After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 498: Signs of Stroke
Niu Niu didn't care about the threats.

"Justice is in the hearts of the people. I'm not afraid of you!" Niu Niu said with her hands on her hips.

The servants of Duke Xian's mansion suddenly looked ugly.

Although he dared to threaten like this, it did not mean that the Duke Xianguo's Mansion would really do so.

After all, Duke Xian's Mansion is a wealthy and powerful family, and they care more about their reputation than smaller families.

Seeing the situation at a stalemate, Qin Jingshu shook her head. She looked at Niuniu with gratitude in her eyes: "That's my home. I have to go back."

Even if she was not the daughter of Duke Xian, she was still the child of the second wife and could not escape from Duke Xian's mansion no matter what.

But she is still very grateful to Niu Niu because she can see more of what a normal family looks like.

The carriage of Duke Xian's mansion left. Niuniu held Xie Xingchuan's hand and sighed, "Jingshu is not happy at all in that family."

Xie Xingchuan didn't have too many feelings for Qin Jingshu. He was more grateful at this moment that Niu Niu was not born in that family, otherwise the little girl might not even know how to smile.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Those people are her family. You can only care about her more." Xie Xingchuan comforted.

While the two were talking, Qian Rongsheng's carriage stopped at the gate of Gu's mansion.

"Manager Qian, are you here today because His Majesty has something important to tell you?" Xie Xingchuan asked proactively.

Qian Rongsheng smiled and said, "Thank you, General. It's not a big deal. His Majesty is thinking about Lord Gu, so he asked me to bring you two kilograms of pre-rain Longjing tea, saying that Lord Gu likes to drink it."

When Xie Xingchuan heard this, he didn't think much about it. He nodded and led Qian Rongsheng inside.

Gu Mingda did not look very happy when he received the emperor's grace. After thanking him as usual, he handed a purse filled with silver to Qian Rongsheng and asked, "Your Majesty is thinking of me. I am naturally very grateful, but I am always worried that I cannot repay your majesty's kindness."

They are all smart people. Qian Rongsheng immediately realized that Gu Mingda was trying to get information from him.

"Don't worry, Lord Gu. His Majesty thought of you as soon as he drank a sip of tea. You are truly the apple of His Majesty's eye." Qian Rongsheng said with a smile.

Gu Mingda's heart suddenly felt heavy.

The emperor still thought of him until he returned to the palace. Could it be that he was thinking about the Gu family all the way?

Gu Mingda felt that this could not be considered good news no matter how you looked at it.

Qian Rongsheng asked the eunuch behind him to pass the food box over: "According to your majesty, if you have good tea, you can't have no good snacks to go with it."

Gu Mingda took it and took a look at it, and the gloom in his heart became even heavier.

These snacks are all Niu Niu’s favorites, and they are even deliberately made to look delicate and cute, obviously to please the child.

Niu Niu came over only after Qian Rongsheng left.

Even though Gu Mingda was not happy about it, he had no habit of wasting food. He handed the food box to the two children and said, "Take it and eat it."

Niuniu, who has always been a greedy person, saw these delicious snacks and didn't even want to eat them. Instead, she twisted her head and said, "I'm not the kind of person who eats everything!"

When Xie Xingchuan heard this, he looked at his sister in surprise.

Niuniu was so angry at her brother's look that she stamped her feet: "I'm changing my teeth, I can't eat sweets! If I eat a bite, it will hurt until midnight, take it away!"

Seeing his sister act like a spoiled child even when she was angry, Xie Xingchuan couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, brother will take the things away right away. Since the good boy can't have snacks, brother will accompany the good boy."

Niu Niu's beautiful eyes like obsidian immediately widened: "Brother, you don't want to eat either? Just to accompany me?" Xie Xingchuan nodded.

Niuniu immediately pulled his hand: "Second brother is the best!"

Xie Xingchuan was waiting for this sentence. He raised the corner of his mouth and touched his sister's soft hair: "I am better than your eldest brother and third brother?"

Niuniu immediately shook her head: "You are all equally good, both are the best!"

Xie Xingchuan had long been accustomed to his sister being a master of keeping things balanced, so upon hearing this, he simply tapped her on the forehead and said, "Little clever ghost."

In Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager's news was always late. After learning that the Emperor had hurriedly left the palace and returned in a hurry today, and that Niu Niu had ridden a horse back home by herself, she became so anxious that she had difficulty breathing.

"Where's the emperor? Hurry and invite him over! I want to see him!"

Li Shunfu quickly retreated.

Soon the emperor came with the imperial physician.

The imperial physician first took the empress dowager's pulse.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother seems to be overly worried and angry recently. It's not serious now, but if it continues like this, I'm afraid it will cause hemiplegia over time."

Hemiplegia, commonly known as stroke, once a person suffers a stroke, he will become disabled.

Hearing this, the emperor, who had originally looked very pleased, became solemn.

"From now on, check the Empress Dowager's pulse every other day. There must not be any harm to her health!" the emperor instructed the Imperial Hospital.

The Queen Mother took a deep breath and asked everyone to leave, leaving only the Tian family mother and son in the room.

"Emperor, you chased someone to the farm, what did you want to do?" asked the Queen Mother.

The emperor did not answer immediately, but asked: "Mother, have you not noticed the changes in your son?"

The Queen Mother's eyes were full of confusion.

"My son has grown younger," said the emperor.

The Queen Mother looked at her son's rosy face and was very happy for him, but she soon thought of something: "Do you think this can really make you younger?"

The emperor nodded: "A loving couple and having both sons and daughters are also things I can only hope for."

The Queen Mother covered her heart and said, "Isn't it too cruel to treat that child like this?"

The emperor said: "My son has lived for so many years, but only this month did he feel like a living person."

The Queen Mother shook her head: "This is all your illusion. Don't forget, if a child who is born with great fortune is unwilling, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"I've also figured it out. She suffered so much when the two children were switched, but she managed to get through it, didn't she? The so-called blessing certainly doesn't mean she can do whatever she wants. There are always others who can manipulate it." said the emperor.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she still felt heavy in her heart: "The Li family has fallen. Isn't this enough to alert the Emperor?"

"I am the Son of Heaven, and it is the destiny of heaven. What happens to the Li family depends entirely on my thoughts. Besides, if it weren't for that vicious woman Li, she would have been my wife!"

The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor's crazy expression, and her heart tightened more and more: "The Gu family dotes on their daughter like their life, they won't agree."

The emperor was confident about this: "Mother, I will promote Gu Mingda to a higher position. Within three years, I will make him the most powerful official in the country. By then, will they give up the power they have obtained?"