Your Majesty is happy [rebirth]

Chapter 48

After returning to the palace, Ling Qiyou went directly to Yongshou Palace after hearing that Xiao Mantou kept crying when he woke up and was carried away by the queen mother.

Apart from him and Xiao Chuqian, the only person who is willing to get close to Xiao Mantou is probably the Empress Dowager Xu. Now Ling Qiyou stepped into the gate of the Yongshou Hall, and he didn't cry when he saw Xiao Mantou obediently playing with toys in Queen Xu's arms , he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Since Empress Dowager Xu woke up, her body has improved a lot under the conditioning of the medicine prescribed by Shen Lexin, and she looks quite energetic now, having fun with Xiao Mantou's grandfather and grandson.

Ling Qiyou stepped forward, asked An and sat down beside the two of them. Empress Dowager Xu stroked Xiao Mantou's bald forehead and asked him: "Why did you leave the palace so early in the morning? Ruier I didn’t see you crying when I woke up, I heard it all in this Yongshou Palace.”

Empress Dowager Xu's tone was somewhat reproachful, Ling Qiyou looked away a little guilty, and said vaguely: "I went to the military camp for a private visit."

"You went alone?"

"It was... let the chief soldier of the Jingbei Military Camp lead the way."

"You're talking about that...Chu Xiao who made contributions to quelling the Lingbei Uprising?"

Ling Qiyou nodded, knowing that Empress Dowager Xu's tone must be doubtful, and she then asked, "Are you getting close to him?"

"He is a subject of my son..."

Empress Dowager Xu asked persistently: "I heard from Le Xin that he stayed in Zhaode Hall as an eunuch to serve you and Rui'er before?"

"..." For the first time, Ling Qiyou cursed his big-mouthed good brother in his heart.

These days, Shen Lexin often comes to see Queen Mother Xu, and he and Queen Mother Xu can chat again, talking about everything as soon as the chatterbox starts, but Ling Qiyou really didn't expect that he would even tell Queen Mother Xu about Xiao Chuqian.

"Lexin said that you are very different to him? And that Rui'er is only willing to get close to you and him? Is there such a thing?"

Facing the doubtful look in Empress Dowager Xu's eyes, Ling Qiyou lowered his eyes even more guilty, and casually "hmm" picked up the teacup and brought it to his mouth to cover up his embarrassment. Empress Dowager Xu looked at his reaction , frowned slightly, looked down at the silly-looking little mantou in his arms, hesitated for a moment, and changed the subject first: "Lexin told me that King Xuan's son was born to him..."

If it wasn't for Ling Qiyou's consistent self-cultivation, the sip of tea he just put into his mouth would probably be sprayed out like this. Empress Dowager Xu was surprised when he saw his eyes widen suddenly: "You don't know?"

He knew, but he really didn't expect such a thing, and Shen Lexin had the nerve to say it out loud.

Empress Dowager Xu sighed: "It doesn't matter between him and King Xuan, it's meaningless to worry about those unimportant relationships. I'm happy to say that he is doing well now, so I can rest assured..."

Empress Dowager Xu spoke slowly, but her eyes were fixed on Ling Qiyou's reaction, and then she turned the topic back to him, and this time she asked directly: "It's you... Rui'er is really you With the Queen?"

Sure enough...Ling Qiyou couldn't say the words of deception, so he pursed his lips and remained silent without answering.

"Before I called the queen over, Rui'er didn't want her at all. I saw her face was full of embarrassment. When I asked her, she refused to falter and falter. I guessed that Rui'er...was actually born by you, right?" ? Is his other father the same as Chu Xiao?"

The people in the dormitory were all pushed back by Empress Dowager Xu early in the morning. Their voices were not loud, but they were especially clear and piercing in the slightly empty hall. Ling Qiyou felt very embarrassed, and the hands under the sleeves of his clothes also After clenching it tightly, after a long while, he nodded without any trace, and admitted: "Yes."

Empress Dowager Xu sighed again: "You..."

She really didn't know what to say, and she couldn't figure out why such things would happen to people close to her again and again.

"Empress, regarding this matter, my son has a sense of propriety, so you don't need to ask any more questions, okay?"

There was a bit of pleading in Ling Qiyou's tone, Empress Dowager Xu was noncommittal, but she really didn't say any more.

But Ling Qiyou's mind at this moment is actually not on this at all. He came to pick up the little steamed bun. In fact, he had another matter to tell Queen Mother Xu. After hesitating for a while, he still said: "Mother, about uncle things, how much do you know?"

Hearing Ling Qiyou mentioned Xu Chongqing, Empress Dowager Xu frowned immediately: "What's wrong with him?"

"He sent someone to assassinate Chu Xiao, probably because he was worried that he really controlled the military power of the Beijing North Camp and wanted to pre-emptively kill him. Uncle, he...has been refusing to hand over the Xu family's troop transfer talisman."

"...Are you sure he did it?"

"It should be, but I don't have any solid evidence."

This time, it was Empress Dowager Xu's turn to be silent. After a long time, she asked him: "What are you going to do...?"

