Since he had nothing better to do, Hongshi took advantage of the fact that everyone in the courtyard was busy with the funeral arrangements for Lady Dong'e, and quietly slipped out of the house and ran along the familiar path to Chengqian Palace. However, he was surprised to find that the place seemed much quieter than before. He didn't see a single person along the way.
Soon, Hongshi understood.
With Nian Gengyao out of power, Consort Hua could only keep a low profile. Her father, the Emperor, hadn't entered the Eastern Six Palaces for many days, and Chengqian Palace was about to become a cold palace.
That's great, it'll be a perfect place for him to play.
Hongshi took out the small medicine bottle he had brought with him, looked at it, smiled, and stopped imitating the owl's hooting. He then pushed open the back window of Consort Hua's bedroom.
But no one expected that there was another person in the bedchamber besides Shan Xiu.
Little Fu Hui knelt on the ground, looking at Shan Xiu with utter confusion: "Why is Mother becoming more and more indifferent to her son? She won't even see him anymore? My uncle's accident has worried me a lot, Mother..."
"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can go back now." Shan Xiu had no time to deal with this fake son anymore, and she could no longer hide the disdain in her eyes. "Don't come looking for me unless I summon you in the future."
“Mother…” Fu Hui’s eyes filled with tears. He didn’t understand why his mother treated him this way, so different from other mothers…
The mother and son were facing each other in silence when they heard a creak from the back window.
Startled, Shan Xiu jumped up abruptly, and Fu Hui also leaped to her feet, turning back to look at the back window in shock and fear: "Who's there?"
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