"I had no other options. I couldn't just have an abortion, so I had to trick the prince into my room and use incense to make him think the child I was bearing was his. After giving birth to my son, I was very happy, thinking that it would be good to not be able to serve the prince, but to see his son every day. But when the child was having his third birthday, all the royal palaces in the palace sent maids. I don't know who said that the child looked so much like the prince. I was terrified. Maybe those people were just joking, but the more I looked at the child, the more he looked like the prince, especially as he grew older and his eyebrows and eyes grew, the more similar he became.
"What made me make up my mind was that in the first year after Princess Gong came into the palace, she brought the eldest young master and my son to the palace. After they came back, the nanny beside her said that my son and the prince's new son sitting there looked like twins. My mind went blank at the time. I asked the nanny if the prince heard this. The nanny said, of course he didn't hear it. The prince even took a few more glances at her. The prince laughed and said that cousins seemed normal. He also asked the princess to give my son a lot of gifts.
"My fourth meeting with the Crown Prince was one I requested, not long after that incident. I expressed my concerns. I was afraid that as the child grew older, what if he really aroused the suspicion of the Prince or others? At that time, I wanted the Crown Prince to find a way to take the child away, but I didn't expect the Crown Prince to give me medicine. I really didn't expect the Crown Prince to harm his own child, but I also knew I had to do as he said."
Li suddenly smiled at this point. "Tell me, if the Crown Prince knew that his son, who was about the same age as my son, didn't survive that autumn, would he regret giving me that packet of medicine?"
Meng Qi was no longer moved by these words. This child was indeed unfortunate, having such parents. However, she completely agreed with what Li had just said. The prince must be regretting something, and regretting it deeply.
Li stood up, gently patting her skirt with her hands, straightening her jacket, and gathering her hair. "Since the prince didn't come, I'm afraid he doesn't want to see me, and I won't have the chance to apologize to him in person. Please tell the prince that what he owes him in this life can be repaid in the next."
Watching Li being taken out, her skirt sliding across the ground, sending snowflakes flying, Meng Qi's heart skipped a beat.
She hurried to the door and watched Li being dragged out by Dong Hai. She suddenly squatted down, almost putting her face to the ground.
Yuan Dong asked anxiously, "Princess, are you looking for something?"
Meng Qi didn't answer. She remained in that position until she felt a tingling sensation in her legs and fell to the ground with one leg weak.
Yuan Dong stepped forward and helped Meng Qi up. "Princess, what's wrong with you? You...Princess, why are you crying?"
Meng Qi stood up with Yuan Dong's help. She knew now. She knew that in her past life, the person standing by the pond, coldly watching the two women restraining her, was Li. Yes, it was her. In her past life, when Madam Liu hurried over to stop the women, she turned, her skirt gleaming silver as it passed. It looked even cooler from the water, just as it did on the snow. No wonder she had felt so familiar with her skirt when she had just looked at it.
Tears slowly rolled down her cheeks. Li, let's avenge the grudges of our previous life in this one.
"Wang Chenghai."
Wang Chenghai was watching Dong Hai and Li walking towards the school martial arts field. When he heard Meng Qi calling him, he hurried in.
"Go tell Dong Hai that Li drowned."
Wang Chenghai was stunned. He raised his head and looked at Meng Qi's cold expression with traces of tears on her face. He then looked at Yuan Dong, nodded in agreement, and ran out in a hurry.
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"Princess, is what happened to Ms. Xu true?" Yuan Dong stepped forward and helped Meng Qi up and asked softly.
Meng Qi gathered her cloak and said, "Whether it's true or not, it doesn't matter. She is the Crown Prince's woman, and whether the rest is true or not, as long as Li is willing to believe it, it's all fine. Only she knows the secret code and token for contacting the Crown Prince, so she must speak."
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