Chapter 143 Production 2 Once greed arises, everything becomes empty...
As soon as Xie Wuhen walked out of the palace gate, Wu Sheng hurriedly came to greet him: "Boss, why did you come out so quickly? Didn't you see the emperor, or has the emperor already agreed to issue an edict to grant the marriage?"
Xie Wuhen shouted coldly: "Don't mention the matter of arranged marriage again."
Wu Sheng murmured, "Could it be that the Emperor didn't agree?"
Xie Wuhen replied: "Don't bring me and the princess together in the future, or we'll give people something to talk about."
He ordered sternly, "Go back home." After that, he lifted up his skirt, stepped onto the carriage, and lowered the curtain with a "whoosh".
Wu Sheng stared at the swaying curtains of the carriage and was unable to recover for a long time.
The master's expression is really more changeable than the weather. He was fine when he entered the palace, but why did he look so different when he left?
He sighed inwardly and then drove the carriage back home.
For several days, Wu Sheng did not dare to mention the word "princess" in front of his master.
It wasn't until the day before Zhou Ping was beheaded that he indirectly mentioned Fang Yicheng: "Boss, do you know...that man surnamed Fang has been pardoned?"
Xie Wuhen was reviewing the case files without raising his head.
Wu Sheng added, "But don't worry, boss. I heard that the emperor has ordered him to be expelled from the capital. Even if he's not dead, there's no chance for him to be with the princess anymore."
Xie Wuhen then raised his eyes, stunned for a moment, and replied unconsciously: "If a person grows in another person's heart, even if they are driven far away, it will be futile."
It was as if she had grown in his heart, and no matter how far away she was, he could not forget her.
Wu Sheng stammered, "Boss, what you're saying is that the princess has already fallen in love with Mr. Fang, and even if he leaves the capital, the princess will...never forget him?"
He pretended to be calm and said "hmm", then continued to look through the case files.
If she didn't have Fang in her heart, why would she go to the emperor to plead for him when Fang committed the serious crime of treason?
He couldn't accept that she had another man in her heart.
Not even a little bit!
Thinking of this, he felt as if a huge rock was blocking his chest, and he couldn't breathe.
Wu Sheng was a little discouraged: "Boss, are you overthinking it?"
He asked in return: "Don't you have any work today?"
Wu Sheng choked and quickly replied, "Yes, yes." Then he quickly left the public housing.
Xie Wuhen stared at the void in front of him, the loss in his eyes surging like a tide...
On the day Zhou Ping, Zhou Cheng, and Wang Xing'er were beheaded, two jailers dragged Fang Yicheng outside the city in a prison cart, untied his shackles, and sternly warned him, "Leave the capital immediately, or you will bear the consequences."
Fang Yicheng suffered a lot in prison, and he looked disheveled and miserable.
He bent his waist and asked, "May I ask, my Lords, is this... not to behead me?"
One of the jailers replied, "You are lucky, boy. The princess pleaded for you with the emperor, and you have been spared. However, you are not allowed to appear in the capital from now on, or you will be beheaded."
Fang Yicheng fell silent upon hearing this.
Then he bowed to the two jailers and said, "Thank you, my lords."
The two jailers were too lazy to pay attention to him and drove the prison cart back into the city.
Fang Yicheng looked back at the towering city gate and muttered to himself, "Thank you, young lady."
He always stubbornly called her "girl" but never called her "princess".
In his heart, she has always been the tough and beautiful girl he first met in Xishan Villa.
He just wanted to protect her and stay by her side, but he didn't expect that once greed arose, everything would be in vain.
Perhaps, he will never see her again in this life?
Perhaps, their lives have nothing to do with each other from now on?
He smiled bitterly, but tears fell from his eyes.
Tears mixed with the blood on his face fell into his mouth, leaving it bitter.
He wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve, turned and walked towards the endless distance.
Zhang Xiuhua hurried into the palace: "Princess, the guards just reported that Yicheng... has left the city."
Su He looked at the sky outside the hall: "I hope he will be well in the future."
