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Seeing Xiao Xu and Xiao Chan running towards him with joy on their faces, Xiao Chenjing subconsciously smiled.

He picked up Xiao Chan who ran to him and touched Xiao Xu's head with his other hand.

"Why are you running so fast? What if you fall?"

He pretended to be angry.

But his image as a strict father did not deceive the two children, as they had long been accustomed to each other's appearance.

"Father, is Mother here with you? My brother and I haven't seen Mother all morning. She promised me that she would accompany me to light lanterns on the Lantern Festival, but she didn't even come to see me last night. Humph!"

Xiao Chan said this, her eyes still red with some grievance, but she didn't notice the sparkle in someone's eyes.

Xiao Chenjing was conflicted inside, but he finally decided to tell them the truth.

After all, Ruan Miaomiao is their biological mother, how long can he keep it a secret?

"Chan'er, come down first."

"Xu'er, come closer."

Seeing Xiao Chenjing's serious look, the two of them subconsciously stood still.

"Next, Father wants to tell you something important. You are all little adults now. You will definitely understand what Father means and do as I say, right?"

"Don't worry, father. I am already a little adult and I know what to do!"

Because Xiao Chan has always been favored by Xiao Chenjing more, she is relatively closer to Xiao Chenjing and is not afraid of him.

Xiao Xu nodded immediately afterwards.

All we can say is that the two of them had no clear awareness of this sudden accident.

In Xiao Chenjing's opinion, they were still ignorant children, and no matter what, he didn't want to leave a shadow on them.

"Okay, then Father will give you two a task."

He stood in front of the palace, pointing at the half-open door without turning his head, "Your mother wants to stay in bed today, can you help your father wake her up?"

The brother and sister looked at each other and nodded affirmatively.

Then Xiao Chenjing walked in holding one of their hands.

Chunlan had already tidied up the room and had also changed clothes for Ruan Miaomiao who was lying there, and tidied everything up.

"Mother concubine!"

Seeing Ruan Miaomiao, the two little guys immediately pulled their hands out of Xiao Chenjing's hands and trotted to her bedside like they did just now.

"Mother, wake up!"

After all, Xiao Xu and Xiao Chan were still young, so they believed what Xiao Chenjing said and thought that Ruan Miaomiao was really sleeping in.

Xiao Chan: "Mother, please don't sleep any more. The sunlight has already entered the palace. It will be lunchtime soon!"

"Yes, yes. I heard that the imperial kitchen prepared a lot of delicious food today. They are all your favorite. If you don't get up, Chan'er might eat all the food."

"I won't!"

Xiao Xu didn't notice that his sister's mouth was getting higher and higher, his attention was all on Ruan Miaomiao.

Looking at her motionless appearance, I don't know why, but I want to cry.

But he promised his father that he would wake his mother up and not let her cry.

The more I thought about it, the more I couldn't hold back my tears.

The child's premonition was stronger than that of most people. He felt panicky, as if his mother would never wake up again.

"Wow, wow, wow~ Mother, please wake up!"

Seeing him crying, Xiao Chan couldn't help herself.

Crying is something that is contagious, but I didn't expect that Xiao Xu would be the first one to burst into tears this time.

Amid the crying, only Mu Zian noticed that Ruan Miaomiao's hand seemed to move.

Xiao Chenjing was comforting the two children, and it was only after Mu Zian reminded him that he raised his head and looked at Ruan Miaomiao on the bed.

"Did your Majesty move your hands just now?!"

Xiao Chenjing looked over fiercely, but didn't react at all.

"It's true! Your Majesty, I just saw it!"

"Yes, I believe it!"

Xiao Chenjing had no doubts and spoke in a firm tone.

Even if Mu Zian was really lying to him at this moment, he would rather believe that Ruan Miaomiao had the chance to wake up.

But what happened next made Xiao Chenjing's heart sink into the abyss.

No matter what Xiao Xu and Xiao Chan said, nothing happened except what Mu Zian saw.

There was no other way, Xiao Chenjing could only let Chunlan take them back first, and then sent everyone away.

Everyone knew that the Emperor wanted to be alone with Concubine Xi in his final moments, and maybe he was saying his final goodbye.

Of course I don't want others to disturb me.

Without these people, the hall felt eerily empty.

After a long time, a sneer sounded from Xiao Chenjing's throat, and he slowly pulled Ruan Miaomiao's hand and placed it in his palm.

"In fact, without you, the assassin can't hurt me. You really...

You haven't told me yet, did it hurt when the sword pierced your body?"

Xiao Chenjing seemed to be able to imagine the scene himself. Ruan Miaomiao hid behind him, covering her chest, acting coquettishly and cutely, saying that she was in pain and that she would not feel better unless he agreed to her request.

But if that were the case, knowing that Ruan Miaomiao was fine, he would definitely capture the person who dared to assassinate him as soon as possible, and maybe even do it himself.

If Ruan Miaomiao had any requests, what would her requests or demands be?

Xiao Chenjing continued to fantasize in this direction.

Only fantasy can make him forget the cruel reality for a short while.

First of all, she would definitely use the fact that she blocked the sword for him to make him banish Tang Rouer to the cold palace.

He knew that she had always been bothered by Tang Rouer's existence.

But in fact, "I have never told you, in fact, Rou'er and I have no feelings beyond family affection. I only treat her as my sister, whether you believe it or not."

He shook his head with a wry smile, "Besides, it's not me that she likes! Who knows, she might still blame me for trapping her in this palace, but I really didn't know before that..."

Suddenly, he saw the corners of Ruan Miaomiao's mouth twitch slightly.

"Miao Miao?! Are you awake?"

Xiao Chenjing stared at her without blinking, afraid of missing any details.

But that movement was like a mirage, gone in the blink of an eye. If Xiao Chenjing hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he might have thought it was just dazzlement.

it works!

Xiao Chenjing perked up and continued talking without even taking a sip of water.

"So, you don't have to worry about her. I feel guilty about keeping her in the harem. After all, her family has made great contributions to the Xiao Kingdom and me."

Besides Tang Rouer, what else does she care about?

Xiao Chenjing continued to guess in this direction.

By the way, Chunlan just said that she likes common things that most people like. Although those jewels are useless, that’s because Ruan Miaomiao has seen too many jewels.

She must care a lot about her reputation, rights, and face.

"I have already planned to draft an imperial decree to make our Xu'er the crown prince. Although it is a little early, I believe that he will definitely grow up to be a better emperor than me!"