Chapter 351 The father of my unborn child can only be Xie Guanlan
Wen Xingluo's eyes were blurred with tears. She reached out and hugged Wei Ying, "Cousin, I miss my mother..."
The girl choked and sobbed, her voice broken and she cried inconsolably.
Wei Ying hugged her tightly with heartache, her eyes also red.
Wen Xing fell into Wei Ying's arms and cried bitterly before she finally realized she was hungry.
She touched her still flat belly, wiped her tears and said, "Cousin, I want to eat something."
Wei Ying ordered the maid to prepare the meal and personally wiped her face. "I'll eat with you. The dishes here in Jiangnan are different from those in Rongcheng. They are lighter and sweeter, just right for your frail body."
The maids brought the meal quickly.
Wei Ying helped Wen Xingluo sit by the window. It was autumn in the south of the Yangtze River. On the small round pear wood table were placed stir-fried lotus pond, braised water bamboo shoots, roast chicken with chestnuts, lotus root and pork rib soup and other home-cooked dishes. Wen Xingluo looked very appetizing.
She ate two bowls of rice under Wei Ying's gaze.
Wei Ying poured her a bowl of soup and waited for her to finish it before saying, "Pei Lin is determined to do what he wants, and most of Lin'an City is under his spies. I can't send you away under his nose. But I will send someone to tell Xie Guanlan about your arrival in Jiangnan. Perhaps he will come to pick you up soon."
She peeled an orange and suddenly said, "By the way, cousin, you don't know yet, right? During the time when Pei Lin brought you to Jiangnan, the thirteen princes united to attack Xie Guanlan, attempting to seize the capital, but were defeated. Now, he has basically taken control of the entire northern and southwestern territories."
Wen Xingluo looked out the window.
The villa is quiet and elegant, with clusters of Xiangfei bamboo planted.
She whispered, "My cousin and I have special status. Even in troubled times, we can still enjoy delicious food and don't have to suffer from hunger and cold. But who in the world is not born by a father and raised by a mother? If he knew I was here with Pei Lin, there would be another war. But I don't want to... implicate anyone."
Wei Ying saw that there was no sign of anxiety in her eyes and couldn't help but ask, "Cousin, have you made up your mind yet?"
Wen Xingluo smiled at her and said, "Yes."
At night.
The palace lanterns in Lin'an Prefecture are as bright as day.
Tonight is the day when Pei Lin entertains several princes.
As they were drinking and chatting, Wei Ying suddenly came to visit, followed by Wen Xingluo who was surrounded by maids.
Pei Lin's expression suddenly turned ugly. "Princess, why did you bring her out?!"
Wen Xingluo took a seat with a flick of his sleeves, glanced at the crowd, and said openly, "As a member of the royal family of the Great Wei, what's wrong with me coming to meet with guests?"
Pei Lin clenched the wine cup tightly.
He expected that Wen Xingluo would be deeply affected by Wei Si's death and her pregnancy with Chen Yu's child, and would definitely stay indoors like she did when she was in the capital.
In this way, he hid her in Lin'an Prefecture, and Xie Guanlan naturally could not find out any news about her.
But……
She actually came out on her own initiative.
Wen Xingluo ignored his expression. She took the glass of wine from the maid and said with a smile, "Wei Ning came to Lin'an two days ago. I should have visited you in person, but I was too weak to move around, so I neglected it. This glass of wine is my apology to you all."
She pretended to drink, but because she was pregnant she didn't touch any alcohol, she just pretended to drink.
Pei Lin stared at her, his brows furrowed deeper as he couldn't guess what she was thinking.
Wei Ying sat in the main seat and said cheerfully, "Drinking is boring. Come on, let's start singing and dancing."
The room gradually became lively.
Wen Xingluo used the excuse of changing clothes to leave the table alone.
She walked through the corridors lined with intertwined pine shadows. Not long after she got there, she heard Pei Lin's voice behind her:
"What exactly is your intention, Princess? You should know you're pregnant. Why don't you stay in your room to recuperate? Instead, why are you going out to feast with others?"
Wen Xingluo curved his lips.
She slowly turned around and looked at Pei Lin, "Whose child is this in my belly?"
Pei Lin asked back, "Doesn't the princess know? Didn't Chen Yu leave an impression on the princess that night?"
"Chen Yu?" Wen Xingluo leaned against the beauty, the fallen pine branches obscuring the upper half of her face. "The father of my unborn child can only be Xie Guanlan."
Pei Lin frowned, "What do you mean?"
Wen Xingluo gently stroked her belly. "The baby's still young. If Master Pei can invite Xie Guanlan to Lin'an Prefecture and let me have sex with him, then we can frame him for the child. Even though the timing doesn't match, it doesn't matter. As long as we don't give birth under his nose and just nurture the pregnancy in Lin'an Prefecture, and then publicly push the baby's birth date back three months, I think we can get away with it."
"Do you think I'm a fool, Princess?" Pei Lin sneered, "What frame-up? What one-night stand? You just want Xie Guanlan to come to Lin'an to save you."
"Master Pei is wrong." Wen Xingluo brushed aside the pine branches and looked at him steadily. "As you said, the child in my belly is Chen Yu's offspring. But I love Xie Guanlan, and I don't want him to know that I am pregnant with another man's child. I have to use your hand to hide it for me. Besides-"
The girl held up her skirt with one hand and walked towards Pei Lin. "Xie Guanlan loves me deeply. If he knew I was pregnant with his child, who would inherit his territory and military power in the future? Even if we devote all the manpower and resources of Jiangnan to the Northern Expedition, it might not succeed. On the other hand, we can definitely take over the capital without spending a single soldier. Master Pei, don't you understand these two calculations?"
The palace lanterns are dim and the pine shadows are scattered.
The girl's wide, cyan-gold gauze skirt swayed gracefully in the night breeze. She applied light makeup tonight and lightly touched her lips. Her little face in the corridor was as white and delicate as the most tender peach blossoms on the branches this spring.
The rising ending tone carries an inexplicable temptation, as if to pull people into the abyss.
Pei Lin knew very well how terrifying this woman was. He didn't want to see her or talk to her, but he couldn't control himself.
So he stared at Wen Xingluo's eyes, trying to find any signs of her lying, but in those amber eyes, he saw his own embarrassed and inferior self.
Pei Lin quickly retracted his gaze, hiding the panic in his eyes, "I will consider this matter carefully."
Wen Xingluo chuckled, "Don't think about it too long."
She watched Pei Lin go away, and only breathed a sigh of relief when his figure completely disappeared.
She looked at the moon outside the corridor through the beauty's bed.
The moon is full tonight.
I hope that person doesn't worry too much about her.
Fortunately, Pei Lin didn't make her wait too long.
Only two days had passed when Pei Lin found her. "I can agree to your request, but I have one condition. Xie Guanlan must enter Lin'an City alone, without any guards accompanying him."
Wen Xingluo sneered, "Master Pei should discuss this condition with him, not with me."
"I have a plan," Wei Ying, who was sitting on the windowsill polishing her sword, suddenly looked up. "I'm planning to choose a husband for the emperor, so why don't you join me in the selection? Let Xie Guanlan come to Lin'an Prefecture as a contestant. It's a delight to think about a high-ranking official bowing down for love."
Wen Xingluo: “…”
She didn't even know where her cousin's throne was, but she had already chosen her husband.
If her cousin really became the emperor, she would definitely be a lustful and tyrant!
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