Near the hour of You, two ordinary and low-key carriages slowly stopped in front of the palace gate.

In the carriage parked in front, Mu Qing handed his master's identity token to the imperial guards guarding the palace gate: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to enter the palace, please give him some convenience."

Before he finished speaking, the curtain behind Mu Qing was suddenly lifted, revealing Xie Xi and Xie Yue sitting inside the carriage.

Xie Xi raised his eyes and glanced at the leader of the imperial guards standing beside him, and said in a light tone: "No need to stop us, let the carriage go in, I have something to ask my father."

Upon hearing this, the leader of the Imperial Guards bowed to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, then raised his hand to signal, "Yes, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, let him pass."

The imperial guards guarding both sides of the palace gate understood and quickly made way for the two carriages.

After entering the palace, Lu Xiaoxiao noticed that Chunlin seemed very nervous, his hands were clenched so tightly that they turned pale.

Not only Lu Xiaoxiao saw it, but even Grandma Xu who was sitting next to Chunlin could feel her nervousness and worry.

Granny Xu and Lu Xiaoxiao looked at each other and shook their heads silently, indicating that she didn't need to care.

Chunlin was raised by Granny Xu, so she naturally understood her temper. This girl said that she didn't want to recognize her biological parents, but she was secretly worried in her heart, worried that her biological parents would not like her, and even more worried that she would be made difficult...

Granny Xu sighed softly, she stretched out her hand and slowly placed it on the back of Chunlin's hand and patted it gently.

Chunlin suddenly came back to his senses and looked at her blankly: "Mother-in-law..."

Granny Xu had a kind look in her eyes and smiled, "Lin'er, don't worry. His Majesty and the Queen are both very good people. They will definitely like Lin'er."

Chunlin blushed when his secret was suddenly exposed, and he stammered in defense: "Mother-in-law, I, I'm not... I'm not worried."

"Silly girl, your mother-in-law knows what you are thinking."

Granny Xu rubbed her head and said, "When you meet the Queen, you won't have any more unnecessary worries."

She was wrong back then.

She shouldn't have listened to Prince Su's threats and done the wrong thing. She was living in Feng'an Palace at the time and had many opportunities to expose Prince Su's conspiracy and bring his threats to the attention of His Majesty and the Queen.

If she had the courage to risk everything at that time, Chunlin could have grown up well in the palace and become a carefree little princess, instead of going out of the palace with her to live a difficult life, escaping from Prince Su's pursuit, starving, and having no place to live...

Thinking of this, Granny Xu sighed again, her tone quite self-blaming: "If it weren't for me, Lin'er wouldn't have to be separated from the Empress for more than ten years."

The wrong things she did back then have always been buried deep in her heart, and she feels uneasy all the time. If Miss Lu hadn't appeared in front of her and told her what happened, she wouldn't know how to atone for her sins.

Chunlin looked serious and held her hand tightly. "Mother-in-law, Miss Lu has already told me that it was not your fault at all. If it weren't for your soft-heartedness, I would have died a long time ago."

"Even if Prince Su didn't succeed back then, after his plan failed, he would definitely find another opportunity to kill me. As the saying goes, it's easy to dodge an open spear but hard to guard against an arrow from the dark. Even if my biological parents protect me well, there will be times when they are careless. At that time, I will most likely be plotted against by Prince Su again."

"Come to think of it, my mother-in-law saved me by taking me out of the palace!"

Granny Xu: “…”

After hearing these thoughtful words, Granny Xu could no longer blame herself.

Granny Xu shook her head helplessly.

After this incident, Chunlin's mood instantly improved a lot, and he no longer felt the tension and worry he had at the beginning.

She raised her eyes and looked at Lu Xiaoxiao softly, "Miss Lu, thank you very much."

Lu Xiaoxiao curled her lips and smiled softly: "No need to thank me, I just did what I should do."

-

Feng'an Palace.

Looking at the table full of delicacies, the queen held her forehead and sighed softly, "Forget it, take everything away. I really have no appetite."

"Yes, ma'am."

The four palace maids standing by responded one after another. They moved gently and carefully took away all the food on the table.

Aunt Yincong stepped forward, walked behind the Queen, raised her hand, and gently pressed the Queen's forehead. She whispered, "Your Majesty, the Emperor just sent Eunuch Xi to pass on a message, saying that the Emperor will come to Feng'an Palace to accompany the Queen later."

