Chapter 246 Buried with Her
When I left the side hall, it was already dusk.
Xie Chen did not return to the main hall first, but went to take a bath first.
He leaned against the pool wall, closed his eyes and kept thinking about what Xiao Si said.
She cried very sadly and even called out her own name in her dream.
Xie Chen could already imagine that scene.
His chest felt like it was being pierced by dense iron needles, causing him excruciating pain.
After a long moment, Xie Chen murmured, "What should I do with you?"
He still didn't want the child.
Even if... it's a girl, the daughter he longs for.
But he has someone more important in his heart.
Xie Chen sighed deeply, got out of the bath, put on his nightgown, put on his ink-black cloak and went to the bedroom.
The hall was dimly lit with only one candle.
Xie Chen could tell something was wrong at a glance.
The bed was bulging, and the woman's head was tucked into it, clearly trying to cover up her mistake, as if this way he wouldn't be able to find her.
Xie Chen paused.
His lips moved slightly, but he couldn't say such cruel words as asking her to go.
He lowered his eyes and slowly walked to the couch.
Xie Chen took off his cloak, lifted the quilt, got in, and closed his eyes.
There was no movement under the quilt for a long time.
Just when Xie Chen thought she had fallen asleep inside, a pair of pale arms suddenly wrapped around her slender waist.
He could clearly feel that there was a soft and warm body behind him.
Pei Tingyue called him, "Your Majesty."
Xie Chen didn't open his eyes: "Shut up and go to bed."
Pei Tingyue didn't obey: "Thank you Chen."
She had never called him by his name like that in person. She had always called him "Your Majesty", even in bed.
So the first moment she called out his name, Xie Chen didn't think about those things, but for some reason felt that it was really nice when she called his name.
He didn't respond for a long time, and Pei Tingyue called him softly, "Husband~"
Xie Chen's heart suddenly moved.
In the dim light, he replied in a muffled voice, "Why don't you take a rest? What are you doing?"
Pei Tingyue put her arm around his waist and moved closer, saying aggrievedly, "My husband ignored me for the past few days, but tonight he finally responded to me. Please do me a favor and talk to me."
She spoke so pitifully that Xie Chen could not resist and asked hoarsely, "What did you say?"
Pei Tingyue said: "Husband, you don't have to say anything, just listen to me."
Xie Chen said “hmm”.
Pei Tingyue didn't get straight to the point. Instead, she said, "My husband's back is so hard and it hurts. It hurts a little."
Xie Chen could naturally see through her little tricks, sighed, resigned himself to his fate and turned around.
Pei Tingyue curled the corners of her lips, found a comfortable position in his arms, and placed his hand on her slender waist before slowly speaking, "I didn't lie to my husband."
Xie Chen was silent.
Pei Tingyue said:
"I promised my husband that I would stay with him for the rest of my life. Since I promised, don't worry, I won't go back on my word."
"I have indeed consulted the imperial physician, and the chances of this child having a difficult birth are very small. If something does happen, I promised my husband that I would put myself first and give up the child. Is this a good decision?"
She grabbed Xie Chen's hand, placed it on her lower abdomen, and continued in a trembling voice, "Husband, this is our Zhaoyang, are you really willing to give it up?"
After a long pause, Xie Chen said in a deep voice, "Go to sleep."
Pei Tingyue didn't continue.
It was enough to get to this point tonight. At least he no longer drove her away and was willing to listen to what she said.
It will get better in the future.
Take it one step at a time; if you are too impatient you won't accomplish anything great.
Pei Tingyue rubbed against his chest and said in a muffled voice, "My waist is so sore."
Xie Chen frowned slightly, but he couldn't bear to say anything to her. He just raised his arm and pressed her for a long time.
*
Pei Tingyue spent the next few days in Chengming Palace.
During the day, she would pester him, forcing him to touch her belly, or telling him some unwavering words, or she would call the imperial physician and deliberately loudly announce the news that Ping An had taken her pulse.
Do whatever it takes to make him feel safe.
Xie Chen resisted and avoided it at first, but in the end he was able to face it as usual.
Pei Tingyue breathed a sigh of relief.
After so many days, it seems to be working.
Now, she has to take the most important step.
She wants to retreat in order to advance!
Make him agree to keep the child completely.
That evening.
Pei Tingyue came back from bathing first, and asked Xia Yuanpan to boil a bowl of abortion medicine and put it on the small table in front of the couch.
She gathered her emotions and stared at the bowl of medicine in silence.
After a while, Xie Chen came in, took off his cloak, and saw the bowl of medicine.
Over the past few days, although the two have not returned to their previous sweet state, they are talking normally again.
Seeing the medicine, Xie Chen's gaze paused for a moment, and he asked solemnly, "What is this? Where do you feel unwell?"
Pei Tingyue shook his head silently.
Xie Chen noticed her abnormality and slowly approached her, "What kind of medicine is this..."
He smelled a familiar scent.
This is…
Xie Chen's pupils suddenly shrank, "Is this an abortion pill?"
"Yes." Pei Tingyue bit her lower lip, and her usually bright eyes were covered with a layer of mist.
"What are you trying to do?"
Pei Tingyue smiled bitterly twice, tears falling down, "I don't want this child anymore."
Xie Chen's brows were furrowed tightly.
You were so persistent in wanting it before, and now you have someone make abortion pills for you. What does this mean?
He soon understood.
Pei Tingyue gave a clear explanation, crying heartbrokenly, "These past few days, I've tried everything to appease the Emperor, but to no avail. Not only has the Emperor's choice remained unchanged, but because of this child, the Emperor has also alienated me. I've thought about this for a long time, and perhaps bringing this child into the world was truly a mistake."
By the end of her speech, she was sobbing.
She touched her belly with a trembling hand, "Zhaoyang, it is your father and mother who have wronged you. A hundred years from now, we will all go down there together to make amends to you."
After saying that, she picked up the bowl of medicine and placed it to her lips, pretending to drink it.
Xie Chen's eyes widened slightly, his whole body tense.
Finally, the medicine was dropped at the last moment.
“Bang!”
The bowl of medicine suddenly fell to the ground.
Pei Tingyue looked up in surprise: "Your Majesty, what are you doing..."
Xie Chen calmed down for a long time, as if he had made up his mind, and looked at her steadily, "Don't drink."
Pei Tingyue lowered her eyes and shed tears: "But you..."
Xie Chen closed his eyes: "No buts, I have decided to keep this child."
Pei Tingyue looked up in disbelief, "The Emperor is willing to keep her?"
Xie Chen compromised and said, "Yeah."
Pei Tingyue trembled her lips to confirm: "Isn't the emperor speaking in anger?"
"It wasn't something I said in anger." Xie Chen shook his head, afraid that she wouldn't believe him, and added, "A few days ago, I wasn't angry at Tingyue, but at myself."
Why hadn't he been more decisive back then? It would have been much easier to just drink the sterilization potion instead of causing this.
But it has happened, and we have to find a way to solve it.
He has been thinking a lot these days.
If the child was really aborted, Tingyue would probably be depressed for the rest of her life, and it would really hurt their relationship.
In that case, keep the child.
He will keep a close eye on this pregnancy and do his best.
If in the end, something really... happened to his Tingyue.
He also thought about the way forward.
If she died, he would be buried with her.
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