The emperor lay on the bed with his clothes on, beside him was Lin Daiyu who also lay on the bed with her clothes on.

  The emperor looked at the canopy, Lin Xiang didn't like complicated things, and used a plain blue gauze canopy without any patterns. But the emperor thought of the canopy in Lin Xian's room, which was also made of plain blue gauze, but had embroidered melon vines on it, with each melon next to each other, symbolizing a bumper harvest and many descendants.

  The emperor's eyes gradually became distracted, as if lost in thought.

  Lin Xiao was getting sleepy, leaning against the emperor's chest with her eyes half-closed, but she persisted, remembering that she and the emperor had not yet washed up, and refused to fall asleep completely.

  After a while, the emperor on his head suddenly sighed: "Lately, I have been thinking of your aunt."

  Lin Xiao listened, and suddenly opened her eyes. After a pause, she slowly raised her head to look at the Emperor, only to discover that there seemed to be a faint glimmer of tears in his eyes.

  "Uncle..."

  The Emperor continued: "Jiang, Jiang... She looks so much like your aunt, sometimes it makes me wish that your aunt was still by my side."

  He is the emperor, and everyone thinks he should be strong and all-powerful. But he is human, and sometimes he wants to be weak, so weak that he would rather deceive himself, deceiving himself that she is still alive.

  The emperor sighed disappointedly: "But Jiangshi, after all, is not her."

  Apart from their physical appearance and learned expressions, they actually don't have any similarities. Their personalities are different, so their characters are also different.

  Lin He sometimes actually understood the emperor.

  Jiang Xi looks so much like Lin Xian, if the Emperor sees her without any emotional reaction, it can only be said that he doesn't have as deep feelings for Lin Xian as rumored. But if he treats Jiang Xi completely as Lin Xian from now on and bestows upon her all the favors that were meant for Lin Xian, Lin Fei would also despise him.

  He is now like a split person, on the one hand he would rather indulge himself, taking Jiang Xi as Lin Xian to comfort his nostalgia for his deceased wife, but on the other hand, he clearly knows that Jiang Xi is not Lin Xian.

  So he dotes on Jiang Xi, but it seems very restrained. Even appears to be sometimes cold and sometimes hot, sometimes pampering and sometimes ignoring him.

  She used to be afraid that the Emperor would treat Jiang Xi as Lin Xian, with all his affection focused on one person. At first, he treated her like a person and spoiled her, but eventually fell in love with her completely. But now, she thinks she doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

  Lin Ya pulled his hand and asked: "Are you thinking of Auntie?"

  The emperor did not speak.

  Lin Daiya took his hand in hers, paused for a moment, and said: "If Auntie knew that Uncle loved her so much and thought of her all the time, even if she were down below, she would be comforted." But if she knew that the Emperor was doting on a woman who looked like her just because he missed her, she'd probably feel deceived.

  Do you love her? Of course it's love. But the emperor knew that he felt more guilty towards her.

  That year, she was detained in the palace by Chen Hou. When he rescued her, she was on the verge of collapse, but she struggled to hold on until he returned. Although she was so weak, she still smiled at him and said: "Seventh Lang is back? This time you broke your promise, the flowers in the Wang Mansion have withered several times."

  She said to him again: "The queen mother is fine, you can rest assured. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep your third brother safe."

  When she died, she didn't want him to see her close her eyes, so she deceived him by telling him to go outside and pick a flower for her hairpin. By the time he came back with the flower, she couldn't bear to watch him pin it on her hair.

  His mother took his hand and said: "Treat this wife well, she deserves your good treatment."

  He has always wanted to be good to her, unfortunately, he seems to have never done it...

  That year, he went to the Lin family to propose a marriage. The Lin family did not want to get involved in the struggle for the throne and thought that he had no intention of becoming emperor, only wanting to be a peaceful prince, so they agreed to marry their daughter to him. However, he had an ulterior motive from the very beginning...

  She later learned about it, but she never really blamed him for his troubles and hardships.

  He owed her so much all along...

  Lin Xiao looked at him for a while, then reached out and hugged his body, as if comforting him.

  She knew that in the hearts of many people, Lin Xian was a sacred and noble person, and he must be the same in his heart.

  The emperor patted her back and slowly closed his eyes too.

  The two of them slept together for a night, and by morning they were both disheveled, their hair even more messy.

  The emperor was still okay, his sleeping posture was good, and although his hair and clothes were also disheveled, they could still be seen. It was Lin Daiyu who was a mess - as a woman, her hairstyle was originally complicated, and she had gone to bed without undoing it the night before. In the morning, her beautiful "xianglian" hairstyle was askew, with one strand of hair hanging down.

  The emperor burst out laughing with a "pu" sound, while Lin Xiao was somewhat embarrassed and at a loss.

  The emperor smiled and said: "You'd better tidy up your hair first. If the palace maids see you like this, it will damage your dignity as empress."

  Lin Yan glared at him discontentedly, her current state was all because of who. It was all Lin Xian's fault for talking to her all night yesterday, causing her to toss and turn with a lost mood, turning around in circles all night, and ending up like this.

  Lin Dai walked to the dressing table, untied her hair and casually coiled it into a bun. She then helped the emperor tidy up his hair before calling in the palace maids.

  After the two of them had washed and dressed, the emperor first had his breakfast, then went off to attend court.

  After getting on the imperial carriage, he suddenly remembered what Jiang said yesterday about wanting to see his family, so he let someone go in and tell Lin Daiyu.

  When Lin Xiang heard the emperor's people come and say: "Jiang Cairen said he wanted to see his family, His Majesty let the empress watch, if it is convenient, let Jiang's family in for a visit, if not, then forget it", she felt somewhat strange.

  The emperor was with her all night yesterday, why didn't he tell her himself?

  Afraid she'll get angry? Doesn't seem like it, she wouldn't be angry with him over something like this. The pregnant imperial concubine allowing her family to enter the palace for a visit was already a privilege, and there were precedents for this in the past.

  Lin Xiao thought about it over and over again, but in the end, she could only think that the Emperor had really forgotten, and didn't remember until they were leaving in the morning.

  Lin He didn't intend to deprive Jiang of this privilege, she just didn't mention it to the emperor. After a few days, she planned to summon people from Zhongshan Houfu to meet with her.

  As for who will come to the Zhongshan Hou Mansion, whether it is Madame Zhongshan herself or Jiang's mother, or Madame Zhongshan bringing Jiang's mother together, she doesn't care. Jiang herself must be hoping that her own mother can come.

  After finishing her breakfast, Lin Xuan called Mu Qing and said: "You personally go to the Zhongshan Hou Mansion, let them arrange for someone to enter the palace tomorrow to see Cai Ren."

  Mu Qing nodded and personally took the token and led the people out of the palace.