Xiren will stay here temporarily, and Wan'er will stay here to keep her company for a few days.
When Xie Yuancheng took me back, we saw Li Zhaole walking around in the garden. Could it be that the Second Prince was really searching the mansion?
I walked over and asked, "Zhao Le, what are you doing here?"
"Oh, you're finally back!" Li Zhaole ran over. "Brother Yuancheng, there aren't any really remote places in the capital. I'm thinking of moving out."
Xie Yuancheng was stunned: "You were living quite well in the manor, why would you move out?"
"The Second Prince came today. He and Lin Yu have a good relationship. Although Lord Ji stopped him, if it is discovered, the Ji family will be implicated because of me."
"Is the Second Prince and Lin Yu on good terms? How good are they?" Xie Yuancheng clenched his fist, as this concerned his subordinates.
Although Caiwei had Li Ruowei take her place, it's unknown whether she told the Second Prince. If she did, the Crown Prince would find out.
Although Caiwei had never seen Li Ruowei's face, she was very smart, and if she thought about it for a moment, she would realize that something was wrong.
"They have a very good personal relationship. I heard that the Second Prince often goes to Dongqin to discuss matters with Lin Yu when he has nothing to do. Moreover, they like to exchange women for fun."
Li Zhaole spoke with resentment, her face practically radiating anger.
Lin Yu doesn't seem like the type to switch women around. Back in Sizhou City, I felt he was genuinely sincere towards Li Zhaole. How could he have changed so much?
Xie Yuancheng comforted her from the side: "Sister Zhaole, although Lin Yu has established an empress, this matter is an insult to the prestige of Emperor Dongqin. You should verify it before making any further statements."
“I saw it with my own eyes. They were having sex in the house. I was pregnant at the time. It seemed that the woman was a foreigner. She looked a bit like Cailu in terms of her features.”
Lin Yu wasn't like this before. Perhaps back in Sizhou City, he felt I lied to him. Whether it was revenge or something else, I don't want to find out anymore. I just need to take good care of the child.
I handed Li Zhaole a handkerchief. Could it be that she's suffering now because she had a good life before having children? That Lin Yu is a real scoundrel, actually doing something like this.
Xie Yuancheng asked me to take Li Zhaole back first; he needed to discuss it with his father. I remembered there was a house in the countryside, but Li Zhaole lived alone. How could she possibly take care of herself, especially with a child?
Li Zhaole and I went inside. Little Junjun was laughing happily in her cradle. Qiao'er went out as soon as she saw us.
“Little Junjun~” I picked him up and said, “All children are the same, so soft and cute.”
"Yes, right now I just want to raise my child, and we'll talk about the future later."
"Although I don't know what kind of person Lin Yu is, from the moment I met him in Sizhou, not to mention on the battlefield, where we were enemies, I could see very clearly in the manor that he likes you."
“At that time, our feelings were still there, but I don’t know how they faded later. Maybe I’m just not lucky enough to have him. I didn’t want to share him with other women. Maybe the child wouldn’t even be mine, and I would be relegated to the sidelines.”
I sat down next to her, holding little Junjun in my arms: "Don't overthink it. The worst thing for a mother is to be unhappy. If the mother is unhappy, the child will definitely be unhappy too. He's still so young. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about him."
“Yes.” Li Zhaole reached out her hand, and I handed Xiao Junjun to her.
"There's one more thing: Xiren has been found."
"She found him?" Li Zhaole's face finally brightened a bit: "That girl is really stupid. She knows that the Crown Prince is a wolf with insatiable ambitions, yet she still hopes that he will spare our lives."
"What happened back then? How did the Crown Prince find you?"
Li Zhaole wiped the drool from Xiao Junjun's mouth, asked Qiao'er to take him out for a walk, and then told me.
"That farming family were good people, but they couldn't resist the Crown Prince's coercion and enticement, so they betrayed us. Xiren overheard this outside the window and slept with the Crown Prince that night to buy some time."
She originally thought the Crown Prince would remember their past relationship, so she stayed with him every day at the farmer's house. If he really remembered their past relationship, why would he send her back?
I was passing by the East Palace when I saw how pitiful she was, so I took her back with me. But I was also angry with her, so I scolded her in front of everyone to teach her a lesson.
It was because of that incident that Xiren was very grateful to me. Later, when I saw the bruises on her body from the Crown Prince's pinching, she ran away through a side path that very night. However, the farmer's family secretly gave us some travel money, which enabled us to make it to the outskirts of the city.
Later, Xiren jumped into the river for me and Xiaojunjun. It's so good to have found her now.
I sighed inwardly. Women in the Great Zhao still had a low status, unlike in 2020, when people would stroll on the beach in bikinis in the summer, and many women enjoyed the treatment of a queen from birth to old age.
"Don't overthink it. She got pregnant, so Wan'er stayed there to take care of her. We women never know when we can live for ourselves; we're always living in the shadow of men."
"Forget about it." Li Zhaole, who still had tear stains, suddenly smiled. "Brother Yuancheng is a good person. You can't let him down."
"Of course I won't. I just mentioned some girls. You can stay in the manor for now and we'll talk about it when Wan'er comes back. Right now, Xiren should be worried about whether or not to have the child."
“That child will suffer even after birth, and it will be difficult for her to get married in the future.”
Li Zhaole clutched her handkerchief. She herself wasn't doing very well, yet she still knew how to think of the palace maids; that was a kind of growth for her.
I comforted her for a while, and only left when I learned that Qiao'er had brought Xiao Junjun in and said it was time to feed her.
This prince has ruined countless girls. He acts arrogantly and domineeringly just because he is the prince. He is really annoying!
I went to my mother's room, and Yu'er was driving his little wooden car inside. When he smiled, his dimples appeared on his face.
"Yu'er~" I composed myself, knowing I had to be happy in front of the child.
"Mommy~" Yu'er stopped playing with the disc, the little wooden car stopped, and he reached out for me to pick him up: "Why are you playing inside? If you disturb your younger siblings, you won't be able to soothe them properly."
"Little sister~" Upon hearing the word "little sister," Yu'er pointed at Su Ling and exclaimed, "I want a little sister~"
Mother smiled and said, "Anxiang and I couldn't stop him, so we let him play with the wooden car inside. Luckily, Yu'er was well-behaved and knew not to disturb his younger siblings."
"Haha~" Yu'er looked at me with her big eyes when she heard her mother's words.
"Yu'er is such a good boy, let Mommy give you a kiss, mwah~" I kissed him twice on the cheek. Yu'er always cooperates very well, stretching out his little face to kiss me as he pleases.
"Chirp chirp~" He hugged my neck and then pulled on my earring.
"You little rascal, you're going to tear my ears off!" Yu'er giggled when she heard the voice, grabbing her earring and shaking it back and forth.
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