Chapter 5: The Snake Cave pushed Xiao Xun down like this, he might not be able to...
That day, Yan Shu asked Xiao Xun to meet her at a remote cave. Then, pretending to be calm, she said that her earring had fallen there and she couldn't find it, so she asked Xiao Xun to help her look for it.
Xiao Xun, who had not received Yan Shu's good face for many days, did not doubt that she was fake after hearing what she said. His dark eyes were mixed with a little heat, and he bent down to carefully search for her.
Looking at the boy's focused and upright back, Yan Shu's heart clenched, and she hesitated to take action. But Yan Ruxue, hiding in the shadows, had a smug look in her eyes, and even raised her eyebrows threateningly at Yan Shu.
The meaning is obvious.
If Yan Shu didn't do it, Yan Ruxue would accuse her of having an affair with the hostage in front of her father, and she would be unable to escape the blame. Her father would also definitely punish her mother severely for failing to discipline her child properly.
Yan Shu gritted her teeth, thinking of her rabbit that had died because of Xiao Xun, then thought of the horrible look of Xiao Xun drinking snake blood, and the entanglement of Xiao Xun that had made her extremely annoyed... At the moment when tears blurred her vision, little Yan Shu reached out and pushed Xiao Xun, who had his back to her, in.
She thought that if she pushed Xiao Xun away, he would never bother her again.
But Xiao Xun was completely unprepared for her, and with that push, he fell directly into the cave. When he looked up, the surprised look he gave her was like a sharp blade, piercing straight into Yan Shu's heart.
Before he could open his mouth to question, Yan Ruxue came out from the darkness with a group of people and laughed triumphantly at Xiao Xun in the cave.
"How does it feel to be deceived by someone you trusted? With someone as lowly as you, do you really think anyone would be willing to treat you sincerely?"
Yan Shu froze in place, her heart filled with guilt and regret, and she immediately wanted to pull Xiao Yu up.
But at that moment, a rustling sound suddenly emanated from the depths of the cavern, and dozens of snakes slithered out from the darkness. A fishy odor filled the air as their bright red tongues flickered in and out.
Everyone's faces turned pale with fear. No one had expected that this seemingly ordinary cave was actually a snake den hiding so many snakes.
Yan Ruxue had not expected such a situation at all. After screaming, she turned around and ran away in panic. The group of noble ladies who followed Yan Ruxue were of course also frightened. When they saw Yan Ruxue running away, they naturally ran away together.
Only Yan Shu stood there, watching the group of snakes swimming towards Xiao Xun. Her little face suddenly lost color. After she came to her senses, she immediately looked around for branches and sticks to save people.
She didn't want Xiao Xun to bother her anymore, but she had no intention of killing him at all.
But before Yan Shu could extend the wooden stick she had found, the entrance of the cave suddenly collapsed with a "bang", as if due to the sudden surge of the snakes, and a stone fell down, blocking the exit tightly.
Yan Shu was frightened and immediately ran up to push the big rock at the entrance of the cave, but her strength was too little and the rock didn't move at all.
Thinking that Xiao Xun was still trapped inside and surrounded by poisonous snakes, Yan Shu regretted it so much that she burst into tears.
But she was unable to save people by herself, so Yan Shu could only run back to the palace in a hurry to find someone.
But due to excessive shock and exhaustion, the young Yan Shu fainted when she ran outside the palace gate.
When he woke up, he was already in Huiji's bedroom. Yan Shu burst into tears and cried, saying that she wanted to go and save people. Although Huiji didn't understand, she still accompanied Yan Shu and the others to go there. But when they arrived there, there was only a pile of debris in the cave, and there was no trace of Xiao Xun.
Perhaps it was because Xiao Xun was not valued by King Xiao Wei in the first place. After King Yanwen told King Xiao Wei that Xiao Xun died of illness and took the initiative to send thirty stunningly beautiful dancers to the Kingdom of Xiao, the matter was settled.
Yan Ruxue was afraid that the incident would affect her, so she never mentioned to King Yan Wen and Queen Yan that Xiao Xun was tricked into the snake cave by Yan Shu, so Yan Shu was not held accountable in the end.
The matter was covered up as if the animal that died in the snake cave that day was just an ordinary livestock.
Only Yan Shu thought that Xiao Xun had died in the snake cave. She felt extremely guilty and fell seriously ill for several months after returning.
Later, as six years passed, Yan Shu gradually buried this incident deep in her memory, unwilling to let herself think about it again. Even today, when she uncovered it again, her heart was still as tormented as it was back then.
Although no one knows how Xiao Xun escaped from the snake cave alive and how he returned to the Xiao Kingdom and became the Crown Prince Xiao Yu, it is conceivable that it must have been extremely difficult.
Although Yan Shu never had the intention to kill Xiao Yu, it was indeed her who pushed him down with her own hands.
Now in Xiao Yu's eyes, she was his enemy separated by a life-and-death feud, and was definitely an enemy who must be cut into pieces.
So in her previous life, after Xiao Yu got tired of playing with her still somewhat pretty body, he gave her poisoned wine without any reluctance.
At this moment, looking at the fresh little face like water chestnut in the bronze mirror, the girl had a complicated expression.
So what if it’s beautiful? People will get tired of it after three years.