"... What did the queen mother say?"

"In any case, save his life."

With the words of Empress Dowager Xu, Ling Qiyou also secretly heaved a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, Empress Mother, unless it is absolutely necessary, I don't want to die with my uncle."

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Xiao Chuqian was injured, Ling Qiyou allowed him to recuperate at the mansion, and the news of the assassination did not spread, he only sent his own hidden guards to investigate in private, but Xu Chongqing looked nothing strange on his face, every day Still going up to the court and returning to the Ministry to work, there is no clue at all.

He pretended, and Ling Qiyou pretended to follow him, never mentioning this matter as if it didn't happen, and wanted to see if it was him or him who couldn't hold back in the end.

When Ling Qiyou returned to his dormitory after dealing with the political affairs, Xiao Mantou staggered towards him. Ling Qiyou was terrified, and walked forward to catch him in two or three steps, and Xiao Mantou threw himself into his arms , after being hugged by him, she yelled in a childish voice: "Ah... Dad..."

Ling Qiyou smiled and kissed him, the little guy could only speak simple words and was ambiguous, his father and even his father couldn't say it out loud, the phrase "Abba" was still taught by Xiao Chuqian.

Xiao Mantou hugged Ling Qiyou's neck and yelled again, but this time he didn't look at him.

Ling Qiyou was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that he was calling Xiao Chuqian, and there was a bit of grievance in his voice, the little guy hadn't seen his other father for five days, obviously he was missing him up.

Ling Qiyou couldn't tell what it was like for a moment, and after a while, he kissed the other side of his face again, and said softly, "Little Mantou, do you want to see him? He's hurt..."

The little mantou seemed to understand, but he let out a 'da' in response.

Ling Qiyou smiled, and ordered to go down, prepare the car, and leave the palace.

The clown reminded him: "Your Majesty, the gate of the palace is about to be closed, I'm afraid going out of the palace at this time..."

"It's okay, let's prepare the car." He said calmly.

Xiao Chuqian, who was lying on the bed almost moldy, was stunned for a long time when he saw Ling Qiyou pushing the door in with a small steamed bun, and then almost jumped up from the bed, he was overjoyed: "Qiyou, why are you here?"

Ling Qiyou turned his gaze away: "Little Mantou wants to see you."

Then he walked up to put the little steamed bun in his arms, but he sat aside.

Xiao Chuqian smiled and did not expose him, hugged Xiao Mantou and leaned back to the bedside, Xiao Mantou was also very happy to see him, threw himself on him, rolled a few times and rubbed against him for a long time, rolling around him excitedly Turning back and forth, Xiao Chuqian smiled and let him toss, and stretched out his hand to caress his soft little face from time to time.

Ling Qiyou sat on the sidelines and watched. He really didn't understand Xiao Mantou's clinging to Xiao Chuqian so much. It is said that Xiao Mantou crawled out of his own stomach, so it's not uncommon for Xiao Chuqian to cling to him, but Xiao Chuqian...he was just in his arms. It was just a little bit of effort to get on him, but Xiao Mantou had identified him from the very beginning and only bought into him. This kind of blood instinct is really strange.

Thinking of the words of blood nature, Ling Qiyou suddenly thought that even if he didn't want to admit it, Xiao Mantou was connected with the blood between him and Xiao Chuqian. He had never thought about this level of cognition before, or subconsciously. He avoids it desperately, but now that he really thinks about it, he can't even explain the mixed feelings in his heart.

"What are you thinking about?"

Ling Qiyou shook his head and didn't want to speak, Xiao Chuqian saw that his face was exhausted, and asked, "Did Your Majesty stay too late in reviewing the memorials last night?"

Ling Qiyou didn't answer, it was regarded as acquiescence to his words, Xiao Chuqian smiled and patted the bed beside him: "Come here, it's still early, you go to sleep for a while."

Ling Qiyou hesitated for a moment, seeing Xiao Chuqian looking at him with a smile, his heart moved slightly, he got up and walked over, took off his coat, went to bed, and lay down next to him.

Xiao Chuqian was very satisfied, turned over, turned outside, let him sleep inside, teased him with a smile: "You don't sleep well, don't fall down later."

Ling Qiyou curled his lips, didn't bother to say, grabbed the little steamed bun lying on his feet with pouting buttocks after playing tired, pressed the person into his arms, and closed his eyes.

The little mantou yelled "da da" twice, seeing that Ling Qiyou didn't seem to let go of himself, so he just reluctantly fell asleep again.

Xiao Chuqian stretched out his hand to caress his face, then lay down too, raised the quilt to cover them, then stretched out his hand, and pulled Ling Qiyou, whose back was facing her, closer.

Ling Qiyou didn't refuse, on the contrary, subconsciously leaned back a little closer to his chest, even when Xiao Chuqian leaned over to kiss him, he turned his head slightly and bit him, then stretched out his hand impatiently to push him away, He closed his eyes and frowned, "Stop making noise."

"Okay, okay, don't make any noise..." Xiao Chuqian had no choice but to coax the older one and the younger one into falling asleep like this.