He Yue had mixed feelings about Ping Gu.

Heyue admired Pinggu's forbearance over the years. Her parents were killed by the Qing soldiers, and her heart was filled with hatred. She was determined to take revenge and did not hesitate to serve her enemies. She was pitiful.

However, what she did to Yuxiu's child and Heyue's child made her not only pitiful but also somewhat hateful.

There are many injustices in this world, and many people harbor hatred. However, because of their hatred, they harm innocent people and even kill unsuspecting infants. Pinggu herself had long lost her humanity in such hatred, becoming vicious and ugly.

Perhaps many families were harmed during this dynastic change, and many lost their parents, wives, children, brothers, and sisters, but not everyone deserved to die.

How is Ping Gu's behavior any different from that of the Qing soldiers who indiscriminately slaughtered innocent people? In the process of seeking revenge, she became one of the very people she hated most, which is undoubtedly tragic for her.

Thinking of this, He Yue suddenly lost the desire to continue watching. She grasped Thirteen's hand, looked away, and said in a faint voice, "Let's go back."

Thirteen asked in surprise, "What's wrong! Are you tired?"

"It's nothing, I just suddenly don't want to watch anymore."

Thirteen is right. What's so interesting about killing? How many innocent or not-so-innocent people have died in this world?

Heyue harbors hatred towards Pinggu, and she will not forgive Pinggu's actions out of sympathy, after all, Heyue lost her own flesh and blood.

But now that things have come to this point, what's the point of clinging to the pleasure of hatred and revenge?

In any case, Pinggu is destined to die, sooner or later, without a doubt. Heyue only needs to know this, and doesn't want to care about anything else.

Thirteen looked at her indifferent expression, asked nothing, nodded and said okay, and then helped Heyue downstairs.

Not far away, Heyue heard faint shouts and commotion coming from the other side. Knowing that the people who were supposed to come had arrived, she didn't turn around to look and went home with Shisan.

Back in the room, Heyue was a little tired and lay down on the tatami by the window, with Shisan holding her.

He Yue stroked her belly, a smile playing on her lips: "When I was pregnant with Hongchang and Tongxuan, it was quite a commotion, but this child is very quiet."

Thinking of Hongtun's stomping and jumping, it really doesn't connect with the baby in my belly. Could it be that this child will have a different personality from Hongtun?

In any case, as long as the child is healthy, Heyue is happy.

"If he dares to cause trouble for you, I'll teach him a lesson for you!" Thirteen still remembered how Heyue looked when she was pregnant, and he glared at Heyue's belly as if that would scare the baby away.

"Aren't you being childish?" He Yue rolled her eyes, secretly amused.

Even though she's so old, she sometimes acts like a child.

"I'm doing this to get revenge for you. When he grows up, I'll tell him that his mother suffered a lot when she was pregnant with him. If he dares to be unfilial to you, I'll break his legs!" Thirteen said seriously about how he would discipline his son in the future.

Heyue suddenly took a breath and gripped Thirteen's arm tightly.

Thirteen turned pale with fright: "What's wrong?"

Heyue glared at him: "How dare you say that? It's all your fault. You angered him and made him kick me."

Looks like another troublesome fellow. He seems to have understood what Thirteen said and is protesting.

Thirteen immediately blushed with guilt. Although he was angry that the child was so disobedient, he dared not say anything more. He snorted inwardly, thinking that he would definitely teach him a lesson later.

News came back in the afternoon that a group of masked men had stormed the execution ground, but failed. Many people were captured, Ping Gu was injured, and Li Shaoqiu escaped.

Gali sent men to search the entire city, and the people were so frightened that they hid at home and dared not go out.

Thirteen frowned, feeling that Gali was acting too recklessly, but he couldn't say much about it.

Three days later, Li Shaoqiu still hadn't shown up, and the matter had to be dropped.

Thirteen guessed that Li Shaoqiu might be hiding at Zhang Ren's house, so he went to visit Zhang Ren, but he couldn't find out anything. Zhang Ren also seemed very sad, showing no signs of anything unusual.

Finally, he also felt that this incident had been too much of a blow to Zhang Ren, and he was unwilling to doubt his friend any longer.

And that was the end of it.

Gali wrote a memorial and reported it to the imperial court. A month later, he received an imperial edict from the capital, ordering all the people to be escorted to the capital.

Before she knew it, Heyue's belly was already eight months big, and the due date was getting closer and closer, making it difficult for her to even move around.

Fortunately, because I was pregnant with twins last time, my belly was even bigger than it is now. I've been through the most difficult times, so this one is nothing.

One day, when she was nine months pregnant, Heyue was sitting in the room, resting her chin on her hand and looking at the scenery outside the window.

Although it is winter, the Jiangnan region is warm as spring, with lush green trees, unlike the Forbidden City where winter is characterized by heavy snowfall and the cold that makes people reluctant to go out.

Hailan massaged Heyue's legs.

Heyue grew impatient and wanted to go outside, so she asked Hailan to help her out.

As soon as her feet touched the ground, Heyue suddenly doubled over in pain, her face turning pale.

Hailan was the first to notice something was wrong and immediately called people in. Everyone hurriedly carried Heyue, who was in so much pain and sweating profusely, into the bed separated by a screen in the west side room. Some went to inform Marhan and Irgen Gioro, while others went to call Master Jin back.

The entire house was thrown into chaos.

Thirteen wasn't there when she gave birth last time. This time, Irgen Gioro had just arrived and was holding Heyue's hand, talking to her anxiously. The midwife was busy on the side, constantly telling Heyue to push harder.

Thirteen burst in amidst the gasps of the crowd, stepped forward and tightly grasped Heyue's hand, his face even paler than Heyue's, his heart pounding with panic.

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