Qingtao, who was standing by, thought that her princess was still sad about what happened last night, so she immediately spoke to comfort her.
"Princess, you should be more open-minded. Now that you have become King Xiao's beauty and have been spared the pain of being buried alive with him, you are already a thousand times luckier than others. You still have a long way to go."
Qing Tao, while tying up Yan Shu's hair, continued, "I secretly inquired yesterday. This Prince Xiao had no concubines when he was the crown prince. Now that he has ascended the throne, there is only one beauty in his harem, the princess. If the princess gives birth to a boy or girl in the future due to this favor, Prince Xiao will definitely treat you well. I'm afraid that the princess can even compete for the position of queen."
Hearing Qingtao's words, Yan Shu frowned as if she was thinking about something.
In her previous life, Xiao Yu and she had slept in the same bed for three years. Fearing that becoming pregnant too quickly would give other women an opportunity to steal Xiao Yu's favor, she had deliberately carried the contraceptive sachet her mother had secretly given her before leaving Yan Palace. She wanted to wait until her position in Xiao Yu's harem was more secure before considering children, so for the first two years, under Yan Shu's deliberate contraception, she remained pregnant.
Xiao Yu didn't seem to care about the matter of offspring. Even though Yan Shu had not been pregnant for a long time, he never questioned it.
After the Colosseum incident, Xiao Yu imprisoned her and forced her to have sex with him multiple times. Yan Shu felt completely devastated, and naturally, she didn't want to bear Xiao Yu's child again. She never removed the contraceptive sachet until her death. Therefore, during those three years of her previous life, Yan Shu never became pregnant.
But Qingtao's words now woke Yan Shu up. If she had become pregnant with Xiao Yu's child before the incident in the Colosseum in this life, could she have avoided the tragic death in her previous life?
Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. If she really gave birth to Xiao Yu's child, Xiao Yu might show mercy and let her go for the sake of being the child's biological mother.
Although this method may not be very wise, it seems to be her only lifeline now.
Yan Shu knew that she was just a weak woman with no one to rely on in the troubled times. Even though she now knew that Xiao Yu was the hostage Xiao Xun from that year, and that he hated her deeply and only wanted revenge, she really had no other choice.
After all, Yan Shu couldn't escape the heavily guarded Xiao Palace on her own. Furthermore, she wanted to stay alive. If she angered Xiao Yu by escaping without permission, she might even bring her own death forward.
Secondly, there is another stupid idea, which is for her to take the initiative to confess what happened that year, sincerely apologize to Xiao Yu and beg for his forgiveness.
But this approach is obviously not feasible.
Not to mention Xiao Yu's current temper, even Yan Shu herself could not easily forgive the person who pushed her into the snake cave.
Xiao Yu was such a cruel and bloodthirsty man, how could he just let go of the past simply because of her apology? He might even question how she recognized him as the Xiao Xun of the past, and doubt her motives for admitting her mistake. Given his temper, she might not even survive the three years of her previous life.
So after careful consideration, Yan Shu still felt that Qingtao's words were the most feasible.
If she wants to live long enough in this life, she must have enough chips in her hand to move Xiao Yu, and the child with his blood may be this chip.
In her previous life, in the two years leading up to the Paradise Banquet, Xiao Yu had been extremely fond of her. At the time, there was no one else in the harem besides her. If nothing unexpected happened in this life, and she stopped using the contraceptive sachet, and continued to sleep with him regularly, she might soon become pregnant with Xiao Yu's child.
But Yan Shu was a little worried, wondering whether the love poison given to her by Queen Yan would have any effect on her body.
The girl frowned slightly and thought to herself that perhaps it would be appropriate to call a doctor to take a look.
So after breakfast, Yan Shu asked Qingtao to invite a medical officer from the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Yan Shu was wary and did not reveal her true purpose. She only told the doctor that she had been feeling tired recently and asked him to take her pulse.
The medical officer took the girl's pulse respectfully, his expression normal. In the end, he only prescribed some prescriptions for nourishing the body and calming the mind. It seemed that he did not think there was anything wrong with Yan Shu's body.
After Qingtao sent the medical officer to the palace gate, Yan Shu sat on the couch and looked at the prescription thoughtfully.
Just looking at the prescription, it seems that there is nothing wrong with her body, at least not on the surface.
After all, the Hehuan Gu wasn't an ordinary poison, so it was normal for ordinary medical officers to be unable to discern its true nature. However, the main reason Yan Shu didn't directly ask the medical officer if she could have a normal child was because she was afraid that Xiao Yu would find out.
After all, she is now in the Xiao Palace, and her every move is probably under the surveillance of others. If Xiao Yu knew that she wanted to have his child, he would definitely nip this in the bud.
After all, he was just seeking revenge on her from the beginning, and he would certainly not let an "enemy" like her get pregnant with his child easily.
However, Yan Shu still had a puzzlement in her heart. Now, she thought that her infertility in her previous life was due to her taking the contraceptive sachet, but Xiao Yu didn't seem to have used any contraceptive methods on her. At least with Yan Shu, Xiao Yu had never let her drink or use anything suspicious.
But if Xiao Yu had never deliberately used contraception in his previous life, why didn't he ever suspect that she was infertile for several years?
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