Chapter 350 You said my cousin is pregnant? !
Ten days later.
With Xie Zhe's death in Baiyujing, his forces fell apart, wars broke out everywhere and the princes fought each other. Any king with a little ambition tried to tear off a piece of fat meat from the chaotic world.
The capital area, which is the eye of the storm, should have been the bloodiest place in the world. However, due to Xie Guanlan's swift and decisive actions, the situation was brought under control in the shortest time. In the chaotic world where kings were fighting, there was unexpected calm.
Pearl Palace.
The palace was hung with white silk and white lanterns.
The girl was dressed in white, with her long black hair loose, and was standing barefoot under the eaves of the palace.
She did not allow the palace servants to enter the Pearl Palace, so no one cleaned the palace and the steps were covered with withered grass and dead leaves.
As the midsummer season was drawing to a close, the strong wind from the north brought a touch of coolness to the palace. Most of the peonies in the garden had withered, and even the lotus pond in the distance appeared to be in decline.
Wen Xingluo reached out and caught a fallen leaf drifting in the wind.
The autumn wind blows again.
The fallen leaves quickly flew out of her palm and landed outside the Pearl Palace.
The two vermilion palace doors were closed tightly.
Xie Guanlan stood in front of the palace alley, one hand behind his back and the other holding the fallen leaf.
Cuicui shrugged her head and reported, "The young lady is still sad. Apart from me taking care of her three meals a day, she refuses to see anyone."
Fushan glanced at Xie Guanlan's expression and asked, "How are you today, Miss?"
Cuicui said seriously, "It's still the same. In the first few days, the young lady always cried at night. Last night, she didn't cry much, but she fell asleep very late. The young lady also eats little. Today, when I combed her hair, I found that she has lost a lot of weight..."
Xie Guanlan held the fallen leaves tightly.
He understood her heart.
The little girl lost her most important mother, and it was the most heartbreaking time. She was an introverted person, and it would be useless for anyone to comfort her now, as it would only make her feel more wronged and sad.
She has to slowly digest the emotions and move on from it.
After a long moment, he stared at the tightly closed palace gate and whispered, "Take good care of her. I'll come back tomorrow."
Cuicui quickly agreed.
She watched Xie Guanlan go away, let out a sigh, and turned back to the palace.
Seeing Xingluo standing in a daze under the eaves of the palace, Cuicui quickly took a cloak and wrapped it around her. "I heard from people outside that the world is in chaos now, and those princes want a piece of the pie. Some even want to enter the capital to become emperor. The prince has been busy with government affairs these days, but he still comes to visit you every day, which shows that he cares about you. You should meet him and reassure him."
Wen Xingluo drooped his eyelashes.
She clutched her cloak, wanting to say something, but no words came out.
Perhaps because she was too sad, or perhaps because she hadn't been able to sleep or eat well in the past few days, she had no strength left in her body and didn't even want to talk to anyone.
So she slowly shook her head and turned back to the inner hall.
That night.
Wen Xingluo couldn't sleep well and always dreamed about his childhood.
She was punished by her father and brother to stand at the foot of the wall, looking up at the pavilion through the locust tree. She could always see her mother wearing a thin white dress, with her long black hair, standing alone behind the window.
Now that I think about it, the direction my mother was looking at at that time was the capital.
Wen Xingluo curled up in the brocade tent.
She knew her mother missed home, her parents, and her brother and sister-in-law.
The mother chose to die with Xie Zhe because she was burdened with too long and heavy a burden of guilt and longing. She no longer wanted to stay in this world. She wanted to see her own mother and be the carefree little princess she used to be.
Tears soaked the bedding.
Wen Xing fell into the dim bedroom and cried silently for a long time.
The night deepens.
The girl was tired of crying and finally fell into a deep sleep.
A thin and skinny figure quietly appeared in the bedroom.
The moonlight was half bright and half dark. The young man held a brass candlestick in his hand. The strange green candlelight suddenly revealed a handsome and fair face. It was Pei Lin who was not dead yet.
He lifted the brocade curtain and looked at the unconscious girl in her sleep. He reached out and touched her furrowed brows and sighed softly.
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Wen Xingluo slept for a long time.
When I woke up again, I heard a loud quarrel.
"Pei Lin, if you're sick, go get treatment. Why are you staring at my cousin all day?! She's living well in the capital, why did you bring her here?!"
"She is a member of the Wei royal family and should stay with us! Now that all of Jiangnan is ours, conquering the world and competing for the Central Plains is just around the corner. Princess, don't you want her to be your heir?!"
"Are you crazy?! Don't you even consider our strength? Do you really think we can defeat Xie Guanlan?! Our future is uncertain. If you truly care about her, you shouldn't let her get involved in this mess!"
"She's pregnant! Princess, are you going to watch helplessly as the last bloodline of the Wei royal family falls into Xie Guanlan's hands?!"
The room suddenly fell silent.
Wen Xingluo stared at the bed curtains, his pupils shrinking slightly.
Her palms subconsciously covered her abdomen, and her mind went blank.
It was unknown how long it took before she finally came to her senses.
She's... pregnant?
"You said my cousin is pregnant?!" Wei Ying's scream sounded very excited. "Really?!"
"After the imperial physician's diagnosis, I personally took his pulse, so there's no way it's fake."
"Xie Guanlan's?"
"……no."
After another moment of silence, Pei Lin said, "It doesn't matter who the father is. What matters is the princess. The princess has the blood of the Wei royal family flowing in her veins. Her child will be the heir to the Wei Dynasty! Therefore, the princess must stay with us. Princess, do you understand?"
It became quiet outside, probably because Pei Lin had left.
When Wei Ying stepped into the inner room, she saw Wen Xingluo looking at her.
She carefully crouched down beside the bed, "Cousin, did you hear everything?"
Wen Xingluo nodded, propped himself up on the bed and sat up, "Is this Jiangnan?"
"Yeah." Wei Ying propped up a pillow for her. "After my aunt died in Baiyujing, I knew I couldn't wrest control of the capital from Xie Guanlan, so I returned to Jiangnan with the princes who were loyal to the Wei royal family."
As she spoke, her eyes fell on Wen Xingluo's abdomen and she lowered her voice, "Pei Lin said you were pregnant. I wonder who the father is? Is it Xie Guanlan?"
Wen Xingluo bit her lip.
When she mentioned this incident, she herself seemed to be still in a dream.
She had only done that kind of thing with Xie Guanlan, and there was no other father of this child except him.
During this time, she was so sad for her mother that she didn't notice anything wrong with her body.
But without her knowing, she was about to become a mother.
Wen Xingluo suddenly remembered what his mother once said:
——I didn't become a mother because of Wen Qingsong, I became a mother because of Ningning. I hope that in the future, after I die, there will be a child who will love Ningning on my behalf, just as Ningning loves me.
Wen Xingluo looked down at his abdomen.
Somehow, my eyes suddenly became red.
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