I've been reborn, who would still raise a son from another family? Go away

Xie Jingrui looked in the direction that Emperor Hexu pointed, but he didn't get up.

Instead, he grabbed Emperor Hexu's hand and looked at him sincerely, "Father, those things are not important. Divine Doctor Yunhe just said that you just need to relax and take good care of yourself, and you will recover soon."

Emperor Hexu knew his own body well. He looked at Xie Jingrui with some self-blame. "Rui'er, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until the day you get married. I won't be able to see you marry your beloved."

He took Concubine Xian's hand and gently placed it on Xie Jingrui's other hand, looking at Concubine Xian with deep affection.

Then he spoke in a somewhat vicissitudes of life voice; "Take good care of your mother for me. She is not competitive and cannot compete with those women in the harem. Please help me keep an eye on her."

"Cough cough..." Emperor Hexu coughed violently several times.

Looking at Concubine Xian, he added, "I have purchased a nice house outside the palace. I really don't want to stay in the palace anymore, so I'll live in that house outside. Everything is fully furnished there, including clothes. As long as people move in, they can move in."

The virtuous concubine on the side was already in tears. She shook her head gently and said, "Your Majesty, you promised me that you would live there with me in the future."

Emperor Hexu showed a somewhat bitter smile on his face and shook his head gently; "If I were not so angry today, I might still be able to, cough cough..."

Concubine Xian quickly stepped forward to help Emperor Hexu calm down.

"Let's not talk about that anymore, Your Majesty. You should have a good rest. I will stay here with you." Concubine Xian said in a very gentle voice.

"No, if I don't say it today, I'm afraid there will be no chance to make these things clear later." Emperor Hexu said as he put his hand under the pillow.

He handed the imperial seal to Xie Jingrui from inside. "Take it. I have given birth to so many sons. After searching for so many, I finally found that Rui'er is the one who can take on this important task."

"Yan Ge'er is right. Not everyone can be the emperor and manage the country and the family." Emperor Hexu said with admiration for Yan Ge'er in his eyes.

Xie Jingrui looked at Emperor Hexu with some confusion, and asked gently, "Father, why did you suddenly mention Brother Yan?"

Emperor Hexu sighed softly, "I know you don't want to sit on the throne. Yan Ge'er is indeed a good candidate. You take the jade seal first. If anything happens to me, are you willing to help me take care of the world?"

Xie Jingrui and Concubine Xian looked at each other. Before Emperor Hexu could finish his words, Xie Jingrui took out a silver needle soaked in a drug and stabbed it into his body.

Emperor Hexu was knocked unconscious.

Some of the virtuous concubines looked at the scene in front of them in astonishment, and asked in disbelief, "Rui'er, what are you doing?"

"Don't worry, mother. I just want father to sleep well tonight." Xie Jingrui said.

He looked at Consort Xian earnestly, with a serious expression on his face. "Mother, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the palace tonight."

"What's going on?" Concubine Xian immediately became alert.

He listened carefully to what Xie Jingrui said.

"Many of the imperial guards outside were secretly replaced. The reason why the emperor's body became weaker and weaker was because the incense in the bedroom was secretly replaced."

"If you use that kind of incense for too long, your body will become weak."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Xian’s face turned pale.

Thinking about it carefully, she did feel that something was wrong with the palace today, but she didn't notice it at the moment.

Before Concubine Xian could react, Xie Jingrui's voice continued to ring in her ears; "Just now, I went to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. There was a very strange smell in his palace, and there was a lot of ice in the room."

"I wonder if this is what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intended..."

Concubine Xian came closer with doubt, looked at Xie Jingrui and asked, "Haven't you seen it before? Why are you so uncertain?"

"No, the maids and the princess tried to stop him from going to the palace. No one was seen at all. But the smell in the room was really strong, like the smell of a rotten dead rat."

"This..." Concubine Xian didn't know how to answer for a moment.

The virtuous concubine changed her mind and asked, "What does this have to do with the chaos in the palace?"

"It should be that the people around the Queen can't wait any longer. Once the Crown Prince dies, those people will definitely find a way to seize power. The Queen wants to be the Empress Dowager so much that she won't give up so easily."

Xie Jingrui said calmly.

The virtuous concubine's beautiful eyebrows also frowned.

"What else? Why didn't you tell your father just now?" asked Concubine Xian.

"It's too late. Even if I tell Father, it won't change anything. It will only make Father more worried. Why don't I handle it?"

Xie Jingrui looked at Concubine Xian seriously and said, "Mother, tonight, you should take Father to hide in the secret room. No matter what happens outside, you must stay inside and cannot come out."

"I'll have someone prepare some food later. I'll put the food in there. As long as we get through this night safely, those people with ulterior motives will show up."

The virtuous concubine was terrified when she heard this. She didn't understand why brothers had to fight to the death.

Just by listening to Xie Jingrui's instructions, Concubine Xian could guess how dangerous this matter was.

"Rui'er, is there any compromise?" Concubine Xian looked at him expectantly.

Xie Jingrui shook his head; "No, if they dare to seize power tonight, I will make them leave the palace sideways."

Concubine Xian looked at Emperor Hexu with some worry and sighed softly, "What your father hates to see most in his life is brothers killing each other."

"I know that this will put the people in danger. There are people who want to kill my father. Even if your Majesty lets them off a little, you can't let such people go." Xie Jingrui spoke in a very low voice.

The virtuous concubine was also aware of this, and her delicate face was tense.

The servants had already started serving the food and had brought over quite a bit of food.

After Xie Jingrui and the other servants had left, he moved all the food to the secret room.

Concubine Xian looked at the scene in astonishment and asked in confusion, "How do you know about such a secret place?"

"My father told me." Xie Jingrui answered calmly.

As the door of the secret room opened.

Emperor Hexu's bed was moved to the side, to the stairs of the secret room.

Xie Jingrui was the first to enter.

After moving all the things inside, Concubine Xian stayed outside to guard Emperor Hexu.

Not long after, Xie Jingrui had prepared almost everything and came out of the secret room.

.......

On the way back, Liu Yueru felt that the people on the street today were very strange. Those people looked like peddlers, but their eyes were wandering.