The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 312 Fate is truly wondrous.

Su Chengmin's clenched teeth sent chills down Tong Huaqiong's spine.

Gu Taohua squeezed the pus out of Su Chengmin's leg, Tong Huaqiong carefully disinfected it with disinfectant, applied anti-inflammatory medicine, and then wrapped it with gauze.

After bandaging the wound, Tong Huaqiong said to Gu Jingzhe, "Help him up and give him his medicine."

Following Tong Huaqiong's instructions, Gu Jingzhe helped Su Chengmin up. Gu Taohua brought over a bowl of water, and Tong Huaqiong put the pill into Su Chengmin's mouth.

No matter what, Seo Seung-min refused to budge.

"You're not going to open your mouth, huh? I'll do it."

Gu Taohua spread her five fingers and pinched Su Chengmin's chin, forcibly prying open Su Chengmin's mouth. Tong Huaqiong took the opportunity to stuff the pill into his mouth.

Tong Huaqiong felt that Su Chengmin was conscious. Just now, she saw Su Chengmin trying to move his fingers, but he was unable to move them due to his wound.

Tong Huaqiong said, "Uncle Xiaolong, we saved you, so you have no choice but to trust us now. This pill can bring down your fever, so swallow it quickly. Otherwise, if your high fever doesn't go down, even a god can't save you."

Su Chengmin's eyes twitched slightly when he heard Xiaolong's name.

Tong Huaqiong took the opportunity to drink another half bowl of water, and Su Chengmin swallowed the pill.

Xiao Long, who had already woken up, watched with a nervous expression as Tong Huaqiong treated Su Chengmin's injuries.

Seeing Su Chengmin swallow the pill, Xiaolong held Su Chengmin's hand tightly with one hand and placed the other hand on Su Chengmin's forehead.

The soft little hands made Su Chengmin feel the presence of Xiaolong.

Su Chengmin's fingers twitched, and Tong Huaqiong knew he had taken his words to heart.

Tong Huaqiong touched Su Chengmin's burning forehead and said to Gu Taohua, "Taohua, go and soak a cold towel."

Gu Taohua went out and came back with a soaked cold towel in her hand. She then placed the cold towel on Su Chengmin's burning forehead.

Su Chengmin felt a cool sensation on his forehead, and his whole body felt much more comfortable.

Peach blossom?

The familiar girl is named Peach Blossom.

He remembered; it was the chubby girl from Peach Blossom Dessert.

Last time, he swindled her out of her money and two boxes of pastries.

Thinking of this, Su Chengmin's mind, which had been holding on tightly, relaxed.

He and Xiaolong are safe.

Gu Taohua asked in surprise, "Mother, he was just having convulsions, why is he suddenly not moving anymore? Could he be dead?"

Tong Huaqiong said, "It seems he won't die so easily."

Tong Huaqiong could tell that although the young man was unable to speak and his consciousness was blurred, he was trying his best to survive.

Once a person has the will to live, they will not die so easily.

"Jingzhe, keep an eye on him and give him some water every now and then. If he still has a high fever after four hours, give him medicine then," Tong Huaqiong instructed Gu Jingzhe, placing the fever-reducing medicine on the table.

Gu Jingzhe said, "I know."

Xiao Long grabbed Tong Huaqiong's hand and said, "Grandma Tong, my cousin won't die, right?"

The child's big, wet eyes stared at Tong Huaqiong, shining with a mixture of hope and fear.

Tong Huaqiong felt a surge of affection for Xiaolong, reached out and ruffled his hair, saying, "Your cousin will be fine by tomorrow morning."

Xiao Long smiled.

Tong Huaqiong said, "You came from Shengjing, right?"

Tong Huaqiong always felt that Xiaolong's accent was familiar.

When I got home, I saw the nearly completed new house of He Chao across the street and realized that when Hong Shi spoke in a hurry, she would sometimes reveal the same accent as Xiao Long.

The Hong family fled from Shengjing in their early years, so these two must have also come from Shengjing.

Xiao Long nodded, looking as if he trusted Tong Huaqiong.

Tong Huaqiong thought that there were many aristocratic families in Shengjing, and that all kinds of civil and military officials and imperial relatives were gathered in Shengjing.

