Xie Yihui's eyes were half closed, and he had no intention of opening them to see him, but this did not hinder Xie Changming's filial piety.

"Father, this is the wild ginseng that I found for you. It is very effective for your health." Seeing that he didn't open his eyes to take a look, Xie Changming simply put the thing in his hand on the table.

"How did your brother die?" Xie Yihui spent a long time thinking about it on the couch these days. After sending people to get information everywhere, he finally found some clues. The confidant saw the eldest son leave the mansion and flash back in black clothes. His behavior was very strange.

"Father, I don't understand what you are asking. Didn't my second brother bite his tongue to commit suicide? The officials have already given the conclusion. Why does father still want to..."

"Asshole! Do you even want to deceive your father?" Xie Yihui's expression suddenly became solemn, his eyes widened, and his voice sounded even more vicissitudes and calm.

"I dare not." Xie Changming lowered his eyebrows and eyelids, feeling a little panic in his heart.

"Ming'er, you must remember that he is your biological brother!" Xie Yihui said to him earnestly, closed his eyes in despair and sighed. The dusk was heavy, giving people a feeling of exhaustion.

"Father, I had no choice but to do this. If Changyong takes all this on himself, no one will trace it back to you. This will be good for both of us, isn't it?" Xie Changming had been struggling with this for a long time. Before this, he went to see Gu Yunru specially to dispel her suspicion of him.

He had already decided to go to the prison alone and poison Xie Changyong to death. All the plans were under his control and he thought they were flawless.

"You! Ming'er, you have always been the calmest person, why would you do such a thing?" Xie Yihui narrowed his eyes. Although he was annoyed in his heart, he could do nothing about him. After all, this was his son, and now he was a lonely old man with only Xie Changming by his side.

Thinking of Xie Bingyan and Xie Changyong... who will be the next one? Will Rong Zhen and the emperor really let them go? Xie Yihui didn't know.

Palace.

The night was as dark as ink. Gu Yunru stood in front of the desk with a rosewood brush in her hand, imitating the landscape paintings of Rong Zhen and began to paint. However, after painting for an hour, she could not draw half of Rong Zhen's shadow, and she could not help feeling a little resentful.

"The way you hold a pen is wrong." Rong Zhen hugged her petite body from behind, held her hands, and began to teach her how to hold a pen. Gu Yunru's heart was pounding. It felt really good to be hugged by him.

"Focus and don't think about messy things." Rong Zhen seemed to know what she was thinking at a glance. The upturned corners of her mouth and the somewhat blurred eyes were reminding him. Gu Yunru felt a little embarrassed by what he said. She quietly stuck out her tongue and drew two bamboo leaves.

"Look, by the way, I'm also good at drawing small animals!" Gu Yunru said proudly, letting go of his hand, wanting to show off her painting skills.

In the past, she and her classmates completed the blackboard newspapers in school together. She was best at drawing the shapes of small animals and drew a picture of two little roosters chasing each other.

When Rong Zhen saw this, his face darkened. He had worked so hard to teach her so many skills, but he didn't expect that she just drew two chicks. He looked at her with a look of disappointment.

"Don't be angry. Besides, we have plenty of time in the future. Can't we take it slow?" Gu Yunru acted coquettishly, and her tone quickly melted his heart.

Looking at her beautiful eyes and eyebrows, Rong Zhen sighed helplessly and said unhappily: "How can you be so lazy?"

"Who said no? I can draw whatever I want." He saw Gu Yunru's stubbornness and willfulness, but for some reason, he felt so sorry for her that he couldn't get angry at all.

"Shu'er will come to your house with her mother tomorrow as a guest. You should receive her well then." Rong Zhen lowered her brows and continued to add a stroke to her unfinished painting.

"Shu'er is coming? That's great!" Gu Yunru's eyebrows curved with excitement, and even her eyes narrowed into crescent shapes. Rong Zhen felt warm in his heart when he saw her silly and naughty appearance. After all, she was still like a child.

Seeing Rong Zhen seeming to be hesitant to speak, she rubbed his arm curiously, "What are you thinking about?"

Rong Zhen stared at her pretty eyes and said, "I'm wondering when I can have a child with you."

As soon as he finished speaking, it was Gu Yunru's turn to remain silent. She should not have asked this question earlier. She was most afraid of children. If she had a child, her best years would be dragged down by the child.

"What are you thinking about?" Rong Zhen looked at her slightly evasive eyes. Having learned mind-reading skills from Gu Yunru for so long, he could easily tell what she was thinking or what she was avoiding.

When the topic of children was mentioned, her eyes obviously avoided. It seemed... she didn't seem to like children very much.

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"I... just haven't thought about it yet." Gu Yunru lowered her head shyly. She suddenly felt something strange being in the same room with him, so she pushed his back and said, "Don't you still have military matters to deal with? You should go to the study room first. I'm a little sleepy, so I'll go to bed first." Gu Yunru spoke very quickly, not giving him any chance to interrupt.

Early the next morning, Tingya brought Shu'er to visit the palace. Gu Yunru prepared many small gifts to make Shu'er happy. Looking at her chubby little appearance, he was so happy in his heart.

Qingxing brought tea and cakes. Tingya glanced at Qingxing and asked her to stay here. She stared at the two of them, not knowing what to say. Tingya said, "I have already mentioned the matter you asked me to do last time to my mother. My mother said that I should first marry Zijun a wife, and then arrange for Qingxing to enter the palace. This way, it will not cause criticism from the ministers."

It turned out that the princess came today to talk about General Huang, and Qingxing's face turned red all of a sudden.

"Princess, what are you talking about?..." Qing Xing didn't want to admit that she was indeed interested in General Huang, but the lady always said that when a man pursues a woman, it's like a mountain between them, but when a woman pursues a man, it's like a layer of gauze between them...

With the motivation from this sentence, she became bolder, but she didn't know whether General Huang had accepted the token she had given him before. If she was just wishful thinking, it would be too embarrassing...

"Qingxing, you don't have to be shy. Your young lady has already explained the situation to me. You have liked General Huang for a long time, right?" Tingya coaxed Shu'er in his arms, but did not stop teasing her. Her eyes were full of smiles. Qingxing's voice became even more gloomy when she heard this.