Chapter 377 In October, they never asked her if she was willing.
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Li Shiyue, of course, knew what happened afterward.
Later, the old Han king died, presumably poisoned by the third prince;
Then the third prince ascended to the throne and became the new Khan!
Li Shiyue confirmed this point last night through her conversation with She'er.
Actually, before they came, when Li Shiyue and Zhou Yiran went to see Liu Tan, they discussed what they would do if their sixth sister became pregnant.
Liu Tan's answer at the time was: "Ask her. If she still wants to go back to Andong, then give her some medicine so she can have an abortion and come back."
"At that time, whether she wants to remarry or not, if she stays in the Prince's mansion, what difficulty is there for me, as her elder brother, to support her for the rest of her life?"
Therefore, among the things that Li Shiyue and Zhou Yiran brought this time, there was a wooden box containing prepared abortion pills;
They also brought a doctor with them, so that if anything went wrong during the sixth sister's miscarriage, the doctor could save her life.
At this moment, Zhou Yiran looked at Li Shiyue and said, "You and I both know that they follow the custom of father-to-son succession in marriage. Sixth Sister became the new Khan's concubine, which is the proper thing in their custom."
Li Shiyue didn't respond to that question, but instead frowned and asked, "Why doesn't Sixth Sister see you? Why does she send a maid to see you instead?"
You have the token given to you by the General, which means you are like family to your mother. How could she not see you?
How is she doing these days?
When Li Shiyue said this, Zhou Yiran finally realized what was going on!
He was indeed a little puzzled at first as to why his sixth sister hadn't seen him. He even asked the maid named Shuangqiao, and she told him that because he was an outsider and his sixth sister was pregnant, it was not appropriate for him to see her anymore. He took it to heart.
But hearing Li Shiyue speak like this, he felt that something was wrong.
"Could it be that the girl lied to me?"
Something happened to Sixth Sister?
Looking at the darkening sky, Li Shiyue cupped her hands in greeting to Zhou Yiran and said, "Since the banquet is in three days, then tomorrow, I will go early to invite Sixth Lady."
I am a woman, so I suppose Sixth Sister should be able to see me.
"Let's talk about everything after I meet the person!"
The next day, Li Shiyue drank the fresh milk sent by the Turks and ate a hot and filling meal with meat cooked with salt and various spices and soft flatbread.
She gave some instructions to Wang Datou and Gao Jin, then left Shitou there and took Li Qiutian out the door.
Because they were guests, although there were Turkic soldiers guarding their residence, they were allowed to come and go as they pleased after explaining their reason for visiting.
So, after many twists and turns, she and Li Qiutian were led to wait outside the tent where her sixth sister was.
After waiting for a while, she and Li Qiutian were invited inside by the maid.
Upon entering the tent, the first thing that catches the eye is a screen that is clearly in the Han Chinese style.
"This humble general, Li Shiyue, greets Lady Liu!"
Shuangqiao helped her sixth sister, who had a worried look on her face, walk in from behind the screen. The first thing the sixth sister said to Li Shiyue, who was bowing to her, was: "You are the friend of fifth sister?"
Li Shiyue was somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected her sixth sister to ask her this first.
However, her friendship with Yan Jiuniang is probably not known to everyone in Andong.
Therefore, she did not deny it, but instead nodded and agreed to her sixth sister's words.
Seeing that Li Shiyue nodded, the sixth sister seemed somewhat disheartened. She invited Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian to sit down, and then asked Shuangqiao to serve them tea.
The teacup is a white porcelain cup with ink-wash patterns painted on its surface. Is this tea?
Li Shiyue couldn't tell where it came from, but she could tell that it was brewed in the Han Chinese way—boiling water and clear tea—rather than the Turkic tea with added salt and milk.
"She was lucky; she escaped on the way. But what about me?"
Li Shiyue was not there to argue with her sixth sister about these matters, so after taking a sip of tea to give her sixth sister face, she looked directly at her and asked, "Sixth Sister is now pregnant. Do you still want to return to Andong?"
If we are to leave, Zhou, the military advisor, and I will certainly make plans for my wife so that we can take her with us when we return to Andong.
Before the general came, he had already told us that if the lady was willing, she could remarry after returning to Andong.
Even if the lady has no intention of remarrying, the general has said that he can support her for life by keeping her in the palace.
The sixth sister, who hadn't let Zhou Yiran into the tent yesterday, naturally didn't know this. After all, Zhou Yiran couldn't possibly tell such a thing to a maid.
So, upon hearing Li Shiyue say this, the sixth sister stood up excitedly and took two steps toward Li Shiyue.
"Are you telling the truth?"
Are you trying to trick me?
I...I've already married the Khan! And I have a child!
Can I go back to Andong?
Can I still get married?
Looking at her sixth sister, who was in front of her with an excited expression, Li Shiyue couldn't quite tell how much thicker her waist had become. She really couldn't estimate how many months pregnant her sixth sister was.
Therefore, she asked directly, "How many months pregnant is my wife?"
This time we brought our own physician.
The sixth sister was not stupid, and as soon as Li Shiyue said this, she already understood what Li Shiyue meant.
Although Li Shiyue herself had never been pregnant, she had read popular science articles in modern society.
After a woman becomes pregnant, she will inevitably be influenced by her own hormones and feel great joy for the child in her womb.
This is one of the reasons why some pregnant women with illnesses who could have survived by aborting their children choose to give birth to their babies instead of seeking treatment.
Therefore, she understood to some extent the astonishment on her sixth sister's face, but rationally she had to continue uttering those cold and ruthless words.
"My lady, only if this child is gone can you come back to Andong with us!"
Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian were escorted out of the tent by Shuangqiao and returned to their own courtyard.
Once back at his residence, Li Qiutian finally dared to speak to Li Shiyue.
"What will Sixth Sister choose in October?"
Li Shiyue put down her teacup and shook her head at Li Qiutian, "I don't know, sister, I don't know."
"It was her own father who sent her away from Andong, it was the new Khan who made her pregnant, and now it is her brother who wants her to return but forbids her from bringing her child back..."
In October, they never even asked her if she wanted to.
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