I insist

Chapter 356: The Custody of the Child

In his haste, the seventh prince blurted out...

"I'm injured, can you take a look at me?"

Song Miqiu turned to look at the Seventh Prince. How could he make up such an excuse? He was perfectly fine just now.

However, upon further reflection, the Seventh Prince's status in the palace was indeed not high, and the Emperor was indifferent and did not care much about any of the princes.

If we can estimate, the emperor doesn't want any of his sons to inherit his throne.

The emperor didn't even care about the princes or the lovely princesses, except for the second princess, whom he still had some affection for.

Furthermore, since the Seventh Prince had no birth mother, Song Miqiu couldn't bear to hurt him.

Although unwilling, I still agreed.

"Since you say you're injured, then come over here. After you've had your wound checked, hurry back to your palace."

Throughout the entire process, Song Miqiu maintained a very serious expression, without a single smile.

Nevertheless, the Seventh Prince was still happy to be able to spend more time with Song Miqiu.

The two then entered the room. Song Miqiu had assumed it was a lie told by the Seventh Prince and hadn't taken it to heart at all.

He asked absentmindedly, "Tell me, where are you hurt?"

It wasn't until the Seventh Prince rolled up his wrist that Song Miqiu realized the seriousness of the situation.

A long, deep wound was visible on the Seventh Prince's arm, and blood was still oozing out when it was opened.

Song Miqiu felt pain just looking at him, let alone the pampered Seventh Prince.

Unconsciously, she stepped forward and asked with great concern, "What happened to you? Why are you so badly injured? Why did you only come to the Imperial Hospital now?"

Song Miqiu kept talking nonstop.

The Seventh Prince, seeing her worried expression, replied dismissively.

"Haven't I been waiting for you to come back?"

Song Miqiu instantly felt extremely guilty. The first thing the Seventh Prince did when he saw her, despite being so badly injured, was to give her the medicinal herbs.

She was both angry and heartbroken, so she quickly grabbed the medicine box and applied medicine to the Seventh Prince.

"With injuries like this, which imperial physician in the Imperial Hospital couldn't treat you? Why did you have to wait for me to come back? You can't do this again next time."

The Seventh Prince stared at Song Miqiu in a daze without saying a word.

How he wished this moment could last forever.

While busy bandaging the Seventh Prince, Song Miqiu almost forgot to ask him what kind of injury caused it.

"Who would dare to injure you like this, a prince of your rank?"

Song Miqiu simply didn't understand, but she never expected the Seventh Prince to give such an answer.

"It is Consort Li."

"Consort Li?"

The Seventh Prince naturally had nothing to hide from Song Miqiu, and treated it as someone to listen to his grievances.

"Consort Li had no children, but she was deeply loved by the Emperor. I don't know what suddenly happened, but she told the Emperor that she wanted to adopt me as her son."

“But I still remember clearly what Consort Li did to me back then. That kind of person doesn’t deserve to be my mother.”

"And then?" Song Miqiu could naturally guess that, given the Seventh Prince's personality, he would not easily listen to others' opinions and change himself.

"Then Consort Li told the Emperor that I looked down on her. Of course I looked down on her, but now she is the Emperor's treasure and I am not."

Song Miqiu could roughly guess what would happen next, but she did not interrupt the Seventh Prince.

"Then the emperor, my father, said that I had committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. I disagreed and argued with him, so he wanted to punish me."

The scene still seemed vivid in his mind, and the Seventh Prince felt a pang of heartache at having been born in the palace.

"I was beaten for a concubine, and the Imperial Guards wanted to arrest me for refusing to obey them. That's how I got injured."

After saying that, he pretended to be nonchalant, hiding everything from his mind.

"If the Empress hadn't arrived in time, you wouldn't be seeing me now; you might be locked up in that cell."

By this time, Song Miqiu had finished bandaging the Seventh Prince.

Faced with such an emperor, Song Miqiu didn't know how to comfort the seventh prince. He opened his mouth but couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

The seventh prince's birth mother was a beauty, but it is believed that she died of a serious illness two years ago, and the emperor quickly forgot everything about the seventh prince because of this.

The seventh prince seemed to be thinking of his mother as well, his eyes reddening as he looked at Song Miqiu and choked up as he spoke.

"Haven't you always wondered why I'm so good to you? It's because you really look like my mother, especially your eyes."

Song Miqiu was shocked, but everyone in the palace had told her about it.

Fortunately, Song Miqiu finally understood the Seventh Prince's true feelings, and she was no longer so disgusted with him.

Just then, the system suddenly issued a warning that someone was stealing.

This is the first time the system has issued such an alert.

In front of the Seventh Prince, Song Miqiu pretended to be calm. She did not want the Seventh Prince to discover her true colors yet.

But right now, she doesn't know how to ask the Seventh Prince to leave.

Before Song Miqiu could deal with the theft, he caught a glimpse of a figure flashing past the window.

Given the urgency of the situation, Song Miqiu had no choice but to send the Seventh Prince away first.

"Seventh Prince, your injury is not serious now. You will recover fully after resting at home. Would you like to go back first? I have some things to attend to."

Seeing that Song Miqiu had said this, the Seventh Prince felt embarrassed to stay any longer.

He stood up and said, "Then this prince will take his leave now. I will come to visit you again another day when I have recovered."

Song Miqiu didn't care about anything else and pushed the Seventh Prince by the back, sending him outside the courtyard.

"Go back and take care of yourself. I won't see you off."

He immediately closed the door after saying that.

However, just as Song Miqiu was sending the Seventh Prince away, Consort Li had already received the news.

That's right, the dark figure that Song Miqiu spotted by the window was sent by Consort Li to monitor the Seventh Prince. Unexpectedly, it followed Song Miqiu here.

Consort Li gave a wicked laugh, her mind racing with calculations.

“I knew those two adulterers would definitely be hooking up. As long as I report this to the Emperor and add a little more embellishment, neither of you will be able to escape.”

After saying this, Consort Li couldn't wait to have her maidservant inform the Emperor.

Unexpectedly, he was stopped by his personal maid.

This little maid is incredibly vicious; she probably came up with most of the ideas for Consort Li.

"Your Majesty, you must not act rashly."

Upon hearing what the maid said, Consort Li immediately stopped what she was doing.

"What? Do you have a better idea?"

The little maid looked so vicious that she wished Song Miqiu would go to hell right now. I really don't know what grudge she has against the Seventh Prince.

"Your Majesty, you cannot completely defeat Song Miqiu by doing this."

Consort Li seemed not to have considered this.

Why do you say that?

"If Your Majesty tells the Emperor this, at most they will be confined for a few days."