Chapter 240 Preemptive Strike
Pei Tingyue took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
Her mind quickly recalled her physical condition in recent days, and in fact, the changes were very small.
She slept a little more and ate a little less.
It was indeed very similar to the last time she was pregnant.
But if she hadn't thought about these symptoms carefully, she wouldn't have noticed them herself and would have thought they were just a problem of mental exhaustion.
So, the emperor noticed it?
But how can we be sure that she is pregnant?
As soon as this thought came to mind, Pei Tingyue immediately thought of what happened this morning—President Xia came to check on An Ping's pulse!
It turned out that at that time, he didn't come to take her pulse at all, but to test whether she was pregnant!
Pei Tingyue's eyes narrowed and he lowered his gaze to look.
So, there really is a little life in her belly.
But its father didn't want it.
Pei Tingyue tried to find a reason, but after thinking about it, only one idea stood up.
The emperor was scared.
The last time she had a difficult childbirth, it left a huge shadow on him, and he was afraid that she would fall into that situation again.
so…
He doesn't want this child...
The moment he thought it through, Pei Tingyue felt extremely complicated. He felt a little distressed, but more angry.
Although she hadn't figured out what to do with the child, this man had the audacity to decide the child's fate without even telling her.
Why?!
This practice is really infuriating.
Pei Tingyue was so angry that her teeth were itching and she wanted to beat him up to vent her anger.
The sound of returning footsteps became clearer and clearer. Pei Tingyue had to suppress her heavy thoughts for the time being. She had to think carefully about whether the child should stay or go and could not make a hasty decision.
So she started thinking about how to expose the abortion pills.
Yun Zheng cannot be exposed, so she has to find another way.
Pei Tingyue's eyes moved, and he decided to strike first.
Her expression turned cold and she looked at the person who came in silence.
Xie Chen approached with the candied fruit in hand: "I have it, but it's late at night, Tingyue can only eat two."
Pei Tingyue's expression remained cold.
Xie Chen looked at her expression, then at the medicine he hadn't touched that night. He paused for a moment before sitting down beside the couch as if nothing had happened and asked, "Why don't you drink it?"
Pei Tingyue didn't even need to pretend, anger was rising from her heart, "What is this?"
Xie Chen seemed not to understand.
Pei Tingyue asked word by word, "What exactly did the Emperor want me to drink?"
Xie Chen's throat rolled, and he felt a bitter taste in his mouth. "Isn't this a tranquilizer..."
"Bang!"
A crisp sound came from the ground, and the bowl of medicine was thrown down by Pei Tingyue.
The azure porcelain pieces were shattered into pieces, and the black medicine liquid was flowing on the gold bricks.
The hall was suddenly filled with the bitter smell of medicine.
Pei Tingyue stood up suddenly and took several steps back, her face filled with disbelief. "Your Majesty, how long are you going to continue deceiving me? Do you want me to summon the imperial physician to examine me?"
She staggered and nearly fell several times.
Xie Chen was afraid that she would fall, so he wanted to help her sit down, but she brushed him away.
Pei Tingyue's eyes were misty. "Your Majesty, tell me the truth. What exactly is this medicine? Is it an abortion drug?"
Xie Chen suddenly raised his eyes.
This moment is confusing.
"you…"
Pei Tingyue touched her belly and said sadly, "So, it really is an abortion pill?"
Xie Chen was shocked
He choked.
I can't say anything.
Pei Tingyue's tears fell like beads from a broken string. "Your Majesty, do you want to ask how I knew this? When my period was late, I already suspected it. These past few days, I've been sleeping too much and eating too little, so I've confirmed it."
In fact, she lied about her menstrual period. In the past three years, she had been under a lot of pressure in handling palace affairs, and her menstrual period was often delayed, which was no longer a surprise to her.
When the period was delayed this month, she just thought it would come a few days later like before, and didn't think about being pregnant.
However, the emperor didn't know what she was thinking, so bringing it up at this time was a good excuse.
Xie Chen's voice was hoarse as he looked at the pile of porcelain pieces and asked, "Then how did Tingyue realize that there was something wrong with this medicine?"
Pei Tingyue's brows flashed with extreme pain, tears streaming down her face. She said in a trembling voice, "Doctor Xia, and what the emperor said just now. But just now, I really believed it, and only realized something was wrong at the last moment. If I really drank it, this child would really be lost, and the emperor would really kill our child!"
Hearing this, Xie Chen's heart trembled with pain.
His face was distorted with pain.
"I…"
Pei Tingyue cried and questioned him: "Why?! Why would the emperor do this?! This is our child, our flesh and blood!"
Xie Chen endured the pain in his internal organs and stepped forward to grab her hand, "Tingyue, listen to my explanation..."
Pei Tingyue covered her ears: "What's there to explain? You just want to abort our child! You even want to keep me in the dark!"
Xie Chen shook his head: "I'm not..."
Pei Tingyue's eyes were red and swollen from crying. She said in a trembling voice, "How could you be so cruel..."
Xie Chen looked at her extremely disappointed expression and could no longer bear it.
He held her in his arms.
"Listen to the moon..."
Pei Tingyue struggled violently to get free.
Her movements were very intense, and Xie Chen was afraid of hurting her, so he let her go.
Pei Tingyue collapsed on the ground and cried for a long time before pointing to the palace door and saying, "Your Majesty, I don't want to see you now. Please return to the palace."
Xie Chen half-knelt beside her, pleading, "You can be angry with me however you want, but you must not keep this child."
“Bang!”
Pei Tingyue took action, his previous anger completely aroused.
Whether to stay or not was a decision made between the two of them, not a unilateral order.
She questioned, "Your Majesty, why can you alone decide the life or death of the child in my belly?"
The slap was hard, unlike the previous minor flirting.
Xie Chen's handsome face quickly showed the slap mark, but he didn't care. He continued to plead with red eyes,
"I really can't lose you..."
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