Li Peidong looked at him hesitantly, and seeing that he did not show any guilt at all, he nodded and signaled the people around him to let go of the two people.

"Miss Xiaoye, Miss Nanxing." Xiao Xizi nodded slightly, and used his eyes to signal Nanxing to be at ease, "I wonder if something happened in Linglong Palace?"

"The queen is seriously ill in bed, and there is no doctor to see her. I am powerless and can only risk my life to ask for an audience with Your Majesty."

When Xiao Ye saw him come out to ask questions, a glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes again.

"I understand. I'll go in and report to His Majesty right away." Xiao Xizi nodded, turned around and walked back in without saying anything more.

Doctor Zhao felt Li's pulse with a frown on his face, and said helplessly, "Your Majesty, I will prescribe some medicine to help you stay pregnant."

"What the hell is going on!" Xiao Heng was completely furious after being perfunctorily answered again and again. "Can you understand this? If you can't understand this, you don't need to be a royal doctor!"

"Your Majesty, I am incompetent!" Doctor Zhao sighed, gave up struggling, knelt on the ground, and waited helplessly for his decision.

"Your Majesty!" Xiao Xizi took the opportunity to speak. Xiao Heng glared at him fiercely. He walked quickly to his side despite Xiao Heng's murderous gaze and whispered in his ear, "Concubine Su is seriously ill in bed with no one to treat her. Two palace maids from Linglong Palace are risking their lives to ask for an audience with Your Majesty, just so that Your Majesty can point a doctor to her!"

"Where is the imperial physician I sent before?" Xiao Heng asked puzzledly.

Xiao Xizi didn't say anything. He raised his eyes and glanced at the imperial doctors kneeling in the room. Xiao Heng obviously also saw that the imperial doctor he assigned to Su Minglang was among them.

Xiao Heng hesitated for a moment and looked at the person on the bed with embarrassment. Li narrowed her eyes uncomfortably and leaned on the couch with a frown on her face.

"Your Majesty, Imperial Doctor Zhao has no solution for Miss Li's condition. It's useless for her to stay here. You might as well send her to Linglong Palace." Seeing that Xiao Heng was persuaded by him, Xiao Xizi immediately added fuel to the fire: "Right now, the palace is in a state of panic. The empress is seriously ill but there is no one available in the Imperial Hospital. If this gets out."

"I'm afraid that rumor..."

Xiao Heng looked at him deeply, and Xiao Xizi looked back with his head raised, his eyes clear without any impurities.

Xiao Heng finally nodded, "Doctor Zhao, please go to Linglong Palace. If you can't do anything good, I will take your head!"

"Yes, yes! Yes!" Doctor Zhao felt as if he had been pardoned. He kowtowed and took his leave in a hurry. Xiao Xizi also followed him out.

"Eunuch Li!" Xiao Xizi could no longer call Li Peidong "father" when there were outsiders around. She could only follow others and call him "Eunuch". "I brought Doctor Zhao out. His Majesty asked him to accompany the two girls."

"Okay!" Li Peidong nodded, "Does your majesty have any other wishes?"

"Your Majesty is not in the mood to deal with these matters right now." Xiao Xizi mentioned this cryptically. Li Peidong understood what he meant, nodded, turned around and said to the two girls, "You two have finally gotten what you wished for. Hurry up and take the imperial physician back to have a look at Empress Zhaoyi."

"We were rude!" Xiao Ye apologized and left in a hurry with Doctor Zhao without delay.

Li Peidong turned around and stopped Xiao Xizi who was about to go in, "Did His Majesty really ask you to ask the reason?"

Seeing that Li Peidong was asking questions but his eyes were certain of what had happened, Xiao Xizi simply said frankly, "No."

"Your Majesty didn't say that, but Your Majesty did plan to come out and take a look. I didn't lie about that."

"Are you still feeling complacent?" Li Peidong's face turned cold and he scolded angrily, "You are really bold now. You can even do something like forging an imperial decree!"

"You really hate having your head on your neck for so long, don't you?"

"My son knows he is wrong, but he can't do anything about it!" Xiao Xizi lowered his head and let others judge him: "My son is not as clear as my father, and I don't understand the twists and turns in the palace, but Empress Zhaoyi is a life after all!"

"Let's not talk about how sincere His Majesty is to Empress Zhaoyi. Just considering the superficial favor, don't we servants have to do our job well?"

"Moreover, if Empress Zhaoyi really died because of this, and His Majesty came to settle the matter, how would you escape the blame if the fact that you stopped the Linglong Palace maid was put before His Majesty?"

Li Peidong looked at him with a complicated expression, but he didn't say a word of reprimand. "Forget it, you are the master of your own life. If you lose your life because of your own actions, don't blame us for not saving you!"

"Son, I understand. I will be careful." Xiao Xizi said respectfully.

Li Peidong glanced at him without saying anything else, then turned and left.

Xiao Xizi curled his lips and tried to smile, but failed to do so. He slapped his mouth helplessly and walked towards the inner hall.

Two figures, one old and one young, walked in two different directions. Under the reflection of the setting sun, their long shadows dragged on the ground for a long, long time.

Just as Xiao Xizi was about to push the door open, he saw a group of imperial doctors walking out with their heads down. He consciously made way and did not move forward until all the people had left.

Xiao Heng sat on the bed and looked at Li tenderly. He reached out and gently stroked her belly. "Sister, it really hurts me that this child is torturing you like this."

"It is my honor to give birth to a son for Your Majesty." Li raised her eyes and said weakly, her voice hoarse and weak, and a pair of white hands lightly placed on his hands, exerting a little force.

"Your Majesty, did you feel it? Our children are making a fuss!"

"This kid is causing me trouble even in his mother's womb!" Xiao Heng glared helplessly, "Wait until he comes out and see how I deal with him!"

"This is your Majesty's child. How could your Majesty bear this?" Li looked at him with a smile, her eyes full of hope and affection. "If your Majesty doesn't feel sorry for this child, I will feel sorry for this child that you carried for ten months!"

"This is my hope for the future!"

"Nonsense!" Xiao Heng said disapprovingly, reaching out to hold Li's hands tightly, "I am your hope for the future, and I am your hope for the rest of your life!"

"Sister, you must get well. I am still waiting for you to give birth to a little princess for me!" Xiao Heng said seriously, as if that moment had already arrived: "When the time comes, our son will be the prince, and our daughter will be the queen."

"When my daughter grows up, I will choose a good husband for her. The two of us will love each other for the rest of our lives and won't have to endure any hardship."

"Pfft!" Li couldn't help but chuckle at his serious look. She pulled back one hand and stretched out her fingers to stroke his eyebrows. There was a look of tenderness between his handsome and cold features.

"I'll keep my word. Sister, just give birth to the baby. From now on, you'll be the only one by my side. Only you!"

"I understand!" Li looked back at him, her eyes full of attachment, "I will always trust Your Majesty!"

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