I insist

Chapter 436: Going Home to Rest

"Your Majesty, I truly know nothing. Please believe me."

Liuli knelt on the ground, her face streaked with tears, and spoke to the Emperor.

The Emperor had run out of patience with Liuli. He didn't want to see her at all and simply waved his hand, ordering someone to take Liuli away.

Liuli wanted to say something more, but seeing the Emperor's expression, she shut her mouth, afraid that the Emperor would dislike her.

The Emperor rubbed his temples and said casually, "Has Song Miqiu been released? Let her come to see me."

The eunuch accepted the order and slowly withdrew.

After Wang Jianjun's incident, the Emperor realized Song Miqiu's value, so he released Song Miqiu.

However, he was still very upset about being poisoned, but no one could make a medicine with the same effects as hers.

He could only rely on Song Miqiu; it was a last resort.

Song Miqiu was at the Imperial Hospital at the time. When she saw the eunuch coming, she knew that the Emperor wanted to see her.

She followed the eunuch to the emperor's bedroom.

"Song Miqiu greets Your Majesty."

She no longer referred to herself as "your humble servant," after all, she was still a criminal.

The Emperor slowly opened his eyes and glanced at Song Miqiu.

"You should know that I released you from prison not because I trusted you. You still haven't given me an explanation about the slow-acting poison I was given."

“Your Majesty, your poisoning by a slow-acting poison has nothing to do with me.”

Song Miqiu knelt on the ground, glanced at the Emperor, and spoke in a calm and unhurried tone.

"If you say it has nothing to do with you, then you need to provide evidence. Where is your evidence? Where is the evidence to prove your innocence?"

The Emperor looked at Song Miqiu expressionlessly.

Song Miqiu remained silent, since there was indeed no evidence to prove his innocence.

"Since you can't prove yourself, then you should suspend your job and stay home."

The emperor thought it was a rather severe punishment, but he didn't expect that it was not serious at all for Song Miqiu.

Song Miqiu did not complain at all; instead, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the emperor.

He was expecting Song Miqiu to beg for mercy, but to his surprise, she accepted his punishment without saying a word.

This greatly displeased the emperor, who snorted coldly and dismissed her.

Song Miqiu happily returned home, where Qiu Tianlei and Tian Yumei were waiting outside with Qiu Xiaoshuang and Qiu Xiaobai.

Seeing that she had returned unharmed, Qiu Tianlei and Tian Yumei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mother, you're finally back. Have you been suffering?"

Qiu Tianlei went straight over and reached out to help Song Miqiu.

Song Miqiu said, "I'm fine. I'm back safe and sound. Is everything alright at home lately?"

"Everything's fine at home, Mother. Did something happen in the palace that made you stay there for so long?"

Qiu Tianlei helped Song Miqiu walk into the mansion and asked with great curiosity.

Song Miqiu glanced at Qiu Tianlei and knew that Yu Huailin had not told them about his affairs, so he did not say anything more.

Moreover, she firmly believed that the emperor would definitely invite her back.

This time at home is considered a holiday, and I can finally get some rest.

"Don't ask any more questions. There are some things you can't possibly know."

Song Miqiu said it casually.

After Qiu Tianlei helped Song Miqiu sit down, he shut his mouth and didn't ask any more questions.

Song Miqiu sat in a chair, looked at her grandchildren, and waved to them.

"Come here, let Grandma take a look."

Qiu Xiaoshuang and Qiu Xiaobai rushed into Song Miqiu's arms, their innocent little faces full of smiles.

Song Miqiu patted the two children's heads and smiled as she spoke to Qiu Tianlei and Tian Yumei.

"I'll be resting at home during this time, so I'll take care of these two kids myself. You two can do whatever you want."

Tian Yumei quickly said, "Mother, you finally have a break, so please rest well. These two children are too noisy; you won't be able to handle them."

"Alright, whatever your mother says goes. If your mother is willing to coax the child, why aren't you?"

Qiu Tianlei looked at Tian Yumei with displeasure and said coldly.

Tian Yumei quickly explained, "Mother, that's not what I meant, I just..."

"Alright, I know what you mean, and I haven't misunderstood. Okay, you two go do your things, and leave these two children to me."

Song Miqiu made the final decision directly, speaking very seriously.

Since that had already been said, Qiu Tianlei and Tian Yumei naturally couldn't refute Song Miqiu, so they went to do their own things.

Originally, Song Miqiu was quite willing to coax the child, but now the child is very naughty, and she feels back pain after a day, and feels even more sorry for her daughter-in-law and eldest son.

"It's really not an easy thing to coax a child."

Song Miqiu leaned back in her chair; coaxing the child was more tiring than working in the palace.

In the end, Song Miqiu had no choice but to have his men find a wet nurse so that things would be a little easier at home.

Just then, Yu Huailin returned and couldn't help but laugh when he saw Song Miqiu sprawled in the chair.

"Looks like you're not having an easy time at home either; it's even more tiring than when you were on duty at the palace."

Song Miqiu glanced at Yu Huailin, her voice weary, and said, "Taking care of a child is much more tiring than being on duty. Now I finally understand."

My son and daughter-in-law have had a tough time; this whole thing is exhausting.

Yu Huailin walked directly to Song Miqiu's side and sat down, looking at her with a half-smile in his eyes.

"Liuli was imprisoned without any punishment, which is not the Emperor's style."

Yu Huailin was very dissatisfied that the Emperor had not punished Liuli.

Everything pointed to Liuli, yet the Emperor didn't kill her outright.

The reason Song Miqiu wasn't killed was entirely because she was of use to the emperor, but Liuli was of no use whatsoever.

"Perhaps the Emperor took pity on her, which is why Liuli was only imprisoned."

Yu Huailin sneered: "Compassion might just be lust. After all, besides the bewitching concubine, the most beautiful woman in the palace is Liuli."

Upon hearing Yu Huailin's words, Song Miqiu opened her eyes and said with a half-smile.

"I didn't expect you to think so highly of Liuli. Why didn't you like her when she liked you?"

It was only then that Yu Huailin realized what she had said, but she wasn't flustered at all.

He slowly stood up, looked at Song Miqiu, and said, word by word, "Because I have someone I like, and this person is right in my eyes."

Song Miqiu looked into his eyes, and she was completely captivated, feeling as if she were the only person in them.

Just as the atmosphere between the two was quite ambiguous, Yu Huailin's subordinate suddenly spoke up from outside.

"Master, that old eunuch has arrived. He's here to see you. Would you like to see him?"