Zhang Xiuhua sighed and said, "This brat...ah..."
In the following days, Su He continued to go in and out of Jixian Academy every day, collecting and reading a large number of books related to poison techniques, but none of the books mentioned the "Heart-Eating Flower Poison".
Although she was mentally prepared, she still couldn't hide her disappointment.
When she felt down, she would go out to the market, then walk around Ping'an Lane, and she even went to Keyi Lane.
Ever since the Wuyou Teahouse was burned down, Zeng Yidao has been living in Keyi Lane.
When Su He went to visit, An Zi was cleaning the yard.
When he first saw Su He, he paused, quickly dropped his broom, and knelt down to salute, "Your servant...Your servant greets the princess."
He naturally learned from his master that the young lady of the Xie family had become a princess of the current dynasty.
Su He stepped forward and helped him up: "You are so polite, it seems strange."
Then he asked, "Is the gentleman at home?"
An Zi nodded hurriedly: "At home, I will go and report to you, sir."
After a moment, Zeng Yidao came to greet the emperor and also wanted to kneel down to pay his respects.
Su He immediately supported him: "Sir, you are my elder, there is no need to be so polite."
Zeng Yidao looked thinner and his complexion became paler. He looked much older in just a few months.
She couldn't help but ask with concern, "Is your health okay, sir?"
Zeng Yidao replied, "Don't worry, it's nothing serious." He then looked her over from head to toe, his emotions mixed with emotion: "Congratulations, Princess, on becoming a mother."
He had heard some rumors about the princess's pregnancy, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he could feel sincerely happy for her.
Su He smiled slightly: "Thank you, sir."
Zeng Yidao asked tentatively: "Who is the father of the child..."
Su He interrupted him: "The child has no father, only me as his mother."
Zeng Yidao smiled modestly: "Alright, alright."
Then he led Su He to the tea room next door, "I think it has been a long time since the princess had a drink of the tea brewed by Zeng."
Su He replied: "That's why I came to visit you today."
The two sat down at the tea table facing each other.
Compared with the tea room in Wuyou Teahouse, this tea room is obviously much smaller, and even the tea table is simpler than the previous one, but the tea brewed by Zeng Yidao is still fragrant.
Su He sipped her tea while speaking, "I've heard from Master Xie that the successful recognition of our relationship was possible thanks to your help."
When Zeng Yidao was arrested by Xie Wuhen and imprisoned in Dali Temple Prison, she even pleaded for him, little did she know that he already knew her identity at that time!
Everything seemed like an absurd dream.
Zeng Yidao lowered his eyes, a hint of embarrassment on his face. "I also have my own selfish motives. I hope the princess... won't blame me."
Su He was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "What does sir like about my mother?"
Zeng Yidao breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the teapot slowly steaming. "The word 'like' is still too simple."
Su He asked tentatively: "Is that love?"
"The word 'love' is too vague."
"What is that?"
Zeng Yidao's eyes were filled with desolation: "That's my obsession with having her."
"Maybe it's also obsession?"
Zeng Yidao smiled bitterly: "Everyone has something to pursue in life. Some people pursue wealth, some pursue power, some pursue sex, and some pursue wisdom. As for me, I pursue her."
His tone was light, but every word he spoke was filled with his determination to never get better.
Su He didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
She said: "I just hope that Mr. can be happy and healthy for the rest of his life."
Zeng Yidao nodded: "This is exactly Zeng's blessing to the princess."
After they finished their tea, they played another game of chess before Su He stood up and said goodbye.
Zeng Yidao watched her leave and felt uneasy for a long time.
In a trance, he seemed to see the figure of his pregnant junior sister again...
The days that followed were quiet and leisurely.
The country is peaceful and the people are safe, everything is going well, and time passes by unknowingly.
Su He was in the late stage of pregnancy. Her belly was getting bigger and bigger, and it was becoming more and more inconvenient for her to move. In the end, she even stopped going to Jixianyuan and stayed in the mansion all day.
Xie Wuhen was busy with official duties and traveled between the Dali Temple and the Xie Mansion every day. He almost never went to the Princess's Mansion to pay a visit.
