It was exactly ten days later when Chen Yun and Chen Yin arrived in the capital.

During these ten days, Su Xiaoman did not go anywhere. He stayed in Yunqing Garden every day, eating, sleeping and playing Doudou.

So much so that apart from Qiao'er and four second-class maids, few people knew that Su Xiaoman had returned to the palace.

That day, she was fighting with two maids about who was the landlord when Chen Yun pushed the door open.

In just ten days, he lost a lot of weight and became a lot darker.

For ten days, he had no appetite. Half of his worry was on the little emperor, and the other half was on Su Xiaoman.

He looked anxious, and didn't feel relieved until he saw her appear in front of him unharmed.

"Your Highness, you're back." Su Xiaoman pulled the paper off her face, stood up with a cry of "Ouch, ouch," and looked at him with a happy expression:

"What do you want to eat tonight? Hey hey hey hey hey..."

Before she could even announce the name of the dish, she was pulled out by Chen Yun.

"What are you doing?"

"Follow me into the palace."

"It's almost dark, why are you going to the palace?"

*

Empress Dowager Su held a celebration banquet in the main hall of Taiqing Palace.

It was called a celebration banquet, but in fact it was a Hongmen Banquet.

Empress Dowager Su sat at the head of the Taiqing Hall, and behind the desks on both sides sat the prime minister and ministers.

Chen Yun, Chen Yin, and Su Xiaoman all said in unison: "Long live the Queen Mother."

Empress Dowager Su looked at them with a smile and said, "No need to be polite. Prince Jing has worked hard on his journey. Please take your seat."

Chen Yun raised his head and said, "Queen Dowager, I would like to see Your Majesty."

Empress Dowager Su nodded and sneered: "Prince Jing has been outside the capital for more than a month, so he probably doesn't know that His Majesty has suddenly fallen ill and is in poor health. I'm afraid he can't see outsiders."

Chen Yun looked up at her: "Outsider?"

Queen Mother Su smiled charmingly and did not respond to his words: "Prince Jing's mission this time has suppressed Qingzhi's arrogance, brought back tribute, and won back a princess of Qingzhi. He has really made great contributions."

When she said this, she glanced at His Highness with ill intent and continued, "You deserve a reward! I will reward you..."

"Wait!"

Chen Yin interrupted her sharply and said, "Your Majesty is still ill, so it's enough for the Queen Mother to praise you. If you want to reward me, you'd better wait for Your Majesty to come and give me the reward."

Jiang Guoxiang put his hands in his pockets and turned his head. Although his eyes were narrowed into slits, they still showed cunning.

He looked at all his children and said, "Seventh Prince, do you think you can overstep your authority just because you have the military power? Now that His Majesty is seriously ill, I have discussed with several ministers in the court. In order to avoid unrest in the country, I would like to ask the Queen Mother to govern the country from behind the curtain."

As he spoke, he stood up and saluted the Queen Mother with his hands clasped.

Then he continued, "Could it be that Prince Jing and Prince Qi have rebellious intentions and want to shake the foundation of our country, Da Chen?"

"You old fox are such a good farter!"

Chen Yin didn't indulge him at all.

Su Xiaoman immediately gave him an admiring look: [That’s awesome, buddy! ]

"You!" Jiang Guoxiang pointed at him with a trembling hand, and suddenly threw it behind him: "Humph, how disgraceful!"

Chen Yin said, "No one else is loyal to me, only you are. No wonder you teach your son to marry a princess every day."

He raised his head to the sky: "Oh God, it's a good thing you only gave him one son. If he had more sons, the princesses of my Great Chen Kingdom would not be enough for his Jiang family to use!"

Jiang Guoxiang's beard was almost standing up in anger. He stretched out his arm and pointed at me: "You you you..."

Chen Yin walked forward with his chest puffed out: “I, I, I…”

Dai Liyue, the Minister of Rites, was very displeased: "The Queen Mother is ruling from behind the curtain, both for Your Majesty and to keep the country stable. What are you two princes dissatisfied with?"

