General Ge's expression instantly turned serious.
Pan Zhao went from being completely bewildered, surprised, and at a loss, until finally all her emotions turned into ecstatic joy. "You, when did you find out? Why didn't you tell me?!"
Qiao Zhen explained weakly, "I used to rarely put oil in braised pork, not to save oil, but because I find it greasy if there's too much oil. Then a few days ago at the celebration banquet, I ate a lot of greasy roasted thighs, and my period didn't come on time. I initially tried to check my pulse, and I felt two heartbeats."
Pan Zhao pulled Qiao Zhen into his arms. "If the general wants to punish someone, then punish me. She is pregnant now, and the child is innocent no matter what."
Qiao Zhen looked at Pan Zhao in shock and questioned, "What do you mean? The child is innocent. After the baby is born, I can go and accept my punishment, and then you can take the child and marry a good-looking man, right?!"
Pan Zhao roughly pressed Qiao Zhen's head into his arms and scolded, "I said I'll take the punishment for you!"
General Ge looked at their affectionate display, his heaving chest and trembling fingers conveying only two words: "Nonsense!"
He seemed to have thought of something and asked again, "Then who came up with Qiao Zhen's methods?!"
“It was Pan Zhao. I saw the bamboo slips at home and picked them up to read some.” Qiao Zhen nestled in Pan Zhao’s arms like a quail, cautiously looking up at General Ge. “My husband saved Yan Rupu back then. Later, Yan Rupu discovered my husband’s immense strength and wanted to win him over. I didn’t know her identity at first. It just so happened that your men were recruiting soldiers in the village, so I asked my husband to join General Ge’s army. But I didn’t expect that Yan Rupu would repay kindness with enmity. She and her brother Yan Rujue wanted to forcibly take me back to the capital and use me to threaten my husband. They even thought…”
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