Farming with kids: My deceased husband returns and I spoil him rotten.

"Impossible. Su Fuliu isn't like that. They like each other, how could they possibly break up? You're overthinking it."

Gu Yu simply did not believe that Su Fuliu and Gu Hui would separate.

Shang Qing shook her head: "It's not that I'm overthinking it. What she just said meant that she wanted to separate, perhaps to avoid getting involved or having any lingering concerns."

Gu Yu reached out and grabbed her hand, saying, "Even if that's really the case, it's not something we can control. They need to solve it themselves. There's no point in us worrying."

Shang Qing nodded in agreement with Gu Yu’s words: “You’re right. It’s up to the two of them to handle this. I’m not worried.”

……

Upon returning to the palace, Su Fuliu happened to see the Emperor being stopped by palace maids at the entrance of her palace.

The imperial physician who was with her panicked as soon as he saw the emperor, and said in a trembling voice, "What should I do? What should I do? What if the emperor finds out that I took you out?"

"I might lose my life. I shouldn't have taken you out with me. What if the Emperor finds out?"

Seeing the imperial physician's flustered state, Su Fuliu was afraid he would give himself away, so she quickly comforted him, saying, "Alright, don't be afraid. We'll figure out a way to keep the Emperor from finding out, won't we?"

"If you make that sound again, the Emperor will definitely find out, and then you'll lose your life."

The imperial physician quickly covered his mouth, but his body still trembled uncontrollably.

Su Fuliu frowned slightly, thought about it seriously for a moment, and then said, "Alright, go over in a little while. If the Emperor asks, just say you were here just now."

"After leaving the palace, I originally intended to rest, but I unexpectedly discovered that I had left my pulse pillow here, so I came to look for it, understand?"

This was the reason Su Fuliu gave to the imperial physician; although it wasn't perfect, it was still acceptable.

"Does Your Majesty believe this?" The imperial physician didn't believe the emperor would believe such a naive statement.

But Su Fuliu didn't care about all that. She took out a pulse pillow from the imperial physician's medicine box and said softly, "No matter what, we have to give it a try."

When the imperial physician saw that she had already taken out the pulse pillow, he had no choice but to reluctantly agree to the method she had just suggested, and then he started walking towards the emperor.

Su Fuliu then secretly climbed over the wall via a side path and slipped back.

The imperial physician arrived at the door, saw the emperor, and immediately knelt down to greet him: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

The Emperor stood with his hands behind his back. Upon seeing the imperial physician, he coldly said, "Why are you here at this hour? Shouldn't you have been here sooner?"

"Your Majesty, I have already examined Miss Su's pulse. After returning home, I discovered that I had left the pulse pillow here, so I came to retrieve it."

The imperial physician lowered his head, his voice and body trembling.

The Emperor glanced at the imperial physician indifferently, his eyes narrowing slightly as he said, "Really? You could forget something as important as a pulse pillow? Is your memory that bad?"

"Because I took some calming and energy-boosting medicine for Miss Su from the medicine box, I forgot about it for a moment."

The imperial physician kept his head down, not daring to raise it, and tried his best to make his words sound more believable.

Just as the Emperor was about to ask another question, Su Fuliu pretended to have just woken up and opened the door. Upon seeing the Emperor and the imperial physician, she asked with great confusion, "Your Majesty, the imperial physician has already taken my pulse. Do I need to take it a second time?"

“Miss Su, I came to retrieve the pulse pillow; it was accidentally left behind.”

When the imperial physician saw that the emperor's complexion was not good, he quickly spoke to Su Fuliu.

Su Fuliu nodded lightly: "Oh, I see. Come in and look for it. It should be on the table."

After cautiously glancing at the Emperor, the imperial physician boldly walked into the room. Upon seeing the pulse pillow on the table, he quickly picked it up and placed it in his medicine box.

The Emperor and Su Fuliu exchanged bewildered glances. He felt that everything was too coincidental. He asked, "The imperial physician just said he took your pulse and prescribed medicine. He hasn't been gone for long, has he? How come you're sleeping so soundly?"

"Since I have nothing to do here, I can only sleep. I did hear some noises about the Emperor's arrival, but I didn't pay any attention to them."

Su Fuliu looked at the Emperor indifferently and said to him very clearly, "I don't want to see you."

Just then, the imperial physician came out. The emperor glanced at the physician with displeasure, suspecting that the two had a secret and questioned them further, but Su Fuliu managed to evade the questions without any real danger.

Su Fuliu glanced at the Emperor indifferently and asked with a cold smile, "Your Majesty came here to see me, surely not to inquire about these trivial matters?"

Upon hearing Su Fuliu's words, the Emperor finally remembered why he had come here to find her.

"I hope you can remarry," the Emperor suddenly said.

Su Fuliu's face immediately darkened, and she asked incredulously, "What did you say?"

The Emperor said, word by word, "Remarriage? Of course, this is not only my idea, but also the tribe's. You haven't forgotten their customs, have you?"

It was only then that Su Fuliu remembered the tribe's customs. In this tribe, if the father died, the son could marry the stepmother, and the younger brother could marry the widowed sister-in-law of his elder brother.

The new leader of this tribe is the woman Su Fuliu married.

Upon thinking of this, Su Fuliu immediately said, "I won't marry him."

"You have no choice. Don't think that just because you're living here, you've regained your identity. Your current identity is still that of the tribe's wife."

The emperor said directly to her, "Therefore, you can only marry the new chief according to their customs."

"I don't want to! I don't want to marry the new leader! I will never agree to this!" Su Fuliu shouted at the Emperor.

"You have no choice but to agree. This matter is settled. You should rest here and take good care of your health. Don't let anything bad happen."

The Emperor glanced at Su Fuliu indifferently and spoke in a very calm tone.

Su Fuliu frowned slightly, her face was very unpleasant, and she looked at the emperor with hatred in her eyes.

The Emperor paid no attention to her gaze, turned and left, and ordered people to keep a close watch on her, fearing that she might escape.

Su Fuliu never expected that she would have to return to that tribe and marry the new chief according to their customs. She lowered her head slightly, and tears instantly fell.

The palace maid standing to the side felt sorry for her when she saw her like this, but there was nothing she could do. She could only step forward to help her and walk towards the palace.

Su Fuliu's steps were unsteady. She didn't know what to do or why the Emperor would do this so suddenly.

The reason the emperor did this was because the new leader of the tribe to which Su Fuliu had previously been married had recently stabilized the situation and sent a letter to the emperor requesting an audience.

He had already learned from Su Fuliu the truth about the new leader's plot to seize power and his intention to rebel, so he approved the request.