When Su Xuerong saw her adorable appearance, she suddenly remembered how she was arranged to marry a foreign ruler when she was just fifteen years old in her previous life. She felt heartbroken and hurriedly stepped forward to hug her, bursting into tears.
Seeing that her daughter was behaving strangely today, Zhou asked in surprise, "Was she really haunted by a nightmare during her afternoon nap?"
Su Xuerong wiped away her tears and smiled at her, "I'm fine!"
Now that she has been given a second chance at life, she will definitely not repeat the same mistake and watch helplessly as her daughter is sent away to be married off and dies tragically.
Around noon, the Cheng family sent someone to inform them that the person was about to arrive.
When Xiao Shiyan stayed in Suzhou as Cheng's nephew, he specifically rented a separate house.
After their marriage, Xiao Shiyan often went out under the pretext of doing business, so he asked Su Xuerong to have her family members come and keep her company.
Su Xuerong changed her clothes and played with Yuan'er in the yard for a while before hearing a noise outside the door.
A group of fully armed soldiers escorted a handsome, tall man as he entered.
Su Xuerong's heart trembled slightly when she saw this man with whom she had shared more than ten years of married life, yet acted like a stranger. She then carried Yuan'er and went to greet him.
"Husband, you're back?" Su Xuerong feigned surprise and worry as she looked at the group of soldiers. "Who...who are they?"
Zhou and the servants in the house were quite frightened by the scene before them. How could she not put on a show?
Xiao Shiyan looked at his wife, whom he hadn't seen for more than five months.
The last time I came back to see her, she was still in her postpartum period, but now she has clearly recovered.
She wore a pale yellow short shirt and a yellow silk skirt with silver embroidery. Her waist, which had just given birth, had already recovered to its original shape, slender and delicate as a willow.
Her jet-black hair, as fine as the finest black silk, was styled into a cloud-like bun, adorned with a golden phoenix hairpin, which further accentuated her skin's smooth and delicate texture, making her exquisitely beautiful.
Looking at his beautiful wife, Xiao Shiyan couldn't help but swallow hard, but suddenly noticed a strange and complicated look in her eyes.
There was a sense of wariness and tension in them.
Xiao Shiyan assumed it was just her unusual emotion at not seeing him for so long, chuckled, and took her hand, saying, "Don't be afraid, these are the ones who escorted me back... We'll talk in detail when we go inside."
After saying this, he greeted Zhou Shi and then went to the inner room to change his clothes.
Knowing what was about to happen, Su Xuerong had Zhou Shi take Xiuchun and Yuan'er to a side room to quietly wait for Xiao Shiyan's arrival.
Half an hour later, Xiao Shiyan came out dressed in a light blue casual outfit.
His appearance at this moment was extremely unfamiliar and distant to Su Xuerong.
In her previous life, after a few more days, she would never see him appear before her in his everyday clothes again.
More often than not, she saw Xiao Shiyan dressed in the robes of a crown prince, and the person beside him would no longer be her.
"Xue Rong, I have something to tell you..."
He sat down next to Su Xuerong and gave her a brief account of what had happened.
"...In the past, to protect me, my father allowed me to remain here under the false identity of a member's nephew..."
Although Su Xuerong already knew about this, she couldn't pretend to be indifferent and tried her best to appear surprised.
Seeing his wife's frightened expression, Xiao Shiyan chuckled and said, "Now that the world is at peace and Father Emperor is about to ascend the throne, we must immediately head to the capital to attend his coronation ceremony..."
Su Xuerong suddenly interrupted him timidly: "Husband, should I go too?"
"Of course!" Xiao Shiyan said, looking at his beautiful wife. He couldn't help but reach out and gently stroke her delicate cheek. "You are my first wife, so naturally you should come along."
Su Xuerong instinctively turned her face to the side.
Xiao Shiyan's eyes darkened instantly.
"My husband is now the Crown Prince of the country, so am I the Crown Princess?" Su Xue Rong asked innocently, pretending not to see his dark face.
Xiao Shiyan's face immediately stiffened.
Seeing this, Su Xuerong sneered inwardly.
The Crown Princess had already been chosen; she was Xu Wanjing, the eldest daughter of Chief Minister Xu, who had helped Prince Ruyang conquer the country and had rendered meritorious service in supporting the emperor.
In her previous life, three days after she followed Xiao Shiyan to the capital, on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, he announced the wedding date of Crown Prince Xiao Shiyan and Crown Princess Xu Wanjing, which was set for Yuan'er's first birthday!
At the time, Su Xuerong thought that the ministers of the Imperial Observatory did not know that Yuan'er was a year old, but she later learned that it was all arranged by the Xu family.
The date of Xu Wanjing's marriage into the Eastern Palace was deliberately arranged to coincide with Yuan'er's first birthday, with the aim of letting Su Xuerong see clearly who the true mistress of the Eastern Palace was.
On that day, Su Xuerong was forbidden from attending the Crown Prince's wedding and could only be confined to a small courtyard in the East Palace, where Yuan'er had a cold and lonely first birthday.
Looking at the expectation in Su Xuerong's eyes, Xiao Shiyan felt a little guilty and said, "The position of Crown Princess has always been reserved for the daughters of high-ranking officials... Xuerong, don't worry, you are Yuan'er's birth mother after all, I will give you the position of Consort."
No matter what, Su Xuerong has been a source of tenderness and reliance for him in Suzhou over the past two years, and he cannot let her down.
Su Xuerong felt a surge of sarcasm in her heart.
Concubine?
By the time he arrives in the capital, his two concubine positions will likely already be occupied.
The same thing happened in his previous life; Xiao Shiyan had no choice but to give Su Xuerong the position of a concubine.
Su Xuerong concealed the mockery in her eyes and lowered her gaze.
Xiao Shiyan smiled slightly.
Since ancient times, it has been said that a woman should follow her husband wherever he goes, even if she feels uncomfortable.
But a moment later, the delicate and beautiful woman in front of him slowly raised her head, her beautiful eyes looking at him quietly: "Husband, I want a divorce."
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