Chapter 291 Exposing the Secret

Xiao Qingyuan said impatiently, "Stop asking, go back to your Huo family!"

"If you don't tell me, I won't leave! I'll live in your yard from now on!"

"you!!"

Is Qingxi sick?

"You're the one who's sick! My sister is perfectly fine!"

"Then why did she suddenly faint last time? And you were terrified when she got angry this time. What illness does she have? Is she... nearing the end?"

"You're the one who's about to die! My sister is pregnant!"

"What?!"

Huo Yunzhou stopped in his tracks and grabbed Xiao Qingyuan: "Say that again?!"

Xiao Qingyuan realized he had let something slip and quickly shook his head: "I didn't say anything, you misheard! Go away, go away! I'm annoyed just looking at you!"

Huo Yunzhou was not about to leave; he followed Xiao Qingyuan back to his courtyard.

Xiao Qingyuan was exhausted, and in order to get Huo Yunzhou to leave quickly, he said, "Qingxi is indeed pregnant with your child, about three months along, but she won't let me tell you, saying that she's afraid you won't be willing to divorce her because of the child."

Huo Yunzhou was distraught, muttering, "Qingxi and I...we have a child...we have a child..."

Xiao Qingyuan yawned repeatedly: "Yes, you have a child, you're going to be a father. Now, can you leave?"

Huo Yunzhou's eyes reddened: "Qingxi actually kept such a big thing from me, she..."

Xiao Qingyuan, annoyed by his nagging, interrupted him: "I've already told you the biggest secret, but you absolutely mustn't tell Qingxi that I told you! I'm scared of her when she goes crazy. It's getting late, you should go!"

He pushed and pulled, forcibly pushing Huo Yunzhou, who was half a head taller than him, out the door, and then slammed the door shut.

Snowflakes fell on Huo Yunzhou's face, the icy touch jolting him out of his daze. He began frantically banging on the door: "Xiao Qingyuan, I'm not leaving! Open the door! I'll sleep here tonight! Open the door now!"

Xiao Qingyuan had just lain down on the bed when he heard Huo Yunzhou banging on the door so loudly it seemed like Huo Yunzhou could smash the door to pieces if he didn't open it!

He felt as if he were being tortured like a hawk; for two days and one night, he slept for less than an hour!

He wailed in agony, "Why won't any of them let me sleep?! What divine law have I broken?"

After howling for a while and realizing it was useless, Huo Yunzhou still refused to leave, and he almost broke the door with his fists!

He pulled the blanket over his head and gritted his teeth, saying, "Huayi, open the door for him, tell him to get in, and shut up! I want to sleep!"

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Shaoguang Academy.

Xiao Qingxi started bleeding again.

However, this time, Princess Ning was too ashamed to ask Shen Wantang to examine her, so she could only send someone to invite Imperial Physician Zhou overnight.

The old physician, Zhou, was woken up in the middle of the night and braved the wind and snow to come to the Prince's mansion.

After examining Xiao Qingxi's pulse, Physician Zhou said with a serious expression, "Didn't I tell the princess during the day to calm down and take care of the pregnancy, and not to get angry? Why did you get so angry again? Your pregnancy was originally very stable, but you have repeatedly disobeyed medical advice. If this continues, even a miracle won't save the baby."

Xiao Qingxi's eyes were red and she didn't speak, but her hand gently stroked her belly, clearly indicating that she wanted this child.

Physician Zhou sighed, said nothing more, prescribed a formula to prevent miscarriage, left behind his specially made pills, and then left.

Princess Ning hurriedly ordered someone to prepare the medicine. After the medicine was prepared, she personally fed it to her daughter. Only when she saw that her daughter's condition had stabilized did she breathe a sigh of relief.

"Xi'er, you can't do this again. Although you've been willful before, you've never made such baseless accusations and unreasonable demands. What's wrong with you now? Why are you suspecting your sister-in-law and Huo Yunzhou?"

Princess Ning looked worried, fearing that her daughter had a serious mental problem, which was why she lost control of her emotions.

Xiao Qingxi looked aggrieved: "Who told her to talk to Huo Yunzhou alone so late at night? Doesn't she know how to avoid suspicion? Huo Yunzhou is mine alone, and I don't like other women talking to him alone!"

"She's already being very discreet! The person you really need to care about is Lin Rouxin, not your sister-in-law, so why are you always targeting her?"

Princess Ning was utterly exhausted. She felt her daughter was wasting her energy: "Will targeting your sister-in-law help you and Huo Yunzhou? Not at all! If you want to solve the problem, you need to deal with Lin Rouxin!"

"I would never stoop so low as to seek out Lin Rouxin; she doesn't deserve it!"

"Is she unworthy, or are you avoiding the problem? Are you afraid that finding Lin Rouxin won't help, so you're hiding in the Prince's mansion, taking your anger out on your sister-in-law every day, treating her like Lin Rouxin and bullying her, is that it?"

Xiao Qingxi's face paled when her secret was exposed.

After a long while, she finally said, "Huo Yunzhou has always protected Lin Rouxin. He was afraid that I would hurt Lin Rouxin, so he refused to let me see her. Mother, I lost, I lost to a concubine! I am not reconciled, but I am powerless. I don't know what to do. I don't even dare to think about what Huo Yunzhou and Lin Rouxin do every day when I am not around."

"So you insulted your sister-in-law?"

Princess Ning thought her daughter was really brainless. She said angrily, "If you can't deal with Lin Rouxin, you'll deal with your own family. Isn't that just making your loved ones suffer and your enemies rejoice?"

Xiao Qingxi curled her lip: "What kind of family member is Shen Wantang!"

"In my eyes, she's family. To outsiders, she's also a member of the Ning Prince's Mansion, your relative! If Lin Rouxin knew what you'd done, she'd be laughing in her sleep!"

"She's not family at all, she's wicked! I heard from Huayi, the maid who serves my brother, that she slapped him and threatened him not to complain to you. She's a despicable and shameless scoundrel!"

Princess Ning was taken aback: "What did you say?"

"I said, Shen Wantang slapped my brother!"

That's not what I asked.

"ah?"

"You just said, who told you that Tang'er hit your brother?"

"Huayi, she's my brother's maid, the gentle and honest one."

Princess Ning frowned: "Why would a maid tell you all this? It sounds like she's spreading rumors. I used to think she was a sensible and well-behaved girl."

"Of course, she also disapproved of Shen Wantang's despicable behavior. She was on her brother's side, which is why she told me."

Xiao Qingxi felt that she had missed the point: "Why should Mother care about the maid spreading rumors? Shouldn't you be scolding Shen Wantang? She hit my brother! That's unforgivable!"

However, Princess Ning didn't care about this matter: "With Tang'er's strength, slapping your brother is like tickling him. He won't lose a piece of flesh. Besides, I know why your brother was beaten. He deserved that slap!"