The Return of An Lingrong in Legend of Zhen Huan

When Concubine Qi heard the Queen complaining that the child was too noisy, she leaned forward slightly, looked at the Queen and whispered: "My Queen, I heard that the concubines in the palace used to give their children tranquilizers to make them less lively to avoid attracting attention."

"Nonsense, how can the child be so young to drink that kind of thing?" The queen just frowned slightly but did not stop him.

Sure enough, Concubine Qi said again: "Oh, your majesty, this child is crying so hard. If he gets hurt, you will be the one who will feel bad. It's a good opportunity to give him some tranquilizers to calm him down. This way, the queen can cultivate a mother-son relationship with him."

"Alright, alright, that's all for today. Concubine Qi, don't say this again. You guys go back first." The Queen frowned and asked the two to leave.

"Yes, the concubine is retiring."

After the two of them left, the Queen turned around and asked Jianqiu who had returned: "Does this Queen still have her tranquilizer?"

"Yes." Then Jianqiu asked tentatively: "Your Majesty wants to..."

"Wait a little longer. If this child is still so ignorant, give him something to drink." The queen was also very annoyed by this child. He was not sensible at all.

Jian Qiu frowned and consoled him: "Your Highness is the mother of the country. It is his honor to be your legitimate son. He is so ungrateful. It must be that Concubine Rou did not teach him well."

"Okay, let's go and see if Seventh Prince's meal is ready. He must be hungry after crying for so long." The Queen said, touching her armor.

"Yes, your Majesty is kind-hearted. I will go right away."

That evening, the Emperor came to the Queen's palace for dinner. Actually, he didn't want to come. Although it was the fifteenth day of the lunar month, he just needed to come in the evening and didn't need to have dinner.

But thinking that Hongxu had just moved in, she might as well come over to see how the child was doing. Her own royal mother was determined to have the empress adopt the child, and if he was doing well, she could tell An Lingrong so that she could feel more at ease.

Although the queen had instructed the wet nurse to take the child to a side hall in advance, the child's crying was so loud that the emperor still heard it.

"Hongxu is crying so hard, it's hurting his body after all. You are responsible for taking care of Wanpin and Mei'er's fetuses, otherwise you should send the child back to Rong'er." If we were to say which child the emperor has the deepest feelings for, it must be An Lingrong's. She did prenatal education before the baby was born, and because of Hongyun, he often visited them. Hearing Hongxu crying like this, it would be a lie for him, as a father, to say that he didn't feel heartbroken.

"I think the child is just shy of strangers, and he will be fine after a while. I am his biological mother, and I will definitely fulfill my duties as a mother." The child had been here for less than a day, so how could the queen let go?

Jian Qiu said, "Your Majesty, you don't know that after the little prince came, the queen held him in her arms all day long, and the seventh prince struggled and even punched the queen."

"Jianqiu." The queen looked at Jianqiu with pretended dissatisfaction.

"Did Hongxu hit you?" A hint of doubt flashed in the emperor's eyes.

"Oh, it's okay. The child is still young and doesn't have much strength. It won't cause any trouble."

As a result of this, the emperor had no choice but to say a few words of comfort.

Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and normally the emperor should rest at the queen's place, but Hongxu keeps crying even at night, making it impossible for the emperor and the queen to sleep.

The Emperor tactfully tried to ask the Empress to send the child back to An Lingrong, but the Empress pushed back by using the Empress Dowager as the Queen. Finally, he had to say that he had to attend court the next day and returned to the Yangxin Palace to rest.

On the way, the emperor sat in the sedan chair and suddenly thought, did he cry like this when he was brought to the lap of Empress Xiaoyiren? Did his mother also feel distressed?

The Queen was disturbed by the child for several hours. She was able to fall asleep only when the child was tired of crying. However, the Queen's sleepiness had long passed, so she had to ask Jianqiu to inform all the palaces that they did not need to come to pay their respects tomorrow.

An Lingrong originally wanted to take advantage of the time to pay respects to the Queen, but the Queen did not allow anyone to go to pay respects. She had no choice but to go to the Queen's palace after breakfast and ask to see the child. However, Jianqiu rejected her request on the grounds that the little prince was sleeping.

An Lingrong became worried when she heard this. She knew that Hongxu would definitely not sleep at this time, so she walked around Jingren Palace, but there was no sound at all.

"Hongxu must have been tired from crying last night." An Lingrong said with a sob, her heart began to ache again.

"Your Majesty, please come back when it's almost lunch time. I think by then the young prince will have just woken up." Bao Lu comforted An Lingrong.

But when that time came, Jianqiu said that the young prince was studying and asked An Lingrong not to disturb him all the time, after all, the future of the Seventh Prince was the most important.

An Lingrong was gone for several days, but the Queen did not let her see her child, and even exempted her from the concubines' greetings. The Queen Mother also said that she was sick and would not see her.

The emperor stayed in the Yangxin Palace for several days and did not enter the harem. When asked, he said he was reviewing memorials and meeting with ministers.