Chapter 284 Jie Chen Carrying a Knife
Xie Chen sneered in the darkness.
"I'm only away for a few days, and you're going to marry someone else. If I go through the front door and get seen by others, aren't you afraid that it will ruin your good marriage?"
Xiangying raised her eyebrows: "When did I say I wanted to marry someone else?"
Xie Chen stood at the place where light and shadow intersected, his figure as cold as an angry iceberg.
"Why not? If not, why did you agree to live in his main palace?"
As he said this, he looked around and said, "Where are the others, Lu Feiyi? I have a good knife, I'll ask him to sharpen it."
What Xie Chen said was true, he really had a long scabbard on his waist.
Xiangying burst out laughing.
"Still laughing?" Jie Chen took two steps closer and raised his hand to grab Xiangying's jaw.
He said in a low and cold voice: "I will kill him later, and I hope you can still laugh."
Xiangying was not afraid, she waved away Jie Chen's hand.
"If you want to kill him, don't tell me it has anything to do with me, because I don't plan to marry him. I moved in here because it's more comfortable than a prison cell. I'm not stupid."
"Then move out now and live with me." Jie Chen held her arm.
His attitude was strong, his voice was low, and his eyes were fixed on her tightly.
When Xiangying smiles, her beauty blooms.
She raised her hands and hugged Jie Chen's neck: "That won't do. The Emperor of Nanyue is in a coma now, and the harem is controlled by the Queen. She will definitely look for faults in you."
"I am a troublemaker who causes trouble everywhere. I don't want you to take the blame. Let Lu Feiyi be the unlucky one."
After all, she had to search and move things constantly these days. If she was accidentally discovered, she could easily put the blame on Lu Feiyi.
Xiangying had already planned it out.
But Xie Chen frowned even deeper.
"You're not a troublemaker," he said. "You're mine."
Xiangying just smiled and said nothing.
Jie Chen looked at those red lips and wanted to kiss them.
But Xiangying took the initiative and did not let him succeed.
Instead, he asked, “Why did you transfer the children and lock them up?”
Jie Chen paused and raised his brows coldly: "Did you go to see them? A thief broke into the private house today. Did you cause the noise?"
When Skinny Monkey first reported to him, he guessed that it might be Xiangying.
But he also felt that it was unlikely. No matter how powerful she was, she couldn't sneak from the palace to the private residence outside the palace.
Xiangying sneered, his phoenix eyes dark: "Don't change the subject, just tell me quickly."
Xie Chen pursed his lips and pulled Xiangying to sit down.
"There is one thing I really wanted to find a chance to tell you, but I was too busy before. Now that you asked, I might as well tell you all at once."
Xiangying nodded: "You go ahead."
"Can I hold you and say that?"
"..." Xiangying glared at him with her phoenix eyes.
Jie Chen really had no choice but to laugh in surrender.
"The first thing was that I met Fang Ganle and showed him the portrait you gave me. He lost control of his emotions and was almost certain that it was his sister."
"Fang Gan wants me to help him enter the palace. I'm still arranging this matter, and I want to ask your opinion. If you don't allow it, I won't agree to it."
Xiangying nodded quickly: "Promise him, it's nothing."
Fang Gan is good at Qinggong, and Xiangying is willing to do him a favor. It will definitely come in handy at the critical moment.
"The second thing is, Fang Gan found Yin Feihua. I have sent someone to settle her down. If you want to see her, you can see her anytime."
"The third thing is, what you just said, that I locked up the child, is not actually true... Xiangying, you, no, your previous Xiangying, her body cannot bear children."
The last sentence made Xiangying stunned.
She looked at Jie Chen in surprise: "What do you mean? She is infertile? How did she get those three children?"
Xie Chen pursed his lips and said, "This is the result of my investigation. I don't know whose child it is, but I can confirm that it is not yours."
"Back when you were exiled with the army, I found a military doctor for you and he said you had a very cold body. Not long ago, my people came back from Western Zhou and confirmed this."
"The palace maids who served you, and even the eunuchs around the Western Zhou Emperor Xiang Yuande, can all testify that you were unable to conceive due to illness in your early years."
Xiangying's eyes widened in surprise.
"I have done a lot of research and have figured out one thing: these three children were adopted by your former lover Xiangying."
"Moreover, in order to save the lives of the three of them, that Xiangying had to lie and say that the child was hers."
When Xie Chen said this, he couldn't help but look at Xiangying's abdomen.
No wonder they had been intimate so many times. He was also afraid that he would bring trouble to Xiangying about getting pregnant, so he wanted to arrange for Skinny Monkey and the others to find a contraceptive prescription for men.
But unexpectedly, she found out that Xiangying couldn't get pregnant because of all the conditions she met.
His mood was complicated, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad.
The happy thing was that before him, she had never given birth to anyone else's child; the sad thing was that they could not have their own children for the time being.
When Xie Chen thought of the smug and boastful look on Lao Liu's face when he just passed by him, he felt that fate was really fair.
Fate made him meet and fall in love with Xiangying, but it made someone like Laoliu become a father first.
Xiangying couldn't help but be surprised.
"If these three are not my children, whose flesh and blood could they be?"
Why did the original owner want to protect them? Why did he want to save their lives even at the cost of his own reputation?
Unless, if the biological mother of these three little ones is revealed, it will cost them their lives.
Xiangying couldn't remember anything at all, it was as if the original owner's past memories were empty.
Seeing that she was surprised, Jie Chen held her hand.
"Don't worry, I will investigate this matter further, but because the identities of the three children must be very important, I have to protect them separately."
In order to avoid being taken advantage of by those with ulterior motives during this chaotic time.
Xiangying nodded gently: "Then, where are my brother and the others?"
Xie Chen's expression gradually became serious.
"This is the last thing I want to tell you. I originally sent someone to escort your brother Xiangli away from Shangjing City. I have many people in Songdu who can guarantee his safety."
"But he disagreed. He took advantage of the guards' carelessness and fled with Lin Lingxiang and the others. I still haven't found where they went."
"Although Xiangli is known for his kindness, he is also very resourceful. If he intends to prevent us from finding him, I'm afraid we won't be able to find where they went even if we dig three feet underground."
Xiangying pressed his forehead with a headache and said, "My silly brother, please don't come back to seek death."
Xie Chen smiled.
"If I were him, I would come back to find you too."
Xiangying glanced at him, and Xie Chen opened his arms: "I've said everything I need to say, can I hug you now?"
As soon as Xiangying nodded, Jie Chen immediately hugged her and held her tightly in his arms.
Just then, the voice of a palace maid was heard at the door.
"Princess Xiangying, the Crown Prince of Northern Qi wants to ask if you want to watch the moon together. He has prepared some wine, please come over."
The arms tightened around Sang-yeong’s waist.
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