Chapter 32 I'll Die for You to See
Xiao Zhen had a stern expression on his face. He dragged his frail body and sat down opposite Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao. His dark eyes were deep and cold.
Princess Jiayi thought secretly that if Haodaer always behaved like this, there would be no need to set out an ice basin during the hottest days of summer. She could just call Haodaer over and talk to him to relieve the heat.
But this thought only flashed through her mind, and Princess Jiayi began to blame herself. The reason her son became like this was because he was harmed by a villain. His injuries had not yet healed. How could she compare her son with the ice basin? It was such a sin.
Thinking of this, Princess Jiayi was even more afraid to look Xiao Zhen in the eye.
Xiao Zhen's gaze shifted to Prince Consort Xiao's face. His father, Prince Consort Xiao's face was white with a rosy glow, like fine white porcelain bathed in the sunset glow.
Just as the princess's mother said, the biggest hardship his father had ever experienced in his life was becoming a royal consort.
Xiao Zhen looked at them without saying a word.
Princess Jiayi smiled, her smile containing three parts embarrassment, three parts flattery, and four parts relief.
"Haha, my dear son, you are so smart. I can't hide this from you. Haha, son, mom is so happy. You must be very happy too, haha."
Xiao Zhen: What should I be happy about?
Seeing that he was still looking at her, Princess Jiayi tried hard to smile like a morning glory.
Xiao Zhen: "Mom, do you know that your smile is exaggerated?"
Princess Jiayi said, "How can I be exaggerating? I'm truly happy. You have no idea how hard I've been enduring these past few days. It's all your father's fault. He said you couldn't be overly happy or sad after such a sudden change. I couldn't even open my mouth to speak, for fear of vomiting. To me, having a new baby is a happy occasion!"
Having said that, Princess Jiayi opened the savings box in front of her, picked up a piece of licorice apricot, put it in her mouth and began to chew it unscrupulously.
After eating three pieces of licorice apricots in a row, Princess Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief. When she looked up, she saw her son looking at her thoughtfully. She hurried to see Prince Consort Xiao and found that he was looking at her son.
"What's wrong?" She didn't understand.
Xiao Zhen asked in a deep voice: "Is this what you want to tell me? Mother, are you pregnant?"
Princess Jiayi nodded: "Yes."
Xiao Zhen looked at Prince Consort Xiao: "Why would you hide something like this from me?"
Prince Consort Xiao's face turned even redder: "What an unexpected event! We didn't expect it to happen..."
He and the eldest princess had been married for twenty years and had worked hard, but they had only one child, Xiao Zhen. They had long given up the idea of having another child, but who would have thought that after a trip to Liang, the eldest princess would become pregnant.
It's a pity that this child came at the wrong time.
Prince Liang had just died, and right after that the princess was found to be pregnant. How could such a coincidence be possible?
Besides, Xiao Zhen is already eighteen years old. Can he really accept the fact that he suddenly has a younger brother or sister?
It would be fine if it weren't for Xiao Yue's incident.
For a long time, whenever Xiao Zhen went out, someone would deliberately ask him, "I heard you have a younger brother? Now that you have a younger brother, does your husband still value you as much as before?"
Or "Xiao Zhen, are you envious that we all have brothers, but you don't, so your husband brought you a brother from outside?"
In short, from then on, Xiao Zhen gradually liked to be alone, no longer calling friends like before, and his personality became more and more aloof.
Whenever he thought of this, Prince Consort Xiao felt sorry for Xiao Zhen. If it weren't for this incident, his son would definitely be as sunny and cheerful as Xiao Su, instead of being so mature and cold as a mountain like he is now.
"Ah Zhen, this is all my fault. Don't blame your mother. Also..."
Prince Consort Xiao wanted to say, "Don't blame your unborn brother or sister," but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.
He thought of Xiao Yue. Although Xiao Yue's arrival made Xiao Zhen ridiculed, Xiao Zhen did not vent his anger on Xiao Yue. On the contrary, he protected Xiao Yue.
......
Xiao Zhen remained silent, still not saying a word. His expression was unchangingly indifferent, but his heart was like a galloping horse.
He was going to have a younger brother or sister.
In his previous life, there was no such child. He only had Xiao Yue, and Xiao Yue only had him.
No, at this time in the previous life, my parents were no longer alive.
And that child also had it, but his parents didn't have time to tell him.
It turns out that the people who died in Wisteria Villa were not only the parents, but also the unborn child.
Xiao Zhen's heart felt like it was being stabbed by a knife. The pain made him shudder and beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Son, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?" The eldest princess had been secretly watching her son's expression and was shocked to see him like this.
Xiao Zhen recovered and shook his head: "I'm fine, I just remembered the assassin that night. I was just one step away from killing you, mother."
Princess Jiayi nodded and said, "Yes, I will have someone send a thank-you gift when we return to the capital. I will thank the Second Young Lady sincerely."
She also brought a lot of things with her when she went out, but those could only be used as rewards. Even if they were rewards for those old feudal lords, they were not worthy of Zhao Shiqing's life-saving grace.
Xiao Zhen said, "Is this the only thing you've hidden from me?"
Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao shook their heads in unison: "No more, really no more."
Xiao Zhen's face turned pale and he said sternly, "Our family, the Princess's Mansion, and the Qingquan Xiao family were almost wiped out. Even at this point, you still refuse to tell the truth?
Do you want me to remind you?"
Princess Jiayi covered her heart and said, "Ouch, my stomach hurts so much!"
Xiao Zhen: "Mom, don't you have a stomachache? Why are you covering your chest?"
Princess Jiayi: "Just now my stomach hurt, and now my heart hurts too."
Prince Consort Xiao: "Come, I'll help you lie down."
Xiao Zhen slammed the table and said, "Everyone sit down!"
Princess Jiayi looked at Prince Consort Xiao and pouted, wanting to say that he was unfilial, but she didn't dare to say it.
Xiao Zhen was so angry that he gasped several times. He took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, poured out a pill and put it into his mouth. This was the pill that Yao Shanbo asked him to bring with him before he came.
Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao didn't even dare to breathe. Seeing their son like this, they felt distressed and sad. Who cares about being unfilial? Their son only had half his life left.
Xiao Zhen paused for a moment before finally speaking: "Do you want to piss me off to death? In a few months, your new son will be born. If you piss me off to death now, you can free up the position for your legitimate son. Fine, fine, I'll die now, and I'll let you see!"
As he spoke, he propped up his weak body and walked towards the window. This was the highest point of the Observatory. As long as he jumped from here, he could go play Pai Gow with the ancestors of the Xiao family.
"Don't jump. I'm telling you, seriously, Xiao Yue is not your father's illegitimate son. He's not!"
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