"Qiu'er..."
Seeing her daughter's eyes slightly red, Liu also reached out her hand. Shen Qingqiu, who was still on the horse, took her mother's hand and jumped off the horse. "When you left, your face was still plump, but when you came back, there was not even a trace of flesh left." Liu glanced at Gu Yong with a little resentment.
Gu Yong could only rub his nose.
He was innocent too. He would naturally not take his daughter with him to fight on the battlefield. However, his daughter was always naughty and actually followed his team secretly.
"Stop talking so much. The Marquis and the young lady have just returned. Let's go home together. The old lady is still waiting!" Mother Chen said hurriedly.
"Let's go in."
The whole family went into the house together. Old Lady Xu was sitting in the living room. As she was very old, she closed her eyes and fell asleep after waiting for a while.
"Girl! You're back!" Jin Cai greeted her excitedly.
The dozing old lady Xu was also awakened. When she opened her eyes, she saw two people who had been away for more than half a year coming back at the same time. Her eyes were moistened immediately. Gu Yong took two steps forward and knelt in front of the old lady, "My grandson is unfilial and made me worry."
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back." Old Madam Xu had tears in her eyes.
How could she not worry? During that time, there was news that her grandson's troops were surrounded. Everything seemed to have gone back to many years ago. All her children and grandchildren died in that war. If it weren't for her grandson's wife and her help, she didn't know how she had survived these days.
"Old Madam," Shen Qingqiu also looked at Old Madam Xu.
Old Lady Xu took her hand and said, "You are too wild, girl. So many people can't keep an eye on you." But it was a good day after all, and it would be a shame to preach at this time. Moreover, if Shen Qingqiu hadn't followed them secretly and made great achievements, how could the Gu family army return safely?
"Come quickly, you have been traveling a long way during the march, and I know that you love to eat roasted pot, so your mother specially asked someone to prepare it for you."
While the few people were talking, the maids had already heated up the pot. At this moment, the milky white soup base of her son was rippling with waves, which looked very delicious. The red oil base on the side that suited Shen Qingqiu's taste was also very hot. The spicy fragrance alone made her appetite grow.
He immediately sat at the table and ate until he was full.
That night, Liu and Gu Yong had not seen each other for many days and naturally had a lot to talk about. Shen Qingqiu had no choice but to take care of the child for them. The child was still young and no one knew how to call him by his full name. The servants at most called him the prince, so Shen Qingqiu and the others called him Tuan Ge'er.
Tuan Ge'er is still young, and can only speak babblingly. Shen Qingqiu was speechless facing a baby, and wanted to throw him on her bed and go practice martial arts, but the baby started crying as soon as she left, as if he was clinging to her.
"How did you give birth to such a little crybaby?" Shen Qingqiu poked his brother's soft face, "How can a man just cry?"
Mother Chen was sharp-eyed and immediately slapped her rebellious hand away, "The child's skin is very tender. You are so rough with your hands and feet, be careful not to hurt the little master." Shen Qingqiu pouted slightly. Mother Chen used to be on her side, but after having this little thing, even she was no longer her little sweetie.
"Besides, our little prince is still young. Why should he be a man and cry whenever he wants?" Mother Chen said as she took a small string of beads to play with Tuan Ge. Tuan Ge's tears disappeared quickly and he started to giggle soon.
This prompted Shen Qingqiu to poke his plump and tender face a few more times.
"Miss!" It was Jin Cai who pushed the door open. "It's the maid who serves the Crown Princess. She said that the Crown Princess learned that you are back and invited you to a small gathering."
Shen Qingqiu was suspicious. She had just returned. The emperor had made her a princess and she hadn't had time to thank him yet. If she went to the prince's residence at this time, wouldn't it be a bad thing for others to talk about? She had known Wang Qingluo for many years. Although she was unruly, she was definitely not the kind of person who didn't know the big picture. Moreover, the nanny beside the crown princess came to the Guhou Mansion late at night. How could the crown prince not know? "Miss, is there something wrong?" Jin Cai asked, "How about I go and tell her?"
Mother Chen also said, "It's already this late in the day, how can we go out to meet guests?"
Shen Qingqiu shook her head. Something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary. She was not afraid that someone was going to deal with her, but she was afraid that something really happened to Wang Qingluo. "Jin Cai, ask Tu Jiu to prepare the horse for me."
Jin Cai quickly agreed.
Late at night, Shen Qingqiu wore a black cloak and went all the way to the backyard of the Crown Prince's Mansion. Without waiting for anyone to report, she jumped over the wall. On the day when Wang Qingluo and the Crown Prince got married, she had been to the East Palace. At this time, she also walked to the bedroom of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess in a familiar way.
The lights were dim at that time, and there were only two eunuchs and two maids guarding outside.
Shen Qingqiu became more suspicious, and tiptoed around the two of them and went inside.
"Qingluo!"
When she saw the person lying in the gauze tent, Shen Qingqiu was completely shocked. Half a year ago, she saw Wang Qingluo as a young lady, but now she was pale and withered. She immediately went over to hold her hand and check her pulse, while Wang Qingluo looked at her with a smile, "I haven't seen you for half a year. I missed you so much."
