Chapter 295

Su De pulled up a sneer at the corner of his lips, looked at her and said, "Ayao, you almost married Xu Junying, but it was a pity that you almost did it! As the saying goes, marriage is destined by heaven, you should thank me, I gave you Lu Huan, he has been with me for six years, I found him a wife, and even got him pregnant, this reward is big enough, right? You two should discuss who will go with whom!"

Su De stood up and walked away with her head held high. Lu Huan, dressed as a groom, was full of joy and bowed to the ground behind her: "Thank you, Princess! Lu Huan will never forget your kindness!"

Su De snorted, walked to the door and stopped, without turning his head, he said: "Song Jiulang, what can I do for you? Why don't you leave?"

Song Jiu, who had been standing by and watching the ceremony, hurried forward and helped Su De out of the room. He felt extremely regretful and miserable. If he had known this would happen, he would not bother to pay attention to Weiyuan Hou that night and would have taken A Yao first. Then, if he was sent out now, he would be the one who could leave the capital and the princess's mansion far away!

A Yao rushed to Concubine Zhen in panic and asked in a trembling voice, "Sister! My Lady! What's going on? Why am I being carried here to marry this man? Where is Brother Junying?"

Concubine Zhen sighed, dismissed the servants, helped her sister up, and told her the whole story. A Yao felt as if a thunderclap had exploded, and she almost fainted on the ground. Her eyes were dull, and she muttered to herself: "Impossible, impossible, he clearly slept on the same bed with me, and he woke up in my bed early in the morning..."

Concubine Zhen looked at Lu Huan, who lowered his head and said, "Ah...A Yao!"

"Shut up!"

Following a delicate rebuke, A Yao swung her palm and slapped Lu Huan on the face with a crisp sound: "Who are you? Do you think you can call my name?"

Five fingerprints suddenly appeared on Lu Huan's handsome and fair face. He covered his face and looked at A Yao with annoyance. Why couldn't he call her by her name? Even if he was a male favorite, he was under the princess' skirt and was extremely delicate. On weekdays, the servants in the princess's mansion had to look at his face to act. She was just a lady from an ordinary family. Why did she look down on him! Thanks to the princess. They had already been married, she was his wife, and she was pregnant with his child. If he didn't call her by her name, should he call her "Hey"?

Concubine Zhen gently rebuked, "Ayao, you can't do this! Lu Huan is your husband from now on!"

"Sister, why is this?"

Lu Huan put down his hand that was covering his face. He brushed his sleeves and said calmly, "Because I was the one who masturbated you that night and removed the seductive power in your body. The child in your belly is mine!"

Ah Yao grabbed her hair, tears dripping down her face: "Impossible, impossible...I saw Brother Junying!"

Lu Huan sneered, "Weiyuan Hou was held down by Guard Shan and Song Jiu with a quilt. Originally... originally, Song Jiu was supposed to serve him to remove the effects of the drug, but Song Jiu didn't dare. As a result, Guard Shan pressed his acupoints with force, and Song Jiu went out to find the antidote and fed him. When he fell asleep, I also served you well, put the two of you in bed, and then we withdrew - that's what happened!"

"Why? Do you have nothing to do? Why do you treat me like this? I will kill you!" A Yao cried wildly.

Zhen Huan lowered her eyes and said, "I didn't want to break your virginity. It's the same for marrying you today! I'm just an insignificant servant in the princess's mansion. The prince and princess can play with me however they want. How dare I go west when they tell me to go east? People like us dare not disobey orders!"

A Yao suddenly raised her head: "Empress Dowager! I'm going to find the Empress Dowager and ask her to make the decision for me! I don't want to marry him, no! The person I want to marry... is not him!"

Concubine Zhen hugged her sister, crying: "It's your fault for being so willful! You insisted on marrying Weiyuan Hou. Is he so good? Now it's like this, the Queen Mother is so angry about you that her heart aches, she doesn't want to see you anymore! Just give up and accept your fate, take Lu Huan and go home. Give birth to the child, live a good life with your husband, and support our parents. This is the right thing to do!"

"No! Don't do that, sister!"

"Ayao, be obedient!"

Concubine Zhen wiped away her tears and said with a stern face: "After this disaster, you should grow up. Remember in the future: Don't act recklessly and save some face for your parents! Sister is treated well by the emperor in the palace, and this is how she will live her life... Parents are old, and our family is safe and sound, isn't it good? If you make trouble again, the queen mother will be angry, the queen will be upset, and the emperor will be displeased. The princes and princesses who participated in this matter will be reprimanded by the emperor. How will they look at you? I'm afraid that in the end you will still suffer, and your family will be implicated! Listen to your sister's advice and go back!"

She looked at Lu Huan, her voice even colder: "You were supposed to be executed, but the princess was kindhearted and didn't want to kill you because you served her well. She allowed you to marry and leave, and severed ties with you, but I know all your details. You have many children in your family, and you are not missing one. Even if A Yao is a little willful, she is still your wife, and she has your child in her belly! You just need to take A Yao back to Shu, live in the General Fengguo Mansion, be filial to your parents, and have your father's military exploits to protect you, and me in the palace. You will be rich and free for the rest of your life, isn't it better than your situation in the princess's mansion? Just don't play tricks, otherwise, you know the consequences!"

Lu Huan showed an impatient expression on his face. When he met Concubine Zhen's stern gaze, he turned to look at A Yao who was crying on the chair, sighed, bowed and said, "Lu Huan will remember the Empress's instructions!"

