The Price of Love
"Madam, did something happen between you and Deputy Chief?"
Qing Ning still expressed the doubts in her heart.
Fuyao was silent for a few seconds after hearing this, and then she told the story of her engagement with Li Jie, her imprisonment, and Feng Chenyu's request for marriage to save her and the emperor.
She looked up at the crowds of people in the street,
"I think he saved me because of our father's relationship, because he already had someone he loved in his heart.
It’s a pity that he passed away due to illness.”
When she said this, her eyes turned red.
Qing Ning knew that her wife liked Feng Chenyu, but she didn't know the situation was like this.
"What about you, ma'am?"
Qing Ning felt distressed.
Fuyao stopped, turned to look at her and curled the corners of his lips slightly.
“Life is long, how can it be just about love?
Don't worry, I'm fine."
Xian Ning felt that it was not appropriate for her to always live in the general's mansion, so she cleaned up a vacant bedroom in the shop.
Although Fu Yao was reluctant, she couldn't force her, so she agreed to Xian Ning's request.
Because it was raining today, there were few customers in the store, so Qiu'er returned home earlier than usual.
As she walked into the corridor, she heard Aunt Wu's voice behind her.
"You came back early today!"
Qiu'er turned back quickly,
"Yes, there are fewer customers because of the rain."
Aunt Wu looked up and smiled softly.
"It seems like I don't see the lady going to the shop much these days."
Qiu'er nodded.
"She feels a little tired, so she should rest more at home."
"Why does it seem like the lady has a poor appetite and is always about to vomit?"
Nanny Wu said casually.
"Well, I always feel that the lady looks like she is pregnant."
Qiu'er hesitated.
"It's been a busy day, go to bed early."
Nanny Wu changed the subject and walked away.
As usual, Fuyao still didn't go to the store.
She sat at her desk, drawing the shape of an eggplant bag on a piece of paper.
Although I didn't go to the store, I can't always keep myself idle.
Just as she lowered her head to draw, Feng Chenyu pushed the door open and walked in.
She looked up at him, thinking that he must have come for something.
After all, he had never entered the bedroom since returning from Ganzhou.
"Princess Jinru will be married in three days. You will go with me then."
Feng Chenyu spoke in a businesslike manner.
"Um."
Fuyao responded softly with tenderness in her eyes.
After saying that, Feng Chenyu turned around and prepared to leave.
"Wait a moment."
Seeing this, she quickly put down her brush and stood up.
"I have something to tell you."
These days she has been struggling with whether or not to tell Feng Chenyu about her pregnancy. Although that day on the mountain was a special situation, it seems better to tell him now.
Hearing the voice, Feng Chenyu stopped and turned to look over with an inquiring look.
"I."
Fuyao was interrupted by a sudden voice just as she was about to speak.
"Sir, I have an urgent matter to report."
Ma Sui came in in a hurry.
Feng Chenyu glanced back at him, then turned to look at Fuyao and said calmly,
"What is it?"
Seeing that Ma Su was so anxious to find him, Fu Yao must have something important to tell him, so he gently curled the corners of his lips.
"You go ahead and do your thing. It's not something very important."
Then Feng Chenyu and Ma Sui left.
Looking at his departing back, Fuyao reached out and gently stroked her abdomen, feeling mixed emotions.
There was a man standing in the side hall of the Privy Council. He was the fireman in the Feng family army.
"You are Yu Wenjie!"
Feng Chenyu rushed over and strode in.
"Meet the Deputy Chief."
Yu Wenjie bowed.
"Has this been used in the military before?"
Ma Sui handed over a small jar.
Yu Wenjie reached out to take it, opened the lid and looked down.
"This is mercury. The general has taken it before."
Yu Wenjie answered naturally.
"Why?"
Feng Chenyu's eyes were stern.
Seeing him like this, Yu Wenjie couldn't help but shudder.
"General Feng caught a cold and later developed symptoms of shortness of breath and phlegm.
So Doctor Qi gave me some mercury and asked me to drip it into the general's food every day, saying that it could cure the symptoms of asthma and phlegm.
He also asked me to add some to the eldest son's food as a precautionary measure to prevent their physical discomfort from affecting the war in Xindong."
Hearing this, Ma Chong angrily stepped forward and grabbed his collar and said,
"daily?
Don’t you know that an overdose of this can be poisonous?”
“Poisoned?
I don’t know how this could be!
I just did what the doctor told me to do.
"I've always admired the General, and I can't wait to admire him, so how could I harm him!"
Yu Wenjie was so scared that his face turned purple, and he quickly spread his hands to explain.
"Ma Chong!"
Feng Chenyu growled.
Ma Su slowly loosened his grip.
"So where have you been these days?"
"Because of something in my hometown, I went back home and just came back to Yu'an today."
Yu Wenjie said hurriedly, and then he said in an incredible tone,
"Could it be that the death of General Feng and the others is related to taking mercury?"
"I brought you here today and forget about it once you get out."
Feng Chenyu had a gloomy face.
Fuyao, who was standing in front of the window in the bedroom looking at the moonlight, turned around and saw Qingning walking in with a bowl.
"Madam, please drink some soup. It's refreshing and helps to relieve the greasiness."
Qing Ning said as he handed over the bowl.
Fuyao still couldn't eat much these days, so Qingning changed the way she cooked and made soup for her. After all, a pregnant woman needs nutrition.
Fuyao raised her hand to take the bowl, lowered her head and began to drink.
