The jade screen was presented to Yao Susu. Yao Susu touched it with her hand and felt it was extremely soft. She sighed in her heart that the children were indeed born in a honey pot.
After a while, Xu Zekun came in from outside. Yao Susu was delighted to see him and showed him the small clothes she had prepared with great interest. There was unconcealable tenderness in Xu Zekun's eyes.
But Yao Susu still keenly noticed that Xu Zekun was a little strange. When he looked at her, he seemed to be hesitant to say something.
"Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" Yao Susu asked with her eyes wide open and her head tilted.
Xu Zekun was actually a little confused because he had just received a special guest.
Yao Susu's cousin Zhong Qingxi.
In the autumn examination last year, Zhong Qingxi, a student from Huizhou, won the first place in the palace examination. He was chosen by the emperor as the top scholar and was awarded the position of editor in the Hanlin Academy.
He was a military general and didn't pay much attention to Zhong Qingxi, but he had heard of his name because students from poor families with extraordinary talent always attracted attention.
Thinking of the handsome man in the green robe just now, Xu Zekun couldn't control the suffocation in his heart.
As a man himself, he could sense the strangeness in Zhong Qingxi's expression when he talked about Yao Susu.
It was a kind of emotion that was suppressed but still surged.
However, at this moment, looking at Yao Susu's pale little face and a pair of puzzled eyes, Xu Zekun clenched his fists. She was his, and no one would change that.
"Nothing." Xu Zekun put his arm around Yao Susu's waist and led her to sit on the edge of the couch. His big hand habitually touched her big belly. "Are they moving today?"
"Yeah," Yao Susu nodded, a sweet smile on her lips, "I think they can't wait to come out."
"I've asked the imperial physician, and there's a high chance the twins will be born prematurely. You need to be careful these past few days and tell me if you feel any discomfort. The midwife has already been brought into the house. Don't be afraid, I'm here with you."
His voice was clear and sweet, and Yao Susu felt sweet in her heart when she heard his earnest advice.
She leaned into his arms and nodded obediently.
Xu Zekun took a deep breath. Although he didn't like her cousin very much, he had to tell Zhong Qingxi when she came to see her.
"Susu, your cousin is coming to the mansion today. Do you want to see him?"
"Cousin?" Yao Susu was a little surprised and delighted.
When her cousin was at her uncle's house, she was actually studying away from home, and the two of them didn't have much time to interact. But in her memory, her cousin was very nice to her. Every time he came home, he would bring her a gift, sometimes a sugar man, or a ceramic doll, all of which were very thoughtful.
"Really? Why did my cousin come to Beijing? Is he doing well?" Yao Susu's eyes sparkled with surprise.
Xu Zekun felt his chest tighten. "Well, he's doing well. He just won the top spot in the imperial examination last year."
"Really?" Yao Susu was really shocked. She always knew that her cousin was a good student and a famous child prodigy in the surrounding villages, but she didn't expect that he could win the first prize in the national imperial examination.
She was simply happy for her cousin, but she didn't notice Xu Zekun's gradually gloomy face and the chill that occasionally came from his body.
"It seems that Susu and her cousin have a good relationship." He casually picked up a strand of Yao Susu's hair that fell by her ear. It was soft and fragrant.
After Yao Susu was surprised, she realized that Xu Zekun was in a bad mood.
It seems that Fang Yanran was having a secret meeting with her cousin... Xu Zekun wouldn't think that she and her cousin had any affair.
She raised her eyes, glanced at Xu Zekun, and then said softly: "I was only thirteen years old when I left my uncle's house. Speaking of my cousin, it does bring back some memories of my childhood."
I'm only thirteen, still a kid. You don't think my cousin and I are having an affair, do you?!
Hearing her say this, Xu Zekun felt much better. He naturally believed Su Su, but he didn't trust Zhong Qingxi. "Do you want to meet Su Su?"
Yao Susu was in a dilemma. Now that she was pregnant, it was not very convenient for her to do so. "I will see my cousin after I give birth to the baby."
Only then did Xu Zekun nod.
At the gate of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, there was a simple carriage, and sitting inside was Zhong Qingxi.
He had just confirmed with the Ningyuan Marquis's son that his cousin was Xu Zekun's current concubine.
It has been four years, he has been looking for his cousin for four whole years!
He still remembers that four years ago, when he came back from the academy with great joy, he was carrying a hairband he bought for his cousin. But when he got home, he saw his father with a sad face because he had broken his leg, and his mother with evasive eyes.
And no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find his cousin. His mother was frightened by his frantic search for Yao Susu and tearfully told him the truth.
In order to treat her father's leg and pay for his education, her mother sold her cousin?
Zhong Qingxi is very talented, and he knows that sooner or later he will become successful, so he has always been arrogant as a scholar. However, there has never been a moment like this, when he hated his own incompetence so much!
My cousin was so young and beautiful, so one can imagine her fate after being sold.
He found the human trafficker who bought his cousin, but learned that he was just the first person to sell her. He had no idea where his cousin was sold to because she had been sold to many other people.
After he found out, he fell seriously ill and even had nightmares about his cousin being bullied.
Seeing his big reaction, his mother almost cried all her tears. When he woke up again, he became even more silent and studied like crazy. He knew that the higher he stood, the greater his chances of finding his cousin would be!
Last autumn, he won the first prize. When he was paraded through the streets on horseback, his handsome and elegant title captured the hearts of so many women that the streets were deserted. It was such a glorious occasion, but he felt so lonely inside.
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