Chapter 79 The Emperor Will Take Good Care of Our Daughter
Xiao Lingzhao's eyes struggled.
Xiao Lingzhao is not a new human being of the 21st century. He grew up in an environment where the emperor is the master. His mind is full of thoughts of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. He cannot conspire with Shen Yuanwei to secretly use their child to deceive the emperor and let the emperor suffer such a great humiliation.
However, he was also unwilling to obediently offer his wife to the emperor who forcibly separated them without any resistance.
He looked at Shen Yuanwei with a painful expression.
He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
After doing this several times, he finally said in a hoarse voice, "Yuan Wei, I have only learned how to be loyal to the king since I was a child. No one has ever taught me how to betray the king..."
He gently stroked Shen Yuanwei's eyes, "I know you have me in your heart, I know you only want to have a baby with me, but do you know that confusing the royal bloodline is a capital crime, and deceiving the emperor is also a capital crime? Have you ever thought about whether he can bear such a great humiliation if the child looks like me after being born? If he can't bear it, who will bear his anger then? Will the innocent child be strangled to death by him? Will we be torn into pieces by him? What will happen to the Xiao family, who has been loyal to the emperor and the country for generations?"
He kissed Shen Yuanwei's forehead and said painfully, "I know you are unwilling in your heart, I know you have resentment, I am also unwilling, I also resent, but the consequences of doing so are disastrous, the price to pay is too high, Yuanwei..."
Shen Yuanwei looked at Xiao Lingzhao's painful expression quietly. She didn't blame Xiao Lingzhao.
She could understand Xiao Lingzhao's inner struggle and his natural fear of imperial power.
A general as loyal as him would not betray his emperor even if he was tortured by the enemy. How could he betray the beliefs he had held since childhood just because of a few words from his wife?
However, the emperor is Xiao Lingzhao's belief, not hers.
She has nothing to worry about.
She told Xiao Lingzhao.
"It's not that we want to confuse the royal bloodline. I'm not his wife or concubine at all, and you're not the one who secretly had an affair with me without telling him. I'm your legally married wife, Xiao Lingzhao. It's only natural for me to sleep with you, and it's not illegal for me to bear a child for you. Now it's obviously him who wants to do something immoral, and it's him who wants to snatch my wife away. But before he snatched me away, I was already pregnant with my husband's child. Who can I blame for this?"
"He can only blame himself for being too impatient and snatching a pregnant woman into the palace."
When Xiao Lingzhao heard this, his eyes flickered.
Seeing that his attitude had softened, Shen Yuanwei continued speaking.
"You are afraid that your child will look like you when he is born, but there are not many children in this world who look like their biological parents right after they are born. A baby's facial features are not fully developed yet, so he doesn't look like anyone. On the contrary, it doesn't matter who you say he looks like. Otherwise, why are there so many people in this world who raise their children only to find out that the child is someone else's?"
"In the first one or two months after the baby is born, you don't have to worry about the emperor discovering the flaws."
"As for a few months later, if the child slowly grows like you, then we can definitely find a way to steal the child out of the palace before it's exposed, right?"
"Besides, the child may not necessarily be a prince. What if it is a princess who poses no threat to the throne?"
"The Emperor needs a child to silence the officials. If he has a daughter, the officials will no longer force him to adopt a royal family child. He feels guilty about you. Even if he finds out that the daughter is not his, he will take good care of this daughter who will get married sooner or later, to compensate for the harm he caused you by stealing your wife..."
Having said that, Shen Yuanwei looked at Xiao Lingzhao.
"Our emperor still has a trace of benevolence and righteousness in his heart. He still has a conscience and is not a cruel person."
"So I actually suspect that even if we give birth to a son, even if the emperor finds out that his eldest prince is not his own flesh and blood, he will not be furious, because he knows in his heart that it was not his woman who cheated on him, but he immorally robbed someone else's wife and child. He has no right to blame anyone. He will only give birth to a second prince who belongs to him completely and inherits the throne. He will not kill the older one..."
There was a flickering light in Xiao Lingzhao's eyes.
He admitted that he was somewhat persuaded by Shen Yuanwei.
Shen Yuanwei took his arm and walked towards the mansion, whispering -
"You don't have to think so much. Maybe I won't get pregnant tonight..."
"I just can't bear to leave you. I just want my husband to love me again before I go to the palace to serve a man I don't love..."
"Don't you even want to agree to my little wish?"
Xiao Lingzhao glanced at Shen Yuanwei, who looked sad and lonely, and his heart was filled with pain.
That's all.
He has been law-abiding all his life, so what if he lets himself go today?
Just as Yuan Wei said, he did not enter the palace to steal the emperor's concubines. He has not divorced Yuan Wei yet. It is natural for him to love his wife.
Why should he feel sorry for the emperor?
It was clearly the emperor who was wronging him.
As the two of them walked side by side to the steps of the general's mansion, several Dragon Scale Guards followed them.
Xiao Lingzhao looked back.
The Dragon Scale Guard clasped his fists and said, "General, please come out immediately. We will only wait for you for half a cup of tea."
Xiao Lingzhao's eyes were dim.
Half a cup of tea?
Shen Yuanwei also blinked gently.
A cup of tea takes ten minutes, and half a cup of tea takes five minutes...
It takes another three minutes to walk from here to the room...
Shen Yuanwei looked up at Xiao Lingzhao.
Xiao Lingzhao calmly nodded to the Dragon Scale Guards and agreed, "Okay, I'll be right out."
He held Shen Yuanwei's hand and walked into the mansion. As soon as they entered the first moon gate, he pushed Shen Yuanwei into the shadow of the corner of the courtyard wall.
Shen Yuanwei leaned her back against the cold courtyard wall and looked up at him.
Looking at the long corridor where someone might come at any time, Shen Yuanwei was a little nervous, "Here?"
Xiao Lingzhao gently kissed her forehead, "Are you scared?"
Shen Yuanwei took a deep breath and said, "I'm not afraid. What's there to be afraid of in my own home? It's dark now and no one will be walking around..."
After that, she carefully asked Xiao Lingzhao, "There shouldn't be anyone walking around, right?"
Xiao Lingzhao held her in his arms, "At least no one will come during this half cup of tea."
Shen Yuanwei thought about it and agreed.
A few minutes, how could it be such a coincidence? No one will come.
Her clothes were lifted up by Xiao Lingzhao's hands, and she turned her head to look at the swaying moonlight.
Feeling Xiao Lingzhao's fingers, her eyelashes trembled. She didn't dare to look down. She grabbed Xiao Lingzhao's arm and leaned her forehead against his chest.
She thought, it was all the emperor's fault. The emperor must have told the Dragon Scale Guards to keep an eye on Xiao Lingzhao and not allow him to stay with her for too long, lest she get pregnant with the Xiao family's child...
But the emperor still miscalculated. If he had followed the usual rules, it would have been impossible to accomplish anything in five minutes. But in this situation, putting aside the usual emotions, how could five minutes not be enough?
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