Chapter 144 A Promise
Although she was looking forward to having a child, at this moment, realizing that the old emperor's health was getting worse, Yu Qinghuan was somewhat glad that she was not pregnant with Xiao Jinghe's child.
Otherwise, in the current situation, once I move out of the Marquis' Mansion, if this man has other ideas, I will not be able to resist at all.
Yu Qinghuan deliberately avoided Xiao Jinghe's gaze and walked towards her tent with Chen Niao.
As the crowd around them thinned out, Chen Niao couldn't help but ask, "What was that noise you made just now?"
If I hadn't seen her speak, I wouldn't have been able to tell that those two roars were from Yu Qinghuan. This was too powerful!
Yu Qinghuan smiled and said, "It's just the ventriloquism I practiced when I was bored. I didn't expect it would come in handy today."
Chen Niao gave her a thumbs up and said, "I'll come visit you when I get back to the capital."
Yu Qinghuan shook his head. "I have some things to do when I return to the capital, so I'm afraid I won't have time."
Upon hearing this, Chen Niao immediately thought of the rumors of the past few days, which were probably about moving out of the Marquis' Mansion. After all, it was a Marquis' Mansion. If Marquis Ningyuan was unwilling to let her go, it would probably drag on for a long time.
"Then when you are free, come to the Chen family to find me."
Yu Qinghuan: "Okay."
Chen Niao: "It's a deal."
After sending Yu Qinghuan back to the tent, Chen Niao left.
Watching Zheng Qingrong get divorced, Yu Qinghuan also felt a sense of physical and mental refreshment. No one knew that by helping Zheng Qingrong, she was actually helping herself in her previous life.
So when she saw Zheng Qingrong being liberated, she also felt like she had broken free from the difficulties of her previous life.
Now, she also wants to change her way of life and completely get rid of herself in her previous life.
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When we returned to the capital, the ice and snow had melted and the carriage was moving much faster.
But Yu Qinghuan had already learned to ride a horse and was unwilling to ride in a carriage. On the way back, she and Chen Niao rode side by side, chatting and laughing.
Xie Zhiwen came to see Yu Qinghuan from time to time, wanting to say a few words of concern, but all he got was Yu Qinghuan's perfunctory response.
In order to get rid of Xie Zhiwen, Yu Qinghuan moved forward a little, but when she tilted her head, she saw a face she didn't want to see, smiling at her.
Xie Zhili's smug look gave her a headache, so she moved forward a little. Xie Zhili raised the corner of his lips and followed closely behind in a good mood.
As a result, as he moved forward, he happened to run into Cheng Gongjin, whom he had not seen for a few days, in a low-key but luxurious carriage.
Cheng Gongjin half-lifted the small curtain. Perhaps because his wound had not healed yet, he was dressed casually, with the lapels of his red robe hanging loosely. He was leaning against a soft pillow, and his untied black hair made the scabby teeth marks on his lips even more obvious.
Caught off guard by the eye contact, Yu Qinghuan recalled the chaos of that night, and his knuckles gripping the reins suddenly tightened.
She asked casually, "How are your injuries?"
Cheng Gongjin's expression was calm. "Thanks to my wife, I'm almost well."
Xie Zhili, who followed behind, caught a glimpse of the wound on Cheng Gongjin's lip. The similar wound inexplicably reminded him of Yu Qinghuan in front of him.
He frowned, "Master Cheng was assassinated, why did he get injured in the mouth as well?"
Cheng Gongjin glanced at Yu Qinghuan and said, "I accidentally bumped into you. Thank you for your concern."
Yu Qinghuan turned her face away abruptly, but was met with Xie Zhili's inquiring gaze. Her breathing stagnated and she felt inexplicably guilty.
Could it be that Xie Zhili saw something?
Cheng Gongjin said in a deep voice, "Thank you very much, Madam, for saving me that day. I will definitely come to thank you at your house some other day."
