Fortunately, the matter reached the ears of the emperor, and Wen Zhixuan could not back down.
My worry is, will he take his anger out on her because of this?
Although the old lady allowed her to rest and recuperate in the Duke's mansion, she still harbored resentment and treated her less warmly than before.
She sat by the window, lost in thought.
Wen Zhixuan appeared silently behind her.
"What are you thinking about?"
Shen Zhixian was startled and turned around to look at him.
"Zhixuan."
The moonlight was bright outside the window, but the lights inside the room were dim. Wen Zhixuan was hidden in the darkness, and his expression could not be seen.
He looked at Shen Zhixian's belly. If he had forced Shen Zhixian to abort the child back then, he wouldn't have had to risk killing Lu Yanhe that day, and then suffer the backlash and injury.
Emperor Hongde intended to bestow a marriage upon him, and he accepted it without hesitation.
Having become the emperor's son-in-law, his position in the court became even more secure.
But now, all of that is ruined.
Shen Zhixian could feel his anger, and couldn't help but shrink back, saying timidly, "I'm sorry, I didn't know it would turn out like this..."
"Don't know what?"
Wen Zhixuan's voice was cold and clear. He took out the sachet he had treasured for a long time from his pocket. "You said that day that you embroidered this, but you didn't say that you had already given it to someone else."
Shen Zhixian's face turned pale. She hurriedly tugged at Wen Zhixuan's sleeve, her eyes filled with tears, and said, "I didn't mean to deceive you. I had no choice. It was indeed my cousin who saved you that day, but I took you to the clinic with her. I even went to see you afterward. Have you forgotten all that?"
Wen Zhixuan's gaze was cold. "You came to see me with the intention of using me to frame her for adultery, so that she could be ruined, wasn't that right?"
Shen Zhixian looked at him in horror, tears streaming down her face.
"I didn't! How could you frame me like that..."
Seeing her fright, Wen Zhixuan smiled instead. He gently lifted her chin and slowly wiped away her tears.
"You've just started bleeding. If you get too emotional, I'm afraid the baby in your womb might be in danger."
Shen Zhixian subconsciously touched her stomach, as if a drowning person had found a piece of duckweed. "Yes, we have a child, Zhixuan. No matter what mistakes I have made, please forgive me for the sake of the child. We met when we were both nobody, and my feelings for you have never been false."
Wen Zhixuan was naturally aware of this.
Jiang Shuman saved him when he was at his lowest and most desperate, but Shen Zhixian was the only woman who secretly fell in love with him when he had nothing.
Yes, he had known all along that the person who saved him was Jiang Shuman.
He was still conscious at the time and clearly heard the name Gu Jinchuan used.
Princess Yongle.
Shen Zhixian doesn't know martial arts, and her status isn't enough to make Gu Jinchuan give her face; their voices are completely different.
The kind of male protagonist in a novel who only loves keepsakes and doesn't use his brain is ultimately just a two-dimensional character created by the author without any emotion. He has no thoughts or soul, and everything he does is cruel for the sake of cruelty, carrying the author's full of malice.
He's not stupid.
The sachet was torn from Jiang Shuman's waist in his delirium after he was taken to the clinic.
He knew that Shen Zhixian was lying to him.
He knew that Shen Zhixian was two-faced.
But what does it matter?
This world is filthy; there are no absolutely good and upright people.
She only needed to treat the world with evil and him with good.
"Okay, stop crying."
Wen Zhixuan put his arm around her and sat her down; his expression had returned to normal.
Princesses and noblewomen are born noble and look down on others. Only Shen Zhixian feels inferior because of her background and experiences, and she sees him as a god, relying on and worshipping him, and will never betray him.
"His Majesty has promised that once you have completed your mourning period, he will bestow upon you the title of County Princess, at which time we can get married."
Shen Zhixian looked up at him, her eyes blurry with tears.
Wen Zhixuan kissed her eyes and placed his hand on her stomach.
He wasn't from this world, yet he left behind a child.
His blood-related child.
This feeling is strange.
Perhaps it was fate, fate wanted this child to live.
Let nature take its course.
"You get some rest, I'm leaving."
He came quickly and left quickly; the guards of the Duke's mansion were like air to him.
Shen Zhixian remained seated, but her whole body gradually relaxed.
She made the right bet.
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