Ever since Prime Minister Li married Lady Xiao, Madam Shen has forbade him from setting foot in his room again.
Therefore, over the years, he openly had only one woman, Xiao, and unless there were special circumstances, he would stay in Xiao's room at night, living a monogamous life.
The Xiao mother and son had been acting irrationally lately, so he went to sleep in the study to warn them.
But as time went on, rumors of discord between the couple inevitably began to circulate. Before certain matters were accomplished, Prime Minister Li did not want his residence to become the focus of attention. When Madam Xiao apologized and tried to appease him, he accepted the situation.
After decades of marriage, when Prime Minister Li came to Xiao's house, he mostly just went to sleep.
So he went into the room, chatted with Madam Xiao for a few minutes, and then picked up a book and leaned against the headboard to read.
Xiao went to the adjacent washroom to take a bath. She had always had the habit of taking baths, and after bathing, she would apply a bunch of bottles and jars of ointment.
Each time it took a long time, but because of this, Ms. Xiao looked much younger than other women her age.
Men are all vain and want their women to be young and beautiful. Prime Minister Li thought that Lady Xiao was doing this to please him, so he indulged her habit.
Knowing that she wouldn't be able to come out anytime soon, and after reading for a while, she became sleepy, so Prime Minister Li had the servants turn off the lights, leaving only a small lamp for Xiao Shi to light her way, and then she went to sleep.
In a daze, he heard soft footsteps, followed by a slender figure. He assumed it was Madam Xiao returning from her work.
When the soft, boneless hand touched his chest, he suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed the other person's wrist.
She let out a soft moan, and a delicate fragrance wafted onto his lips.
Sensing the surge of heat within his body, Prime Minister Li forcefully pushed the woman away, saying, "How dare you use drugs on me!"
Xie Jinyao leaned to one side, her clothes open, and looked at Li Xiangguo with teary eyes.
By the dim light of the lamp, Li Xiangguo could clearly see the woman's face and her shapely figure beneath the thin veil.
"It's you!"
Xie Jinyao knelt respectfully beside him, "Mingyue is innocent. Mingyue dared not use medicine on the Prime Minister. Mingyue only admires the Prime Minister and also wants a place to stay."
In her past life, she heard her husband say that Prime Minister Li had been dedicated to maintaining his health in order to be able to have children.
Recently, because of Li Chenghai's matter, Prime Minister Li has not been in the mood to look for women, but he has never stopped taking supplements, so he only had thoughts when he saw her like this.
After taking a moment to assess the situation, Li Xiangguo realized that he was indeed not under the influence of drugs, and he lowered his guard slightly.
Xie Jinyao took the opportunity to admit her mistake, "Mingyue lied to her aunt. In fact, Mingyue has never had anything with her cousin. Mingyue didn't want her cousin to tarnish his reputation, so she came up with such a foolish excuse."
But Mingyue was still a virgin, and after nine months she was unable to conceive. Mingyue was audacious enough to want to get pregnant with the Prime Minister's child.
Thus, my cousin has a child, and this child belongs to the Li family.
Li Xiangguo turned on the bedside lamp, looked at Xie Jinyao with deep eyes, and could tell that she was telling the truth.
"Indeed, incredibly audacious!"
However, she managed to keep her distance and didn't foolishly seek out other men, thus confusing his family's bloodline.
Xie Jinyao bit her lip, "Mingyue has something to confess. Mingyue is my alias. My name used to be Xie Jinyao."
She usually wore a veil, but tonight her face was uncovered, and Prime Minister Li recognized her at first glance.
After all, the former Miss Zhongyong was once incredibly glamorous, attending numerous palace banquets and important occasions.
Oh!
The wild daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyong was said to have been secretly disposed of by the Marquis of Zhongyong, but unexpectedly she ended up in his service.
interesting!
"Aren't you afraid that I will reveal your whereabouts to Xie Bang, or even kill you?"
"The bright moon is afraid."
Xie Jinyao looked at him, "But Mingyue wants to try. Only the Prime Minister can protect Mingyue. Mingyue wants to be a useful person to the Prime Minister."
"Oh? How exactly is it useful?"
A hint of interest appeared in Li Xiangguo's eyes as his gaze fell on Xie Jinyao's belly.
The skin there was smooth and firm, a very young body, indeed a good time to conceive.
But what he lacked was never a daughter to bear him children; what he lacked was the opportunity to have more offspring.
Xie Jinyao pretended not to notice his scrutinizing gaze and said, word by word, "Xie Tingzhou is the Crown Prince."
The real Prince Xie died a few years ago, and afterwards he remained at the border. It was the Crown Prince who accompanied the triumphant return to the capital.
She once dreamed of marrying her ideal husband, but after experiencing so much, she now doesn't even have a proper identity, and marrying into a good family has become a distant dream.
Why not seize the opportunity with this man who once held immense power in the court?
Although he was over fifty years old, older than Marquis Zhongyong and Fu Jiang.
However, with her great revenge unavenged and her future uncertain, Xie Jinyao clenched her fists tightly.
She had no other choice.
Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Li sat up straight. "Is this true? What proof do you have?"
If the Crown Prince has been hiding by the side of the Marquis of Zhongyong all these years, then the Marquis of Zhongyong must have become the Crown Prince's man.
With the Marquis of Zhongyong as an ally, it's really bad news for the Crown Prince.
Xie Jinyao crawled two steps on her knees and approached Prime Minister Li. "This matter is absurd. After I was knocked unconscious in the slave quarters, I saw an old man with a white beard."
Seeing the young girl's pitiful state, the old man taught her some divination skills and advised her to pledge allegiance to the prime minister.
She must never reveal that she possesses memories of her past life, for she fears that if Li Xiang drains her of her information, he will abandon her.
"If Your Excellency is worried that my daughter's divination may be wrong, you may send someone to Lingguang Temple to check the corpse in the coffin."
When she heard that Xie Tingzhou had been killed in the bombing and that the Crown Prince had returned to the palace, she knew that this was the Crown Prince's escape plan.
The real Prince Xie has long since turned to dust.
Therefore, there could not possibly be the actual body of Prince Xie in that coffin.
Prime Minister Li thought of the Crown Prince changing his name to Xie Tingzhou, and also of the Marquis of Zhongyong going to the border during his son's funeral.
I've already started to believe it to some extent.
The Marquis of Loyalty and Valor is going to the border to bring back the remains of his real son.
But he still summoned his bodyguard and sent him to Lingguang Temple to take a look.
"Did you also tell Chenghai about the illegal workshop through divination?"
Xie Jinyao didn't hide it from him, "Cousin wanted to win the Prime Minister's praise, and I was grateful to my aunt for taking me in, so I wanted to repay her. I just didn't expect Ye Zhen to interfere."
She frowned and sighed, "Your Excellency may not believe it, but I have analyzed Ye Zhen's birth chart, and she is no longer a person of this world."
"A woman in the underworld is a menace. If it weren't for her, my cousin would have been destined for meritorious service and received imperial rewards."
Ye Zhen was indeed involved in his son's death.
But Prime Minister Li wouldn't completely believe her just because of her words. He asked calmly, "Ye Zhen is a child that Wang stole. How did you know her birth date and time?"
Xie Jinyao feigned mystery, "No, her destiny chart is definitely not that of an ordinary merchant's daughter. She is a true noblewoman, a genuine young lady from a first-rank general's mansion."
Upon hearing this, Li Xiangguo's eyes darkened, and he immediately grabbed Xie Jinyao by the neck, "What else do you know?"
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