Jiang Guoxiang's lackey A (he has no scenes in the sequel, so he doesn't deserve a name): "That's right, Jiang Guoxiang is a meritorious official. Does that mean that he can be bullied by the royal family?"

Chen Yin curled his lips and said, "He is a duke, and I didn't say he was a female."

Jiang Guoxiang glared: "You!"

The Left Censor-in-Chief Quan Guiqing stepped forward and saluted, saying, "I think the Queen Mother should ask Prince Jing to go to Fuyang Palace to see Your Majesty."

"Alright!" Empress Dowager Su slapped the dragon table with her palm. She was slightly angry and scolded: "How shameless!"

Chen Yun continued, "Empress Dowager, the Holy Ancestor has instructed that the harem should not interfere in government affairs. As for matters in the court, let us first meet with Your Majesty before making a decision."

"Wait a minute," Empress Dowager Su said slowly, "Your Majesty is seriously ill and needs to rest. It is not appropriate for him to see guests."

A sharp light flashed across her eyes. "Speaking of the Holy Ancestor, I seem to have heard that Prince Jing once swore to his ancestors in Qianlin Palace that he would not have any offspring during his regency. Prince, do you still remember?"

The ministers began to whisper.

Chen Yun: "I dare not forget."

"Oh?" Empress Dowager Su stood up and pointed twice at Eunuch Hu. Eunuch Hu nodded slightly and said, "Call Imperial Physician Zhou to the palace!"

This time, they were whispering more and kept glancing at Su Xiaoman.

Just before Su Xiaoman entered the main hall, Eunuch Hu called her aside in the name of "the Empress Dowager's concern" and asked her about the condition of the baby in her belly.

Su Xiaoman just gave him an OK sign and nodded with her eyes closed: "Very stable!"

A moment later, Doctor Zhou came with a medicine box and knelt respectfully in the Taiqing Palace.

"Doctor Zhou, come and take the pulse of Prince Jing's concubine and see if the fetus in her belly is healthy?"

"Yes."

Just by taking the concubine's pulse, Doctor Zhou was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. There was no fetus in the concubine's belly.

"how?"

"this······"

Doctor Zhou frowned, moved his fingers, and placed them on her pulse again, trying to find some trace of the fetus.

He kept wondering in his heart, does the Queen Mother want to have a child or not?

After all, Concubine Su is the Empress Dowager's sister. The Empress Dowager should hope for it, right?

Su Xiaoman was a little impatient: "Just tell the truth."

Imperial Physician Zhou said in embarrassment: "Concubine Su's spleen is not functioning properly, the ascending and descending are out of balance, and the qi is stagnant and cannot function normally. She should have symptoms of abdominal distension and stomach bloating. It is believed that it is caused by overeating..."

"Stop!" Su Xiao's face darkened. "I think you are the one who really overate. You are just bored because you are full. Go see your gynecologist instead of the gastroenterologist."

Although Doctor Zhou didn't quite understand what he heard, he also understood what "gynecology" meant. He asked carefully:

"I'm afraid the concubine has irregular menstruation. Irregular menstruation is mainly caused by disharmony of Qi and blood, deficiency of liver and kidney, stagnation of Qi and blood stasis, etc..."

Su Xiaoman suddenly pulled her hand back, with a suspicious look on her face:

"You imperial doctors, don't you have any medical ethics? With so many people in this hall, how can you just leak the patient's condition?"

Doctor Zhou looked embarrassed. Isn't this embarrassing?

In the past, when I was in the various palaces of the harem, I could talk for eight pages without stopping, and all the concubines in the palace praised me.

Why am I being criticized today?

Su Xiaoman: "Just tell me whether I, Su Xiaoman, am pregnant or not."

Doctor Zhou: "No."

Su Xiaoman: "Oh, that's right."

No matter how strong a horse is, it still needs a good horse trainer to lead it.

Otherwise, you will die of exhaustion but still not be able to find the right path.

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