Concubine Zhen took one last look at A Yao, and just like Su De, she left with her head held high without hesitation. The moment she crossed the threshold, A Yao called out "sister" heartbreakingly, which did not give her any pause.

Because of the stone powder, there was a small gap between Xu Junying and Meimei. Xu Junying waited for Meimei to answer his questions, but Meimei just hesitated and refused to speak directly. Xu Junying suspected that it was the five cans of black pills specially made by Zhang Jingyun. Meimei coaxed him to take them as stomach medicine. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. When he came back from the palace that day, he entered the study and closed the door and stayed silent inside. At dinner time, he did not take the initiative to come out, and the maids did not respond. Meimei knew what he was thinking and was a little annoyed. Is this reasonable? If a grown man has questions, just solve them. Why pretend to be arrogant! I was going to do the same as him and ignore each other, but looking at Heng'er who was sitting listlessly at the dinner table, I couldn't help but soften my heart. After so many bumps and bruises, the fake father and son became as affectionate as real father and son. The son likes and relies on this father, so the mother has to put down her attitude and coax the father to come for her son!

Then she walked to the door of the study and called softly, "Husband, please come out for dinner!"

Ignore? Once again, the voice is still gentle: "Junying, open the door!"

Still no movement, she raised her eyebrows and said tenderly: "Xu Junying——"

Before she could finish her sentence, someone inside responded: "The door is not bolted!"

No wonder! Why couldn't she push it open just now?

He pushed it again, and it really opened. Meimei stepped in, and she fell into a familiar warm embrace. Xu Junying held her. He closed the door, and the two leaned against the door, hugged each other tightly and kissed passionately, until Heng'er could no longer wait, ran over and knocked on the door, shouting, "Father! Mother!"

Xu Junying let go of Meimei. Meimei tilted her head and looked at him with a smile, and said softly, "Silly boy. You can't not eat even if you are angry with me. Isn't this just making things difficult for yourself?"

"I'm not angry, I just want to sit alone quietly for a while!"

Even if he was angry, he had already been defeated by her. From the moment she called her husband to eat softly, he wanted to run out quickly. He restrained himself and wanted to wait for her to call again. As he wished, she really called him. His heart was as sweet as honey, and he savored the taste of being cared for and loved by his wife. Until Meimei became impatient, he felt a little flustered in his heart and quickly got up and pulled the bolt.

Xu Junying kissed her hair and said with a smile: "How can I be angry with you? I have to be angry!"

Meimei touched his face and said with a smile, "Let's go eat. Heng'er is almost fainting from hunger waiting for you. I'll talk to you about that matter in the evening - please let me know first. Can you not be angry?"

Xu Junying nodded seriously: "I'm not angry, nor am I furious!"

She opened the door and picked up Heng'er. The family ate happily. She played with her son for a while and let Xia Lian take him away. Then Meimei asked Cui Xi to make tea, and then took Cui Lian, Cui Si and Cheng'er out. She closed the door, sat face to face with Xu Junying at the bedroom table, and told him the origin of stone ball powder.

Xu Junying was stunned and couldn't believe it: "When you first came here, I already had this medicine?"

"Maybe earlier, Ruyi's pregnancy reminded the first wife that you would have a son of your own, which would be bad for Heng'er. She took action against you at the same time as she removed the fetus in Ruyi's belly. She only regarded me as Heng'er's biological mother and didn't hesitate to tell me. Didn't you come to Qiuhuayuan to pay your respects every few days? She took advantage of the meal to add medicine powder to your food. The medicine was colorless and tasteless, and it was added in multiple times. You couldn't detect it no matter how careful you were. Moreover, she and Zheng Meiyu also ate at the same table, but at the next meal, the tea she gave you was not the same as theirs, so you were tricked. Fortunately, the wife fell ill later. If she had continued to eat like this, you would really have no son in this life."

Xu Junying stared at her, Meimei smiled: "Jingyun said that if the dosage was a little more, there would be no hope! I asked him to take your pulse. When he came to tell me about your pulse, I told him: Because you want to marry a concubine, I was jealous and afraid that you would mistreat Henger if your concubine gave birth to a son, so I gave you stone ball powder without letting you know. Jingyun blamed me for being too bold at the time and told me not to use medicine indiscriminately in the future. If I needed any medicine, I would go to Qiancaotang to find two old doctors, Bai and Duan, to ask for clarification. The five cans of black pills you took were to relieve the toxicity of the stone ball powder in your body. Junying, Jingyun is your good friend!"

"I know, thank you Jingyun!"

Xu Junying slowly reached out his hand, grabbed Meimei's small hand that was placed on the table, stared at her with deep pain in his eyes and asked, "You knew that the first wife had given me stone powder, but you didn't have me in your heart, refused to tell me, and wanted to leave wholeheartedly. If I hadn't forced you to stay at that time, would you have followed Jingyun and left without caring about my life or death?"

Meimei covered his hand with her other hand: "The eldest wife said that she had measured the dosage of the medicine. You will not have children in the next three or four years. Let me rest assured and let you marry a concubine. I wanted to leave the Xu Mansion very much at that time, but I didn't think about relying on any man. Jingyun helped me a lot, and I didn't dare to have any thoughts, because I haven't gotten rid of you yet... Although you are a man with a bit of tolerance, you may not be able to tolerate others giving you medicine. Telling you is not self-destruction? The eldest wife will die, and Heng'er will be implicated. This is what I don't want to see! So I decided not to say anything. Anyway, after three years, you will always have what you are supposed to have. The three years in the marriage agreement between you and me came from this!"()