The two had not seen each other for several months.
Fortunately, Wu Sheng was greedy and would occasionally go to the princess's mansion to ask Chunlan for cakes and to inquire about the princess's news. Otherwise, he would have been cut off from her.
One day, Wu Sheng had just returned from the princess's mansion with some cake crumbs still on his mouth.
Xie Wuhen glanced at him: "Why, going there again?"
Wu Sheng wiped his mouth and smiled: "Boss, you have a good eye."
He pretended to be casual and asked, "Is everything okay over there?"
Wu Sheng replied: "Don't worry, Boss. The princess is fine."
He added, "But I heard something from Chunlan today."
He asked, "What's the matter?"
Wu Sheng lowered his voice and said, "It is said that someone in the court has secretly asked the emperor to marry the princess."
He paused, "Who?"
Wu Sheng shook his head: "Chunlan didn't say who it was, but don't worry, Boss, the princess didn't agree, so the emperor didn't agree either."
He asked again, "Chunlan asked why the princess didn't agree?"
Wu Sheng replied: "Chunlan didn't say that, but she did say that the princess has made her position clear to the emperor and will never marry again in this life."
He paused, and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's better not to get married."
He had already made up his mind not to marry, and if she didn't marry, he would feel a little relieved - at least, he would not become someone else's wife.
A few days later, Chunlan also got a piece of news from Wu Sheng.
Wu Sheng ate his cakes while muttering, "That daughter of the Marquis's mansion, Yuan Ping, has had her eye on my boss for a few years now. She'd show up in front of him from time to time, and even sent him a sachet. But he refused to accept it and never paid any attention to her. Later, when she saw that he had been granted a marriage by the Emperor, she finally gave up. Now that he's a widower, she's started trying to get close to him again, even trying to flirt with the old lady."
Chunlan asked, "Does the old lady buy into Yuan Ping's account?"
Wu Sheng showed disdain: "What if the old lady buys it? The boss doesn't buy it."
Chunlan asked tentatively, "Maybe Master Xie... you don't plan to marry again?"
Wu Sheng stuffed the last piece of cake into his mouth and said incoherently, "From what I've observed, I don't think the boss will marry anyone else except the princess."
Chunlan glanced at him and said, "Your boss is wishful thinking."
Wu Sheng bent his waist and said something with a hint of meaning: "It's not just the boss, I... I'm afraid I'm also a little wishful thinking."
Chunlan's face suddenly turned red. She stood up, pushed him out of the back door of the princess's mansion, and ignored him.
As soon as Wu Sheng left, Chunlan hurriedly reported to Su He that Yuan Ping was in love with Xie Wuhen.
Su He was silent for a while after hearing this, and then he sighed.
Chunlan asked, "Why is the princess sighing?"
Su He replied, "It's not surprising that he ignored Yuan Ping."
Before marrying her, hadn't he planned to remain single and childless? Now that he's gone through all this, he's probably even less interested in getting married.
Chunlan lowered her voice: "But Wu Sheng also said something."
Su He asked: "What?"
Chunlan replied, "Mr. Wu said that Master Xie will not marry anyone else except the princess. Does that mean Master Xie... wants to marry the princess?"
Su He glanced at her and said, "If you keep saying that, I'll marry you to Wu Sheng tomorrow."
Chunlan was stunned, "Princess, what are you talking about?" Then she turned around, covered her face and ran out of the palace.
Su He looked at her shy back and couldn't help but smile.
She was about to eat some fruit to quench her thirst, but suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen, followed by a surge of wetness from under her body. She stopped, thinking that her amniotic fluid might have broken.
She called out, "Auntie."
Zhang Xiuhua was tidying up the bed when she heard the noise and ran over: "What's wrong, Princess?"
Su He was in so much pain that he couldn't breathe, but a smile hung on his face: "This little guy...I'm afraid he's about to come out."
Zhang Xiuhua hurriedly shouted, "Hurry up, hurry up, the princess is about to give birth."
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