After realizing what had happened, Gan Qiongying unconsciously clutched her stomach, panicking terribly.
No matter how much she liked Li Hua, or how much she was infatuated with him these past two days, she absolutely could not have a child at this time.
As Gan Qiongying drank the red bean soup meant to bring many children and good fortune, her heart felt as if it had fallen to the bottom, leaving her feeling lost and uncertain.
Gan Qiongying could no longer hear the look in Li Hua's eyes or what Li Hua said afterward.
From last night until now, modern emergency contraceptive pills have a 72-hour window, but does contraceptive soup in this world have such a long window?
Gan Qiongying enjoyed her meal, but the last bowl of soup tasted completely bland.
After Li Hua's leg was healed from the hot compress, he finished the bowl of soup and realized that Gan Qiongying's condition was not right.
He asked her very considerately, "Are you tired? Why don't you go and rest for a while? Sweetie knows some massage techniques, let her help you loosen up your muscles. I have some things to do and need to go out of the manor."
Li Hua thought that Gan Qiongying was still a little exhausted because she had been too fierce before. She looked at Gan Qiongying with a reproachful look, and although she didn't say it, she thought to herself that she shouldn't have listened to her and shouldn't have tried so many different methods.
When Gan Qiongying heard Li Hua ask this, she came to her senses and went along with it, nodding and saying, "Indeed, a little... I'll go lie down on the chaise lounge for a while. Whether you're sleepy or not, Tianjiao should go and serve you. You must have accumulated some business matters to deal with these past two days. Let Tianjiao grind ink for you."
Gan Qiongying is now eager for Li Hua to leave the manor as soon as possible. Although the two are very sweet together, she must find the manor doctor as soon as possible to ensure that she is not pregnant.
Gan Qiongying smiled at Li Hua, speaking gently and considerately. Li Hua was deeply in love at the moment, and everything Gan Qiongying said sounded like heavenly music to him. Hearing Gan Qiongying's words, he naturally felt a sweet warmth in his heart.
"Then I'll finish as soon as possible... and come back to be with you." Li Hua didn't want to leave Gan Qiongying at all right now, not even for a moment.
However, Li Hua did have some matters that required him to leave the manor, and this matter could not be delayed.
Therefore, Li Hua stroked Gan Qiongying's head, then hugged her again, but still felt it wasn't enough. Finally... he pulled Gan Qiongying into the inner room, held her face and kissed her for a while before finally letting her go. He bid farewell to Gan Qiongying with lingering affection and asked Tianjiao to prepare a carriage for him to leave the mansion.
Li Hua's trip out of the manor this time was not actually to deal with any of the business association's backlog of issues.
Having built his business to the point where he no longer needs to worry about the trivial matters personally.
Li Hua is the president, mainly responsible for controlling the prices of certain items, as well as the development direction of various chambers of commerce and other major matters. Even if he is not present, the branch presidents he has promoted will take care of everything within three to five months.
The reason Li Hua was in such a hurry to leave the princess's residence was because people from Jin Chuan had come. They were sent by the Jin Chuan royal family to find Zhong Li Zhengzhen, and they also brought Cai Hong and Que Qing, whom Li Hua had been waiting for.
However, Zhongli Zhengzhen was still imprisoned by Li Hua. The day before Li Hua was to take Gan Qiongying out of the palace, he originally planned to return Zhongli Zhengzhen's identity.
But before he could be released, Zhongli Zhengzhen became extremely agitated at the mere appearance of Li Hua. He rolled around on the ground like a mad dog and even tried to attack Li Hua, saying that Li Hua was a traitor and unworthy to be a prince of the Jinchuan royal family.
Li Hua was born one step ahead of Zhong Li Zhengzhen. He was usually humble and gentle, but he also had his Achilles' heel.
To say that he was unworthy to be a prince of the Jinchuan royal family was an absolute taboo for Li Hua.
Because he was born before Zhongli Zhengzhen, but was born slightly weaker of the twins, he was broken in the leg and almost lost his life. For years, he has lived in a closet like a rat that can't see the light of day, and doesn't even dare to show his true face to anyone.
When his father discovered that he was still alive, his first thought was to kill him.
He was killed to prevent him from threatening Zhongli Zhengzhen's throne in the future. If Li Hua hadn't become incredibly wealthy through business, the Jinchuan royal family would have hunted him down countless times and would never have given him the chance to come to Nanzhao with Zhongli Zhengzhen. Nominally, they wanted him to assist Zhongli Zhengzhen, but in reality, they wanted to kill him with a legitimate reason and force him to marry someone as tyrannical and unrestrained as Duan Rong.
Did they ever consider that he might not survive?
Li Hua already resented these people, but because of Gan Qiongying, he was able to stop arguing with them and simply distance himself from them.
Even though Li Hua was unwilling to admit it, Zhong Li's genuine kindness and protection towards her, even if it was based on exploitation, had moved Li Hua several times.
He had hoped for brotherhood.
Just like he once longed to have a home of his own, and his own family.
Li Hua once thought that he and Zhongli Zhengzhen could one day become true brothers.
However, after Li Hua had a real family, he realized that Zhong Li's half-hearted brotherly affection for him came not only from exploitation, but also from a part of his condescending pity.
This time, Li Hua begged Zhongli Zhengzhen for help, pleading with him to help him, even if it was out of a little pity, to hold off Regent Sima Rui and alleviate some of the pressure on Gan Qiongying in the palace.
However, Zhongli truly disappointed Li Hua.
Even so, Li Hua still couldn't bring herself to harm Zhongli Zhengzhen because Zhongli Zhengzhen didn't immediately inform the Jin Chuan royal family or their shared hypocritical father after discovering his betrayal.
Li Hua simply locked Zhongli Zhengzhen up temporarily, providing him with good food and drink, and arranging for many people to serve him around every day. Even Zhongli Zhengzhen's confidant, Song Ci, was only given a cup of sleeping potion by Li Hua himself and tied up.
But just as Gan Qiongying was about to leave the palace, and Li Hua was about to release Zhongli Zhengzhen, he discovered that Zhongli Zhengzhen simply couldn't understand him.
Moreover, Zhongli was truly holding a grudge. He suspected that Li Hua wanted to take his place, and from his mouth, which used to defend Li Hua, he said many hurtful things.
The most hurtful thing about this is that Li Hua is not worthy of being his brother at all.
Li Hua's meager brotherly affection for him vanished completely with those words.
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