C375 Adoption

King Chu's Mansion.

Yu Longchen stood at the entrance and looked in the direction of the Imperial Palace.

Mu Ruqing pulled him from behind. She said gently, "Since Your Highness is worried, why don't you enter the Palace to take a look?"

"I don't want to go." Yu Longchen answered straightforwardly and did not hide anything. He turned around and held Mu Ruqing's shoulder, "Nine days later, the Imperial Court will be in another state. I still have a lot of things to do, so I have no time to be sad."

"Now that the Emperor is still here, what do you have to worry about?" Mu Ruqing was very puzzled. Although she did not care about the matters in the Imperial Court, she also knew what happened, "I am afraid that you will put too much effort into it."

"Everything was done by King Yi." Yu Longchen widened his eyes. Yu Longtang's death had always been in his mind, causing him to forget to organize those things properly. "It's my fault. I didn't keep an eye on King Yi."

"What did King Yi say?" Mu Ruqing frowned and gently stroked his cheek with her fingers. "You are a human, not a god. It is impossible for you to know everything. Before King Yi does these things, would he still come to discuss with you? Moreover, the officials involved in this case are all capable officials of King Yi. Who would have thought that even if he were to injure himself, he would still want to overthrow the Crown Prince? With King Yi's vicious nature, he did not put the people in his heart at all. As the ruler, the most important thing is to love the people. In my opinion, he really isn't worthy of being the heir. "

Yu Longchen smiled faintly and held Mu Ruqing's hand tightly. He had been blaming himself, but now that he heard what Mu Ruqing said, he was relieved. He was a man, not a god. No one was perfect.

What he could do now was not to let Yu Longzi get what he wanted.

"This matter could be done so flawlessly. There are no suspicious points. It could only be that King Yi wanted to borrow Second Big Brother's name in the name of Second Big Brother. He could only use that trusted aide's name, but that trusted aide has been following Second Big Brother for eight years." This was the thing that Yu Longchen couldn't understand the most. He really couldn't think of anything. What kind of reason could that guard do such a thing?

"That guard is dead. No matter how you want to investigate, you won't be able to find out. Why don't you think about those who are still alive? " Mu Ruqing lowered her head and raised her eyebrows, her head spinning very quickly.

Yu Longchen also narrowed his eyes.

"The brothel keeper who escaped."

The last two men looked at each other and said at the same time. After that, they revealed the same smile.

"Yu Longzi gave such an important task to this woman. She always knew something that others didn't." Mu Ruqing's eyes lit up. "A woman can't go anywhere, right?"

"Until now, we still did not find any trace of her." Yu Longchen shook his head and pulled Mu Ruqing to sit down. "Changxu and his people chased after her, but they still couldn't catch up to her. Unless she has very high martial arts skills, or..."

"Or someone came to help." Mu Ruqing took the tea that Yu Longchen passed to her. "Other than Yu Longzi, I can't think of anything else. Since he did it, he should clean up that mess."

"That woman might be dead." Yu Longchen made the worst plan. "Last night, I thought about it all night. I think..."

Seeing Yu Longchen's hesitant look, Mu Ruqing had a naughty expression. "Tell me, what did you do wrong?"

"We..." Yu Longchen hesitated and did not know what to say. "Let's raise a child, right?"

"Hmm?" Mu Ruqing did not understand what the child he was talking about at first. Then, she thought of it and said with anticipation, "Okay. Bring it in and let me take a look."

Yu Longchen did not expect Mu Ruqing to agree so quickly. He was overjoyed. It was just that Yu Longtang's death made him unable to laugh. " En, I'll bring it right away. "

Mu Ruqing stood up and pulled him, "I will go with you. Don't scare the child."

"Okay." Yu Longchen knew that he could not stop her, so he might as well protect her.

The two of them brought Lingyue and servant girl to the small courtyard by the side of the mansion.

Before they entered, they heard the child's cries.

Mu Ruqing walked even faster than Yu Longchen. Lingyue opened the courtyard door and followed closely behind Mu Ruqing.

In the courtyard, there was only servant girl from the Imperial Residence, and there was also the wet nurse who brought Yu Longtang, the three year old son of the first wife.

The child looked cute. He had big eyes, long eyelashes, and a small but firm nose on his round face. He was crying red.

"What's wrong with the child?" Mu Ruqing asked before she even walked to the front.

The wet nurse was startled and her reaction was slow. servant girl clapped her hands, "This old servant greets the Royal Highness and Princess."

"Milk mom, quickly get up." Mu Ruqing helped the wet nurse up and looked at the child in her arms. Her heart ached.

"This old servant also doesn't know what happened. When I woke up today, I cried so much." The wet nurse was at her wits' end. No matter how she coaxed the child, she did not stop crying.

"Give him to me?" Mu Ruqing reached out to the wet nurse.

The wet nurse looked at Mu Ruqing's stomach and was a little afraid. "When a child starts crying, it will not be quick. I am afraid that it will hurt the Princess."

"No matter, I know what to do." Mu Ruqing looked at this child and liked it. She looked at Ke Ling's little baby and pouted at him, "Give Royal Mother a hug."

The child turned around and looked at Mu Ruqing. The wet nurse handed the child to Mu Ruqing and her hands had to protect the child as well as Mu Ruqing's stomach.

"Don't cry anymore." Mu Ruqing hugged the child and touched his little nose. "A man is a man. You can't cry so easily."

The child's tender little hands hugged Mu Ruqing's neck. The person who was struggling in the arms of the wet nurse was very obedient in Mu Ruqing's arms. Perhaps he knew that Mu Ruqing was carrying a child and could not touch her.

"Can you tell Royal Mother, why is little cutie sad?" Mu Ruqing knew that the child remembered things, but the earlier she told the child, the more he could remember things.

"I... I miss Royal Mother." The child said in a childish voice. His big and blinking eyes were filled with tears, but his small hands were not willing to let go of Mu Ruqing.

"In the future, if you think about it, just call me Royal Mother, okay?" Mu Ruqing looked at his cute little face and reached out to gently wipe his tears. "Are you hungry?"

The child was ridiculously obedient. He sniffled but did not cry. He touched his stomach and said angrily, "I'm hungry."

"What do you want to eat? Tell Royal Mother. I'll make something delicious for you, okay?" Mu Ruqing carried the child and walked away, completely ignoring Yu Longchen.

At first, Yu Longchen was worried that Mu Ruqing would not get used to it, but now, he should think about how to make the child get used to it.

Following behind, Lingyue brought the rest of servant girl and followed behind.

At the dining table, the child sat down obediently and looked at the dishes on the table. Saliva flowed from the pink little mouth and the meaty little hand reached out on the table. His big black eyes looked at Mu Ruqing and Yu Longchen as if he was asking if they could eat.

"What do you want to eat? Father will give you some." Yu Longchen picked out a piece of fish meat without fish bones and placed it in his bowl.

The child could not care about it. He picked up his chopsticks and only ate the first mouthful of rice after a long time.

Seeing his brows knitted together and his helpless and cute appearance, Yu Longchen and Mu Ruqing finally had a trace of a smile on their faces.

After the meal, the two of them played with the child for a while more. The child wanted to take an afternoon nap, so the wet nurse took him away.

"Change his name. He's three years old and can't remember anything." Mu Ruqing really liked this child.

"Yes." Yu Longchen replied in a soft voice.