After Qianmian left, Xiao Sheng stayed in his palace, reminiscing about his former appearance. He practiced in front of the mirror several times before opening the palace door, taking his little horse, and heading straight for Kunning Palace.
As he walked, he kept wailing, "Mother, Mother, Sheng'er was wrong, Sheng'er, Sheng'er wants to apologize to Mother."
After saying that, he messed up his hair with his hands, deliberately fell to the ground, and rolled a few times.
Xiao Sheng instantly transformed back to his appearance before he met Li Xingran.
Little Ma watched in disbelief. Was His Highness going to go crazy again?
When Xiao Sheng arrived at Kunning Palace wailing, Emperor Hui had just come out of the Empress's bedroom.
An unprecedented sense of satisfaction. The taste of the throne and power could not compare to the taste of Wan Niang.
As soon as Xiao Shengfu stepped into the Empress's palace and saw the Emperor, he turned and tried to run away like a chick seeing an eagle.
"Halt! What are you wailing about?" Xiao Jing looked at his eldest son. Why did Xiao Sheng have to be the eldest son? If it were Ding'er, how much better it would be! It would be a one-time solution, and he, the emperor, wouldn't have to work so hard.
"Father, Your Majesty. Your son has come to apologize to Mother! Last time, last time I accidentally picked flowers from her garden, causing her to be punished by you. Please, please don't punish Mother, okay?" Xiao Sheng knelt before Emperor Hui, looking like a child who had done something wrong.
Zhao Yunwan listened to Xiao Sheng's words from the inner room and felt quite pleased. After all, raising him for so many years hadn't been in vain.
It feels wonderful to spoil the enemy's child and have the enemy's child call you mother.
After hearing the sounds outside gradually subside, Zhao Yunwan gracefully walked out.
When Zhao Yunwan came out, she saw Xiao Sheng kneeling in front of Emperor Hui, stammering, "Father, please put in a good word for me with Mother later. Otherwise, Mother will get angry and abandon me."
“When your mother arrives, beg her for forgiveness yourself.”
Xiao Sheng knelt down and moved in front of Zhao Yunwan, tugging at the hem of her skirt: "Mother, I will not be playful or reckless anymore. I hid in the Li family for a long time. Today, when I returned to the palace and saw the clothes that you prepared for me, I realized how good you are to me."
“When I returned to the palace before, I didn’t dare to come to Mother’s palace, for fear that Mother was still angry. Now, I see that Mother treats me the same as before. It’s my fault, I…” Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Sheng collapsed into Zhao Yunwan’s arms.
He took the opportunity to snuggle against Zhao Yunwan a few times.
Fan Zu'an once said that the emperor was so diligent in cultivating the harem, yet he still had few offspring. Apart from the empress, none of the other concubines had ever conceived. Therefore, someone must have used tricks on him.
Xiao Sheng used to often snuggle in Zhao Yunwan's arms, so he didn't notice anything amiss.
But today, when the Emperor appeared in Zhao Yunwan's palace, the scent on Zhao Yunwan was different from usual.
Fan Zuan once said that fragrance can linger on a person's clothes. If he rolled around in Zhao Yunwan's arms, would he leave his scent on her clothes?
Seeing Xiao Sheng's actions, which were typical of his, Zhao Yunwan could only feign a loving mother-son relationship.
"Mother is not angry. Mother should thank Sheng'er for finding that villain for Mother and relieving your father's worries. You are truly a good crown prince."
Xiao Sheng pretended not to understand Zhao Yunwan's implied meaning and feigned innocence. "Really, Mother? I'm a good crown prince, and I'll be a good emperor like Father, won't I?"
"Yes, you will be a good emperor," Zhao Yunwan said, her words carrying no real meaning.
Emperor Hui felt something was strange upon hearing this, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why.
"Father, Mother, I'm having a very carefree time with Grand Tutor Li, so you don't need to worry about me. Once I've mastered my skills, I'll show you! I'm going back to the palace to rest now. Father, Mother, I'll take my leave!"
After saying this, Xiao Sheng didn't bother with formalities and skipped out of Kunning Palace.
The little horse followed behind with tiny steps, not daring to ask any questions.
Back at the East Palace, Xiao Sheng finished the snacks and tea he had brought back from the Li family and went to bed. In the darkness, his bright eyes were wide open; Xiao Sheng was not sleepy. He went through every single thing that had happened since returning to the palace in his mind.
He had already had Xiao Ma seal the clothes he was wearing earlier, and he would bring them to Fan Zu'an tomorrow.
Suddenly, Xiao Sheng seemed to remember something, got out of bed and started searching. After searching for a while, he exclaimed, "Found it!" He happily climbed back into bed, hugged the object to his chest, and fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, at dawn, Xiao Sheng had already gotten up and washed, and returned to the Li family without any obstacles.
Upon arriving at the Li family's residence, he first went to the martial arts training ground, squatted in a horse stance for a while, and then stood on one leg on the plum blossom stakes for a quarter of an hour.
Then Xiao Sheng went to the flower hall, where the Li family was about to sit down for breakfast.
Fan Zuan did not go out for a house call early today; all five of Li's older brothers, Li Ting and Xu Ningyou, were there.
Li Xingran was still fast asleep in the gurney.
Xiao Sheng first took out the outer garment he had worn the night before from his bundle and handed it to Fan Zu'an, then placed an enormous luminous pearl on Li Xingran's bed.
As if sensing something, Li Xingran opened her eyes.
Then Li Xingran screamed.
Wow! A luminous pearl! Where did this luminous pearl come from?! Oh dear, I was poor my whole life in my previous life, but in this life I get to see gold, silver, jewels, and luminous pearls—gifts from my parents and brothers. If this were modern society, I wouldn't need to be a teacher; I could just lie down and be rich.
Xiao Sheng was secretly pleased. It turned out that Li Xingran liked luminous pearls and gold and silver jewelry, and he had plenty of those.
If he had known, he wouldn't have thrown those luminous pearls into the Taiye Pond. He would have used them to coax Li Xingran from time to time, and it would have been worth it.
The youngest, Li Ruiyue, whispered, "What does 'lying flat' mean?"
[Lying down means not having to work hard, not needing to get up early or work late, not needing to study, because you have plenty of money to spend. You can live a luxurious life just by living off the interest.]
An ellipsis appeared above everyone's heads; the more Ruan Ruan/Sister/Li Xingran explained, the less they understood.
Fan Zuan was unaware of what had happened to the others; he was only focused on examining the outer garment Xiao Sheng had given him.
The smell was similar to the "Muscle-Soothing Pill" that the Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede sisters had used to maintain their favor, which he had previously studied.
For a while, he collected a lot of folk remedies and verified them one by one.
However, the scent on the clothes suggests that the pills were made using an even more sophisticated method. Judging from Zhao Yunwan's ability to conceive two children, this medicine is likely harmless to women, but it is the one that causes the greatest harm to the emperor's health.
However, this is not something I can tell a six-year-old child. I'll talk to my older brother and sister later! No matter how many concubines the emperor has in his harem, it's all in vain.
[I absolutely love this book! That luminous pearl must be as big as my fist when I was twenty! I'm rich! I'm rich!]
Xu Ningyou thought to herself: Ruan Ruan, you shallow-minded daughter, your mother's wealth could buy thousands upon thousands of luminous pearls and still have plenty left over.
Then she looked at Xiao Sheng: "Sheng'er is so young, yet he already knows how to make girls happy?"
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