Xia Tong immediately shut up. With her experience, she immediately guessed that the other party must be angry. She immediately hugged the other party's arm to show her loyalty, "It would be best if he died. I can't stand people like him. And that old master, they are despicable and shameless. None of them are good people."
She had no confidence in saying this, after all, Gu Qin's hands were not clean either. But on second thought, although he was indeed cruel, at least he acted honestly, unlike some people who only did despicable things.
"Then who am I in your eyes?" Gu Qin glanced at her indifferently.
Xia Tong blinked, feeling her desire to survive growing day by day. She didn't remain silent for too long, and said seriously, "The prince is a bad man."
After saying that, she leaned over again and smiled sweetly, "But I just like bad guys."
The corners of the man's mouth finally raised a faint arc, his expression was no longer as scary as before, and he walked straight in front. However, Xia Tong beside him broke out in sweat on her forehead. After arriving at the palace, she felt that she had become more fluent in sweet talk. There was nothing she could do, as she was forced by life.
After returning to the house, Gu Qin naturally went to the study, while Xia Tong drank her pregnancy-preserving medicine day after day. However, perhaps the imperial guards outside really annoyed him, and Gu Qin did not go to court again in the next few days. It seemed that he really stayed in the mansion and accepted the investigation obediently. However, Xia Tong knew that he must be planning something bad again.
But Xia Ning still came to her door without giving up, and it was no use for her to avoid her this time.
"The Crown Prince's Consort came with the Queen's token and is already waiting in the outer hall."
Xia Tong was leaning on the couch reading the storybook. She frowned when she heard the words and felt that this person was really haunting her. She had no choice but to let Fang Yu bring her in.
Not long after, a woman in a smoky eight-piece skirt walked in from outside the house. She had her hair tied up in a bun, a common style for women. I haven't seen her for a long time. She looked more stable and no longer gave people the feeling of calculation as before.
"Greetings, Princess." Xia Ning suddenly bowed and did a half-salute.
"No need to be so polite."
Xia Tong did not let Fangyu's father retreat. One must be on guard against others, and there is nothing to be shy about now.
After she stood up, Fang Yu immediately brought a round stool, and Xia Ning slowly sat down, glancing at the woman who was half leaning on the couch in front of her. She was still as beautiful as a painting, and her light blue flowered soft silk skirt did not cover her slightly bulging belly. It had been a long time since they last saw her, and she was living as well as the rumors said.
"I wonder what important matter the Crown Prince's wife has that requires her to see me?"
Fang Yu came forward and handed over a cup of hot tea. After Xia Ning took it, she glanced at the person behind her casually. After a while, she opened her lips slightly and said, "It turns out that Tong'er and my cousin have become so estranged."
She couldn't hide her loneliness in her tone. Xia Tong fixed her eyes on her, expression unchanged, "If you are just here to reminisce about the past, you can come another day. I have been feeling very unwell recently, and I am afraid I will not be able to entertain you well."
The woman's complexion was rosy, and she didn't look unwell at all. Xia Ning tightened her grip and asked unwillingly, "Xia Mansion is on fire, how can you act as if nothing happened?"
When she heard the news, she almost fainted. If the prince had not told her to weigh the pros and cons, she would have wanted to come to the capital immediately to ask her cousin why she could still give birth to children for her as if nothing had happened when her grandmother and others were killed by that traitor. Has her conscience been eaten by a dog?
Seeing that the other party finally got straight to the point, Xia Tong didn't like to waste words and said coldly: "This is just an accident. Shuntian Prefecture's investigation also showed that the fire was an accident. What else do you want?"
"Are you surprised that you know what's going on? Even if you are dissatisfied with your grandmother and the others, you are a member of the Xia family after all. How can you be like this..."
"So cruel and heartless?" Xia Tong met her forbearing eyes, suddenly sneered, and slowly put down the book in her hand, "I don't care about your plotting against me to marry the prince, and I also gritted my teeth and kept silent when your mother and others bullied my mother for fun. When the Xiahou Mansion was in trouble, it was the prince who rescued them, but they immediately went to the Grand Tutor's Mansion and captured my mother to threaten me. Am I the one who is cruel and heartless and they are ungrateful? My patience is limited. No matter how kind a person is, he cannot resist the deception and calculation of others!"
After she finished speaking, Xia Ning suddenly choked. She didn't know what happened next, but even so, she couldn't just watch everyone in the mansion being killed by that traitor.
"No one is perfect. Maybe grandma and the others were just confused for a moment. Why don't you give them some more time?" Xia Ning frowned, still dissatisfied.
Hearing this, Xia Tong just sneered, "When my mother was arrested, did they ever give me more time? If you come here today just to blame me, then you can hate me. I have never let my grandmother down, and I don't need others to say anything."
She asked herself whether she had done her best for everyone in the mansion. It was those people who brought their own misfortunes upon themselves, thinking that Gu Qin was really so easy to talk to. Who could she blame?
