Yu Jingxuan carefully walked into the inner room with a small tray, because her hand was slightly trembling, and a few drops of medicine spilled out. As soon as she approached the bedside, before she could speak, Jingxuan solemnly picked up the medicine bowl.

  "Ah!" Moon Cang exclaimed subconsciously, forgetting her manners and shouting loudly in front of her master.

  Jingxuan seemed to be holding that bowl without any feeling, looking at the expressionless Mei Li lying on the bed, and ordered in a low voice: "Drink the medicine!"

  The moon was full, the weather was cold, and the medicine that had just been brewed was brought over. In her haste, she almost snatched the medicine bowl from Jingxuan's hands, quickly placing it on the small table by the bed, spilling out about half of it. The brief touch already made her fingers feel scalded, the few drops that splashed onto the back of her hand like unextinguished embers.

  She was a little afraid that Wang Ye would get angry with her, but he just stared straight at Ce Fu Jun, saying nothing.

  "Go and bring the child here." He said in a low tone, without taking his eyes off Mei Li.

  Yuè Qián was stunned for a moment, nodded repeatedly, and hastily ran out.

  Ever since the concubine returned from mourning, she has been feeling unwell. The king is even more so! After the imperial physician came to examine her, he said that the concubine was suffering from a sudden attack of fiery energy attacking the heart and that the situation was not good. The king's expression when ordering someone to bring the child made her inexplicably afraid, so she quickly told the matter to Sister Yuemo to ask for her advice.

  Yuemo was also helpless and let Yueting call all the aunts, just in case something happened and there were more people on hand. She herself ran to Kangshou Hall to find Yuenan's elder sister.

  Hulu la la came five or six people, Jingxuan was unmoved, he just stretched out his hand coldly and ordered: "Give the child to me."

  Meili showed no reaction and let him go. The child was also his, she suddenly had an evil thought that if he killed the child in front of her, she would tell him the truth!

  She closed her eyes and didn't dare look at the child. She was afraid that if she took one glance, she wouldn't even have the courage to die.

  The child had just finished drinking milk and was sleeping sweetly. Jingxuan held him in his arms, his heart feeling as if it were being fried in boiling oil.

  "Meili......" He endured until his voice trembled, "Take a look at him, take a look at your child!"

  He owed Yonghe, and he also owed her... He never thought that he would end up in such a pathetic and ridiculous situation. Looking at her eyes that had already lost their luster, he finally realized his mistake, back then... he should have let her go, should have let her be with Yonghe.

  Looking at her gentle and smiling face because of Yonghe, he was both jealous and resentful, but it's better than now. Now... he hurts, she hurts more.

  His fingers had already blistered and were in sharp pain, making him realize that the current beauty was a piece of hot charcoal he couldn't grasp. Even if he grasped it tightly without letting go, being scalded until his skin was charred and his flesh rotten, she still couldn't be connected to him by blood and flesh. She could only turn into cold ashes in his palm, slowly dispersing and disappearing...

  The one who can hold her tight and keep her warm is only this little baby sleeping sweetly in his arms!

  "Meili, I've already helped him come up with a good name. According to the order of birth, he should be called Yunke." Her eyes were still closed, but her nose suddenly turned sour, and she gritted her teeth, "You're just an orphan yourself, do you want Yunke to end up like you too?!"

  Tears suddenly flowed from Mei's eyes, it's too hard for someone who doesn't have a mother.

  He was in a sorry state, hastily throwing the child onto her body, and hastily getting up. "All of you leave! All of you leave!" He shouted at the crowd in a low voice, and the old ladies retreated one after another. He pursed his lips tightly, and unexpectedly had no strength to turn back and take another look at the mother and son. He was too exhausted, he also needed to go comfort his own pain.

  Not unexpectedly, she was still unmoved when he left. It served him right, and he deeply felt the punishment from heaven. In the past, he had maliciously hurt her countless times, dumped her, and ignored her cries for help, even taking pleasure in her sorrow. He never thought that one day he would end up like this!

