"Yes... yes." Yue Lingyin felt inexplicably guilty.

Shen Qingchen said in a trembling voice: "Whose is it? The emperor's... or mine?"

Damn! Wei Jin was numb. He thought he was the second one, but he didn't expect there was another one before him. This is intolerable. He wanted to tear Shen Qingchen into pieces!

But what was his position? The Emperor had already decided to send the Four Directions Sword to him at the General's Mansion. He had no reason to even bother with Yue Lingyin.

At this moment, Wei Jinzhi was like a deflated ball, lying listlessly on the ground, without a trace of energy.

Yue Lingyin met Shen Qingchen's expectant gaze and pursed her lips, "I don't know whose child it is."

“It doesn’t matter.” Shen Qingchen said: “Not knowing means that the child may be mine. Instead of giving it to someone else, you might as well give it to me and I will be his father.”

"Why?"

Shen Qingchen said: "The royal bloodline cannot be confused. I heard that newborn babies look similar and it is difficult to tell whose they are. But you can deceive them for a while, but not forever. The appearance of the child will be different when he grows up. I don't mind raising a prince, but the emperor will definitely mind raising my child. He may even suspect that I have the intention of usurping the throne."

Yue Lingyin thought what she said made sense, "Then..."

"Someone is coming." Shen Qingchen looked at the gate of the courtyard vigilantly.

Yue Lingyin quickly pulled him into the room and said, "Find a place to hide, maybe in the closet or behind the bed. Make sure no one finds you."

Wei Jinzhi had a bad feeling. Yue Lingyin thought there were many places to hide people, but they were too big to be hidden in those places.

Sure enough, Shen Qingchen walked around the room and his eyes fell on under the bed. Having had experience of hiding with Yue Lingyin before, he did not hesitate and slid under the bed quickly.

After noticing someone, he almost kicked the bed away. It was Wei Jinzhi who held him down: "Don't scream, it's me."

The two of them stared at each other, then looked away together.

Yue Lingyin was stunned. The room was so big, how could two people hide in one place?

Just then the door opened, and Yue Lingyin turned around without caring about anything else.

Dong Lizheng walked in tiredly in casual clothes. As soon as he arrived, he picked up Yue Lingyin, let her legs wrap around his waist, and held her perky B-butt.

Yue Lingyin stopped his shaking: "Don't, I'm pregnant."

Dong Lizheng carried her to the bed with regret: "I have been busy today and stayed up late. Shengjing is very lively at night. Have you gone out to see it?"

Yue Lingyin shook her head.

"Do you want to go out and see?" Dong Lizheng asked. "The centennial of the National Day only happens once in a lifetime. If we go out now, we can even see the last round of fireworks in Shengjing."

Yue Lingyin glanced under the bed and readily agreed, "Okay, it's a once-in-a-century festival, let's get out quickly."

Dong Lizheng took Yue Lingyin out of the house.

Shen Qingchen crawled out from under the bed and dusted herself off gracefully.

Wei Jinzhi followed closely behind, mocking him, "Since when has Prime Minister Chen, who is known as a modest gentleman, become so secretive? This truly opens my eyes."

"Isn't it the same for the brilliant and illustrious General Fuguo?" Shen Qingchen retorted, "You also heard that Lingyin is pregnant with my child. You'd better give up your thoughts about her as soon as possible."

"How do you know the child is yours and not mine?" Wei Jinzhi refused to give in. "Why do you think I've been searching Shengjing for her? Of course, it's because we've had physical contact."

Shen Qingchen was so angry that she punched Wei Jinzhi in the face without caring about etiquette.

Wei Jinzhi fought back, and the two of them moved back and forth in the room, but they both tacitly agreed not to destroy the furnishings in the room.

"What's that sound?" There was a noise outside the house. The two of them tacitly crawled under the bed again, exchanged a few moves under the bed, and grabbed each other's necks.

The door was opened and the guard looked around but found nothing unusual.

"Maybe I heard it wrong."

Then they closed the door and went out again.

Shen Qingchen and Wei Jinzhi's faces flushed red, and they let go of their hands tacitly.

History repeated itself as Shen Qingchen crawled out from under the bed and dusted herself off gracefully. Wei Jinzhi followed closely behind, his fists clenched, ready to fight to the death.

Shen Qingchen's eyebrows jumped. Wei Jinzhi was a general after all. If the room hadn't restricted him, he would not be his opponent.

"Stop fighting. Don't you want to know where Dong Lizheng took Lingyin?"

Shen Qingchen's words successfully stopped Wei Jinzhi's offensive.

That's right, they were fighting here, but Dong Lizheng took Yue Lingyin to watch the fireworks. Why? There were so many fireworks in Shengjing, where was he supposed to find them?

He asked Shen Qingchen: “Where do you think they will go?”

Chen Qingchen was confident: "Based on my understanding of the emperor, he will most likely take Lingyin to Changming Lake."

Changming Lake is the largest lake in Shengjing. Two of its four banks are fireworks spots, which is indeed a good place to watch fireworks.

After hearing this, Wei Jinzhi wanted to go outside. Why should they be able to live alone? He wanted to follow them.

"Wait." Shen Qingchen said: "Actually, we can cooperate."

Wei Jinzhi paused and asked with interest, "How do we cooperate?"

"It's simple. We take Lingyin away and prevent the emperor from finding her."

Wei Jinzhi hesitated for once, his conscience aroused. "Shouldn't we ask Lingyin's opinion?"

Shen Qingchen glanced at him and said, "Believe me, Lingyin doesn't want to stay in the palace. If it weren't for the coincidence that the emperor came, she would have been able to leave with me."

Wei Jinzhi: "You also said that she wanted to go with you. What benefits does it bring to this general to cooperate with you?"

Shen Qingchen: "Are you willing to take a gamble? If the child in Lingyin's belly is not Benxiang's, Benxiang is willing to withdraw."

Wei Jinzhi was skeptical: "Are you willing to give it up?"

Shen Qingchen smiled bitterly: "What if you are reluctant, or are you willing to withdraw and give Lingyin and the child to Benxiang?"

"Impossible!" Wei Jinzhi said, "Let's gamble. As long as there's even a sliver of hope, this general won't give up."

"Well, unless Lingyin explicitly says she doesn't want to be with us, or clearly states who she wants to be with, whoever has the child will have to withdraw."

Wei Jinzhi asked: "What if it belongs to the emperor?" In fact, this is the most likely possibility.

Shen Qingchen curled her lips: "Lingyin doesn't like being trapped in the palace. She likes to travel the world. She won't choose to be with the emperor."

Wei Jinzhi paused. Does this mean he is the most suitable one?

Shen Xiang is a powerful person and will not give up his position easily. Not to mention Dong Li Zheng. He is the emperor and cannot roam the world without any restraint.

Only he, now that the war was almost over, would have plenty of time to spend with her.

Thinking of this, Wei Jinzhi felt happy: "Then it's a deal."

The two of them made an agreement and were no longer hostile to each other, becoming more like brothers in distress.

The two carefully avoided the guards and walked out of the mansion towards Changming Lake.

They walked quickly, and when they arrived at Changming Lake, Dong Lizheng was helping Yue Lingyin get off the carriage.