The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 586 Sharing Life and Death

Empress Qin was a very thoughtful person. She was strong-willed and never bowed her head. She was very strict with herself, and this strictness extended to those around her, including the child who was predicted to die before the age of eight.

With responsibility at stake, Empress Qin suppressed her pity with reason.

How could a mother not feel sorry for her child? But despite her heartache, Empress Qin never regretted her decision.

Even if time could turn back.

Even when faced with a vulnerable child, Empress Qin would still treat him with the strictest attitude.

This dream took Empress Qin back to the past.

In my dream, there was a child who was about one year old. He was wearing a thick coat and his face was very pale. His cheeks were particularly thin, not at all like the plumpness that a one-year-old child should have.

"stand up!"

In February of that year, Wanning City experienced an unusually heavy snowfall. In the icy and snowy landscape, even a one-year-old child could not stand steadily, his legs trembling, and he could kneel down at any moment.

"stand up!"

In her youth, Empress Qin, dressed in a red jacket, ignored the umbrella held up for her by Hua Hong and repeatedly called out to the child.

"Mother, I'm in pain... Mother, I'm cold..." The child lay in the snow, reaching out to Empress Qin, wanting a warm embrace from his mother, wanting her to pull him up, but Empress Qin remained unmoved.

"Huai'er is still so young, why are you so harsh on him?!" The Duke and Duchess of Yongguo couldn't bear to watch any longer and wanted to persuade Empress Qin.

Empress Qin said coldly, "He must stand up; he cannot forget his place!"

"But Huai'er's body can't hold on. Didn't you hear what the imperial physician said? Aren't you forcing him to his death?!"

"He is a descendant of the Qin family of Jiangnan. He must stand up. Others can walk slowly, run slowly, and speak slowly, but he cannot!" Empress Qin insisted.

Then, her cold gaze fell on the child, concealing the heartache in her eyes, and her voice became even colder: "If you don't stand up today, then you don't need to call me mother anymore!"

"How could you be so foolish!" The Duke of Yong was truly heartbroken, both for his daughter and for his grandson. "Even when you were a child, I was never this strict. Think about it, Huai'er is only one year old now. What can a one-year-old understand? He needs his mother's care at this crucial time, yet you train him like a soldier? So what if he's from the Qin family of Jiangnan? Isn't he still a child of my Duke of Yong's mansion? If the imperial family knew, how heartbroken they would be!"

Empress Qin said calmly, "There's no need for him to know."

All she needs is for her children to know that they are descendants of the Qin family of Jiangnan, and that they should live by the Qin family's principles.

There's no need for him to remember that he's a descendant of royalty, because the Qin family of Jiangnan is more than capable of protecting him throughout his life. Whether he stays away from court intrigues or lives in seclusion, even if he wants to serve in the future, as long as he retains his integrity, the Qin family will never abandon him.

Just like the imperial family back then, even if they were already mired in a swamp and abandoned by everyone, the Qin family of Jiangnan would still step in to save the children who possessed their bloodline and spirit.

Qin Huai's integrity remains intact; even if he were to leave the Duke of Yong's mansion in the future, he would still be able to live a good life.

At that time, Empress Qin only had this simple thought in her mind. Her body was not as weak as it would become later, so Empress Qin naturally did not relax her requirements.

Unexpectedly, little Qin Huai teetered on the brink of death countless times, with forces from all sides wanting to kill him.

To protect Qin Huai, when he was one year and three months old, Empress Qin gave him all the Chi-surname guards she had personally trained, and asked them to protect Qin Huai with their lives.

At that time, the child was already weak, had fainted countless times, and had vomited blood countless times.

Despite the Queen Qin's rigorous training, he was still able to stand and walk like any other child, though running was still a bit difficult for him.

I don't know when it started, but the child who used to reach out to her mother every day, wanting her to hold her, gradually became less talkative and stopped looking at her with expectant eyes.

That was the effect Empress Qin wanted, but her heart ached dully.

