Chapter 11 — The Emperor's White Moonlight Returns, So Let's Play One More Game

Waiting for everyone to leave, the gentle smile on Nhu Phi's face gradually disappeared, like a mask being peeled off. Two lines of tears suddenly rolled down her cheeks.

“Is it... still healthy?”

I nodded slightly.

“How was it sent to the family?”

Nhu Phi continued to ask in a low voice. I just looked at her quietly, not answering right away. Nhu Phi immediately realized that she had asked too much and quickly wiped away her tears.

"I shouldn't inquire about your arrangements. It's just that... motherly love is hard to end, I really can't help myself."

I looked at her red eyes full of longing, but in the end my heart still softened.

"It's a family of scholars, a well-off family, there is only one son in the family. The child brought there will definitely be loved and raised by the whole family like blood, and all expectations will be entrusted to him."

This pregnancy of Nhu Phi was already extremely difficult. In the harem, so many people were staring at her pregnancy. In the morning, there were those who harmed her, and in the dark, there were also those who set traps, no matter how careful she was, there was no way she could. If it weren't for my silent protection, I'm afraid she would have lost her life long ago. Nhu Phi always remembered that kindness in her heart, but she did not want the child she gave birth to continue to grow up in a harem full of intrigue and murder. Therefore, she took the initiative to beg me. She asked me to secretly take her biological child out of the palace and find him a peaceful life. As for the outside world, just declare that the child she gave birth to was stillborn. But in the end, I still brought another child into the palace to replace him. Nhu Phi did indeed give birth to the eldest son of the Emperor. Unfortunately, she only had time to look at her child once, the baby was secretly taken out of the palace by my people.

“This forbidden palace wall is too deep…”

Nhu Phi gently closed her eyes.

“I only hope that in the future he can live like a normal person.”

“If it were like that…”

“From today onwards, I will pretend I never gave birth to him.”

Speaking of this, tears welled up in her eyes again. She sighed softly, then slowly got out of bed, knelt down on the ground, her forehead pressed firmly against the cold tile floor.

“I beg you, Your Highness…”

“Please forget it too.”

I don't answer. Just quietly turned around and left. Not long after that, a big wave arose at the court. The great mandarins continuously presented and unanimously asked to make the eldest son the Crown Prince. Qi Duc got angry, cursed the people who offered the music, then angrily waved his sleeves and left. He is still in his prime, when is it time to become a Crown Prince? But Tu Huu Dung was impatient. Every time the royal doctor came to check her pulse, she had to ask if she was carrying a prince or not. The royal physician accepted 5,000 taels of silver from her, then prescribed a secret remedy for her, saying that if she only used this remedy, she would definitely give birth to a Prince. Her people went everywhere to inquire, and finally heard the news that Nhu Phi's previous pregnancy was not good, and it was thanks to this medicine that she gave birth to the Prince. Kinh Trap, light drizzle. Winter passes, spring returns, everything revives.

“The Emperor has arrived.”

Niem Chau leaned close to my ear and spoke softly. Before the words could finish, Qi Duc came from the opposite side step forward. After half a year of not seeing him, his changes were so great that I suddenly forgot to stand up and pay respects. The young man who made me miss him day and night, his brave appearance that once made me fall in love, finally failed under the erosion of the years. I panicked and looked towards the bronze mirror placed on the dressing table. So lucky, so lucky. In the mirror, my appearance is still the same. Although it is no longer like a flower bud that has just opened, there is still a very long period of years before it withers.

"Lin Hou leads his army to a great victory, and will soon return to the throne in triumph."

Qi Duc pretended not to see my rudeness and stood right in front of me. It wasn't until we stood closer that we realized he was already drunk.

“The disaster in the north has been quelled. Your Majesty should be happy.”

I had received the news long ago so I wasn't surprised, I just slightly moved my body a little to avoid the strong alcohol breath he was blowing.

"I'm happy! Having a general like Lam Hau, with the talent of Lam Tieu Hau, how can I not be happy?!"