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The empress dowager had a smile on her face as she said, ”Since you've come, hurry up and invite him in.”

”Yes, Esteemed Empress Dowager.”

Hua Yuan was extremely familiar with the empress dowager's palace. However, this time, she had used a new identity and her mood had drastically changed.

Once upon a time, when she set foot here, her identity was that of the Empress Dowager's niece. When she came back today, she was the empress dowager's granddaughter-in-law. Such a change in status, made Hua Yuan always have some illusions that things are different.

”Grandson (granddaughter-in-law) pays respects to Royal Grandmother. Royal Grandmother Wan-Fu Jin'an.”

”Okay, okay, okay. Get up, get up!”

Afterwards, she instructed the palace maid to pass the items she had prepared earlier to Hua Yuan. The empress dowager pointed to one of the items and said, ”This is the map of a hundred sons and one thousand grandchildren.

Hua Yuan blushed and didn't take up the topic. On the other hand, Jun Yuqing's face was very thick as he said, ”If Esteemed Empress Dowager is too concerned, your grandson will definitely work hard and try his best to get you to carry his great-grandson as soon as possible!”

Hua Yuan's face had originally turned red, but after hearing Jun Yuqing's words, his mood turned even worse. She blushed as she glared at Jun Yu Qing fiercely! He didn't even look around to see where he was and how he could actually talk according to his own personality! What if he didn't want to talk to the man in front of him anymore?

The empress had already been sitting there for a long time without seeing anyone greet her. She was so angry that she wanted to smash her entire being into the palace! At least he managed to suppress the anger in his heart. Then, with a fake smile, he said, ”In the blink of an eye, Xiao Qi has grown to be this big. Although the things that the Queen Mother has prepared are not precious, it is still the Queen Mother's kind intentions. ”

Jun Yu Qing frowned in disgust, while Hua Yuan looked on in bewilderment.

Why did Jun Yuqing's disgust towards the Empress grow even deeper? She could even see the killing intent in his eyes! Thinking of Jun Yu Qing's mother, Hua Yuan suddenly felt that he had truly figured out the truth.

It was said that Jun Yu Qing's mother was a concubine at the time. At that time, the empress had already given birth to her eldest son, but the emperor had never made up his mind to make the empress's heir a crown prince. Later on, when Jun Yuqing and his mother were pregnant, the Emperor had been so drunk and happy that he had even said things like ”if I were a boy, I would become the crown prince!”

And because he had been drunk, he did not know what was going on, so he did not keep his mouth shut. The empress had known about it at the first possible moment.

He had given birth to his first son, but the emperor was still unhappy about making him the crown prince! This made the empress's entire body burn with fury! He had poisoned Jun Yu Qing's mother like that!

Of course, this was only the version that Hua Yuan heard later. Hua Yuan wasn't sure about the details, but he knew that the empress had a deep grudge with Jun Yuqing!

She shifted her position towards where Jun Yu was sitting, then reached out her hand to tug on his hand, telling him to control his emotions and not to suddenly go berserk.

When Jun Yu Qing sensed the warmth of Hua Yuan's small hand, she immediately sobered up.

The empress dowager and empress then asked a few more questions before bringing the two back.

Hua Yuan did not stay at the palace to eat. On her way back, she sat on the carriage and fell asleep. He curled up into a ball in Jun Yu Qing's arms. His breathing was shallow, and Jun Yu Qing seemed to be holding a rare treasure along the way.

When the carriage had arrived outside the Su palace, Jun Yuqing looked at Hua Yuan sleeping soundly, and decided to not wake her up. Instead, he took them out of the carriage and carried them into their room in front of everyone in the manor. He even carefully placed the person on the bed and tucked them in before leaving.

Before leaving, he even instructed Bai Qin, ”If the wangfei wakes up, the first thing she does is notify me.”

”Yes, Your Highness!”

After that, Jun Yu Qing went to his study.

By the time Hua Yuan woke up, it was already past lunchtime. As soon as she woke up, Bai Qin sent someone to inform Jun Yuqing. She just found out that her young lady did not get up, and the prince also did not eat breakfast. Just thinking about it made him extremely moved.