"If His Majesty knew that Your Majesty had not had dinner today, then His Majesty would feel sorry for Her Majesty."

The Queen said helplessly: "If you don't tell me, His Majesty won't know."

The queen knew that Yincong was worried about her health, but ever since the palace banquet that day, she had no appetite and didn't want to eat anything, nor could she eat.

Originally, she was thinking of asking Lu Xiaoxiao to come to the palace to accompany her, but Xier suddenly sent someone to the palace to tell her that Xiaoxiao was preparing a surprise for her these days and was not convenient to come to the palace.

It was because of this that the queen gave up.

As for what surprise Lu Xiaoxiao was preparing, the Queen didn't care. Now all she wanted was to find her biological daughter as soon as possible...

But even though she sent so many people out, no useful news came back.

Aunt Yincong: "Even if I don't tell you, His Majesty will know..."

"What do I know?"

Emperor Li strode in.

Aunt Yincong quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your servant greets His Majesty."

"Get up."

Emperor Li raised his hand to signal.

The Empress stood up and took two steps forward. She smiled and said, "Why didn't you let anyone outside know that His Majesty was coming?"

"I just wanted to come and see if the Queen had a good dinner, so I didn't send someone to inform her."

As he spoke, Emperor Li bowed his head, rolled up his sleeves, and instructed Eunuch You: "Ask the imperial kitchen to send over some easy-to-digest cakes."

Eunuch You accepted the order and turned to leave.

Originally, Emperor Li had not planned to come over so soon, but when he heard that the Queen did not have dinner tonight, he could no longer sit still, so he put down the government affairs in his hands and hurried over.

Hearing this, the Queen was stunned, and had some guesses in her mind: "Your Majesty, you..."

Emperor Li went over, took her hand, and led her to sit at the table, "I'm here to have dinner with you."

"Your Majesty, I have already had dinner."

Even with His Majesty around, she still had no appetite.

Emperor Li: "Queen, please don't try to deceive me. You don't take good care of yourself. Xi'er just sent me a message saying that she has a big surprise for you..."

Another surprise?

The Queen was surprised: "It's so late, Xi'er is coming to the palace at this time?"

"Ah."

Emperor Li nodded: "They should be arriving at Feng'an Palace soon."

From the moment Xier entered the palace gate, Emperor Li had already received the news, but the carriage moved slowly in the palace, and there was still a long journey to Feng'an Palace, and it was unknown when they would arrive.

After a while, the cakes were brought over, all of which were the queen's favorite.

Emperor Li gave her a piece of osmanthus cake and said gently, "Queen, try it."

The queen looked down, then suddenly raised her eyes to look at Eunuch You standing beside her, "Has His Majesty had dinner yet?"

Eunuch You: “…”

Eunuch You did not dare to lie to the Empress, so he bowed his head and replied, "The Emperor came here right after he finished his government affairs."

The Queen understood, so the Emperor didn't have dinner either?

"cough cough"

Emperor Li covered his lips and coughed lightly, then stared at Eunuch You calmly: "Go out and see where the prince's carriage is now?"

Eunuch You also knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had entered the palace in a carriage.

Hearing the emperor's order, Eunuch You responded quickly. Just as he was thinking about going out, he suddenly heard some noise outside.

"Your servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Your servant kowtows to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

There was a sound of saluting outside. The Queen and Emperor Li looked at each other. Before they could react, they saw Xier and Lu Xiaoxiao walking in from outside.

"Your son pays respects to your father, the emperor, and your mother, the empress."

When Xie Xi saluted, Lu Xiaoxiao also knelt on the ground.

"Everyone, get up."

Le Huang Dao.

Seeing that Xie Xi and Lu Xiaoxiao were not followed by anyone, Emperor Li frowned and thought to himself, didn't Xi'er say that he had found someone? Then why didn't he bring them into the palace?

The Queen didn't know why Xi'er came to the palace so late. She stood up, walked to Xie Xi, and asked worriedly, "Why are you here? Is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

After a pause, the queen turned her eyes to Lu Xiaoxiao and said softly, "Xiaoxiao, you are here too. Are you tired?"

Lu Xiaoxiao shook her head obediently: "Not tired at all."

[Your Highness and I have been sitting in the carriage. I don’t feel tired, but I feel that the palace is quite large, and even taking a shortcut is very long.]

