Published: March 8, 2025
Tie Butian felt quite awkward in her heart. She had a close relationship with this guy's mother as they were sect sisters, but here she was, developing feelings for him... This was truly a tricky situation... Now that everything was clear, what would happen when they met?
A plain-looking daughter-in-law inevitably meets her in-laws.
At this moment, this guy actually uttered such a remark, truly was unaware of his own situation!
Thinking of that 'sister and mother-in-law', Tie Butian was suddenly overwhelmed with shame, feeling utterly humiliated.
"I heard my mom has met you?" Chu Yang said while holding his stomach as he sat up, tilting his head to examine the beauty in front of him.
Tie Butian was instantly filled with frustration: "It really was Sister who told you."
Chu Yang denied, "Absolutely not." He thought to himself, although mom mentioned it as well; but the first person to bring it up was not her.
Tie Butian scoffed, "Then it must be Qianqian!"
Chu Yang sighed, "It was Qianqian; she found me; and then... during a battle, she took a fatal blow for me. In her last moments, she mentioned this matter... sigh..."
"What happened to Qianqian?" Tie Butian was taken aback, grabbing his wrist, "Last moments? What about her?"
"She's still unconscious for now. I need to find the right medicine to wake her up," Chu Yang replied.
Tie Butian felt a bit relieved and gritted her teeth, "Chu Yang, if you let Qianqian down, then you really... shouldn't. This girl, she's too infatuated..."
She and Wu Qianqian shared a mutual understanding, and upon hearing that Wu Qianqian had reminded Chu Yang of this matter even in her dying moments, she couldn't help but feel grateful.
Although she never intended to accompany Chu Yang or keep him for herself, how could she not have dreamed about it in her heart?
Which girl doesn't hope to be with the person she loves for a lifetime, never to part? Tie Butian, despite being a queen, carried the same feelings as any young girl.
She had dreams too!
But it was only to avoid making the one she loved feel awkward. That's why she forced herself to suppress her feelings.
Wu Qianqian's words had inadvertently pierced through the final layer of tension.
At that moment, the door of the imperial study creaked open, and a small figure staggered in. Raising its head, it said in a baby voice, "Are you done... I'm very hungry..."
That voice struck them like a spring thunder, and both were immediately flustered. They quickly distanced themselves, nervously checking their clothes... just like a pair of lovers caught in the act by their spouse.
Chu Yang turned to look and saw a little one, beautifully chubby and dressed in fine clothes, curiously examining him with big, round eyes.
Chu Yang blinked, feeling something was off. He almost thought he had seen wrong, but upon closer inspection, he confirmed that this little fellow looked exactly like him and was indeed gazing at him with a 'curious, examining' look.
This gaze resembled the way one might look at a piece of pork at the market, contemplating whether to buy it to take home.
How could such a little child have such an expression?
Chu Yang felt a bit dizzy.
He then saw the little one making its way over step by step, wobbling slightly. Upon reaching Tie Butian, it hugged her leg and looked up, saying, "Mother, I'm hungry."
Tie Butian suddenly remembered that in her panic, she had sent everyone out of the inner palace, leaving his royal highness the crown prince unattended, and he had somehow found his way here.
"Little Yangyang; how did you find this place?" Tie Butian, equally bewildered, picked up her son and asked. It seemed he had just learned to walk three months ago, and the little guy was quite lazy, having never walked such a distance alone before.
"Is it hard to find?" The little toddler, over a year old, blinked his round eyes in disdain, "Mother, you are either in the hall of diligent administration, attending morning court, or in the inner palace. Most of the time, you are in the imperial study."