You cause trouble and I collect your body, the little emperor’s aunt abuses the scumbag again

He deliberately emphasized the words "old friend".

The atmosphere between the two men was tense.

Meng Siya didn't want to get entangled, so she whispered to Lin Daxiong.

"Nobita, let's go back first."

Lin Daxiong nodded and helped her into the carriage.

Wang Yuanpan also bowed and followed after him, carrying his medicine box.

Meng Siya did not look at Ji Yongyan again.

……

The carriage slowly drove away, and Ji Yongyan stood still.

He watched the carriage disappear around the street corner for a long time before turning around and getting into his own carriage.

Li Dequan asked cautiously.

"Your Highness, shall we return to the Eastern Palace?"

Ji Yongyan leaned against the car wall and closed his eyes.

"No, follow them."

The carriage did not return to the palace, but followed behind Lin Daxiong's carriage and stopped at the entrance of a familiar alley.

Ji Yongyan did not get out of the car.

He sat quietly in the car, looking out the window at the small courtyard.

He saw Lin Daxiong help Meng Siya into the courtyard, and Judge Wang followed them in.

The lights came on in the yard, and he saw shadowy figures moving in the light.

He could only watch from afar, feeling that the warmth should have belonged to him.

……

In the courtyard, Wang Yuanpan took Sui Sui's pulse again and confirmed that her pulse was stable.

The child is still a bit weak and needs to rest.

He wrote down the prescription and recipe and gave them to Meng Siya, along with many other instructions.

He was busy running around, even more diligently than when he served the princes in the palace.

Meng Siya held the sleeping Sui Sui in her arms, watching all this with mixed feelings.

She knew that Judge Wang was so dedicated not because of himself.

It was because of the man in the carriage at the alley entrance.

He used his power to protect her child.

But this protection also made her feel dangerous.

After seeing off Judge Wang, Madam Meng got up.

Seeing that the child was alright, she went to the kitchen to brew the medicine.

Only Meng Siya and Lin Daxiong remained in the room.

Lin Daxiong closed the door, lowered his voice, and looked serious.

"He...saw it?"

Meng Siya tightened her grip on the baby, then walked to the bedside and put Sui Sui down.

She covered the child with the blanket before turning around and nodding.

"I saw it."

Her voice was soft and trembling slightly.

A tear couldn't help but slide down her cheek.

He had his doubts.

She looked up at Lin Daxiong, her eyes filled with pain.

"Da Xiong, he saw Sui Sui's eyes... He's suspicious..."

"That……"

Lin Daxiong was extremely nervous.

Meng Siya quickly wiped away her tears, her eyes hardening.

"But I can't admit it, I can't admit it even if it kills me."

If you admit it, all your previous efforts will be wasted.

If you acknowledge her child, you will be drawn into the palace and become a tool for various factions to fight over.

She escaped with great difficulty, not so that her child would repeat the same mistake.

Inside the carriage at the alley entrance.

Ji Yongyan watched the light in the courtyard window dimify and finally go out.

He knew they were asleep.

He then looked away and spoke to the driver in a hoarse voice.

"Return to the palace."

The carriage slowly started moving and left the alley.

……

In the study of the Eastern Palace.

Judge Wang presented a medical record.

"Your Highness, the young master's condition has stabilized."

"As long as you take the medicine on time and rest for three days, you will recover completely."

"This old minister has already explained all the important points to Mr. Meng."

"Ah."

Ji Yongyan flipped through the medical records, which documented Sui Sui's illness and medications.

Even the daily diet is written down in detail.

His gaze lingered on the age column.

It says around August.

Eight months...

Ji Yongyan's fingers unconsciously rubbed the paper.

After an unknown amount of time, he closed his medical record and placed it aside.

He stared at the candlelight in silence for a long time, making a difficult decision.

Finally, he raised his head, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"Li Dequan".

"The slave is here."

"Go check."

Ji Yongyan's voice was deep and powerful.

"Go and check all of Meng's travel permits and documents before he entered the capital."

"I need to know where she came from."

He wanted to find out her background.

He wanted to see what secret she was hiding.

……

The Eastern Palace, Shangguan Yun'er's sleeping quarters.

"Splash—"

A fine Ru kiln tea set was violently swept to the ground, turning into a pile of fragments.

Rong Momo knelt on the ground, not daring to even lift her head.

"He actually summoned the head of the Imperial Medical Academy out of the palace for that widow's child?" Shangguan Yun'er's voice was shrill, her beautiful face contorted with jealousy. "And in the middle of the night! In such heavy rain!"

This news was like a poisonous thorn, piercing her heart deeply.

Her informant at the Imperial Hospital returned with a complete account of what had happened the previous night as soon as it was light.

His Highness the Crown Prince, carrying a woman soaking wet and a baby boy with a high fever, burst into the side hall and personally summoned Imperial Physician Wang.

He personally watched over her, fed her medicine, and even sent Imperial Physician Wang to accompany her out of the palace to the widow's house for follow-up treatment!

What a blessing this is!

Since Shangguan Yun'er had been married into the Eastern Palace for so long, when she occasionally caught a cold, Ji Yongyan merely had Li Dequan send a message to have the imperial physician come and take a look.

But he actually went to this extent with that bastard child who came from who-knows-where!

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Perhaps... perhaps His Highness is kind-hearted..." Rong Momo pleaded, her voice trembling.

"Kind-hearted?" Shangguan Yun'er thought she had heard the biggest joke in the world. She suddenly grabbed Rong Momo's hair and forced her to raise her head.

"When has Ji Yongyan ever cared so much about other people's children? He hasn't even shown this much concern for his own siblings! Tell me, why is that?"

Rong Momo grimaced in pain, but couldn't utter a single word.

Shangguan Yun'er suddenly released her grip, leaving Rong Momo sprawled on the ground.

Her chest heaved violently, and only one thought occupied her mind.

That child has a problem; he absolutely cannot be kept.

Previously, she only wanted to ruin that woman's reputation, smash her shop, and force her to leave the capital.

But now she's changed her mind; she wants the child dead.

"Granny Rong."

Shangguan Yun'er's voice calmed down, and this calmness was even more chilling than her rage.

"The servant is here."

"Go, summon the shadow."

Rong Momo's body trembled. The shadow was a bodyguard raised by the Shangguan family, who only obeyed the head of the family and did dirty work.

"Your Majesty, please reconsider! What if this leads to a death in the capital and gets discovered..."

"check?"

Shangguan Yun'er sneered, walked to the dressing table, picked up the nail covers and put them on.

"A powerless widow with a child of unknown origin, if she dies, who will stand up for her?"

She looked at her own fierce reflection in the mirror.

"What I want is not for someone to die."

She scratched the mirror with her nail clippers, making a harsh and unpleasant sound.

"What I want is an accident."

……

Huayan Pavilion.

The sunshine after the rain was lovely, warming the room.

Meng Siya was in the backyard pharmacy, crushing herbs to make scar-reducing gel.

Sui Sui's fever has completely subsided, and she's sleeping soundly on her little bed in the inner room.