Cut off my tendons in my hands and feet to make me marry? Prepare to die!

After a long while, the tired voice of Emperor Shengwen came from the other end of the imperial desk:

"You are twenty-two years old this year. You have been the crown prince for twenty years. It seems that you are tired."

Chu Hantian's limbs suddenly turned cold when he heard this, and the little joy he had just felt was overwhelmed by panic.

He had clearly increased the dosage of the medicine in the past few days, so why was his father only a little tired?

Despite taking a huge risk, my father did not fall seriously ill as expected.

Is the medicine Xiaolou gave useful?

He suddenly felt a little regretful that he should not have attributed this miracle to Xiaolou, causing his father to become suspicious of him too early.

However, when he thought of Xiaolou's tearful and stubborn eyes, he felt a pain in his heart like being scratched by a cat.

He knew that the miracle must have been presented by Yue Ran to his father, but since his father was unwilling to make it public, why waste this opportunity?

"Father, I dare not!"

"My son just thinks that Xiaolou is a kind person with a big heart. This miracle is more or less due to her copying the scriptures with her blood..."

Emperor Shengwen leaned back in his chair. When he heard the name Feng Xiaolou, he felt his temples throbbing and was very upset.

"Shut up! Do you think I'm as lustful and confused as you?" Emperor Shengwen shouted.

What a joke! The real source of the miracle is still carefully kept in his bedroom. From beginning to end, what does it have to do with Feng Xiaolou?

Chu Hantian didn't dare to say anything, but Emperor Shengwen scolded him for being blinded by lust, and he refused to accept it.

What attracted him to Xiaolou was not her appearance, but her intelligence and her understanding of him.

She knew what he wanted.

Only Xiaolou understands him.

Emperor Shengwen looked at Chu Hantian, who was kneeling on the ground in silence, and thought of his other sons who were either sick or stupid. Suddenly, a sharp pain penetrated his mind.

They were all mad at this rebellious son.

Emperor Shengwen sat on the dragon throne, his hands clenched into fists, with blue veins bulging on the back of his hands.

His eyes revealed a deep disappointment and anger that his son, whom he had always placed high hopes on, would do such a stupid thing.

"You have gone through so much trouble, isn't it just to give Feng Xiaolou an identity?"

Emperor Shengwen spoke coldly.

"No need to worry about it anymore, Wang Chun, come in and draft the decree!"

The chief eunuch Wang Chun quickly pushed the door open and bowed before entering the imperial study.

Chu Hantian looked up suddenly, with an ominous premonition in his heart. What was his father going to do to Xiaolou in his rage?

"Father, please calm down. Please think twice..."

Emperor Shengwen interrupted him sharply:

"I have made up my mind! Pass on my decree. Feng Xiaolou, a girl from the capital, has served the crown prince with great merit. From today on, Feng Xiaolou will be named the crown prince's attendant. Find a day and bring her into the palace!"

Chu Hantian felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar when he heard this, and every part of his limbs froze.

Crown Prince Fengyi is the lowest-ranking concubine in the Eastern Palace, only of the ninth rank. In the future, all the women around him will be of higher rank than Fengyi, so anyone can bully Xiaolou!

"Father!" Chu Hantian was heartbroken and couldn't help but shout.

Emperor Shengwen's eyes were cold, and he slammed the imperial desk hard:

"It's settled. If she says anything more, she won't even be able to serve as a maid. There are plenty of vacancies for maids in the palace. Do you think she's suitable?"

Chu Hantian didn't dare to say another word and could only kneel deeply on the ground. From an angle where no one could see, his eyes were filled with hatred.

All his plans for the small building had been shattered by his father's order.

If he could have taken that position sooner, Xiaolou wouldn't have suffered such a great injustice...

It doesn’t matter, that day is not far away.

At the Dingbei Palace, Yue Ran was accompanying Yue Yuan in rehabilitation training.

Ever since Ning Xin got the smilax glabra as a medicine guide, the efficacy of the medicines she customized for Yue Yuan, whether for internal or external use, has been greatly enhanced.

Originally, she estimated that it would take three months for Yue Yuan's meridians to fully recover. After all, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. But looking at the condition and speed of Yue Yuan's recovery in the past few days, it would not take more than two months for Yue Yuan to be able to uproot the weeping willow tree.

Recently, the Queen Mother also sent people to the Dingbei Palace to ask tactfully when Yue Yuan could be cured.

She had been with the Queen Mother for two years, and it was normal for her to be anxious when she suddenly left the palace for such a long time.

The old lady suffered in the cold palace when she was young. Now that she has lived a good life for more than ten years, what she fears most is that she will suddenly become seriously ill and cannot continue to enjoy her life.

Ning Xin has reported back to the Cining Palace, and she will be able to return to the palace in two months.

But when she replied to the person from Cining Palace, Ning Xin was more cautious, thinking that even if Yue Yuan's body was taken care of, his lifespan would not be as long as that of an ordinary person.

The conflict between the Queen Mother and Yue Ran at the plum blossom viewing banquet in the palace was still vivid in her mind. Ning Xin was no fool and naturally knew that the royal family was wary of the Dingbei Palace.

For the sake of the three hundred year old bone-regenerating tree, she tried to conceal as much as possible for Yue Ran and his daughter.

This father and daughter, one is disabled with a broken leg, and the other is unmarried at an old age, all do it for the sake of Da Chu.

When Yue Ran heard the secret guards report that Feng Xiaolou would soon be carried into the East Palace to serve as the Prince's attendant, he was secretly shocked, and then he couldn't help laughing.

The current emperor would indeed be a wonderful person if he were not always afraid of the Dingbei Palace.

Yue Yuan was much more direct. He narrowed his eyes happily when he heard the news:

"Should!"

Feng Xiaolou and her daughter almost ruined his reputation in his later years, and he almost had to bear the burden of an extra illegitimate daughter for no apparent reason. They really treated him as a dead man.

Yue Ran just smiled and said nothing, massaging her father's arm.

Ever since Ning Xin came to the palace to treat her father, her father's shriveled arms have become noticeably stronger and his complexion has improved a lot.

With the toxins in his body eradicated and Ning Xin not allowing anyone else to handle the decocted medicine every day, Yue Yuan's road to recovery was very smooth.

As they were talking, Concubine Qin and Concubine Liu came in from outside the courtyard. They looked at each other, and Concubine Liu spoke:

"Your Majesty, the eldest son is also kneeling outside the courtyard today."

The smile on Yue Yuan’s face froze, he pursed his lips and snorted coldly.

"If he wants to kneel, then let him kneel. I have already said that he and I will no longer be father and son."

Yue Ran took a few steps towards the yard and saw Yue Zihuan kneeling straight in the snow through the carved wall. His face was pale and blue from the cold, and his lips were purple from the cold.

Jindou stood beside him with a bitter face and didn't dare to speak.

She curled the corners of her lips lightly.

It was only after dark the day before yesterday that Yue Zihuan returned to the palace from Lihua Lane in a daze.

The servant reported back that the lights in the study of Qiyun Pavilion were on all night.

Yesterday morning, Yue Zihuan quietly came to the main courtyard where Yue Yuan lived and knelt upright.

No one went forward to persuade Yue Zihuan to get up.

All the people present, including the guards, obeyed Yue Yuan's orders, as did the two concubines. Yue Zihuan remained kneeling until Yue Yuan spoke.

As for Yue Ran, of course she took a handful of melon seeds and admired Yue Zihuan's kneeling posture through the courtyard wall for a long time.

This is just the beginning. She hasn't forgotten the grudge he had with her in her previous life by sending her on the marriage carriage!