  In the courtyard covered with thick snow, several withered and leafless small trees looked particularly desolate. He suddenly felt like laughing, so he laughed... it was really... very funny!

  Yu Kaito stirred restlessly in his blanket, whimpering and crying. Miori closed her eyes tightly, even turning away from him to face the other direction, refusing to smell the sweet scent of milk coming from his body.

  She was already exhausted...

  Because no one comforted her, Yu Rao cried even louder, and her little legs kicked out in a temper, but she was so weak that she couldn't even kick off the quilt.

  One cry after another... his kitten-like wails were like sharp knives cutting into her heart.

  If she gives up, he will be a child without a mother... Having a father is the same as having none.

  Yuankai cried until she was out of breath, and after a sharp high-pitched sound, she suddenly fell silent, as if she had choked.

  At the moment she frantically turned over and hugged him, she also wailed... She couldn't let go, not even in death! She patted him, tears falling wildly on the child's small face. Why didn't he come later? Why was he born prematurely? Why... couldn't he help her?!

  Just as she wished someone could share her hardships, she despaired to understand that in the future only she would be able to help Yun Xiao share his hardships!

  Illegitimate child, wild seed...... His road is also not a smooth and flat journey, how can she let go, how to abandon!

  The mother and son hugged each other and cried, Yunkai returned to her mother's arms, crying for a while before stopping contentedly, relying on the warmth of her mother to fall asleep again, leaving only her crying alone.

  "Beautiful crystal."

  The ancestors don't know when they came in and how long they've been here.

  She walked over, everyone else was dismissed, and the room only had an old woman with a solemn face, a young woman crying in despair, and an infant who didn't understand despair yet.

  Xiang Zhuang didn't sit down, but quietly looked at the disheveled and tear-stained Mei Li. She sighed, shook her head and smiled bitterly.

  "You're still the same, a stubborn and foolish girl!"

  Meili silently sobbed, stiffly hugging Yunke, blankly staring at her elderly ancestor who both blamed and pitied her.

  "I had always hoped that you would understand on your own, but unfortunately, when it comes to human relationships and social interactions, you have never been a perceptive child!" The old ancestor shook his head again.

  "After going through so much, you're still so reckless and impulsive, not understanding how to plan your life, and still stubbornly crashing into the wall. You did a great job with Yonghe, why can't you do it with Jingxuan? Xiaozhuang didn't mind hurting her feelings, but she knew that no matter which man became her husband, they would all be the same! No one could make her live a life free of worries and troubles, living comfortably and happily. You think Jingxuan couldn't do it, but if you married Yonghe, he could? Life is full of changes, haven't you experienced enough already?"

  Meili's whole body trembled, and every sentence made her heart ask silently for an answer.

  "What's more, you're not just a wife now, you're also a mother!" Empress Xiaozhuang raised her voice, the tone of reprimand growing heavier.

  "The only one who can protect the child is you! No matter how you look at Jingxuan, he is the child's father. The emperor will soon confer him as King Qing. This child's future is entirely in his hands! He can give this child what you cannot! What are you doing now? Your willfulness will harm your own child!"

  Akira's heart skipped a beat.

  Yes, I always thought she had already grasped the reality of human society. How could she not have thought about these things at all... The old saying is right, she's still that silly girl who doesn't know how to move forward.

  "Mother..." Xiaozhuang's face was cold and mocking, a expression Meili had never seen before. "I am also a mother, do you know... what I have done for my son?" This wasn't a question, she didn't need Meili's answer. Of course, who in the Qing dynasty didn't know?

  "Ancestors..." Meri's head was dizzy and confused.

  "Meili, you're still young, Jingxuan's heart is still with you, your situation isn't that bad." Xiangzhuang looked at her deeply, "Think it over carefully yourself."

  Want...

  She was left alone in the room again, and she needed to think carefully.

  She had previously thought of the predicament but hadn't thought about how to cope with it or how to help Yunke cope!

  He is already a bastard, and in the future if he doesn't get Jingxuan's support and love, his situation will be even more pitiful than hers... She still has an old ancestor who can say such things to her, but what about him?