Childbearing system: The royal family is shocked to see their offspring wither away!

But the queen couldn't tell the emperor so directly, so she smiled and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, don't worry. After all, the third and fourth princes are also your children."

"It's normal for you to protect him. The Ninth Prince won't think too much. He just thinks his father is really good."

"They treated him so well, sent him so many doctors, and even killed the Third and Fourth Princes, just to prevent him from being wronged, and paid for his life with his own."

The emperor touched his nose awkwardly. Didn't he think the Ninth Prince was going to die? If the Ninth Prince didn't die, he wouldn't have done that.

At most, the third and fourth sons would be demoted to commoners.

This is very embarrassing.

But the emperor couldn't say this directly, so he said to the queen: "You said... when the ninth son left Kyoto, he was not close to us, so he left Kyoto... What if he knew about the affairs of the third and fourth sons?"

The queen immediately understood what the emperor meant. She smiled and said to the emperor: "Of course, there will be nothing wrong with this. Your Majesty, don't worry."

"I will never tell the Ninth Prince a word about what happened before the Third and Fourth Princes died."

This will definitely not be revealed to the Ninth Prince. If it were revealed, wouldn't the relationship between them as father and son become even weaker?

The relationship between Lao Jiu and the emperor was not good in the first place, so this would definitely not be acceptable.

In her heart, the Queen still hoped that the Ninth Prince would have a better relationship with his parents.

This is also a white lie.

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile.

"The Queen is still sensible and is the one who pleases me the most."

The queen smiled gently at the emperor, and then the emperor said, "What kind of food should we prepare for Lao Jiu tomorrow?"

“I really look forward to their return.”

As he said this, he told the Queen to prepare more food, "Prepare it according to the prince's specifications! Oh no...prepare it according to my specifications. I'm afraid the prince will think too much."

The queen naturally nodded in agreement.

The emperor also accurately described the dishes that Lao Jiu liked to eat. "The last time he left Kyoto, he liked to eat blanched cauliflower and spicy fried liver. I don't know if he likes them when he comes back."

"Whether you like it or not, just cook it first."

"And make some Yongzhou specialties."

"I guess he would like to eat some of Yongzhou's food."

The queen nodded with a smile, "Yes, yes, Your Majesty, I will certainly do it."

The emperor and the empress didn't show it on their faces, but they were more or less uneasy in their hearts.

They didn't know what kind of expression and attitude Jiang Zhao would have towards them when they faced him this time.

If Jiang Zhao was not close to them and was too cold, they would feel sad that the child was estranged from them.

But if they get too close, they will be even more sad.

Because the child has now learned to lie to them and to put on a show in front of them.

These are my biological parents.

So they didn't know how Jiang Zhao would treat them. In the entire palace, the one who worried them the most was his son Jiang Zhao.

The emperor and the empress slept together today and talked for a long time about Jiang Zhao's childhood, the interesting things that happened to him in Kyoto, and his habits since childhood.

The emperor sighed and said, "Jiang Zhao was very smart when he was young. I remember that he recited a very long three-character essay to me at that time. However, I was not very close to him at that time, so I did not encourage him or reward him with anything. I just looked at him indifferently and said nothing."

"After that... Jiang Zhao stopped showing off his intelligence in front of me and became mischievous. Before, he was eager to do his homework well!"

"After that, I had some vague suspicions that this kid might be keeping a low profile and hiding his true talents. I didn't expect... this is actually true!"

"Before, I thought he was useless. I always thought he was a useless prince. He has a lot of scandals in the whole capital. They say he only eats, drinks and has fun. He is a second-generation prince who only cares about eating, drinking and having fun! He is the most useless prince in the capital."

"Alas... those rumors were particularly unpleasant. When they reached my ears, I really didn't think that these rumors should not be spread about him. He is my prince and should not be so embarrassed."

"I even feel that... it must be his fault."

"Thinking about it now, I feel extremely regretful. It's all my fault."

The queen beside him also sighed, her tears almost falling, "Jiang Zhao had a really hard time at that time."

"Actually, at that time, I always made things difficult for that child because of his mother... um, I thought his mother was Chen Xing."

"But Jiang Zhao is more filial and sensible to me than the Crown Prince and Princess Pingnan. He even made soup for me."

"After making the soup, I felt that I shouldn't treat this child like this. This child is not a bad person by nature. After all, he is different from his mother."

"Then, I treated him better and took him in to educate him."

"Now that I think about it, if I hadn't brought this child to my side to raise him, we would probably have become strangers."

"Last time when we went to Yongzhou, he still called me mother... Although he is not very close to me, we can still talk to each other more or less."

"After all, this child grew up by my side. He more or less remembers the kindness I showed him."

The queen felt very complicated.

Perhaps children all have their own destiny. My destiny with the Crown Prince and Princess Pingnan is always deeper, and my destiny with Jiang Zhao is shallower.

But I thought to myself that I would work harder in the future.

Make the bond between myself and Jiang Zhao even deeper.

I can't let Jiang Zhao become estranged from his mother.

The emperor nodded quickly and said, "The relationship between him and me is actually quite good, not like the one between me and the late emperor."

"The late emperor and I are truly at odds with each other. The late emperor once said that it would not be surprising if I rebelled one day. Jiang Zhao is not bad at all."

"...Ah, even Jiang Zhao's heart was broken by us."

"We have to keep it warm afterwards."

"Yes."

The queen also nodded, and after they finished talking, they both fell into a deep sleep.