[I don’t know when His Highness will let Chunlin and Granny Xu in. They must be scared standing outside now, right? ]

Thinking of this, Lu Xiaoxiao could not help but look up at Xie Xi. Taking advantage of her wide sleeves, in front of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, she quietly reached out and tugged at Xie Xi's sleeves, and then winked at him.

[Your Highness, please do not forget that your beloved sister is just outside Feng'an Palace. You must not let the little princess feel that the palace is strict, and you must not let the little princess have any resistance in her heart...]

Little Princess! ?

Lu Xiaoxiao's inner voice was like a thunder in the Queen's ears. What dear sister? What little princess?

Is it what she thought?

The queen remembered that among the three midwives who came to the palace to deliver her baby, one of them was named Xu...

The queen had an inexplicable urge to grab Lu Xiaoxiao's hand and ask her if the little princess she was thinking of was the baby girl she gave birth to but was secretly taken away from the palace by the midwife?

As if he had seen through his mother's impatience, Xie Xi took a deep breath before speaking: "Mother, I have found the emperor's sister."

Emperor Li already had some guesses in his mind. When he heard Xier's words, he was not surprised at all. He just wanted to see what his daughter, who grew up outside the palace, looked like.

However, when the queen heard the news, she was so excited that she almost fainted.

"Queen!"

"Mother!"

"Miss!"

Seeing the Queen suddenly fall backwards, Emperor Li, Xie Xi and Lu Xiaoxiao who were standing beside her became panicked and spoke at the same time.

Fortunately, Aunt Yincong was always guarding behind the Queen. When she saw that something seemed to be wrong with her own Queen, she quickly reached out and supported the Queen.

"Queen, you are really going to scare me to death!"

Emperor Li stared at the Queen nervously, and even snatched the Queen from Aunt Yincong's arms. He gently patted the Queen's chest and comforted her, "Queen, please don't get excited. Take a breath first."

Xie Xi blamed himself: "Mother, it's my fault. I should have reminded you not to get too excited."

Lu Xiaoxiao looked at the Queen worriedly.

Hearing this, the Queen coughed lightly and waved her hand towards them: "I am fine, I just can't recover for a while. Xi'er, is what you just said true?"

The queen looked at him expectantly: "Have you really found your sister?"

Xie Xi nodded seriously: "It's true."

Lu Xiaoxiao: “???”

[Something seems a little off?]

[Why did the Queen and His Majesty not feel any surprise when they heard His Highness' words, but were actually very excited? It was as if they had calmly accepted that a little princess was stranded outside the palace? ]

[Could it be…]

Lu Xiaoxiao pondered carefully: [Could it be that His Majesty and the Queen have long known that Xie Jin is actually Prince Su's biological son? And have they also found out about Prince Su's conspiracy to steal the little princess? ]

[It seems that His Majesty is quite powerful. He was able to make Prince Su reveal his conspiracy from more than ten years ago...]

[However, Xie Jin should be completely unable to jump up this time, right? ]

Queen: "..."

Emperor Li: “…”

Xie Xi: “…”

The three people who heard the inner voice suddenly felt guilty.

If Lu Xiaoxiao's heart had not informed them of these things in advance, they would probably still be kept in the dark, like fools, knowing nothing.

Emperor Li spoke first, "Xi'er, bring the person in, let me take a look."

Before she finished speaking, the queen held her forehead and tried to stand up: "Xi'er, mother will go out with you."

"Queen, you are weak, so you should not go out. Why don't you just sit here and wait?"

Emperor Li advised.

The Queen: "No, Your Majesty, please don't stop me. I want to go out and greet her in person."

Seeing his mother's resolute attitude, Xie Xi thought for a moment and said, "Father, why don't we go out together?"

The queen's eyes lit up: "Okay."

Lu Xiaoxiao listened to their decision silently. Anyway, due to her status, she couldn't make any decisions.

Emperor Li's rebuttal was futile and he could only obey the Queen's wishes. He also reminded her not to get excited when she met someone later.

The queen responded straightforwardly.

Four people walked out of the hall.

When the queen raised her eyes, she saw a girl standing in front of her, whose features were very similar to hers.

Those phoenix eyes are very similar.

At that moment, Chunlin also saw the Queen's face clearly.

Chunlin was stunned for a moment, and murmured in a low voice: "It's so similar..."

Is that her mother?

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