These aristocratic families, once glorious, were nothing but dust, chased away like stray dogs when they fell on hard times. Tong Huaqiong had reason to suspect that the two, one older and one younger, were scions of some such family. In families like this, the rise and fall of one family were intertwined, and this uncle and nephew were survivors who had managed to escape the calamities suffered by several major families.

Taking the opportunity, Gu Taohua asked, "What's your cousin's name?"

After spending the last few hours with the Gu family, Xiaolong had already considered Tong Huaqiong and the others as his own people, so he told Gu Taohua that his cousin's name was Su Chengmin.

Gu Taohua said to Su Chengmin, who was burning up and almost unconscious, "Su Chengmin, you can't die! You still owe me money."

Su Chengmin.

Tong Huaqiong searched her mind for memories of Tong Dajiao's past life.

They discovered that Su Chengmin was not a person in their memories at all.

Xiao Long didn't have it either.

Xiao Long was found by Man'er in the cave after hearing crying. So, does he have some connection with Man'er in her past life?

Tong Huaqiong always believed that fate wouldn't bring these two people together out of nowhere.

Tong Huaqiong remained lying in bed, still searching for Tong Dajiao's memories.

It was only after searching through her memories that Tong Dajiao learned of Man'er's whereabouts again, having followed Gu Jingzhe, who had passed the imperial examination and become a high-ranking official, to the capital.

The incident stemmed from a heated debate in the court caused by the emperor's recent ascension to the throne and his decision to appoint an empress.

The young emperor wanted to make a commoner girl he had met among the common people his empress. The ministers strongly opposed it, arguing that the girl's lowly background, her past as a child bride, and her experience in brothels would damage the royal family's reputation.

Gu Jingzhe originally sided with the young emperor, but changed her mind when she learned that the emperor was determined to appoint someone as empress, thus becoming a staunch opponent of the appointment.

The girl who was to be made empress by the emperor was actually Man'er.

In the end, the young emperor compromised, making the girl from a noble family his empress and Man'er a concubine.

From then on, all the ministers who opposed making Man'er empress became thorns in the emperor's side, especially Gu Jingzhe, whose stance was not firm.

Man'er, his childhood sweetheart, was forced to become a concubine. In order to fight against his ministers, the emperor not only cultivated his own new power and eliminated the old ministers' forces one by one, but also doted on Man'er like crazy.

He appointed Man'er's son as Crown Prince, gave Man'er power exceeding that of a Noble Consort, and turned the Empress into a mere figurehead, relentlessly suppressing the Empress's family.

When the Gu family's property was confiscated, the Empress, implicated in the affair, requested to be deposed. The Emperor did not hesitate for a moment and issued a new edict appointing her as Empress.

When Tong Dajiao heard that Man'er had become Empress, she died with her eyes wide open in disbelief.

Tong Huaqiong broke out in a cold sweat.

In other words, this child named Xiaolong might actually be of royal blood.

He met Man'er when he was wandering among the common people in his previous life, and he is still entangled with Man'er when he is wandering among the common people in this life.

Tong Huaqiong doesn't even need to experience this storyline herself.

Fate is truly wondrous.

Tong Huaqiong was worried that Xiaolong's existence might bring misfortune to her and the group of bad bamboo.

After all, in the story of the previous life, Man'er was the protagonist, and the supporting characters like Tong Dajiao were destined to be cannon fodder.

In their past lives, Tong Dajiao and others deserved to be punished and executed.

What did Tong Huaqiong do wrong in her life to deserve the charge of harboring a wanted criminal?

If this child named Xiaolong is the little emperor who inherited the throne in his previous life, then how did he end up in the common people's world?
Tong Huaqiong searched through Tong Dajiao's mind.

In her previous life, Tong Dajiao was just a peasant woman. Although she was literate, she was confused about many things.

All she knew was that the young emperor who ascended the throne was the son of the deposed crown prince.

When the crown prince was executed for treason, his son fled to the common people. Many years later, he was summoned back by the old emperor to inherit the throne.

As for how the deposed crown prince's son ascended the throne, and where the emperor's other sons went, Tong Dajiao had absolutely no recollection of it.

Since arriving here, Tong Huaqiong has never inquired about who the emperor and crown prince of this era were.

After all, these things are too far removed from her. It is estimated that unless the emperor dies and the entire country is in mourning, with even the most remote and insignificant people being notified to observe mourning, Qinghewan will never receive any news about the emperor.

Tong Huaqiong never expected that she might be related to the royal bloodline.