The more seriously ill her child became, the more she disliked Emperor Minghua. She opposed him every day, hoping that he would simply depose her so that she would no longer have to witness such intrigue and treachery.

But Emperor Minghua seemed to be blind and deaf, ignoring her various cold looks and even covering for her.

Knowing all this, Empress Qin was convinced that she was dreaming.

Because Emperor Minghua is a cold and indifferent person, how could he secretly give any instructions behind his back?
Dreams that are half-real and half-illusion are the easiest to lead one astray. Queen Qin dreamt again of that day when the Duke of Yong was going to take Qin Huai to the battlefield.

At that time, Qin Huai was not yet two years old, but he showed signs of precocity. However, he was very weak and could not go to the clan school. He could only study with his teacher in the house every day.

At that time, the border between the Eastern Desert and the Eastern Desert was unstable and there were frequent disputes. There was a fear that war would break out. None of the military generals in the court dared to take up the challenge.

The Duke of Yongguo volunteered to lead the troops into battle, and Emperor Minghua agreed after careful consideration.

It was at that time that Qin Huai insisted on going with the Duke of Yong.

But when he told Empress Qin, the Duke of Yong said it was his own idea: "Since you don't like the child anyway, why don't I take him to the battlefield to train him? The battlefield is the best place to train people. Don't worry, I will bring him back to you the way I took him!"

Empress Qin could not stop her. She remembered that someone in the palace had once told her that there was a Gu in the Eastern Desert Kingdom called the Shared Fate Gu, which could make two people live and die together.

It doesn't usually manifest itself; it only happens when one dies, and the other dies as well.

Empress Qin used it without hesitation and informed Duke Yong.

“Father, if anything happens to him while he is away, you can come back and collect his body.”

The Duke of Yong was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, but in the end he still took the man away.

However, Empress Qin did not know at the time that the Gu she used was not the same Gu that caused her to suffer the same fate, but a poison that would cause her and Qin Huai double the pain.

It wasn't until Qin Huai was six years old that Empress Qin discovered the truth, but by then the poison had penetrated his lungs and internal organs, and Qin Huai was beyond help.

Empress Qin, realizing the enormity of her mistake, went to great lengths to obtain the real, and last, pair of Gu worms in the world, from Emperor Minghua. When Qin Huai was about to leave Wanning City, she placed the Gu worms on him.

This actually happened before Qin Huai set off for Wangbei County.

However, in her dream, she did not realize that the poison had been administered incorrectly. Instead, she watched helplessly as Huai'er succumbed to the poison and died at the age of six.

She frantically investigated and discovered that Huai'er was not born weak, but had been poisoned in the womb. The poison she had given him by mistake was the catalyst for the previous poison. The two poisons fused together and completely eroded Huai'er's body when he was six years old.

The investigation eventually led them to point directly to Huadi as the culprit.

In her dream, Empress Qin went completely mad, insanely mad.

"Qin Zhi!" Empress Qin suddenly opened her eyes, furious.

She threw off the covers, pulled out her treasured sword that she hadn't used for years from the bedside, and walked out barefoot.

When Hua Hong and Lü Liu saw that Empress Qin had woken up, they quickly followed her, saying, "Your Majesty, you're awake? Where are you going?!"

"Kill that bastard Qin Zhi!"

Qin Zhi was Emperor Minghua's nickname, which was unknown to outsiders.

Hua Hong and Lü Liu knew that it was the name the Empress often called in her boudoir when she had a very close relationship with the imperial family.

"Your Majesty, please reconsider!!!" Hua Hong grabbed Empress Qin's leg and knelt down with a thud.

When the group arrived at the palace gate, they saw two adorable children standing in the bright sunshine.

The girl was dressed in a princess-like outfit, and the boy stood beside her, looking bright and cheerful.

Ayu blinked, looking at Empress Qin, who was only wearing an undergarment and whose hair was disheveled: "You must be Brother Ayou's aunt, right? You look just like Aunt Qin!"

However, Aunt Qin looked cold, and this aunt, the Empress, seemed a bit... silly?

Empress Qin: "..."

(End of this chapter)