Chapter 216: Be sure to protect Miss Xiyan
Three days pass like fine sand passing through a sieve.
Every day when Xiyan was dressing in front of the bronze mirror, she would always vaguely see two shadows reflected in the mirror:
One is myself, and the other is the appearance of the baby in my imagination.
She gently stroked her lower abdomen, which had not yet taken shape, but it felt like holding a ball of burning charcoal. With each passing moment, it left a deeper mark on her heart.
She was an orphan who had been learning how to kill from Xiao Nanyue since she was young, and she thought that her life was just a bloody chess piece.
Xiyan never thought that there would be a child in her belly who was related to her by blood and was her only relative in this world.
But how could she keep Xiao Nanyan's blood?
That man who could make things happen with a wave of his hand, whose smile even contained the poison of Datura, when had he ever been sincere to her?
The child is innocent, but... she doesn't want to bring him into the world and let him suffer with her, a mother who cannot control her own destiny. If that is the case, it would be better to strangle him in the womb.
My child, I hope you can be reborn into a good family in your next life. I am sorry for you!
"Miss Xiyan, it's time to eat."
The maid Xiaoqiu pushed the door open and came in holding a food box.
Helian Feng went to court early this morning and has not returned yet. She has no appetite for food. However, Xiaoqiu is worried that she will be blamed by the prince, so she asked the chef to make a bowl of iced sour plum soup and a plate of osmanthus cake.
Sure enough, after drinking a few sips of sour plum soup, she regained her appetite, ate two pieces of osmanthus cake, and felt much more energetic.
She looked at the scorching sun outside the window and remembered that she had to go to the cloth shop to get clothes today, and most importantly, go to Huichuntang to get the abortion medicine.
At 3 p.m., Xiyan called Zou Yi.
Zou Yi knew that she was going to the cloth shop to pick up clothes today, so he took two guards and went out with her.
When they arrived at the cloth shop, Xiyan asked Zou Yi to wait at the door. She said she wanted to go in and try it on. If there was any part that didn't fit, she could make some temporary modifications.
Just like last time, she stuffed a silver ingot into the shopkeeper's hand, walked out from the back corner door as if she was familiar with the route, entered Huichun Hall, and successfully retrieved the abortion pill.
Although the medicine bottle was light, it felt heavy in her sleeve. She hid in the shadow of the corner door of the cloth shop and took out the medicine bottle several times, wanting to open it, but put it back again.
For some reason, even though she was determined not to keep the child, as a mother, it was such a cruel thing for her to kill the child in her womb with her own hands.
She thought again, she'd already waited three days, so one more day wouldn't make a difference. If she took it now, she might get a sharp pain in her stomach and even bleed. How could she hide it from Zou Yi?
After thinking for a while, she finally put the medicine bottle back into her sleeve. It would be better to wait until late at night when everyone was asleep, then take the medicine and end all this without anyone knowing.
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On the way back, Zou Yi suddenly stopped, groped around his waist, and his face changed suddenly.
"Oh no!"
Xi Yan was shocked:
"Guard Zou, what happened?"
Zou Yi looked anxious:
"My ancestral jade pendant with a dragon pattern is missing. I don't know if it was left in the cloth shop or stolen by thieves."
Xiyan advised kindly:
"Guard Zou, don't worry. I think it slipped while you were at the cloth shop. With your skills, there's no way the thieves could get close to you. The jade pendant is valuable, so you should search for it carefully. You should return quickly. I'll go ahead with them."
Zou Yi nodded and ordered the two guards:
"Please be sure to protect Miss Xiyan. If anything happens, you will be the only ones held responsible."
The two guards received the order, and Zou Yi left with peace of mind.
"Miss Xiyan, do you want to go back home directly or go shopping again?" asked a guard named Zhang.
Xiyan had no mood to wander around. The abortion pills in her sleeve made her heart ache. Her body was also very uncomfortable due to the pregnancy, so she said lightly:
"Please, two guards, take me back to the palace."
"good!"
Xiyan's fingertips unconsciously stroked the medicine bottle in her sleeve.
The two guards clasped their fists in response, and the three of them headed towards the Prince's Mansion.
This place is not far from the Prince's Mansion. The shortcut is just through two deserted alleys. We passed through these two alleys when we came here, and we will naturally return by the same route when we go back.
The bright sun soaked the brick walls, and moss in the cracks of the bricks glowed a faint green. Xiyan walked in front with a heavy heart, and two guards followed behind her slowly.
Xiyan's whole mind was on the bottle of abortion medicine.
After all, this is a common trait for people who practice martial arts. As she walked, she suddenly became sensitively aware that the footsteps behind her seemed to be at a different frequency from those of the two guards.
Thinking of this, she did not look back, but subconsciously quickened her pace, and the people behind her also quickened their pace.
Just as she was about to reach the end of the alley, two masked men in black suddenly rushed out from the shadows. She was startled and turned around to look. Sure enough, the people behind her were not the two guards, but two masked men in black.
"Who are you?"
Xiyan leaned against the wall and asked in a cold voice.
The tall masked man in the lead said grimly:
"Someone paid a large sum of money to first insult your innocence and then destroy your appearance!"
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