Suddenly, the Prince of Jin spoke to the door, "If you've heard enough, leave. You might not be able to sleep if you hear what comes next."
Tang Zhuyun: "..."
Suddenly, I didn't want to cry anymore.
What father-son bond? Bah! Only Linlin is good!
Tang Zhuyun wiped away her tears, angrily went inside to retrieve the herbal medicine packet, and hurriedly walked out.
Linlin: "Auntie, I..."
"Let her go," said the Prince of Jin.
After Tang Zhuyun left, he said to Linlin, who was already in tears, "She cried, she didn't want you to see."
"No, I'm worried about Your Highness's injury... Your Highness, please continue to address you as such from now on. I'm afraid that if I get used to addressing you in private, I might accidentally let it slip..."
He was also embarrassed; he needed time to adjust.
The Prince of Jin nodded. "Any way to address her is fine. I'm fine. Let her go about her business."
He wanted to spend some time alone with Linlin.
It wasn't Linlin's fault that his son couldn't address him openly; it was his incompetence.
He reached out and wiped away the tears from Linlin's eyes. "Aren't you ashamed?"
Linlin wiped away the Prince of Jin's tears as well, and asked him in return, "Aren't you ashamed?"
The father and son smiled at each other, and the more than five years of separation seemed to vanish in an instant.
"Your Highness, I feel like I'm dreaming," Linlin said.
"Me too." The Prince of Jin traced his features with his eyes, regretting that he was too badly injured to hold his son in his arms.
Tang Zhuyun sat in the kitchen, listening to the sound of chicken soup boiling in the pot, but her mind was filled with the conversation between the father and son.
This is so touching!
She couldn't help but raise her sleeve to wipe away her tears.
Yanran noticed and asked cautiously, "Mother, are you reluctant to part with the chickens?"
Tang Zhuyun: "... No, I was bothered by the smoke."
Yanran breathed a sigh of relief, "Actually, I'm a little reluctant too, but Father is more important than chickens, isn't he?"
Seeing her earnest and reasonable manner, Tang Zhuyun burst out laughing, "Yes, your father is more important than a chicken."
This is a really good reference point.
Tang Zhuyun stood up and said, "You and Xiu'er stay here and watch over the chicken soup. I'll go check on Nanxing."
Yanran tugged at her sleeve. "Mother, don't go."
"What's wrong?"
Yanran pouted, "She's so disrespectful to you, I hate her, let her suffer!"
Tang Zhuyun pinched her slightly chubby cheeks. "I don't like her either, but she saved your father."
She didn't like Nanxing either, but there was no deep-seated hatred between them; at most, Nanxing would look down on her.
Has she seen few difficult patients?
Moreover, Nanxing was injured while saving Prince of Jin.
Tang Zhuyun and Prince of Jin have had a relatively pleasant working relationship so far, and now they have an even Linlin bond. Therefore, they will continue to treat and save lives in the same way they should.
But after she recovered, if you expect her to be unresponsive, well, sorry, whatever.
As Tang Zhuyun approached Nanxing's room, she heard Huaishang speaking inside.
Tang Zhuyun, who hadn't been eavesdropping, cleared her throat.
Song Jingyang lifted the curtain and invited her in.
"You're here too," Tang Zhuyun said calmly.
"We're acquaintances with Nanxing, and Nanxing even took a knife for me this time," Song Jingyang said.
"No wonder Xiu'er specifically said she wanted to save chicken soup for Nanxing. Before, they were practically enemies, their eyes blazing with hatred."
"Really?" Song Jingyang blushed with excitement, rubbing his hands together. "I knew it, Xiu'er has feelings for me."
Tang Zhuyun: "Go quickly and help the person who cares about you to start a fire."
Song Jingyang went there eagerly.
When Nanxing saw Tang Zhuyun enter, she struggled to get up.
Tang Zhuyun said, "Don't move, the wound will reopen, and I'll have to clean it up."
Nanxing said guiltily, "Your Highness, I was so disrespectful to you in the past, yet you still spared my life and saved me..."
"I didn't want to save him, but my conscience wouldn't allow it."
She glanced at Huaishang again. "Did you tell Linlin about this?"
It wasn't something that happened today that she saved Nanxing; Nanxing hadn't changed this much towards her before.
The current change, upon closer examination, is clearly due to this incident, not because of her saving my life.
Nanxing Zhujun had a rough idea of what Tang Zhuyun was like—she valued Prince of Jin and Yanran more than her own life.
So now that she knows Linlin is Prince of Jin's biological daughter, her gratitude towards him is the most important reason.
Although Tang Zhuyun found this idea very difficult to understand.
Huaishang said, "Nanxing, you don't need to worry about this now; there's plenty of time later..."
How come you're so good at comforting people?
However, no matter how Tang Zhuyun listened, she felt that his voice seemed to carry a sense of melancholy and regret.
Then she heard Nanxing say, "I know. By the way, when I thought I was going to die, I said I'd leave my money to you, but now I can't keep my word."
Tang Zhuyun: "There's more to this than that?"
Huaishang blushed and fled in a panic, saying, "Of course I hope you're alright, I'm leaving now."
Tang Zhuyun burst into laughter.
Nanxing smiled too.
This was the first time Tang Zhuyun had seen her smile.
Nanxing said, "I was just teasing him; he's a miser."
"I know." Tang Zhuyun lifted the blanket to check her wound.
"Your Majesty, I know it was all my fault before. I misunderstood you, thinking you disliked the Prince, which is why..."
"No need to apologize, you haven't misunderstood, I really don't like your prince," Tang Zhuyun said calmly.
"But then, you..."
"The child was an accident. The child is indeed ours, and we are indeed temporarily bound together by imperial decree, but other than that, there's nothing else. You don't need to extend your affection to everything related to us."
The reason they're said to be temporarily bound together is because the Prince of Jin wants to be emperor!
Now that he's emperor, what business is it of hers?
We definitely need to kick her out as soon as possible.
However, Tang Zhuyun was not afraid at all. She could wait. She was three years younger than Prince of Jin and knew how to take care of herself. She would definitely live longer than him.
He's dead. Linlin will definitely bring her back to be the Empress Dowager. Her good fortune is yet to come!
When the Prince of Jin was bedridden and unable to move, she would do to Prince of Jin every day what he hated, just to infuriate him!
The prerequisite is that the Prince of Jin must succeed and not be killed, which would also implicate him and his mother!
Nanxing was stunned by Tang Zhuyun's words.
You've Zidu, and you say there's no affection between you?
But how can you loosen the reins Zidu?
"You're absolutely right about one thing," Tang Zhuyun said slowly and deliberately, "I'm not the right person for your prince."
Nanxing quickly replied, "That's not what I meant. I just felt that Your Highness would treat the woman you like very well..."
The Prince of Jin was quite fierce towards Tang Zhuyun.
"You're right about that, so he doesn't like me at all."
So nothing happened, and she won't try to make herself look good!
It doesn't matter to her who the Prince of Jin likes, as long as he doesn't bring back any lives he's caused.
Whether Linlin finds her biological father or not affects his life path, but has nothing to do with her own.
She was tied to the position of princess, which had nothing to do with the Prince of Jin; it was an imperial decree, so everyone had to make do.
Stay clear-headed, making money is the priority, stay away from men, and you'll be happy!