He looked at his dry and yellow hair again, "But I'm so sick now, you probably don't recognize me anymore, right?"
Shen Qingqiu felt her pulse and looked at her in surprise, "Are you pregnant?"
Wang Qingluo nodded, with a happy smile on her lips. Shen Qingqiu couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw her pale face, and asked, "Do you suspect someone has poisoned you, so you asked the nanny to come to me late at night?"
"It's not her, it's me." A voice suddenly came from behind.
Shen Qingqiu turned his head and saw that Crown Prince Gu Tang was holding an oil lamp, standing not far from the steps under the bed. His originally handsome features now looked a little depressed. He walked closer to the bed with the oil lamp, and slowly sat down next to Wang Qingluo, "The Crown Princess is having a strange pregnancy this time, and she is getting thinner day by day."
Seeing his beloved in such a state, Gu Tang was naturally filled with heartache. "All the doctors in the palace have examined him, but nothing worked. I heard from the Crown Princess that your medical skills are very good, so I asked Nanny to call you over. It's late at night, and I'd be rude if I disturbed you."
Seeing Wang Qingluo's pale face, Shen Qingqiu said, "Prince knows that our mansion is a hot potato now, and you dare to invite me into the mansion in the middle of the night. I know you have nowhere to go. Don't worry, Qingluo and I are good friends. If it is fate, I will snatch her life back from God."
At this point, Shen Qingqiu's eyes were dangerous, "If it was man-made, I would also let that person taste the feeling of being emaciated."
Gu Tang looked at his pregnant wife. He knew that the internal strife in the royal family was constant, and he also knew that his wife must have been murdered, otherwise how could she become weaker and weaker without anyone noticing. But now he didn't even have the energy to be angry. If his wife and child were gone, what would be the point of revenge even if he knew who did it?
"Crown Princess, it's time to take your medicine." As the two were talking, a chubby nanny came in with medicine, accompanied by a maid.
"Greetings to the Crown Princess, greetings to the Crown Prince—" The nanny looked at Shen Qingqiu's face for a while in the candlelight before saying, "Greetings to Princess Kangle."
Shen Qingqiu glanced at the maid, and the prince said, "This is the maid Wang that the Queen Mother called to serve the Crown Princess. Thanks to her careful care over the past two days, the Crown Princess has the strength to speak."
"Mammy, you are very clever. The Emperor just conferred upon me the title of Lady of the Country. I only found out about it when I returned home today. How did you know about it?" Shen Qingqiu lowered his head and asked, staring at the mammy without blinking.
Nanny Wang was not panicking at all. "I serve Empress Pei and often go into the palace. Of course, I get some news faster than others." She was also telling Shen Qingqiu and the Crown Prince that since she was someone close to Empress Pei, how could she possibly harm the Crown Princess?
"Bring the medicine here, let me take a look first." Shen Qingqiu said.
Nanny Wang handed the medicine to the queen with both hands, "Princess Kangle, please give it to her immediately after you have read it, so that the medicinal properties will not dissipate." She did not think that Princess Kangle could see anything. You know, even a doctor who has practiced medicine for a lifetime would be helpless in the face of this bowl of medicine.
Shen Qingqiu put the medicine between his nose and sniffed it for a while, then curled his lips and said, "This medicine looks fine."
The prince breathed a sigh of relief, and Nanny Wang was about to speak.
"But after drinking it for such a long time, since there is no effect, I don't think I need to drink it anymore."
"Princess Kangle, this is the medicine given by the Queen to the Crown Princess. How can we waste it!" Nanny Wang frowned. "What do you know as a little girl? This medicine is a tonic and its effect is slow. Besides, the Crown Princess got better after drinking it. If you stop taking it rashly, if something happens to the Crown Princess and the baby in her belly, I'm afraid you can't bear the consequences!"
Shen Qingqiu looked at her expressionlessly with his dark eyes, "Yes, of course the medicine cannot be wasted!"
Then he said to the prince, "Please keep an eye on this nanny. From today on, watch her drink every bowl of medicine given by the queen."
Nanny Wang's eyes widened immediately, "Princess, you!"
"Didn't Mammy say that this medicine is nourishing? I think it shouldn't be a problem for ordinary people to drink it?" Shen Qingqiu looked at the mammy, "Or do you have something wrong and don't dare to drink it?"
No matter how good Nanny Wang was at talking, how could she dare to put such a harmful poison into her own mouth? "Princess, why should I drink medicine if I'm not sick? Besides, this is given by the Queen Mother... I can't drink it..." She was obviously distracted, and now she said whatever her son was thinking.
The prince saw this and said hurriedly, "Come here, take this bitch down and give her the medicine!"
Nanny Wang was pinned down by several palace servants. Seeing the medicine being poured into her mouth, she became anxious and said, "Prince, this medicine is poisonous. I can't drink it!" The palace servants continued to pour it into her mouth mercilessly. Nanny Wang hurriedly said, "Don't feed me poison. I confess, I confess! I confess everything!"
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