At this point, Xia Ning didn't say anything more. She knew that it was the traitor who killed her parents, and she would avenge her parents no matter what.
"I came here just to make you understand something. Even if grandma and the others are wrong, the rest of the clan is innocent. You know the current situation. If you continue to help the tyrant, all the clan members will be implicated. Do you really want to be so stubborn?"
Seeing the other party's righteous look, Xia Tong finally understood. It turned out that this person came to be a lobbyist. No wonder he was holding the queen's token. It must have been Lin Qin's intention. However, Lin Qin was as stupid as the queen mother. They thought they could win over Gu Qin in this way. If it was really that simple, why didn't Xiao Jing take action until now?
"No one needs to worry about how I act. Now that you have finished speaking, leave. I saw you not because you have any queen's token in your hand, but I just want to tell you that I have never owed you anything. You don't need to come to me again. We have nothing to talk about."
After saying that, she looked directly at Fang Yu who was standing beside her and said, "Show the guest away."
"You..." Xia Ning frowned with a look of unwillingness on her face.
Fang Yu took a step forward and made a gesture of invitation, "Crown Princess."
After taking a look at the completely different cousin, Xia Ning's palms tightened, and she just stared at her steadily, saying in an inexplicable voice, "It's my fault. If it weren't for me, you would have lived a very good life by marrying the prince, and your grandmother and the others would not have been in any trouble."
After saying that, she pursed her lips and turned away. As the prince's bedmate, how could she not know who her husband had in his heart? The portraits in the study looked more and more like her cousin. Even now, the prince was still persuading her that her cousin must have her own difficulties, and she was definitely not the kind of person to sit back and watch.
It's really ridiculous. How could her cousin be a good person? How could she have nothing to do with the incident at the Xia Mansion? If that's the case, then there's no friendship to speak of.
Seeing her leave, Xia Tong cursed and said something inexplicable. She was no longer in the mood to read, so she found a cloak and went to the study.
Xifeng has not been seen in the past few days, and Xia Tong is getting more and more worried. However, Gu Qin is very tight-lipped and refuses to reveal Xifeng's whereabouts. No one knows whether he really has done something bad to him.
As soon as the door opened, she saw a man holding a pen and writing something with a serious look on his face. When Xia Tong closed the door and walked closer, she saw that the paper was full of irrelevant words, such as Xuan, Yi, Xi and so on.
"What are you writing?" She leaned over curiously.
The pen tip paused, and he glanced at her bulging belly. The man pulled her over with a gentle look, held her in his arms, and whispered, "Which name do you think is better?"
Xia Tong: “…”
Originally, she wanted to ask where Xifeng had gone, but now Xia Tong couldn't help but carefully scan the words on the paper. She couldn't quote from classics, so if Gu Qin thought it was good, then it must be good, but why did the words on the paper feel weird to her?
"Why is there no boy's name?" She couldn't help but turn around and look at him with dissatisfaction, "How can you favor girls over boys!"
Didn't people in ancient times always value sons over daughters? Why is this man always so different?
Ignoring her dissatisfaction, the man continued to write a word on the paper, his expression unchanged, "This king doesn't like boys."
He likes to raise a daughter, who must be more obedient than her mother.
Xia Tong frowned and looked at the man in disbelief. How could he be so sexist? Didn't he want to pass on the Gu family's legacy?
Pursing her lips, she also picked up a wolf hair brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote a boy's name on the rice paper. But the next moment, her hand was suddenly held by someone, and she was forced to draw a cross on the name.
"You women are always pedantic." He said in a cold tone.
Xia Tong was almost laughing out of anger. Who is so conservative? Don't think she doesn't know. Ever since she heard her mother say that breast milk is best for children, this man's expression has been wrong. He is even jealous of his own son. What kind of person is he?
"Well, boys will be boys."
He finally compromised after being glared at by her, and held her hand as he slowly wrote a name on the paper. He has always been generous, and he would do the same when hiring a wet nurse.
His technique was extremely slow, and within a moment, a name appeared on the paper. Xia Tong couldn't help but mutter, "Gu Qiao?"
The study was silent, filled with a faint scent of ink. With one hand around her soft waist, he lowered his head to her neck and took a deep breath. His big hand gently covered her bulging belly, and he was silent for a moment.
Xia Tong took a pen and wrote her name and her name on the paper. Suddenly, a faint smile appeared on her face, and her voice was soft, "If you like girls, I will give birth to another one for you when the time comes, okay?"
Having both a son and a daughter is not bad either.
"No." He rejected it without thinking, and said in a tone that did not allow for argument, "One is enough."
Xia Tong couldn't help but look back at him. Don't think that she didn't understand his obvious thoughts. Can you please put the overall situation first?
She suddenly became serious, pulling his arm and shaking it, "What on earth have you done to Xifeng?"
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