Chapter 450 Where Did the Child Come From?
"Divorce? The couple has been married for less than a year, and they seem to be doing so well," Doctor Hu couldn't help but ask, "What's going on? No, Xiao Yan, why don't you..."
Suddenly realizing that what he said was not a good thing, his voice stopped abruptly.
"You want to know why I didn't divorce Qi Niang?" Xiao Yan smiled bitterly.
Doctor Hu nodded. "Although I shouldn't say this, isn't this better?"
"That's what I thought, but I'm afraid it won't be useful when the time comes."
This is one of the directions Xiao Yan is working towards.
He hoped to pick out everyone else in the family.
There is still hope for Lu Qinniang and her three daughters to survive.
But if Lu Qi Niang gave birth to a son, even if it was——
At this moment, Xiao Yan was extremely looking forward to Lu Qiniang giving birth to a daughter this time.
Let his daughter take his place and protect her by his side.
"Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, what time is it? Why is it so dark?" Lu Qinniang's voice came from the room.
"Here I come." There was no trace of abnormality in Xiao Yan's voice.
This made Doctor Hu feel a little sad.
"I'll go to the shop right away." Doctor Hu lowered his voice, "Give her some medicine to induce labor. If it's a boy, I'll see if I can find a way to take the child away."
Although it is difficult and dangerous.
"Let's see first." Xiao Yan bowed to him and said, "Old Hu, thank you for your help."
"What are you talking about?" Doctor Hu gave him a deep look. "No matter what, for my abandoned mother, I must persevere even if I have only one breath left."
Without Xiao Yan, Lu Qiniang would probably never be happy for the rest of her life.
"Um."
"I'm leaving now. Go inside. Abandoned Mother is calling you."
Xiao Yan nodded and watched Doctor Hu disappear in the rain.
Xiao Yan entered the room and brought a glass of water to Lu Qiniang. "It's already past noon."
"I told you," Lu Qiniang said, "my waist hurts from lying down."
Xiao Yan put the cup aside first and helped her stand up slowly.
Lu Qiniang still hadn't gotten used to her heavy body and the fact that she had to slowly get up. She muttered, "Give birth soon, it will be easier once you give birth."
"Yeah." Xiao Yan smiled, handed the water to her, and sat next to the edge of the kang, just looking at her with a smile, tracing her eyebrows with his eyes.
Abandoned mother, I am really sorry.
Not only did I fail to protect you from the wind and rain, I also made your life precarious once again.
"What are you looking at me for?" Lu Qiniang laughed at him. "Why don't you go to the palace? Don't you have time to study because it's raining?"
That won't work.
"I'm taking a day off today," Xiao Yan said. "It's so windy and rainy, I'm worried about you coming in and out. They're just some kids, and there's a teacher looking after them. It's okay for me to slack off for a day now and then."
If they could only have a few days to reunite in the rest of their lives, he hoped to stay up all night with her and keep her deeply imprinted in his heart.
"You're so bold! When the Emperor finds out, he'll definitely scold you for not doing your job well. Go quickly! Daya is still at home with me. Besides, there's Aunt Sang, and there are so many people in the outer courtyard. Why does he have to go?"
Xiao Yan felt sad when he heard this.
She always said that, and he believed it.
He thought they still had many decades left to spend together.
But, no more.
He carries the sinful blood of the King of Yue and has been born with unwashable original sin.
"I've already taken leave," he said. "It's been a storm, so you should let your husband have a day off. It's a good time for us to count our family's assets. Don't you love to count money?"
"Okay, I love doing this." Lu Qiniang was indeed happy.
Doctor Hu, holding an umbrella, trudged through the raging wind and rain and finally arrived at his familiar shop near the pier.
The big raindrops hit the oilcloth umbrella, making a dull sound, which added a bit of depression.
There was no one at the door of the shop. In such bad weather, no one would come to see the doctor. With trembling hands, he took out the key from his sleeve...
As he pushed the door open, a cold sword was placed on Doctor Hu's neck.
…
Daya was in the house with Lu Qiniang checking the accounts, while Xiao Yan and Jiang Xuan were talking in the corridor.
"Have you two discussed this?" Xiao Yan asked.
Jiang Xuan lowered his head and said, "I will not agree to a divorce."
"Jiang Xuan, think it over carefully. Although I know your feelings for Zhao Zhao, if you were to be executed along with me, leaving her to live, do you think this outcome would be better than you two getting divorced and both living well?"
The closer it got to this point, the calmer Xiao Yan became.
As the commander-in-chief of an army, at the critical moment of life and death, he will subconsciously make the decision that is most conducive to preserving strength.
"Zhao Zhao told me all this. But I can't abandon her at this time." Jiang Xuan was determined.
He can die, but he cannot kneel.
"But if something happens to me, they will need someone to take care of them. There aren't many people I can trust, and you are the most important one. Jiang Xuan, now is not the time to act on impulse, and Zhao Zhao is not someone who doesn't understand things..."
"She told me all this. But it would be my honor to accompany you. You don't need to persuade me anymore, I have made up my mind."
Everyone has his or her own persistence.
If he lets go now, no matter how good his reasons are, he will look down on himself in the future.
"What did Zhao Zhao say?" Xiao Yan asked again.
"She was convinced by me."
If he really has to go to jail, he can stay with Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan shook his head, "Why is this necessary?"
But he knew that Jiang Xuan had his own stubbornness, and even his biological parents couldn't do anything about him, let alone Xiao Yan.
I don’t know how long it was, but when Doctor Hu appeared again, he was soaked, his face was pale, and his lips were tightly pursed into a pale line.
He was holding a double-layered wooden box that was a size larger than an ordinary medicine box. His knuckles were white and trembling slightly from the exertion.
Seeing him, Xiao Yan and Jiang Xuan immediately went to greet him.
Because they were too familiar with each other, even if Doctor Hu didn't say anything, Xiao Yan could tell something was wrong from his frightened expression.
"Old Hu, come in and talk first."
Xiao Yan and Jiang Xuan brought Doctor Hu to the side room, where Daya and Jiang Xuan talked.
Doctor Hu placed the double-layer medicine box carefully on the table with trembling hands.
He first opened the lid of the upper layer, inside which were several packets of herbs and a porcelain bottle neatly stacked.
"This is... a medicine to induce labor," Doctor Hu said, his voice so low that it was barely a whisper. He pointed at the porcelain bottle and said, "Just dissolve it in warm water."
Then, he gently moved his finger on an extremely hidden buckle on the side of the medicine box.
With a very slight "click" sound, the bottom of the medicine box slid open silently, revealing the underlying layer - a small swaddling cloth tightly wrapped in soft cotton cloth.
In the cradle, a newborn baby with red and wrinkled skin was sleeping with eyes closed, breathing weakly and evenly.
Xiao Yan looked at Divine Doctor Hu in shock. "Old Hu, you, you want to replace the prince with a cat? Where did you get the child?"
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