The dinner was eaten in silence, but not dull.
Each other's emotions are very messy, and it takes time to slowly sort them out.
As Fang Shanggong ate the sweet and glutinous reunion soup, he felt that all the hardships and sins he had suffered in the past years, and the past that he could not bear to look back on, were diluted and melted away with each bite of the sweet soup.
The imperial concubine is really smart.
Fang Shanggong's remarks were not only hidden from the emperor, but also from the noble concubine.
Otherwise, why would she specially order to prepare this meaningful reunion soup?
Fang Shanggong drank the soup and remembered what happened at the beginning.
At that time, the imperial concubine was just favored, and there was nothing surprising about her.
She also had no intention of exerting force on the imperial concubine.
It can only be said that there is a fate between people.
When she saw the imperial concubine, she felt that she was amiable and friendly.
Later, she stayed with the imperial concubine, but she had selfish motives.
The imperial concubine is pregnant, and that is her son's flesh and blood.
There had been no healthy baby boy born in the palace for many years, and there were no heirs.
The emperor's position was always unstable.
She took good care of Xie Ning with all her heart, and blocked many open and covert attacks for her.
Then finally there was the second prince.
She originally thought that after the child was born, she would be able to achieve success and retire, but the emperor also brought the eldest prince and Princess Yuyao to Yong'an Palace and placed them next to the noble concubine.
At that time, one of the two children was weak and the other was crazy.
Once she saw them, she could no longer let them go.
To this day, she can no longer leave Yong'an Palace.
Although she and the emperor did not know each other, they could see each other all the time.
She could personally arrange the emperor's meals and daily life in Yong'an Palace, and even serve the emperor tea.
The emperor, who did not know the truth at that time, was so kind to her and gave her instructions from time to time.
One sentence: "Fang Shanggong is old.
You don't have to do these tasks yourself.
You can just instruct the palace servants."
When Fang Shanggong heard this, nothing happened, and the hand holding the tea didn't waver.
But when she returned to her room at night, when there was no one around, the emperor's words repeated in her mind countless times, and her tears had already wet the pillow without knowing when.
Those are her own flesh and blood.
During those months of confinement, in the midst of hardships, the only thing that accompanied her was the flesh and blood in her belly, but they were forcefully separated from the moment she was born.
In the decades that followed, she comforted herself countless times.
Although mother and son could not recognize each other, knowing that the emperor grew up safely and healthily was enough for her.
She once heard someone say that if we stay together, we are trapped in a situation where we are waiting for death.
It is good for each of us.
Only by keeping our lives alive can we look forward to the future.
She couldn't keep this child, she had always known it.
She can live, and so can her children, because noble people secretly help her and God protects her.
Fang Shanggong never thought that one day he would get to know the emperor.
The people who handled the matter back then are no longer alive, and the emperor has met people who tried to use the name of "biological mother" more than once.
She could not provide any evidence to prove to the emperor that she was the one who gave birth to the child.
His people.
Fang Shanggong felt his heart tightening at the thought that maybe her biological son would look at her with suspicion, vigilance or even hostility.
But the emperor didn't want any proof and just believed her.
Not only the emperor, but also the concubine believed in her.
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Fang Shanggong finished the bowl of reunion soup.
Xie Ning had mixed feelings while eating the reunion soup.
She finally understood all the things that she had never been able to figure out before.
Fang Shanggong was not enthusiastic about power.
She only focused on the prince and princess, taking care of them as if they were her own children.
That's not loyalty, nor is it for clinging or showing merit, it's love that comes from the bottom of my heart.
Now she understands that she is not treating her as her own child.
Maybe there really is a saint in this world who can care for my children and care for others, but Fang Shanggong is not a saint.
She does care for my children and not the children of others.
How could a grandmother not truly care for her own grandson or granddaughter?
As for what the emperor was thinking, neither of the two women present could tell.
If the emperor's thoughts can be seen so easily from his face, then the emperor is too hopeless.
When the dinner was finally finished, Fang Shanggong stood up and paused before speaking.
Having been a slave for many years, the habit of always calling her "slave" before speaking has been deeply engraved in her bones.
She opened her mouth and swallowed those two words.
Now that the truth has been revealed, it is obviously inappropriate for her to call herself that way.
"It's getting late.
Your Majesty is still weak, so you should rest early."
Xie Ning could see what Fang Shanggong meant.
Something happened suddenly, so everyone should have a good moment of silence.
"Then Fang Shanggong can have a good rest."
He raised his voice and said, "Qinghe, let someone light a lantern so that Fang Shanggong can be sent home."
The emperor took half a step forward, and seemed to want to send Fang Shanggong out, but Qing He quickly walked in, bowed and responded, and wanted to send Fang Shanggong out.
The emperor stood there and watched Fang Shanggong go out.
After a while, he spoke out and said to Xie Ning: "The dinner is very good, and the soup is also good."
Xie Ning stood beside the emperor.
She could see that the emperor was restless, and she also knew that he was reluctant to leave Fang Shanggong right now.
Although they still live in the same palace and can even see each other again tomorrow morning, they are not ordinary mother and son, but relatives who have been separated by force for more than thirty years.
"Fang Fang Shanggong is right.
You have been too tired today and should rest early."
Xie Ning has not yet given birth, so the emperor cannot stay here with her.
In the past, she always lived in another palace, but today the emperor really couldn't bear to leave.
He felt depressed and had no one to say to him.
Xie Ning was now weak, but the emperor still instinctively wanted to stay with her and be closer to her.
"I'll just rest in this room."
Xie Ning was a little surprised.
She thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, please sleep outside."
There is also a bed in the outer room, but it has always been empty, and there is no time to put the bedding now.
The emperor is actually not picky about his daily life.
Xie Ning knew this from the first time he was called to accompany him.
That day she had dinner with the emperor.
The dinner for the king of a country consisted of just a few simple dishes.
I never like to be overly complicated in my clothes.
Therefore, although it was a bit reluctant for the emperor to sleep on the bed outside, the emperor himself would definitely not care about it.
What the emperor was thinking about was sleeping on the same bed as Xie Ning.
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Although some people always said that women after giving birth were unclean, the emperor didn't care at all.
What's unclean?
She was his woman.
She gave birth to two sons for him and suffered so much.
The emperor only pitied her for her weak body and never thought about her being dirty or unclean.
He didn't believe a word of the theory that the blood of childbirth would wash away the dragon's energy
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