Seeing that she drank a lot of soup, Qingning happily took the bowl and walked out. Fuyao continued to pick up the book on the table and started reading.
After a while, she suddenly felt some pain in her abdomen. Thinking it was because she had been sitting for too long, she decided to lie down on the bed.
So he reached out to hold on to the table and stood up, but the pain in his abdomen began to worsen.
Taking heavy steps, she endured the pain and walked towards the bed.
Just as she reached the bed, she suddenly felt severe abdominal pain, which made her lose most of her strength.
She hurriedly held onto the bed with one hand and covered her stomach with the other, but her body became heavier and heavier, and finally she slipped to the ground.
She was half lying on the ground, her face pale and beads of sweat oozing from her forehead.
She wanted to call for help but had no strength left, and then she fainted on the ground, with red blood beginning to flow out from under her light blue dress.
After cleaning up the kitchen, Qing Ning returned to the yard.
When she opened the door, she saw Fuyao fainted on the ground. She screamed and ran towards her.
Fuyao lay quietly on the bed, her face pale.
After the doctor wrote the prescription, Qing Ning hurried to get the medicine.
The bedroom door was rudely pushed open from the outside, and the loud crash woke up the person lying on the bed.
Fu Yao slowly opened her eyes and saw Feng Chenyu striding towards her with a sullen face.
As soon as he reached the bedside, he grabbed Fuyao's arm and said harshly,
"Why didn't you tell me that you were pregnant? Do you really not want my child?
Do you want to have children for someone else?"
Suddenly being pulled so hard by him, Fuyao endured the discomfort and half sat up with the support of her other hand.
"Why don't you answer?"
Feng Chenyu lowered his head, his eyes bloodshot, and veins bulged on the back of his hands.
Looking at his furious expression, Fuyao didn't want to explain any more and just said lightly,
"What do you want me to say?"
"you!"
Feng Chenyu angrily shook off her arm and slammed the door.
Tears slowly slid down from the corners of Fuyao's eyes, and at that moment her heart was broken.
After lying in bed for a few days, Fuyao felt better and went to the yard to bask in the sun.
"Madam, I've asked. When I was out in the kitchen making soup that day, only Madam Wu went in."
Qing Ning on the side spoke.
Aunt Wu?
Fuyao lowered her head in thought. Indeed, since she married into the general's mansion, Nanny Wu had never looked at her straight in the eye. Anyone could see that she didn't like her.
But why would she want to harm the baby in her belly?
Fuyao stood in the middle of the hall, looking at the white-haired old man in front of him.
"Was it Madam Wu who put the abortion drug in my soup?"
Aunt Wu, who had just been looking at Fuyao with a serious face, suddenly burst into laughter.
"It's me. I just don't want to see you pregnant with the Second Young Master's child."
Fuyao didn't expect her to admit it so frankly.
"Why?"
Aunt Wu lowered her head with sadness in her eyes.
“Because no one is worthy except Madam Chen Nian.
Madam said that the next mistress of the general's mansion can only be Sanniang.
Moreover, the second young master grew up with her as a childhood sweetheart, but he went against the lady's wishes and was unwilling to marry her.
This caused her to be depressed all day long, and she eventually fell ill and passed away.”
As she spoke, Nanny Wu began to sob softly.
"Didn't you say that Feng Chenyu is deeply in love with your Third Lady and even has someone clean her room every day?"
Fuyao was confused by her.
Nanny Wu wiped her tears with her hand, looked up and glanced at her fiercely without responding.
In the study, Feng Chenyu looked up at the moon outside the window. The matter of the child made him very distressed. He even began to consider the divorce that Fu Yao had mentioned before.
He had asked for Fuyao's hand in marriage in front of the emperor, partly to save her, and partly out of his own selfish motives.
I originally thought that as they got to know each other better, Fuyao's feelings for Shao Hansu would fade and she would develop a liking for me, but now it seems that everything was just wishful thinking.
Suddenly there were several knocks on the door, and then Fuyao pushed the door open and walked in.
"Are you busy?"
She spoke.
Feng Chenyu turned around with a slightly cold look.
"I wanted to tell you about the child later."
Fuyao slowly came to his side,
"Even though I was drugged that day, I don't regret it. I just feel a little conflicted."
"snort!"
Feng Chenyu couldn't help but sneer,
"contradiction?
I'm afraid you don't know how to face your elder brother Shao?"
"Brother Shao and I are not what you think!"
Fuyao hurriedly explained,
"I have always regarded him as a friend who I can talk to and a brother."
Feng Chenyu stared at her intently.
Fuyao lowered her head and bit the corner of her lips.
“In fact, I have always had someone I like. He is honest, brave and kind.
I fell in love with him shortly after we met in Ganzhou."
As she spoke, she raised her star-like eyes and looked straight at him.
"It's just that I thought he already had someone else in his heart, and he only married me because of our father's relationship and wanted to save me, so I..."
Before she could finish her words, Feng Chenyu suddenly approached and hugged her in his arms, silencing her.
He didn't release his arms until she could hardly breathe.
"How can there be anyone else in my heart except you!"
His deep voice reached her ears.
"I'm sorry I failed to protect our child."
Fuyao breathed a sigh of relief and spoke softly.
After Feng Chenyu knew the whole story, he immediately sent Nanny Wu away.
In consideration of her having always taken care of his mother, he gave her some pension and let her leave.
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