In other words, Shen Ruochen kept running forward regardless of anyone calling her or chasing her from behind, until he reached the entrance of the palace and was stopped by the guards, and then he stopped.
"Let me out! I want to find a good doctor for my sister to save her life. Get out of the way!"
"No one can leave the palace without the Queen's decree!"
"My sister is a concubine, and she is going to die!" Shen Ruochen pushed the guard anxiously, "Let me go quickly, hurry up! You can't afford the delay!"
"My young master, if you ask for a doctor, there is an imperial doctor in the palace, please don't embarrass us!" The guard raised the saber in his hand and said to Shen Ruochen: "If you still don't leave, don't blame us for being rude!"
"The doctors in the palace are all useless! They can't save my sister! My sister..."
Before Shen Ruochen could finish speaking, the people who were chasing him had already run over, "Shen Changzai, please express your condolences! Let's go back, Concubine Chun and Mrs. Zhang are still waiting for you!"
"No! Leave me alone! I have to find a good doctor today, just my sister!" Shen Ruochen struggled and shouted desperately, but he couldn't stand the crowd and was dragged back.
Concubine Chun and Mrs. Zhang found out about Shen Ruochen through the eunuch's mouth. Concubine Chun cursed bitterly: "Are you willing to die? This trespassing is a serious crime. If I didn't kill you on the spot, it would be an advantage for you!" When the emperor comes back, please go and plead guilty yourself!"
Shen Ruochen shed tears and rubbed his neck: "I'm not afraid, it's just that the palace doctors are not good enough. I want to save my sister!"
"Your sister is dead! Touch it yourself, she's already cold!" Concubine Chun scolded angrily, "I'm telling you, don't make any more trouble, just stay here! You guys, watch she!"
After Concubine Chun finished speaking, she went out to make arrangements for the concubine's funeral. Mrs. Zhang was the only one in the room holding her newborn child, staring at Shen Ruochen.
"Come here," Zhang said expressionlessly, "kneel down!"
Shen Ruochen instinctively knelt on the ground.
Mrs. Zhang stared hard into Shen Ruochen's eyes, and Shen Ruochen couldn't help but said: "Madam..."
"Don't call me madam!" Ms. Zhang closed her eyes in despair and said, "Your sister is gone, you can call me mother from now on!"
"Ah?" Shen Ruochen knelt down without knowing why, with questions all over his face.
"Your sister is dead, so don't do useless things," Mrs. Zhang looked at Shen Ruochen and said, "Do you want to know what your sister said before she died?"
Shen Ruochen nodded hurriedly and asked sadly: "What did sister say?"
"Of course your sister is worried about this child!" Mrs. Zhang hugged the child tightly in her arms, "Everyone in this palace is at odds with each other. Without mother's care, this child may not be safe. You can’t even live for a hundred days. Your sister said before she died that she only believed in you and that she would entrust her child to you and ask you to help her raise her child.”
"Sister...sister, you believe in me so much?" Shen Ruochen had no confidence at all, "But I've never been a mother, and I can't do anything!"
"You can learn if you don't know. There are Guizhi beside you. As long as you want! Are you willing to put in the effort! You promise you won't harm him!" Mrs. Zhang looked directly at Shen Ruochen, "If you harm him, take credit from him. Then your sister won’t let you go even if she’s a ghost!”
"Of course I won't harm my nephew! But..."
"What? You don't want to?" Mrs. Zhang sneered, "Do you know how many childless people in the palace want to raise him! If you raise him, he will be rich and prosperous! With your status, if your sister hadn't been dying When the time comes, can it be your turn?"
"I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of my children."
"As long as you are willing, just tell me whether you will accept your sister's great trust!" Zhang said: "I'm afraid the emperor is already on his way and there is no time to waste time. Are you willing or unwilling to give him to someone else?"
"I...I do!" Shen Ruochen suddenly said.
"Why are you willing again?" Mrs. Zhang asked, "Do you know that raising children can benefit you?"
"No," Shen Ruochen shook his head, "I was thinking that we are still a family. Even if I don't do well, I won't wrong her. It's better than following an outsider! It's always better to live under someone else's roof... Follow my aunt."
"Then you swear now!" Mrs. Zhang suddenly said fiercely: "Say! Say that you will take good care of the little prince and treat him as your biological child. No matter what the future holds, you will take care of him wholeheartedly!"
"I will! I will!" Shen Ruochen knelt on the ground and cried loudly, as if at this moment, she truly accepted the reality that her sister was dead, and said sadly, word by word: "I swear, I must be good to my little nephew and treat him as my own child. As long as there is something for me to eat, there must be something for him!"
Shen Ruochen added, "When the emperor comes back, I will tell him that I will never sleep with him again and will focus on taking care of the children!"
"How can that be done?" Mrs. Zhang looked at Shen Ruochen, "If you don't have favor, will your child be bullied?"
"No!" Shen Ruochen said: "I'm afraid that if I have a child of my own, my heart will... It would be better than not having one!"
"Don't worry about this, you won't..." Ms. Zhang immediately changed the subject, "Don't worry, as long as you take good care of your little nephew wholeheartedly, I will help you later and remember you in my name. Next, the Shen family and the Zhang family will be your backers."
"But if you don't treat him well," Ms. Zhang sighed, becoming vicious and sharp, "you should know my methods! Don't think that I can't do anything about it when you are in the palace!"
"Madam, I won't!" Shen Ruochen said with firm eyes: "Sister trusts me so much. Just because my nephew lost his mother at such a young age, I will definitely raise him well! I won't let him If he is bullied, I will give him any good thing!"
Mrs. Zhang nodded and sighed in her heart. The whole palace can be entrusted to this girl. Fortunately, this girl has a straight character and is infertile. She should be able to take good care of this child, my daughter! Mom will be watching from outside, don’t worry!
Mrs. Zhang seemed to have suddenly become much older. She stood up tremblingly and walked to Shen Ruochen, "In front of your sister, pick up the child!"
Shen Ruochen subconsciously looked at Shen Ruoyi, who had lost her breath, and then at her little nephew who was still sleeping in his swaddling clothes. He gritted his teeth and held her in his arms, whispering: "Little nephew, from now on we have to live together." Live together and die together! Just follow your aunt."
"Stop saying the word "die"!" Mrs. Zhang suddenly raised her voice, which scared the child to tears. Mrs. Zhang held her head and sighed: "Cry, crying for your mother is your filial piety. You also Get up, go see your sister again, and when the child grows up, tell the child what his own mother looks like."
