"Your Highness."
The moment Xu Lingyi received the note from the Xu family, Xiao Chengyou knew it.
They didn't see the contents of the note clearly, but it was obvious that Xu Lingyi was in contact with the Xu family and receiving information from them.
Ning Que and Xiao Chengyou were sitting on the eaves. He had originally wanted to take His Highness out for a while, but ended up seeing this scene.
"I've always said that none of the Xu family are good. Your Highness, does she know your plan? If she knows much, perhaps she will report everything back to the Xu family tonight."
Ning Que clenched his fists, looking uneasy.
"You and the Empress were originally framed by the Xu family, which is why His Majesty suspects you. You have fallen to such a state, and the Xu family and Xiao Hengyuan are still not satisfied. They even sent this woman to attack your heart. How cruel!"
"Your Highness, I will kill her right now to prevent future troubles."
After all, Xu Lingyi has become Xiao Chengyou's bedmate, and His Highness seems to have fallen into it unknowingly.
In Ning Que's eyes, keeping Xu Lingyi meant keeping hidden dangers.
"Ning Que." Xiao Chengyou sighed in his heart.
Ning Que was too reckless and upright. His Majesty once did not dare to let him go to the front battlefield because of his character. However, there was no one else available at that time, and Xiao Chengyou strongly recommended him, which gave Ning Que the opportunity.
Fortunately, Ning Que was exceptionally sharp on the battlefield and was considered a natural born general.
"Calm down first. Don't worry about me. I know my limits."
Ning Que is too impulsive and too loyal.
"This is the capital, not the front line. You can't just kill people at will."
Ning Que listened to Xiao Chengyou, and of course only listened to him.
He took a deep breath, and only then did he remember that Xu Lingyi was still pregnant with His Highness's child.
"Yes, Your Highness, I was wrong. This woman cannot be killed."
Ning Que regained his composure and spoke gloomily, "Although she deserves to die, she is pregnant with the young prince. For the sake of your offspring, I will not kill her."
Instead, he had to protect this woman.
But when Ning Que thought that she was a member of the Xu family, he felt it was difficult.
"Your Highness, in order to prevent our plan from being leaked, I believe she should be imprisoned and locked away in the palace. This will ensure the safety of your offspring and also cut off her connection with the Xu family."
Xiao Chengyou was silent for a while.
He felt in his heart that Xu Lingyi would not betray him.
"Let's wait and see. How do you know she will definitely betray me?"
Xiao Chengyou asked back.
"She loves me, and she's different from Xu Baozhu and the others. Now that she has my child, she may not necessarily stand on the Xu family's side."
Ning Que just kept shaking his head and even became more wary of Xu Lingyi. In just over a month, had His Highness been captured by her?
"Your Highness!"
Ning Que lowered his voice, "You've only been with her for less than two months. Even if she's pregnant with your child, she's been with the Xu family for over a decade. The Xu family has her biological parents. Now that you've been demoted to a commoner, how can you possibly stand up to the Xu family?"
Ning Que didn't know when His Highness had become so naive that he actually thought Xu Lingyi would choose him over his parents and family.
Both of them spoke in very low voices. Even though Ning Que was very emotional, he did not forget to control the volume.
After Ning Que finished speaking, he noticed Xu Lingyi moving again.
"Brother Guard."
Xu Lingyi clenched her palms. It seemed that Xu's father had bribed the two guards at the door.
Xu Lingyi had long anticipated that Xu's father would contact her and try to use her, or Xiao Chengyou should have thought of this in his mind as well.
So in fact, Xu's father came to her door, but before that, Xu Lingyi would definitely ensure her mother's safety first.
Father Xu is cruel and ruthless, he can do anything.
In the past, he and the princess spared their mother's life simply because they were worried about their reputation. More than ten years ago, a family in the capital demoted his wife to a concubine and then poisoned the concubine, causing them to be despised for many years.
Now that Father Xu has become the Prime Minister, he values his reputation even more.
So he kept his mother for many years, but... it was precisely because he kept his mother long enough.
Even if my mother dies now, as long as we announce that she died of illness... I believe no one will say anything.
"My father...did he say anything to you?" Xu Lingyi asked in a low voice.
"The Prime Minister said that if you have anything to say, you should tell us directly so that we won't be discovered."
Xu Lingyi sneered in her heart. If Xu's father was really afraid of being discovered, he would have been more secretive. Now he was just acting like this, which simply showed that he didn't care about her life.
"Tell Father..." Xu Lingyi leaned forward and lowered her voice, "I will report everything I know back to the Xu family. I only ask him not to harm my mother."
After hearing this, Ning Que could no longer bear it. After flying over several rooftops with Xiao Chengyou, he found a secluded place and started cursing loudly.
"The Xu family is indeed a nest of snakes and rats. Your Highness, you should give up now."
Seeing Xiao Chengyou's bad complexion, Ning Que hurried to comfort him:
"Your Highness, it would be a good thing to take this opportunity to get a clear look at this woman. Fortunately, you only have a slight crush on her and haven't fallen too deeply in love with her. You just cut your losses in time."
Xiao Chengyou was silent, his face very gloomy.
"I think, since she is so unkind to the Xu family, then after she gives birth..."
Ning Que hesitated before speaking.
He has killed too many people and his heart has become much colder and harder.
"Your Highness cannot let her go free either. Imprison her for life and force her to bear children for Your Highness until she can no longer bear children."
If she was unlucky and died in childbirth, it would be her own fate.
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Xiao Chengyou was depressed.
If only it was Xu Baozhu who was born instead of Xu Lingyi.
If he and Xu Lingyi had not spent this period of time together day and night, Xiao Chengyou might have treated her like this.
But after Ning Que said this, Xiao Chengyou felt uncomfortable at the thought of treating Xu Lingyi like this.
But he no longer wanted to say anything at this moment.
Even though he witnessed Xu Lingyi's betrayal at this moment, he didn't know how to punish her.
Would he want to hurt her?
Xiao Chengyou asked himself in his heart, but he didn't know either.
"Go back first and talk later."
He needs to think carefully about how to treat Xu Lingyi in the future.
Xu Lingyi in the corner clenched her palms and lowered her eyes.
In fact, she noticed someone was there. The guards outside could not notice it, but she was inside the deposed prince's mansion.
Even though Ning Que lowered his voice, he still couldn't control his emotions for a moment.
Xu Lingyi knew that Ning Que and Xiao Chengyou were watching silently from behind.
But she still had to stabilize Xu's father first. After she was reborn, besides her own, the person she cared about most was her mother.
So after she had a brief talk with the guards and made sure that Xu's father could be stabilized for a few days, she went to find Xiao Chengyou and Ning Que, wanting to make things clear with Xiao Chengyou.
As a result, I just happened to hear what that person said.
Xu Lingyi wanting to have a child and being forced to have a child are two completely different things.
Although she knew Ning Que had his reasons for thinking this way, she was still disgusted.
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Second update. My dears, please add it to your bookshelf. I overslept during lunch break, but I’m still writing. I’ll probably be able to post it before six o’clock.
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