Shi Jiang's hand froze in mid-air as if electrocuted. Shen Mingzhuang got up, wanting to get away from Shi Jiang. She didn't want to be near him at all. Whenever he got close, she felt extremely uncomfortable.
"What exactly happened?"
Shi Jiang felt a pang of bitterness in his heart and stepped forward to ask in a deep voice. Man Huan was displeased to see him leaning forward despite his young mistress's wishes, so she ran forward and spread her arms to block her young mistress.
"What are you going to do?" She looked at Shi Jiang warily, as if guarding against a thief.
Shi Jiang didn't even glance at Man Huan, his eyes filled with pain as he looked at Shen Mingzhuang, who was avoiding him, his mind a jumble of emotions.
Her body seemed to be rebelling wildly against the seal he had set up, and it seemed that another spiritual consciousness had appeared in her body. She... was pregnant?
That spiritual consciousness was still very weak, yet it vaguely possessed the power to break through everything, ready to be unleashed. How could this be? Shi Jiang found it hard to believe.
He hadn't returned to the space for some time, and his perception of her had weakened considerably. He hadn't even noticed that a spiritual consciousness was hidden within her body; she was pregnant with Jiang Wang's child!
He stood there, somewhat lost in thought.
Why, why, even after countless lifetimes, can Die Sheng still not be with him?
But he forgot that Diesheng had long since been destroyed in that chaos, and the body that Shen Mingzhuang was in now was no longer the complete Diesheng.
But he refused to believe it.
The doctor came in, and Shi Jiang turned to leave. The spring breeze brushed his face, which brought him back to his senses.
Inside the room, the doctor took Shen Mingzhuang's pulse and then congratulated him with a smile.
"Congratulations, Madam."
Shen Mingzhuang looked at the doctor with her bloodshot eyes. Congratulate her? What was there to be happy about?
"Madam, this is a sign of pregnancy. You are now three months pregnant. I will prescribe two medicines to help you prepare the medicine. Please send someone with me to pick them up."
Shen Mingzhuang was struck dumb, sitting there blankly, as if all her strength had been drained. Her body seemed to be sinking into the clouds, and she tried to grab onto something, but couldn't grasp anything.
She's pregnant?
Is she pregnant? Now that she's already three months along, she must have been pregnant during her last time with Jiang Wang.
She was surprised to find herself pregnant with Jiang Wang's child. Her heart was like a willow catkin in the wind, lost and directionless. Looking down at her lower abdomen, she felt only disbelief, but the resistance she had imagined did not arise.
She simply couldn't feel her own feelings for Jiang Wang, but she didn't seem to dislike the child.
She couldn't help but ask herself why, now that she knew she was pregnant with Jiang Wang's child, she felt no resistance at all, but felt such resistance towards Shi Jiang, someone she should have trusted very much.
The moment she saw him, why did she feel panic and resistance? That emotion came so suddenly that she couldn't find the reason. She just felt it was very strange and even became confused about herself.
What's wrong with her? Why is she having so many strange emotions? Did something happen?
Just thinking about it made her feel nauseous again, and the urge to vomit overwhelmed her. She couldn't help but hug the spittoon and vomit again.
Man Huan tenderly helped her rinse her mouth. The delicate fragrance of the tea made her take a deep breath. She lay back on the couch, unable to help but want to know what had happened between her and Jiang Wang, and why he chose to stay by her side. Even if it was a brief liking, there should have been some trace, instead of leaving without any warning.
When Xue Rong returned with the medicine and was brewing it in the tea room, she got up and, with Man Huan's help, walked around the courtyard.
Seeing that Shi Jiang was not there, she looked at Man Huan, gave her a wink, and the two of them went to a side room.
Manhuan was puzzled, but she didn't suspect anything. She helped her young mistress into the side room, and when no one noticed, she closed the door.
Shen Mingzhuang entered the house, and her expression finally relaxed for a moment. For some reason, she had the illusion that she was being watched, and only now, in a place where no one could find her, did she have a moment of peace.
"Manhuan, how did we get here?"
Upon hearing this, Man Huan tilted her head and scratched her temple. "Miss, you were sent here by Shi Jiang. When I arrived, Shi Jiang had already left you here."
Upon hearing this, Shen Mingzhuang felt even more uneasy.
"Then tell me, what was the relationship between me and Jiang Wang like before?"
Hearing the Emperor's name, Manhuan felt a little flustered, but then she thought that her mistress had been calling the Emperor by his name for a long time. It was just strange that her mistress asked this question. Did her mistress not remember it herself?
But she was used to being obedient, and upon hearing this, she told Shen Mingzhuang what she had seen before.
"So, you think that Jiang Wang and I used to have a very good relationship, and all the changes happened after we separated in Beiyuan?"
Manhuan nodded. "Back then, the Emperor treated Miss very well. He would come to Hehuan Palace every day to dine with her. When the Emperor was in a bad mood, Eunuch Tan would only dare to ask you to come and persuade him. No one in the palace could get more influence from the Emperor than Miss."
Shen Mingzhuang took a long breath, puzzled. If they were so close, why did they break up?
“Miss, in fact, all men in the world take concubines. The Emperor went to Consort Song’s place to balance the harem. But as long as you go back, His Majesty will surely respect you as before.”
Man Huan's confident expression made Shen Mingzhuang feel quite strange. Even her own maid was so certain of her position in Jiang Wang's heart, yet she was completely unaware of it. It was as if she had lost all the pleasant times she had spent with Jiang Wang, leaving only hatred and resentment, without a trace of the affection she once had for him.
She suddenly wanted to see Jiang Wang immediately, to verify this matter with him, not for any other reason than to prove that she was whole, not incomplete.
But she discovered that the mansion was now filled with people from Shijiang. Every time she tried to go out, she was watched closely by the maids and servants, as if she were under house arrest and had no freedom at all.
This further solidified Shen Mingzhuang's suspicions; this matter was definitely extraordinary, and she had to find an answer.
Jiang Wang was also in a bad mood at this moment.
"So how did the person disappear? You were guarding the North Garden and didn't even know?"
The imposing tone of his voice made the guards afraid to look up; the breath of death felt closer than ever before.
"It was my dereliction of duty, Your Majesty! Please punish me!"
It was indeed his fault for failing to keep an eye on the person, even right under his nose. The head of the secret guards knelt on the ground, prepared to die.
Jiang Wang's expression was indeed very ugly. He really wanted to kill everyone on the spot, but he hadn't completely lost his mind yet. This matter was too strange.
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