The day her husband welcomed the time-traveling girl into the house, she woke up

"Are some of these portraits painted by the Queen Mother?"

After Yin Hengyou finally figured out what concerned him, he immediately suppressed his excitement and confirmed with Li Shu.

Li Shu nodded, "As expected of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he can actually see..."

"So it's the Queen Mother who has woken up this time?"

Yin Hengyou interrupted Li Shu and continued, "When I went to Fengyi Palace with Yunchu to pay my respects these past few days, that person looked like an imposter. If the Queen Mother has really returned, it means that during the time that the imposter occupied the Queen Mother's body, the Queen Mother knew everything about his words and deeds, so she could pretend to be so lifelike. The Queen Mother's intention in doing that must be to use the imposter's identity to do something!"

Li Shu nodded again. "Your Highness is far more intelligent than I am, and he understands the Empress far better than I do. He should be able to guess what the Empress is planning, right? I asked Your Highness to come here, not only to tell you that the Empress has returned, but also to know what Your Highness will do now that he has seen through the Empress's plans."

In response, Yin Hengyou said without hesitation: "I am of the same mind as my mother."

"Then I know what to do. Your Highness, please prepare to succeed the throne within a year."

Yin Hengyou's expression became more serious after hearing such outrageous words.

But he just nodded seriously and said nothing or asked anything.

Li Shu didn't tell him any more details.

After all, even if she had the luck left to her by her mother, it might not be 100% successful.

If anything goes wrong, the less the prince knows, the better.

Then Yin Hengyou asked her, "This afternoon, I heard Yun Chu say that you had asked her and Fei'er to come to your house the day after tomorrow to appreciate the chrysanthemums. Are you going to tell them about the Queen Mother?"

Li Shu nodded, but said, "I'm not going to tell them directly. If they can't see any clues from these portraits, I won't say a word."

Yin Hengyou raised his eyebrows. "In other words, if I hadn't figured it out, you wouldn't have told me?"

"No, Your Highness, you and Fei'er are different."

"..."

Yin Hengyou raised his eyebrows again.

She thought Yun Chu could see some clues from these portraits?

You have to know that among all of them, she was the only one who was taught to paint by her mother herself.

It was purely accidental that he could see it.

Because after looking at the portraits over and over again, the first thing he noticed was that there were one or two places in each of them that showed her painting style.

Then he thought that those portraits were given to her by the person in Fengyi Palace when she entered the palace today, and they could not have been made by her, so he turned his thoughts to his mother.

The reason he was familiar with her painting style was because Yun Chu had secretly competed with hers, always showing him their respective paintings and asking which one was better...

Thinking about this, he also felt that Yun Chu did have a chance of seeing the clues.

Then I thought about how Fei'er had loved her paintings since she was a child, and I felt that Fei'er would definitely be able to see the clues.

Then, before he left, he casually mentioned to Li Shu, "I recently reread all the books Aunt Azhi gave me when she was alive, and found a message she left in a storybook. She asked me to keep an eye on your brothers for her when I have time."

Li Shu was stunned for a moment and asked, "So, the sudden departure of Li Shen and Li Xing from Beijing for the border two days ago is related to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"Yeah, but I just showed them the message left by Auntie Azhi and gave them a chance to choose."

"..."

Li Shu didn't ask Yin Hengyou whether he asked the two to choose between what and going to the border.

After Yin Hengyou left and Lin Yuan returned to his room, he softly asked Aunt Gui, "Mother has made so many arrangements for me and given me everything, but she hasn't done much for Li Shen and the other four. She must feel a little guilty about them. Should I give them a chance for Mother's sake?"

Nanny Gui sighed softly, "As a mother, if you favor one over the other, you'll definitely feel guilty. But Madam didn't ask Young Lady to give them a chance, right? If Madam felt they were justifiable, she would definitely have left a message asking Young Lady to give them a chance and make peace with them. But Madam didn't do that. That means even Madam can't forgive them for the harm they've done to Young Lady, and it's impossible for her to ask Young Lady to forgive them. So Young Lady, there's no need for her to embarrass herself for Madam's sake. As for Madam asking His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to watch over them, that's just what every mother would do, the last thing she can do for her children."

The confusion lingering in Li Shu's heart dissipated in an instant.

Then she thought of the unfilial daughter she had given in her dream, how much she had sacrificed, and how much heartache she had endured for her two children. She added, "Being a mother is so hard! Fortunately, I've already decided not to be a mother anymore. I just want to love myself for the rest of my life!"

Aunt Gui held Li Shu's hand tightly with heartache.

I thought that there would be many people who would love and care for me in the future.

The next day, while Li Shu was having breakfast with Lin Yuan, she suddenly said, "Send a few people to Li Shen and Li Xing, but unless their lives are at stake, there's no need to interact with them."

"it is good."

After Lin Yuan finished his response, Li Shu looked at Aunt Gui and said, "This is for my mother's sake, and it's the only thing I'm willing to do for them."

Aunt Gui smiled and said nothing.

Li Shu continued, "I wonder what choice the Crown Prince will make Li Jin and Li Yan make from now on. Or perhaps...these two will outsmart themselves and become more and more trapped by Li Yunzhi."

In response, Aunt Gui replied, "No matter what, it's their own fate and has nothing to do with the young lady."

Lin Yuan said, "Li Yunzhi has been searching everywhere for the woman who died in an accident. He's also trying to find a woman who looks like the master. He must be preparing a vessel for the master. Li Jin is busy taking care of the affairs of their general's mansion and the official duties that Li Yunzhi left behind. As for Li Yan, he's been secretly monitoring Xie Yu."

After hearing this, Li Shu frowned and put down her chopsticks.

It seems that Li Yunzhi is really going crazy.

As for Li Jin, he knows the most among the four brothers. Right now, he is most likely trying to numb himself by being busy so as to avoid thinking too much and becoming obsessed.

As for Li Yan, I don’t know what he wants to do...

At this moment, Li Shu never imagined that the next morning Li Yan would run to her house with a thick scroll written in blood.

She originally wanted to have someone drive Li Yan away.

But Jingzhe said, "Second Young Master Li claimed that the blood letter in his hand was written by Xie Yu. He also said that Xie Yu was dying and wanted to see the young lady before she died."

Li Shu had long wanted to see Xie Yu's true appearance, so she said, "Then bring me that blood letter first. I'll read it and then decide whether or not I want to see her one last time."

It is said that when a man is about to die, his words are good.

Maybe there will be something related to the system written in Xie Yu's blood letter.

Or maybe when she goes to see Xie Yu, Xie Yu will say something to her.