Chapter 217: The Truth
The only person you can meet in the palace who looks like the young master is Lord Cheng.
But this person is still here listening. Sang Ru can already feel the cold air coming from behind her, which is eerie and scary.
If possible, she would rush in and cover her girl's mouth. There was no way she could do that. After drinking a glass of wine, she started talking nonsense.
Mu Huaian listened to this, his eyes filled with tenderness. If possible, he really wanted to take the person away right now.
He put his arm around Yu Qinghuan's waist and led her inside. After helping her sit down, he asked, "Qinghuan, what exactly is going on between you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Yu Qinghuan knew that Mu Huaian would ask sooner or later, so she had been thinking about whether she should tell the truth.
After all, this was not a glorious thing. She was afraid that Mu Huaian would mind, but she couldn't lie, as that would be really unfair to his sincerity.
After thinking about it, she decided to tell the truth.
"Do you still remember what happened between me and Xie Zhili?"
Mu Huaian's eyes darkened and he nodded slightly, "I remember."
The old lady of Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion forced her to take over the throne and give birth to a son for Xie Zhiwen.
Yu Qinghuan said slowly, "At that time, I discovered that Xie Zhili had other ideas in his mind and had been trying to avoid having an heir. I was a little panicked and even asked you what to do."
Mu Huaian looked a little confused. When?
Yu Qinghuan: "There was one time when I asked you about a situation where someone was caught in a conflict between two factions and couldn't afford to offend either. You told me that you could find another force that could compete with both of them, so as to break the dilemma and have a chance of survival."
"I didn't want to be caught between Wang and Xie Zhili, and I was afraid of being driven away, so I approached Xiao Jinghe, hoping to use his influence to protect me."
Hearing this, Mu Huaian's pupils suddenly widened, his body stiffened, everything around him seemed to freeze at this moment, and even his breathing became heavy.
His thin lips trembled slightly, and his voice was low and hoarse, "At that time, I wanted to help you, but you didn't say anything... I could only hint."
During this period of time, Mu Huaian had been wondering what Yu Qinghuan's difficulties were that made her get involved with Xiao Jinghe. But now that he knew the truth, he was overwhelmed with regret, like thousands of sharp needles, densely packed into his heart, causing him waves of pain.
He never thought that the hint he made would push Yu Qinghuan towards the prince. He clearly wanted Yu Qinghuan to ask him for help.
Yu Qinghuan was slightly stunned. She didn't expect that Mu Huaian's words at the time were actually hinting that she could ask him for help.
At that time, she had no thoughts about Mu Huaian, so naturally she didn't think about it that way. She felt that the most suitable person was Xiao Jinghe.
If only then...it's all in the past, there's no time for regret.
Seeing Mu Huaian's face full of regret, Yu Qinghuan reached out and gently tugged at his sleeve, "Huaian, I don't want to be a princess, I just want to give birth to this child. Like you said before, we can live in the manor outside the city, if you want..."
She was a little unsure about Mu Huaian's current thoughts. After all, Xiao Jinghe's matter had been kept secret for so long.
Mu Huaian's face was a little pale, his lips were tightly pursed, and he tried hard to recall the past. There were obvious clues to Yu Qinghuan's abnormalities, but he never thought about it deeply.
Seeing the uneasiness written across Yu Qinghuan's face after the confession, he felt nothing but self-blame. His Adam's apple rolled over, and the words he spoke were bitter and bitter. "I should have been more clear at the beginning."
Or maybe if I had cared more about her and noticed her predicament earlier, there wouldn't have been so many problems later.
Hearing the self-blame in his words, Yu Qinghuan wanted to say something to comfort him, but she didn't know what to say at this moment. After thinking for a while, she held Mu Huaian's hand tightly and said, "It's all in the past. Let's not talk about it, okay?"
Mu Huaian had a bitter look on his face, thinking that it would have been better if he hadn't asked.
Now, his mind was full of the abnormalities of those days, how Yu Qinghuan was maneuvering between Xie Zhili and Xiao Jinghe. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask, "Does Xie Zhili know?"
Yu Qinghuan shook her head, then nodded, "I didn't know before, but I found out a few days ago."
I don’t know why, at this moment, thinking that Xie Zhili might be even more upset than myself, after all, he was the root cause of all this, Mu Huaian felt much better instantly.
But soon, he felt uncomfortable again because he remembered another thing.
"I accompanied you to buy colorful butterflies from the Western Regions and painted on your back?"
Yu Qinghuan felt a little guilty, she had almost forgotten about it. Seeing Mu Huaian asking, she could only answer truthfully, "Xiao Jinghe likes calligraphy and painting..."
Mu Huaian lowered his eyes and looked at his hand, even wanting to pick up a stone and smash it.
Every stroke he made on Yu Qinghuan's back was actually to please Xiao Jinghe. Perhaps it was because of that painting that he finally delivered her to Xiao Jinghe's hands.
How could he not mind this? He was filled with jealousy and his eyes turned red with emotion.
Mu Huaian's reaction was so big that Yu Qinghuan was a little scared. She stood up and hugged him, "Huaian, please don't ask anymore, okay? That's all in the past. We didn't express our feelings to each other at that time. It doesn't matter anymore."
She was really afraid that Mu Huaian would continue to recall and remember more details. As a person with a sensitive mind, wouldn't that be torturing himself?
Mu Huaian twitched his lips. He had a thousand words he wanted to say, but they were stuck in his throat. In the end, he only let out a low, bitter laugh, "Okay, I won't ask anymore."
He hugged her tightly, fearing that he would lose her. Although he cared about what happened between her and Xiao Jinghe, it happened before him after all, and there was no point in pursuing it now.
Especially since Yu Qinghuan is pregnant now, she shouldn't get too emotional.
Mu Huaian slowly closed his eyes and comforted himself, as long as she didn't leave him...it would be fine.
The two of them were talking quite loudly, and Sang Ru and Cheng Gongjin outside the hall could vaguely hear it.
What colorful butterfly from the Western Regions? In order to please Xiao Jinghe, Mu Huaian even helped Yu Qinghuan paint on her back.
Sang Ru held her forehead, thinking that the girl was so honest that she even told him about this matter. She was not afraid that the young master would think about it at night and get so angry that he would bang his head against the wall.
Cheng Gongjin's eyes became deeper and deeper. Colorful butterflies from the Western Regions?
He had heard that it was used by the old emperor and concubines in the palace to paint on people. The pigment was mixed with aphrodisiac incense, which could induce hallucinations and lust. Many dignitaries in the capital wanted to buy it and used it privately.
The nephew was really not smart and actually handed the person over to the prince personally.
If it were me, I would have taken Yu Qinghuan away when he showed up...
Thinking of this, Cheng Gongjin's eyes suddenly changed. He shouldn't think about these things. No matter what, the person inside had nothing to do with him.
Sang Ru felt that the atmosphere behind her was becoming increasingly gloomy, and her scalp was tingling. She mentally begged the two people inside to stop talking, even just to kiss and take a break!
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