The Royal Family's Orphan is on the Rise

One day, Nan Qi came to the imperial study, and Ji Chenyu thought she was looking for him.

"Nanqi, is there something wrong with the Queen?"

Nan Qi shook her head: "Your Majesty, I am here to look for the Regent Princess."

Shen Jiarou paused while carefully reviewing the memorials: "Looking for me, the princess?"

"Yes, Regent Princess, please follow me to Fengyi Palace. My queen wants to see you."

Shen Jiarou looked at Ji Chenyu, and Ji Chenyu also looked at her.

"Fourth Princess, please go over there. Maybe the Queen wants to talk to you about something." He understood his first wife. She would not just look for someone for no reason, especially since the Fourth Princess is now involved in politics. Things are different now.

"Yes, my royal brother. I will take my leave first."

Shen Jiarou brought Zhen Luosang, Zhang Zirou and others to Fengyi Palace with Nanqi.

Queen Mu Simin, lying on the sickbed, was extremely pale. She opened her eyes when she heard the voice.

"Nanqi, where is the fourth princess?"

Nan Qi glanced outside the door, then retracted her gaze and said respectfully, "The Regent Princess is just outside the bedroom."

"Let her in."

Nan Qi bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, Madam."

Nan Qi turned around and walked to the entrance of the hall, meeting Shen Jiarou's eyes, and she spoke respectfully.

"Princess Regent, the Queen invites you!"

Entering the palace, Shen Jiarou felt upset when she saw her sister-in-law, who was so thin that she looked unrecognizable.

"Royal sister-in-law."

"Here it comes!" Queen Mu Simin opened her eyes and smiled gently.

Nan Qi brought a wooden stool, and Shen Jiarou nodded, thanked him, and sat down.

Seeing that the person in front of her was still as beautiful as she was in her youth, Queen Mu Simin was extremely envious.

"The fourth princess is still as young as ever, unlike me, who is now sick and weak."

Shen Jiarou didn't know what to say to her.

"You are joking, sister-in-law. I am already 28 years old."

Queen Mu Simin smiled softly and pursed her lips: "I am many years older than you, you are indeed very young in my eyes."

Shen Jiarou pursed her lips and said calmly, "Sister-in-law, you should take good care of yourself. You still have a long way to go."

Queen Mu Simin shook her head: "I'm afraid I'll be leaving soon."

"Sister-in-law, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Queen Mu Simin smiled and said, "I have lived for more than thirty years, which is almost the end. But you still have a long life ahead of you. I envy you."

Thinking of her own life experience, Shen Jiarou lowered her head and smiled.

"Sister-in-law, what do I envy? When I was young, I woke up and had to support myself and depend on a wolf cub for survival."

Queen Mu Simin smiled bitterly: "That's true, but I felt sorry for you in the past few years, but your life afterwards was like a cheat, it's hard not to be envious. You have seven children, and I don't have any. I finally had an adopted son, but God took him away."

Listening to her words, Shen Jiarou felt a little sympathetic towards her, but she couldn't help her with the matter of her children.

Nan Qi was crying uncontrollably. Zhang Zirou reached out and patted her shoulder. Nan Qi looked at her this time.

Queen Mu Simin and Shen Jiarou spoke many of their innermost thoughts. After leaving Fengyi Palace, Shen Jiarou turned around and looked at the plaque, which read the magnificent "Fengyi Palace".

"Princess, why did the Queen talk so much to you this time?" Zhang Zirou was very puzzled, but compared with what the Queen said, she agreed with it.

Her parents, a princess, had a rough childhood, but fortunately she worked hard and now has a status and position second only to the emperor.

Shen Jiarou was very silent after returning to the imperial study. Ji Chenyu was curious about what Queen Mu Simin said to her.

Luo Cheng saw that his master kept looking in the direction of the Regent Princess, and was also trying to guess what he was thinking.

Luo Cheng pursed his lips and stood respectfully: Your Majesty, I wonder if you want to know what the Empress and the Regent Princess said.

Even after finishing reviewing the memorials, Shen Jiarou, who was sitting in the carriage after leaving the palace, still looked like she was troubled.

Ji Chenyu unknowingly came to Fengyi Palace today. He stood at the gate of the palace and looked at the dim candlelight inside.

"Luo Cheng."

"Hey, Your Majesty, I'm here."

Ji Chenyu spoke as if he was talking to himself: "What do you think the Queen is doing now?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Cheng glanced at the Fengyi Palace inside the wall, but unfortunately the wall was too high and he could not see anything.

"I don't know. Why don't you go and see for yourself?"

Ji Chenyu was silent for a moment and finally nodded.

Hearing the familiar footsteps, Queen Mu Simin opened her tired eyes and saw a familiar figure.

"Your Majesty, you are here."

She wanted to stand up and salute, but Ji Chenyu, who was striding forward, quickly stretched out his hand to stop her.

"Hurry up and lie down. It's already this late. Why are you still talking about those empty formalities?"

Queen Mu Simin was helped to lie down by Ji Chenyu himself, and he sat quietly beside the bed to accompany her.

"Why did the emperor suddenly come to see me?" In fact, she knew that the emperor had secretly come to the gate of Fengyi Palace many times, but sometimes he did not come in.

"I'm just looking at you." He felt that his words were too monotonous, so he added.

"Queen, please get well soon. It's spring now. I will take you hunting to change the environment and breathe some fresh air."

When Queen Mu Simin heard this, she smiled softly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for still thinking about me. I'm just afraid that my body is not doing well."

Ji Chenyu was suddenly filled with sorrow: "What nonsense are you talking about? I am waiting to come to your palace in autumn to eat fruits. Every time I come, don't you prepare all kinds of fruits for me?"

Queen Mu Simin was touched to see that he still remembered those things, but she knew that her body was really going to fail this time.

"I'm afraid I can't do it. These things will have to be done by the new queen." The position of queen cannot be vacant, after all, there are plenty of people to fill it.

Ji Chenyu reached out and held her hand and whispered softly: "No one else is as careful as you."

Queen Mu Simin reached out and touched Ji Chenyu's cheek. Seeing how haggard he looked, her heart ached.

"Your Majesty has become quite haggard. It is all my fault that I was not able to bear you a child."

"This is not your fault, Queen, you don't have to blame yourself."

Looking at the handsome boy in her memory, who now looked so haggard, Queen Mu Simin felt very uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty is very important to me. I know who you have been in love with for many years. It's just that fate plays tricks on us and we have no choice."

Ji Chenyu looked at her in shock, and Queen Mu Simin smiled gently.

Ji Chenyu sighed: So she knew everything.

"Does the emperor regret marrying me?"

Ji Chenyu shook his head: "How could that be? The Queen is so virtuous and capable, you really make me feel much more relaxed."

Queen Mu Simin smiled with satisfaction: "It's a pity that I can't do these things anymore. I want to ask the emperor for something, I wonder if you can agree to it?"

"Queen, please speak!"

"I want to hear Your Majesty call me by my maiden name."

Ji Chenyu was stunned. As far as he could remember, he seemed to have never called the Queen by her maiden name.