However, Yu Qinghuan didn't want to see Cheng Gongjin again. She felt uncomfortable when she thought about the feeling of being seen through by this man, especially since this man was sick and might even take her life when he fell ill.
It’s better to stay as far away from sick people as possible.
Thinking of this, she pursed her lips and smiled perfunctorily, "Mr. Cheng, you are too polite. You also saved me that day. The two cancel each other out. No need to thank me."
Cheng Gongjin looked at her, his fingertips gently stroking the scar on his lip. "I heard that Madam is pregnant. Congratulations."
Yu Qinghuan's forehead twitched at the look in his eyes. "Thank you, Lord. It's just a rumor."
Cheng Gongjin's gaze fell on Xie Zhili beside her, and then he looked back at Yu Qinghuan.
He didn't say anything, but Yu Qinghuan seemed to be able to read his meaning from his eyes: Whose child is it?
"You two take your time chatting, I'll go ahead." After saying this, she kicked the horse's belly hard and ran away.
Every time he met Cheng Gongjin, he always looked at him like this, as if he could see through all his thoughts and secrets.
This feeling is like being naked in front of him, and I feel uncomfortable all over.
Sometimes she wanted to fight back, but she didn't have much ability and could only seduce men.
This Mr. Cheng is extremely handsome, but he is already old and is also Mu Huaian’s teacher. How can I still be mean to him?
She still understands respecting the elderly.
Seeing Yu Qinghuan running away, Xie Zhili's eyes darkened and he felt something was wrong.
He looked at Cheng Gongjin and felt that he was thinking too much. What could the current cabinet minister, at his age, do to Yu Qinghuan?
But if you think about it, isn't it because of their age that some people become thick-skinned?
"You are old, why don't you want to marry a wife?"
Cheng Gongjin ignored him and simply lowered the curtain, blocking Xie Zhili's sight completely.
A chill appeared in Xie Zhili's eyes. This man was arrogant only because he was relying on the emperor's favor. When the prince ascended the throne in the future and he had no one to rely on, his position would sooner or later have to be replaced by someone else.
At this time, Yu Qinghuan saw Mu Huaian's figure from afar. She was delighted and wanted to go over immediately.
But just as he was about to get closer, he was blocked by a man and a horse.
She knew this person. He was Xiao Jinghe's trusted guard.
"Madam, His Highness wishes to speak to you."
Yu Qinghuan's heart was beating fast. Talking here in broad daylight?
I saw the curtain of the carriage next to me being slowly lifted by slender fingers with distinct joints.
Xiao Jinghe's face, half hidden in the shadow of the carriage, was revealed, and he stretched out his hand towards Yu Qinghuan on horseback.
"Come up."
His voice was cold and heavy, filled with an irresistible authority.
Yu Qinghuan's fingertips suddenly tightened on the reins. Prince Rui had lost power. She thought that after Xiao Jing's position as crown prince was secured, he would become more assertive in certain matters.
But I didn't expect him to be so arrogant, in broad daylight, on this road, with so many eyes staring at him from all directions.
This guy is really crazier than Xie Zhili.
Yu Qinghuan laughed dryly, "Your Highness, aren't you afraid of being seen?"
Xiao Jinghe: "Both the front and the back are my people, it doesn't matter."
Yu Qinghuan didn't believe it at all. When she went to his tent that night, not many people saw it and he was hiding it. But now he changed his excuse.
Moreover, Mu Huaian is in front of him, and he can see him when he turns his head. Could it be that Mu Huaian is also his, Xiao Jinghe's, man?
What's more, there was Xie Zhili following him...
But before she could politely refuse, Xiao Jinghe inside suddenly leaned out, grabbed her arm with his big hand, pulled her off the slowly moving horse, and forcibly carried her into the carriage!
Before she could react, the man in front of her captured her lips and kissed her aggressively, trying to strangle her breath.
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