The general's eldest daughter has a spatial ability

After hearing Zhang Mama's words, Chu Huainan comforted her, "Nanny, you are exaggerating. You don't need to worry. Over the years, Father has arranged people in the palace to secretly protect Mother."

You only need to take care of Mother's daily needs. Her safety will be taken care of by others, so you don't need to risk your life! Also, you need to take good care of your own health. After all, once Mother is reunited with our family, there will be many more things waiting for you to take care of.

Upon hearing Chu Huainan's words, Zhang Mama nodded happily: "Your Highness, rest assured, this old servant will definitely take good care of the Empress. After your family is reunited, this old servant can also help you take care of the children."

I've heard that the young master is getting on in years; he should be of marriageable age in a few years. Besides, you two, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, are still young; you could even have another sibling for him!

After hearing Zhang Mama's words, Chu Huainan smiled and looked at Murong Xing: "I think the wet nurse is right."

Murong Xing felt a little uneasy under Chu Huainan's gaze, and quickly changed the subject: "Does the old nanny know from the palace who suggested those new policies His Majesty issued in recent days? Or were they His Majesty's own intentions?"

Zhang Mama shook her head: "This old servant feels that His Majesty's temperament seems to have changed since he fell and injured his head and woke up. He is no longer obsessed with women, but focuses on state affairs. Even when the Consort and her son came back from the Crown Prince's residence to complain to him, His Majesty ignored them!"

However, I've heard that many officials in the court oppose several of His Majesty's decrees, especially the one requiring the declaration of family assets, with any assets of dubious origin to be confiscated. This effectively cuts off those people's sources of income. If investigated thoroughly, how many of these high-ranking officials have clean hands?

But His Majesty seemed determined, disregarding the obstruction of his officials, and resolutely implemented the new policies. It is said that he even publicly executed an imperial censor for this matter! Strangely enough, that imperial censor was a member of Prime Minister Lin's faction.

That's why Her Majesty the Empress felt that His Majesty had been acting strangely lately, and sent this old servant out of the palace to inform His Highness that he must be careful and cautious in the coming days, and not offend His Majesty's countenance, lest he bring disaster upon himself.

"Your Highness, please heed my words. Until you have a foolproof plan, you must ensure your own safety. Be cautious and prudent. As long as you're alive, you can always find another way! Besides, you've already recognized the Crown Princess, the young master, and the Prince! You absolutely cannot afford any mishaps!"

Chu Huainan felt a warmth in his heart upon hearing Zhang Mama's words. Although Zhang Mama was only his wet nurse, she had treated him extremely well since he was a child!

"Nanny, I know! It's getting late. I'll have someone escort you back to the palace. Please take good care of the Empress Dowager. I'll take care of you in your old age and see you off in your final days!"

Upon hearing Chu Huainan's words, Zhang Mama's tears fell again: "Very well, then this old servant will wait for Your Highness to take care of this old servant in her old age and see her to her death."

After Chu Huainan ordered someone to send Zhang Mama back to the palace, he returned to his study and hugged Murong Xing: "Mama originally had a son, but unfortunately, when I was a child, a plague broke out in the palace. Mama insisted on entering the palace to take care of me and my mother. Her husband's family was afraid that she would bring the plague back, so they divorced her."

Her son was an ingrate; he actually called his father's mistress "mother" and cursed the nanny as a selfish ghost and a jinx, saying she was covered in bad luck!

Little did they know that over the years, if it weren't for my maternal grandfather's secret assistance because of Zhang Mama's unwavering loyalty to my mother, how could he have achieved such success in business? In the end, he despised her for taking care of us, mother and son!

Originally, the maternal grandfather didn't intend to kill the child because he was the nanny's biological son. However, his son was reckless and recognized his mistress as his mother. After that, he was spoiled by his mistress.

At a young age, he indulged in all manner of vices, including drinking, gambling, and womanizing. After his mistress gave birth to a son, he was kicked out of his home and left to fend for himself. Later, it was rumored that he got drunk, fell into the river, and drowned.

After learning about this, my nanny fell ill for half a month. I was only seven or eight years old at the time. When I saw that my nanny was seriously ill, I secretly brought some pastries to visit her.

When the old woman saw me, she hugged me and cried bitterly. She said that if it weren't for my mother's family saving her back then, she would have died at the hands of bandits long ago. Therefore, my mother was more important to her than anyone else in this life!

Murong Xing sighed: "The old woman was a grateful person, she did nothing wrong! The ones who were wrong were her son and husband. Her son got what he deserved because he misjudged people and mistook a villain for his mother. He died a horrible death. I don't think his father and his mistress will have a good ending either."

"That's what the Empress Dowager said too! But the nanny felt a little guilty, saying that she hadn't fulfilled her responsibilities as a mother and taken good care of the child!"

However, you are right about one thing: his father's business plummeted after his maternal grandparents' support was gone.

Later, when he went on a long trip and returned home two days earlier than expected, he discovered that his mistress was having an affair at home. Moreover, during their conversation, he overheard that his youngest son was not his child at all, that he had been raising someone else's son for all these years, and that he had even kicked his only son out of the house.

In a fit of rage, he ran to the kitchen, grabbed a cleaver, and hacked the adulterous couple to death on their bed. His intention was to kill the adulterous couple and then his youngest son as well. Fortunately, someone heard the cries and reported it to the authorities.

The officials arrived just in time and saved the youngest son's life. Knowing that he could not escape death, the man also slit his own throat!

The neighbors all said it was karma! He abandoned his devoted wife, only to be completely manipulated by a prostitute, handing his own son over to his mistress, ultimately leading to his own death. In the end, he couldn't escape his retribution!

Murong Xing sighed after hearing Chu Huainan's words: "It is indeed retribution! Although Granny has lost her biological son, having you, the Crown Prince of the country, to take care of her in her old age and see her to her end can be considered as making up for some regrets! I will treat her well in the future."

Chu Huainan nodded, took Murong Xing's hand, and the two walked out of the study and headed towards Chu Huainan's bedroom.

After they finished washing up, Chu Huainan embraced Murong Xing: "Xing'er, we can finally be together now. Before long, after we get rid of Mother's Gu poison, we should find Chu Batian and settle all the scores we owed. It's time for him to pay with his life for all these years of debts he owes us, and for Father and Mother!"

Murong Xing nodded: "Good and evil will eventually be rewarded. Besides, he has done so many evil things over the years that he is not worthy of being a human being, let alone a ruler of a country."

"I just don't know when the Prince of Pingnan and the Princess of Huainan will arrive in the Southern Frontier to join us. The journey should only take two days! There's been absolutely no news from them. I wonder if something unexpected has happened, or if they've been held up by something!"