Helian Ci sighed softly, raised his hand and gently patted Consort Lian's back, his slightly hoarse voice comforting her.
"Mother, I feel much better. Isn't that a good thing? We should be happy, not sad."
Although the physician Liu whom my father found for me is not very reliable in his conduct, he is indeed skilled in medicine. After a medicinal bath, I feel much more relaxed.
"Yes, yes, we should be happy. Mother knows, Mother knows, but Mother is sad."
"You are a thoughtful child. If it weren't for your mother's weakness all these years, you would have been a Noble Consort long ago... and you wouldn't have had to suffer so much."
Consort Lian wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, choking as she spoke. When she mentioned Wen Changle, fear crossed her face, but deep in her eyes lay hatred.
If it weren't for Wen Changle, she shouldn't have given birth to Ci'er and been confined to Ronghua Palace, never receiving the Emperor's favor again.
If he hadn't been placed under house arrest, not only would his beloved son have been spared this suffering, but perhaps... perhaps he himself...
Consort Lian, with tearful eyes, secretly glanced at Helian Nie, who sat on the pear wood chair, so noble and handsome.
Her fingers tightened slightly as she held the handkerchief, her heart filled with longing, affection, and a deep sense of resentment.
"Mother."
Helian Ci, with his keen mind, could not possibly fail to notice the increasingly complex emotional changes on Consort Lian's face, his brows furrowing deeply.
The joy that had initially filled him with because his leg was finally showing signs of improvement and hope gradually faded.
Why can't Mother Consort let go of her infatuation with Father Emperor?
Helian Ci's voice was timely, bringing Consort Lian back to her senses and causing her to withdraw her increasingly intense gaze from Helian Nie before Helian Nie noticed.
"Ci'er, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Consort Lian regained her composure, looked at Helian Ci sitting in the wheelchair, forced a smile, and asked with concern.
"Mother, Father, he is not the right man for you."
Helian Ci stared directly at Consort Lian with his dark eyes, making no attempt to hide his feelings. He knew his father all too well, just as well as his father knew him.
The greed hidden deep in her heart was exposed in a single sentence. Consort Lian trembled, her eyes darting away, denying it.
"Ci'er, what are you saying? Your mother will take you to pay your respects to your father."
After saying that, he turned around and walked ahead, almost fleeing in panic.
Helian Ci's brow furrowed even more tightly.
Meanwhile, over here, two little children, Mou Sisi and Xiao You'er, held hands, their heads bowed.
Their little toes were aligned, and they stood side by side in front of Helian Nie, receiving a loving lecture from their villainous tyrant father.
Wenren Yu, Liu Ruyan, and the other palace maids watched from the sidelines, unable to suppress their laughter. They wanted to laugh but dared not, so they could only lower their heads, their faces flushed, and their shoulders shaking as they tried to hold back their laughter.
When Helian Ci, sitting in a wheelchair and being pushed over by palace servants, saw this scene, and heard Helian Nie's sinister and chilling voice,
"Did you understand what I meant?"
"Okay, I understand!"
Two little children, Mou Sisi and Xiao You'er, held hands and nodded their heads in unison.
Ah, so Father wasn't angry with them after all. So Father doesn't dislike his adorable Sisi after all! Hehe~
Sisi was secretly delighted. Oh, well, she's still Father Emperor's little darling!
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