make you angry?"
The Queen Mother said with a smile: "My Cining Palace will always support Yanyan..."
She handed over a booklet and said, "Your Majesty, what happened back then was a rumor spread by Concubine Liang. She was too obsessed with things, so she can no longer be kept. She should be banished to the cold palace. As for this booklet, it contains the evidence I have collected on Prime Minister Feng over the years."
Xuan Ling opened the booklet and looked through it. He actually already had some of the content in it, but he didn't expect there was so much.
"What the Queen Mother said is correct. It's time to settle accounts with him."
"Yesterday, Imperial Concubine Shu came to me and begged me, saying that since Imperial Concubine Jia was no longer around, could Le Wen be given to her to raise? I thought this would be a good idea. The women in the harem would have a stable life if they had someone to look forward to. After all, she is General Qi's biological sister, so I should give her this favor."
Xuan Ling said, "The Queen will decide on this matter."
Sheng Xiyan said, "Le Wen is being raised by Concubine Shu, but what about Le Yun? Can she be raised by Concubine Lin? She has good character."
Xuan Ling said: "You are the queen, you are the one who decides the affairs of the harem."
It is a blessing that the children now have someone to take care of them.
Returning to the Yangxin Palace, Sheng Xiyan apologized: "Xuanlang, I'm sorry. It was my mother who killed your mother. I really feel sorry for you..."
Xuan Ling said, "Actually, I know that my mother's death was caused by my father's will."
"Father? He..."
Xuan Ling said quietly, "I grew up in the Imperial Palace and understand the rules of survival there. Although I feel resentful about my father's actions, I don't find it strange."
Once, because he was afraid that Sheng Xiyan would be in danger during childbirth, he also thought about not letting her give birth to the child and choosing an outstanding prince for her to raise.
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. In order to consolidate her position, she must not allow the prince's biological mother to survive.
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