There's only one possibility: the child in her womb is destined to die.

Chi Jingyu's expression was unpredictable. If it were before, he would have thought that Yun Que was trying to shirk responsibility and deliberately fabricating something out of thin air.

But the reborn him knew Shen Xiwei better than anyone else. She was gentle and beautiful, but also ruthless and full of lies.

She's the kind of person who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals.

Of course, he did not believe Yun Que's one-sided story, but instead found the doctor who had examined Shen Xiwei.

At first, the other party refused to admit it, but under his coercion, out of fear, they confessed everything in one go.

Shen Xiwei had been wearing a sachet containing musk for several days in advance. She couldn't possibly not know that musk is harmful to pregnant women. If she hadn't made up her mind, why would she knowingly do such a thing?

...

Chi Jingyu looked at the pale-faced woman in front of him, as if her lie had been exposed in her previous life. She rushed over in panic and grabbed his clothes: "Yulang, believe me, that's our child. How could I do such a thing?"

Her face was pale and she was crying so hard that it was hard to bear seeing her like a pear blossom in the rain.

"How could I bear to treat this child we've waited so long for? If Yun Que hadn't provoked me, I wouldn't have fallen in a fit of anger... And now you still believe her excuses and doubt me? Isn't that breaking my heart?"

Chi Jingyu stared at her for a moment, and seeing that her body was about to collapse, he finally lifted her chin, wiped away the tears on her face, and sighed, "Xiwei, how could I not believe you?"

His eyes flickered with an ambiguous meaning, "But I am the kind of person who cannot tolerate being deceived by others, so please don't try to deceive me."

A flicker of surprise crossed Shen Xiwei's eyes, but she quickly shook her head: "Why would I lie to you?"

Chi Jingyu slowly raised the corners of her lips: "That's good."

He raised his hand to wipe away her tears, his fingertips were icy cold, and Shen Xiwei instinctively wanted to tremble, but she pinched her palm to suppress the urge.

She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but a sense of unease settled in her heart.

——

In the dead of night, a slight noise startled the lark awake.

The door to the woodshed was pushed open, and she saw who it was, her eyes widening slightly: "It's you?"

Seeing her so badly injured, a hint of pity flashed in the man's eyes: "His Highness asked me to take you away."

They were all highly trained assassins. Hibari had the ability to resist, but she had to endure and live in this place.

A glimmer of light appeared in Yun Que's eyes: "Your Highness is safe and sound?"

The man nodded and stepped forward to help her: "Yun Que, come with me."

Unexpectedly, Hibari refused: "In that case, I cannot disappoint Your Highness. I have come this far with great difficulty. If I leave, it will be of no use. They will doubt me, and all my previous efforts will have been in vain."

The man looked surprised: "You want to learn Pingting too?"

Hibari chuckled softly, "If it can help Your Highness, then it's not impossible."

Chi Jingyu made a mistake in saying one thing: she is not a pawn.

His Highness never treated her as a pawn.

That's why she had the courage to sacrifice herself.