Seizing the throne, abolishing the adopted son, the imperial concubine rose to prominence

"Mother, Father... Your son greets the Emperor!"

Xiao Yunzheng, who was brought in by the palace servants, was so excited when he saw the people in the hall that his face turned slightly red. However, after running two steps, he stopped and bowed politely.

"Zheng'er is here, come forward quickly and let father see him."

When Xiao Heng heard the word "Daddy" after not seeing him for half a year, he habitually bent down slightly and opened his hands.

"Daddy!"

Xiao Yunzheng threw himself into the open arms, put his arms around Xiao Heng's neck as he did in the palace, and called out softly.

"Zheng'er has become stronger and stronger. It seems that he has not neglected his martial arts training these days. I wonder how his review is going?"

Xiao Heng's hands were a little stiff for a moment, but he soon held the person on his lap and asked lovingly.

"Zheng'er practices ten large characters every day."

Xiao Yunzheng raised his head slightly, looking proud.

The particularly lively childishness made Xiao Heng laugh heartily, and the stiffness he had felt when being hugged by his son just now slowly disappeared: "Zheng'er, are you deceiving your father? In the past, Zheng'er even needed your father to coax him into writing three large characters."

"No, although Zheng'er only wrote five before, but when Zheng'er saw mother..."

Xiao Yunzheng was about to say that he was motivated to practice calligraphy after seeing how good his mother's handwriting was, but before he could finish, Gu Youning interrupted him with a smile: "I really wasn't trying to deceive the emperor. The child has grown up and naturally become more stable. He's not like he was back then when he was always restless."

Xiao Heng did love his eldest son in the past, but the emperor was very busy and had too many things he wanted to do, so he had not been to the palace once in the past six months.

Children change every day, let alone in half a year.

Gu Youning said it with intention, and the listener also had a heart.

The emperor looked at his eldest son in his arms, who was full of admiration, with a look of guilt on his face.

"Tan Yin, bring the calligraphy that the eldest prince has written these past two days to the emperor."

"We can't let Zheng'er be wronged."

Seeing the clear guilt on the emperor's face, Gu Youning changed the subject.

Guilt is a good thing, but it needs to be moderate and not burden others.

Xiao Heng's brows relaxed again. He carefully read the large characters and then taught his eldest son how to use the pen.

"I've been writing for so long, Zheng'er, take a break and have some cake."

Xiao Heng was very pleased to see his son concentrating on his studies. He took a piece of lotus root powder and osmanthus cake from the plate next to him and handed it to him.

"Thank you, Father. That's so sweet."

Before Gu Youning could stop him, his son had already happily taken a bite and said, "Father and Mother, have some too."

"Slow down, don't choke."

Gu Youning secretly relaxed the tension on his face and gently reminded his son.

She was indeed a little paranoid. This lotus root powder and osmanthus cake was brought by Lin Cainu to the emperor to curry favor. No matter how stupid she was, she would not have done anything to it.

……

A side hall of Zhaoqing Palace.

"Master, do you really want to eat all of this?"

A palace maid stood beside Lin Cainv, her face filled with worry.

"Once you do it, you can't turn back."

Lin Cainv picked up a piece of lotus root powder and osmanthus cake and stuffed it into her mouth, swallowing it mouthful by mouthful, her eyes full of determination.

The maidservant beside her immediately turned red-eyed as she watched: "Your Highness is truly too cruel. Your Majesty has never been favored since entering the palace, and yet she still wants to attack you."

"If the eldest prince didn't use the cakes, or didn't use much, then the master wouldn't have suffered in vain."

Everyone in the palace knew that the Imperial Concubine was favored by the Emperor, but her master was just a low-ranking court lady with no family background. Who could make decisions for her?

"Furthermore, if the master takes this medicine and is unable to conceive an heir in the future, what will we do?"

"In the harem, a woman without favor would have a hard time even surviving, let alone becoming an heir to the throne."

“First plan for the near, then plan for the far.”

Lin Cainv murmured as she looked at the last two pieces of lotus root powder and osmanthus cake on the plate.

……

The sleeping hall of Changchun Palace.

With Gu Youning's deliberate yet natural response, the brocade tent felt as warm as spring.

"Your Majesty, something happened to the eldest prince."

Just as the emperor uttered a sigh of satisfaction, there was a knock on the palace door.

"Zheng'er!"

Before Xiao Heng could say anything, the woman in his arms had already hurriedly stood up and was about to get on the bed.

"Don't worry, put on your clothes first."

Xiao Heng hurriedly pulled the woman and comforted her.

Gu Youning couldn't hear anything at this time, and just wanted to go to his son.

Xiao Heng had no choice but to restrain Gu Youning's body, put his robe on the woman, and then let her run out of the hall.

"What happened? Did you call the imperial physician?"

Xiao Heng followed closely behind and asked Cao Zhong who was following behind him.

"I've sent someone to invite him. The eldest prince suddenly had diarrhea when he got up at night."

Xiao Heng walked very fast, and Cao Zhong could only jog behind him.

"Zheng'er!"

Just as the emperor reached the door of the rear hall, he heard a thud from inside. Startled, he quickly turned into the hall.

The woman was seen kneeling in front of the bed with her hair loose, looking as if she had lost her soul.

"Don't worry, maybe you ate too much for dinner and your spleen and stomach are upset. I have already sent for the imperial physician."

Xiao Heng half-forced the person on the ground to sit up and let her sit on the edge of the bed.

"Mother, Zheng'er is fine, just a little dizzy and weak all over."

A soft and obedient voice sounded from the bed.

"Don't be afraid, Zheng'er. Mother won't let anything happen to you. Mother will definitely not let anything happen to you."

But this time, Gu Youning was not soothed by his son's childish words. After hearing these words, he was even trembling with excitement. Not only did he mutter to himself unconsciously, he also pulled the emperor's sleeve and knelt heavily on the ground: "Your Majesty, please save Zheng'er. Please call the imperial physician to save Zheng'er."

"Hurry up and get up. The imperial physician will be here soon. Zheng'er will be fine... Ning'er!"

Seeing that Gu Youning didn't listen to him, Xiao Heng leaned down, grabbed her shoulders, and pulled her up from the ground. He raised his voice, but the woman under him seemed to ignore him.

"Mother..."

At this moment, a soft call came from behind.

"Zheng'er, mother is here, don't be afraid, mother will always be with you."

His son's voice was very faint, but Gu Youning, who was too excited, heard it.

She let go of the emperor's sleeves, turned around and held her son in her arms.

This was what happened in the previous life. The mother and son were confined to Changchun Palace. Zheng'er was so feverish that he was confused, but he kept muttering to comfort himself. So, when Gu Youning saw his son's pale face and the words of comfort, it was like he was back to that time.

The days when she lost her son.

"Why hasn't the imperial physician arrived yet? Go and urge him!"

Xiao Heng also noticed that Gu Youning was in a bad mood. For some reason, seeing such a woman immersed in pain, he felt a suffocating pain in his heart. He couldn't help but turned around and yelled at the palace maid.

"Yes, I will go and urge you right away."

Seeing the fury on the emperor's face, Cao Zhong didn't dare to say anything else. He could only bow his head and nod. He didn't even dare to send the young eunuch beside him away. The eunuch in charge actually ran away on his own.

The rest of the palace servants knelt directly on the ground.

Xiao Heng didn't care about these. He originally wanted to go forward to comfort the woman, but the woman's mind and eyes were full of the child in her arms. He was afraid that no matter how much he said, she would not listen.