Chapter 110: Guo was given away
Speaking of children, Song Yuning suddenly thought of Gao's child and said softly, "Oh, Gao has also given birth to a daughter. I named her Jinghe. You can go and see her later."
Xiao Yunzhan frowned slightly, shook his head, and said calmly: "Her birth was intentional on my part. I didn't think of her as a daughter, I just felt like I had completed a mission.
With her, outsiders will no longer speculate or talk about us. I know that doing so may be unfair to her, but it is also helpless... I really don't want to see her."
Xiao Yunzhan was secretly relieved to learn that Gao had given birth to a daughter. However, he really didn't want to see the child.
He was destined to never get close to this child, it would be better for him not to see her. He would raise her well, but he couldn't give her anything else.
Song Yuning turned his head and looked at Xiao Yunzhan deeply. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "Okay, forget it then."
After learning that Song Yuning was in trouble, Xiao Yunzhan was extremely anxious. He traveled day and night, galloping his horse as fast as he could, and hardly stopped along the way.
He had only rested for a short while during the day. At this moment, when he finally saw that Song Yuning was safe and sound, and smelled the familiar and reassuring scent emanating from her, he quickly fell into a deep sleep despite his exhaustion.
Song Yuning listened quietly to Xiao Yunzhan's breathing and felt a sense of tranquility and warmth.
Slowly, her eyelids began to grow heavy, and her body gradually relaxed. She snuggled up to Xiao Yunzhan, closed her eyes, and gradually fell asleep.
When she woke up again, Xiao Yunzhan was gone.
"Where did the prince go?" Song Yuning asked Ningshuang and Yuejian who came in.
Ning Shuang said, "The prince woke up an hour ago and went into the palace. He hasn't returned yet."
As night fell and the lights came on, Xiao Yunzhan finally returned to the palace.
He had washed his face and cleaned his beard. He looked refreshed and had turned back into the handsome man he used to be. He looked more pleasing to the eye this way.
Song Yuning gently stroked Xiao Yunzhan's smooth chin and said with a smile, "I think you should stop growing a beard. I always feel a little uncomfortable seeing you with a beard. You look better like this."
Xiao Yunzhan smiled slightly and let Song Yuning gently caress his face, enjoying the warmth and sweetness of the moment.
After a while, Xiao Yunzhan held Song Yuning's hand and said, "I just entered the palace and reported to the emperor. I also asked for leave from him and want to rest for a while. After you give birth to the child safely, I will return to the court to manage the government."
Song Yuning never asked about Xiao Yunzhan's affairs in the court, but just nodded slightly to show that he knew.
Suddenly, Song Yuning seemed to remember something, frowned slightly, and asked, "Oh, you came back alone first, so what should be done with Feng and Guo?"
Xiao Yunzhan's eyes turned cold, narrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "Guo Shi will probably never come back. From now on, don't mention her in the mansion again. As for Feng Shi, I will bring her back to the mansion when I bring Zhao Xin back. Just wait patiently."
"Ms. Guo won't come back? What's going on?" Song Yuning asked in surprise.
However, looking at Xiao Yunzhan's gloomy face, Song Yuning thought that Guo must have done something extremely excessive, so Xiao Yunzhan was so cruel to Guo.
Xiao Yunzhan pursed his lips tightly, his eyes revealing a trace of deep disgust and anger. He slowly said, "She got something called aphrodisiac incense from somewhere and tried to use it on me.
I was so angry that I forced the aphrodisiac into her mouth and handed her over to the local county magistrate in Yuzhou. Now that she has become the county magistrate's concubine, she naturally cannot return here.
Song Yuning frowned slightly. Guo actually tried to use the aphrodisiac incense to confuse Xiao Yunzhan in order to gain his favor.
This behavior is truly despicable.
Song Yuning sighed and continued, "When Gao was pregnant, Guo asked to see her mother. Considering the mother-daughter relationship, I agreed to her request.
At that time, I also arranged for someone to monitor her secretly. The secret guard told me that Mrs. Guo gave her a prescription for pregnancy-maintaining medicine.
I just didn't expect that, despite all my precautions, I still couldn't prevent it. I guess the aphrodisiac incense was also delivered to the mansion at that time."
Xiao Yunzhan was silent for a moment before he spoke: "Forget it, since this matter has passed, there is no need to mention it again. However, we must strengthen the supervision of the people in the mansion in the future and prevent similar things from happening again."
Song Yuning nodded. This matter must indeed be taken seriously. What if the aphrodisiac sent in this time is poison next time?
Ever since Xiao Yunzhan came to Yuzhou, he has been extremely busy every day and has almost no time to rest.
The reason why he brought Guo and Feng with him was to reduce Song Yuning's burden. This was not the capital, so he didn't need to be with them at all.
However, Guo had evil intentions and would go to Xiao Yunzhan's room every day to bring him soup. Seeing that Xiao Yunzhan refused to drink, she began to bring him other things, but he refused them all.
After repeated incidents, Xiao Yunzhan finally got fed up and ordered Guo to be placed under house arrest.
But who would have thought that Guo had bribed the maids and servants in the mansion and successfully escaped from house arrest. Not only that, she even put a love incense in Xiao Yunzhan's tranquilizer.
Fortunately, Xiao Yunzhan had a very keen sense of taste and noticed that the taste of the tranquilizing soup was different, thus avoiding falling into Guo's trap.
The reason why Xiao Yunzhan's sense of taste is so sharp is that he has trained it intentionally.
When he was with Concubine Yun, Xiao Yunzhan never dared to let his guard down. Medicines ranging from diarrheal medicines to life-threatening chronic poisons had all appeared in his diet. Therefore, Xiao Yunzhan was very familiar with the taste of all familiar medicines and could taste anything wrong.
Xiao Yunzhan hated being drugged the most. Guo just happened to run into him like that, so he drugged Guo without hesitation and sent her to the local county magistrate.
It was not uncommon for officials to give concubines to each other. Even the Taifu of the current dynasty would sometimes have such scandals.
What's more, Xiao Yunzhan was a prince, and a small county magistrate did not dare to refuse. He not only asked for Guo, but also made her his concubine.
Song Yuning felt something was amiss and frowned, saying, "No matter what, Guo is a concubine after all. We still have to inform the emperor about this matter. If someone uses this to cause trouble, we have to have a way to deal with it."
Xiao Yunzhan hummed, "I told my father the emperor that Guo had committed a serious crime, and he said he knew it."
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