Du Jiaojiao unconsciously lowered her eyes to look at her still flat abdomen, and her hands unconsciously touched her abdomen.
Her face was extremely soft.
"Yes, I was always uneasy before, and I couldn't eat or sleep well. But now I don't think about anything, and I can eat and sleep well."
Du Jiaojiao told her about her feelings affectionately.
It seems that this can make her forget many unhappy things.
She didn't show any sign of panic at all, after all, the identity of the child in her belly was embarrassing.
"It's still early in the month, so we should be more careful and cautious."
Zhao Yunzhu's gaze fell on Du Jiaojiao's belly, and her mood softened unconsciously.
Du Jiaojiao nodded obediently.
"Brother Ze said he wanted to take me away from Chang'an."
Du Jiaojiao suddenly spoke, and Zhao Yunzhu's eyes dimmed.
Leaving Chang'an?
How to leave?
As if he could see what she was thinking, Du Jiaojiao explained with a smile, "He told me to wait until the prince comes back, and then he will go and ask the prince in person."
"The Yong'an Marquis Mansion..."
"Before I had time to mention this to my family, Brother Ze came."
"I'm worried my family won't agree, so I'm just going to keep it a secret. If they knew about this, they'd probably beat me to death."
The smile on Du Jiaojiao's lips showed a hint of helplessness.
Although she was born in the second branch of the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion, if others knew about the heinous and unethical things she had done, I'm afraid the spit in Chang'an City would drown her alive.
"So you plan to keep it a secret?"
"Well, from now on, let my family just treat me as if I'm dead."
Du Jiaojiao's only concern right now is the baby in her belly.
Everything else was not in her consideration.
"Just make up your mind."
As an outsider, Zhao Yunzhu had nothing to do with this matter.
Naturally, she didn't want to bother worrying about these things.
Finally, Du Jiaojiao stood up and wanted to say goodbye.
Zhao Yunzhu suddenly asked, "Can I ask how Madam Du died?"
Although I had heard about this from Qin Zongzhi a long time ago.
But she still tried to hear some different news from Du Jiaojiao.
Du Jiaojiao didn't expect her to ask this. She was stunned for a moment before turning around and looking at her.
After pondering for a long time, he seemed to have made some decision in his heart.
"Sister, my mother made a slip of the tongue that day and told my great aunt that the medicine my grandmother asked her to give to my great uncle was contraceptive soup."
"My eldest uncle thought it was my great uncle who did it, so the two of them went to my grandmother's room to confront her. Naturally, my grandmother wouldn't tell anyone."
"That night, when my uncle and aunt returned home, they had another big fight."
"My uncle's negligence has caused this unfortunate situation. Sister, the Yong'an Marquisate can no longer withstand any further adversity. Cousin Ming'an is gone, the Zhao family is gone, you left, and now my aunt is gone too. My uncle is in a state of despair."
"The Yong'an Marquis Mansion is now nothing more than an empty shell. There is nothing left to be nostalgic about."
Du Jiaojiao looked lonely, and her tone was also somewhat lonely.
"Why, Madam Du?"
Zhao Yunzhu couldn't figure out the secret behind this.
Du Jiaojiao smiled sadly, "Sister, as a parent, it's natural for us not to be partial. This is naturally because of the biased one."
But Master Du's life was mediocre, and it was Marquis Yong'an's position in the court that was more beneficial to Master Du.
"You're naturally curious. My father has lived an ordinary life. Why would my grandmother be so partial to a useless son?"
When talking about her father, Du Jiaojiao's words were not awkward at all, but rather more frank.
"It's precisely because my father is so mediocre that Grandmother is making plans for this useless son. If my uncle had more children, the support he could provide to my father would be reduced, which is a result Grandmother doesn't want to see."
"It's a pity for my cousin Ming'an, but the living always have to start their own plans and plots. It's hard for my great uncle to have children of his own. This is an irreversible situation, so my second brother took advantage of this opportunity."
"Every time I think of my cousin Ming'an, I feel so sorry for him, Sister Yunzhu... If my cousin Ming'an were still alive, I don't think you would have ended up like this, spending every day with someone you don't love. I hope you and my cousin Ming'an will be destined to grow old together in your next life."
Du Jiaojiao has now found someone worthy of entrusting her life to.
Now she is naturally full of joy. Compared with Zhao Yunzhu, she feels that she is much happier.
Instead, I feel sorry for them.
Zhao Yunzhu felt a sharp pang in her heart, thinking of the person who had been buried deep in her heart.
Being mentioned suddenly was like a sharp knife, piercing my heart.
"Perhaps."
There was a thin layer of mist in Zhao Yunzhu's eyes.
Even now, when she mentions the boy she loved when she was young, she still finds it hard to let go.
"Sister Yunzhu, I'm going back first."
Du Jiaojiao stood up to say goodbye. Zhao Yunzhu reminded her to be careful and watched her leave.
The room returned to calm again and Zhao Yunzhu sat there in a daze.
My mind was blank, but tears still fell silently from the corners of my eyes.
The charcoal fire in the room was burning brightly, and the tears fell to the ground, turning into nothingness in an instant.
The door curtain was lifted from the outside, and Aunt Hua leaned half of her body in.
At first glance, I saw the eldest lady in a daze in the room.
Her heart sank, and a hint of worry appeared between her brows.
But she did not come in. Instead, she said a few words to Linglong outside the door, asking her not to let anyone else in.
Linglong nodded and stood firmly outside the door, as if she would not let anyone step into the house.
When Aunt Hua walked back into the room, Zhao Yunzhu was still sitting there blankly with no expression on her face.
"Miss, are you thinking of something sad again?"
Aunt Hua handed over a cup of hot tea.
Zhao Yunzhu just came back to her senses, took the teacup from Aunt Hua's hand, pulled the corners of her lips, and forced out a smile that was uglier than bitterness.
"Miss, we still have a long life ahead of us. We should always look forward to everything."
"You can't always dwell on the past,"
"Prince An treats you well. This old servant looks on coldly. The prince treats you sincerely."
Although she didn't know what Concubine Du had said to the eldest lady, it was just some trivial matters.
Zhao Yunzhu drank her tea in silence, her eyelids slightly drooping, hiding the desolate sadness in her eyes.
Seeing that the eldest lady refused to speak, Aunt Hua simply let her be alone for a while.
She and Linglong stayed outside the door.
…
Chang'an City has been under martial law recently, and the long streets that were once bustling with vendors are no longer the same as before.
On this day, Zhao Yunzhu took Nanny Hua and Linglong, disguised themselves as ordinary people, and hired a carriage.
She wanted to go see Chun'er.
But before the carriage left the city, it suddenly stopped.
Nanny Hua lifted the carriage curtain and her face suddenly changed.
Zhao Yunzhu looked out of the car window through the gap and suddenly frowned.
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