Chapter 588: Leaving the Father and Keeping the Son
Zhao Shen looked at her stunned expression and couldn't help but lean over and kiss her lips.
"Don't think too much. We live our own lives. Whether we have children or not is none of other people's business."
Ji Yunshu: "Your father must have some connection, right?"
Speaking of which, Lord Zhao only has one son, Zhao Shen. He waited so long for him to get married. Would he not care about his offspring?
Zhao Shen scoffed, "My father's situation is easier to explain. I still have the poison in my body. Who knows if it will affect the child? What if he becomes like me?"
Ji Yunshu had just forgotten about this, but when he thought about it carefully, it was true. The poison in Zhao Shen's body was brought from his mother's womb.
He who is poisoned by the Gu may indeed affect the next generation.
She slapped her forehead and said, "I didn't even think of asking the doctor if the poison in your body would affect the baby."
It’s not her fault, after all, she had never thought about having children before.
Zhao Shen grabbed her hand and played with it. "I've asked, but the doctor can't say for sure. After all, this poison is rare. Not many people who have been poisoned like me can live to get married and have children."
Ji Yunshu couldn't help but feel scared: "Fortunately, we didn't want to have a child before. In this case, let's wait until the poison in your body is resolved."
Zhao Shen nodded and said nothing more.
Ji Yunshu fell into deep thought. Logically, she should get pregnant before Zhao Shen was detoxified. Otherwise, if the poison in his body could not be detoxified, wouldn't she not even be able to leave behind a child?
But Ji Yunshu didn't want to take that risk. If a child was born with a poison in his body like Zhao Shen, it meant that he would have to suffer much more than others.
Zhao Shen seemed to know what she was struggling with. He rubbed her head and said, "Don't think too much. There will always be a way to solve it."
He couldn't imagine how Ji Yunshu and his widowed mother would survive if he really died.
If that day was destined to come, he hoped they would not have children so that she could be at ease.
Ji Yunshu didn't know what he was thinking. She held his hand and said, "Next, we have to find a way to get the antidote from Prince Yong. You will definitely get better."
Zhao Shen nodded: "I'll do as you say."
But they seem destined to have bad luck in the new year.
As soon as the Lunar New Year started, Ji Yunshu received a report from the steward that there was a fire in the military camp last night and the food and grass were burned. Ji Changlin and Ji Yunlan went to the military camp overnight.
Ji Yunshu was stunned when he received the news: "How much food and grass was burned?"
The steward said, "The general personally arranged for someone to guard the place last night. They discovered the fire right after it started, so the damage shouldn't be too great. Miss, don't worry."
Ji Yunshu nodded to show that he understood.
The steward quickly retreated.
He didn't want to report this kind of thing on the morning of New Year's Day, but the general and the major general had both gone to the barracks, and the young lady would definitely ask about it, so he couldn't keep it a secret.
After hearing that there was no loss, Ji Yunshu calmed down a bit.
Zhao Shen also analyzed the situation with her: "The people watching Lin Huixue said there was no movement from his side, so it really has nothing to do with him. That means Prince Yong secretly sent someone else, perhaps someone from Mobei."
"Mobei people?"
This was something Ji Yunshu had not expected.
The servants set out breakfast. Zhao Shen sipped his porridge while saying, "The biggest problem with the people of Mobei is their disunity. While Wujina's heart is in her, she shouldn't dare harbor other thoughts. But Mobei isn't at the end of its rope after all. There are many who share Helian Ye's sentiments and simply don't want to negotiate."
Ji Yunshu sighed: "My father wouldn't be on guard against this, right?"
After fighting for so many years, Ji Changlin should be very clear about how capable the people of Mobei are.
Zhao Shen said, "General Ji is also a human being. Although he understands the people of Mobei, there are many fools in this world who lose their own weight after being fooled a few times. How can he predict everything?"
Ji Yunshu felt that his direction was too obvious: "So it's Prince Yong's Mansion that's behind this?"
"Well, don't worry about that. I've made some gains these days, and I might be able to close the net when the time is right. After this, there will be no more remnants of Prince Yong's Mansion in the north."
When Ji Yunshu heard this, he knew he was going to take action.
This time the commotion should be quite big: "What do you need me to do?"
Zhao Shen paused and said, "Just keep an eye on Lin Huixue. He hasn't been abandoned yet, so he must have some outstanding qualities."
Ji Yunshu felt that Lin Huixue's outstanding feature might be her thick skin.
Because it was the second day of the Lunar New Year, he came to visit Cen Xi as her fiancé and came with Cen Xi to wish her a happy new year.
The first time Ji Yunshu saw Cen Xi, he noticed her changes.
She looked fine, with a rosy complexion and a natural and generous expression: "Originally I didn't plan to come, but Lin Huixue said that you don't have any relatives here, so you should come."
Ji Yunshu complained, "Have you forgotten me now that you have a man?"
Cen Xi didn't expect her to bring this up, so he explained earnestly, "Lin Huixue is too wary. He still can't trust me. This is a very troublesome matter."
Since Lin Huixue doesn't trust her, she won't reveal anything important to her, so there's no point for her to stay with Lin Huixue.
Ji Yunshu was puzzled: "So you traded your innocence for his trust? Is it worth it?"
Cen Xi lazily lay on the table and ate melon seeds. "Whether it's worth it depends on how you calculate it. I'm the head of the Cen family now, and I can't do without an heir. So there's only one way to go in the future, and that's to find a son-in-law like my mother, but I don't want to meet a man like my father again."
Ji Yunshu didn't know why Lin Huixue was better than her father?
Seeing her puzzled expression, Cen Xi explained, "I think Lin Huixue is incredibly talented, knowledgeable, and smart. He's incomparable to your Zhao Shen, and he's rare among ordinary people. If I have a child with him, he shouldn't be too stupid. With a child, my life's most important issue will be resolved."
Ji Yunshu was stunned. She never expected that Cen Xi would go directly for the child.
"Are you trying to get rid of the father and keep the son?"
"Go away with the father and keep the son?"
Cen Xi was amused by her novel statement, and after thinking about it, he realized that it was indeed the case.
She smiled and said, "Isn't it? And since I don't have to go there myself, the chances of him getting away alive this time are slim, right?"
Ji Yunshu: “…”
It was in vain that she worried half the night before, fearing that Cen Xi was really in love with Lin Huixue and was taking advantage of his drunkenness to do something.
She swallowed and said, "You really don't have any feelings for him?"
The two have been entangled for half a year.
Cen Xi suppressed his smile. "I grew up watching my father's face. Do you think I would still have any hope in a man? Lin Huixue is not a good person. What he did could get him killed at any time. How stupid am I to have feelings for him?"
What do you mean by brainless? She is so smart. There are probably few women in this world who dare to think and act as boldly as she does.
Ji Yunshu felt that her thinking was a thousand years ahead of the world.
Zhao Shen was right, she underestimated Cen Xi.
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