I was given the contraceptive soup and became the emperor's white moonlight

Xiao Heng didn't expect that he could dispel their thoughts with just a few words, so when he sat in the court the next day, he was prepared to be rejected and persuaded.

But he didn't expect that these people would actually bring up the Gu family in order to prevent Su Minglang from participating in the Fengshan ceremony.

Although he had no feelings for Concubine Gu Shufei, she was still a concubine after all, second only to the Queen in the harem. The ministers' proposal did not deny his love for the Queen, and it was more appropriate.

Of course, the Gu family did not take the initiative to speak. They did not want to be the first to speak, but there were a large number of people who were eager to speak for them.

Prime Minister Gu did not refuse. He waited to see Xiao Heng's decision.

The Su family members knew very well that they should not say too much at this time, but they were secretly making preparations. After all, if Su Minglang really succeeded this time, their weight in the court would increase day by day.

Among the sons of the Su family, only the eldest branch and the third branch where Su Minglang was located served as officials in the court. Among them, the three branches held the highest positions. It would only benefit them if Su Minglang could gain power.

Xiao Heng watched the intrigues among the people below with cold eyes. He didn't say a few words throughout the entire morning court, but listening to their constant quarrels was enough to make him upset.

Until the end, Xiao Heng interrupted everyone but did not mention a word about the final decision.

Prime Minister Wen no longer attended the morning court, and Lord Wen and Wen Ji both consciously chose not to participate in the debate. This time, the people from the Grand Tutor's lineage tacitly came together with the Wen family and all remained silent.

If the Minister of Literature and the Grand Tutor were still in the court, they might have given some advice, but now both of their factions have lost their backbone, and instead have become cautious and unwilling to bring trouble upon themselves.

Xiao Heng dismissed everyone and sat on the dragon chair with his eyes closed to rest. The chattering sounds in the morning gave him a headache.

Li appeared behind him at some point and gently pressed the sides of his eye sockets. Xiao Heng fell asleep under her massage without saying a word.

Before going to sleep, he reached out and grabbed Li's wrist and placed it against his heart, murmuring the word "mother".

In his dream, Xiao Heng seemed to have returned to the past, when he was still a young prince who knew nothing.

His biological mother was not the queen, but the queen had no children, so the concubines had no chance to raise their own children. His mother was just the most inconspicuous concubine among the concubines, and perhaps it was God's mercy that allowed her to have a child.

But God did not give her the capital to accept this blessing, so she could only watch her child being taken away from her.

From then on, she was in a daze, as if she had gone mad. The late emperor was afraid that she would delay the prince, so he ordered her to be confined in the cold palace. Fortunately, she still had the identity of the prince's biological mother, so the servants did not dare to treat her harshly.

Thus, the most desolate and lonely place in the world became her shelter, and she never saw Xiao Heng again until he was five years old.

The late emperor's Imperial Noble Consort Chu had always been at odds with the Empress. She found someone to approach Xiao Heng and told him his life story. Although the Empress took him in as her nephew, he was not her biological son after all. Every time she saw Xiao Heng, she complained that she could not have children. Therefore, even though she did not blame him, the two of them were not close.

So Xiao Heng quickly believed what the palace maid said, and secretly ran to the cold palace to meet his biological mother. Perhaps it was the natural connection between mother and son, Xiao Heng felt a deep-seated closeness to her.

Even though she had gone insane, the woman still recognized Xiao Heng at a glance. She had been constantly switching between madness and normality over the years, and her heart had long been frozen. She hated the entire harem, and even the late emperor.

At that time, Xiao Heng was young and only remembered the joy of finding his mother, but his mother was planning how to take him away.

But things never go as planned. The emperor soon discovered that something was wrong with Xiao Heng and intercepted the two of them before anything happened. The late emperor was furious. He accused the woman of trying to murder his only prince and asked someone to kill her with a white silk thread.

But no one knew that the young emperor was worried that his mother would sneak out, so he watched his mother die in front of him.

The emperor was furious and investigated the matter thoroughly. All people related to the case, including the imperial concubine, were implicated. Even several palace maids in the empress's palace who took care of him were implicated by the emperor and beaten to death.

As a result, the queen, who already disliked him, became even more annoyed with him, and only a little palace maid stayed by his side every day.

The little palace maid told him to hold back his sadness and told him that he could tell her all his sorrows.

Later, his mother's figure became increasingly faint, while the figure of that palace maid often appeared in his dreams. As the only prince, Xiao Heng was treated very strictly by both the emperor and the tutor. During that time when he had no words to express his suffering, only the little palace maid could confide in him and was willing to listen.

Gradually, Xiao Heng suddenly found that he could no longer remember what his mother looked like, or perhaps the mother in his memory had turned into that little palace maid.

The little palace maid from the past, that is, Li who was beside Xiao Heng.

The nightmare faded away, and Xiao Heng stood there at a loss. He wanted to reach out and touch the memories of the past, but all he saw was a cloud of smoke.

He seemed to feel a pair of eyes looking at him, just like his mother at that time. There was a flash of clarity in her eyes, filled with sorrow and reluctance. She just looked at him like that until she took her last breath.

"His Majesty?"

Xiao Heng did not sleep well. Li was always by his side, just like the two of them at that time, except that the pure family affection had changed, and everything was different again.

When Xiao Heng opened his eyes, he met Li's eyes. He shook his head and separated the two overlapping figures. When Li saw that he was frowning, he knew that he must have had a nightmare again.

During those years, Xiao Heng was always trapped in the memory of his mother's death and could not extricate himself. Every night in his nightmares he would hold her hand and refuse to let go. Li took the initiative to hold Xiao Heng's hand to convey her warmth to him.

A familiar feeling came over him, and Xiao Heng reached out and pulled Li into his arms. In the silent court, with no one else around, the two of them just hugged each other, and no one moved.

The temperature was continuously transmitted and blended as their skin touched. Xiao Heng was no longer old enough to be sad or cry about the past, but Li was well aware of the pain in his heart.

She knew how Xiao Heng felt when he hugged her, and she also knew what position she held in his life. Perhaps people would accuse her of being unfaithful and denounce her for taking advantage of the situation.

But Li didn't care. She only knew her feelings for Xiao Heng, and she knew even better about Xiao Heng's feelings for her. No matter who Xiao Heng saw her as, a mother or a sister, as long as Xiao Heng admitted that he loved her and she also loved him unswervingly, that was enough.