In that instant, Ye Qingxue felt something flowing out from her groin, a large amount. She not only stopped in her tracks, but her body also stiffened completely.
Has her water broken? At that moment, her water broke!
Although this was Ye Qingxue's first pregnancy, she knew about the phenomenon of water breaking because she had dealt with many pregnant women in the village.
The women in the village were not like the noblewomen in the capital. Even when they were pregnant, they did not have severe morning sickness and still had to go out to work, so she had seen them before.
In addition, it's already June, and her due date is approaching. Granny Xing has already told her this many times.
If a large amount of water comes out, like urination, and you can't control it, then your water has broken and you have to give birth, otherwise the baby is at risk of suffocation!
But now, standing before her was Mi Rao, and beside her, Dong Bai, covered in wounds and hanging unconscious, was Dong Bai. And not far away, her men were still facing life-or-death threats.
"The Crown Princess seems surprised to see me?" Mi Rao assumed her stiffness was due to surprise. "What, the Crown Princess never imagined that I, who was once crippled and driven out of the Crown Prince's residence by you and His Highness the Crown Prince, would appear before you like this today?"
Mi Rao laughed.
She was still limping, and slowly walked to the table in the center of the room and sat down. It was a bamboo chair.
But Mi Rao looked very relaxed, as if she were sitting on a royal throne, and her posture was high and mighty, looking down on everything.
Ye Qingxue took a deep breath, composed her expression, and stopped looking at Dong Bai, who was covered in blood. She slowly turned around to face Mi Rao, trying not to move her body and to block the water that kept sliding down her body.
Fortunately, the skirt was long enough to trail on the ground.
"What do you want me to do?" Ye Qingxue asked, her voice steady and calm, without a trace of tremor or any other emotion.
"The Crown Princess is indeed clever! And straightforward too!" Mi Rao raised an eyebrow: "But if you're so smart, how come you couldn't guess what I wanted you to do? Was it that hard to guess?"
Ye Qingxue simply stared at her, her face devoid of sorrow, joy, pain, or anger.
Mi Rao leaned back, looking at her with a leisurely air, her tone icy: "I want your life, Crown Princess."
She threw a dagger onto the table, which clanged as it struck the surface. Mi Rao crossed her arms and said coldly, "Use this dagger to end your life, and I will release Dong Bai."
Ye Qingxue looked at the dagger, and finally moved, walking towards the table and standing opposite Mi Rao.
Mi Rao raised her chin and looked at her. Even though Ye Qingxue was standing there, she felt that she was the one who was superior and that Ye Qingxue had to bow down and be a slave in front of her.
Actually, she wasn't quite sure before that Ye Qingxue, who was heavily pregnant, would risk her life for a maid like Dongbai.
Once Mi Rao was certain that Ye Qingxue had arrived alone, she felt emboldened. Ye Qingxue's life was now in her hands, and she wasn't worried that Ye Qingxue would kill her even if she threw the dagger in front of her.
Besides, even if Ye Qingxue wanted to fight back, she couldn't, because her belly was so big, it would be very inconvenient for her to move around.
Ye Qingxue reached out and picked up the dagger on the table. "What a sharp dagger! It can cut through iron like mud, can it?"
Mi Rao said, "After all, I spent some time in the Crown Prince's residence. Considering Zhuang Xin's deep affection for me, I can let the Crown Princess die a quick and easy death, without suffering as much as possible."
The flickering candlelight fell on the blade, reflecting a cold light that shone into Ye Qingxue's eyes. As if stimulated, she turned her face slightly away, and only looked at Mi Rao again after a while.
"Mi Rao." Ye Qingxue called her name, and before Mi Rao could answer, she continued, "The Dong Bai who appeared in Wanliu Town, you had someone impersonate her to lure me there, didn't you?"
Mi Rao frowned slightly, not expecting her to bring this up suddenly.
Ye Qingxue continued, "You already knew the truth about the disappearance of the children, and that it was related to Ning Hongxi and Liu Qinghe. After you led me there, you secretly sent them a message, letting them know that I had gone to Wanliu Town."
"Once I learn this huge secret, Ning Hongxi and Liu Qinghe will definitely not let me go and will hunt me down... just like these past two days, right?"
Mi Rao paused, a hint of surprise in her eyes. She scoffed, "You're quick-witted! But so what? Now you have to listen to me!"
"Your scheme to kill with borrowed knives—using the Prime Minister and the Emperor's knives—to kill my Crown Prince's residence!" Ye Qingxue said, "But your conspiracy didn't begin with Dongbai's whereabouts, but with when I went to the temple to pray for Xiaobao."
“You know about Ning Rong, or rather, the grudge between the Prime Minister’s Mansion and our Crown Prince’s Mansion, so you contacted Ning Rong and gave her advice to use the Prime Minister’s Mansion to kill me.”
"Once the assassins from the Prime Minister's residence are dispatched, inform Zhuang Xin of my whereabouts and prepare for both possibilities. If the assassins fail to kill me, Zhuang Xin will have rendered a great service and can return to the Crown Prince's residence."
"Zhuang Xin saved my life. You'll use Zhuang Xin as a connection to return to the Crown Prince's residence and then slowly plot against us. Is that right?"
Ye Qingxue placed her hands on the table and looked down at Mi Rao. "However, because you failed to harm me and His Highness the Crown Prince before, and Zhuang Xin is stubborn, he did not agree to help you make connections and return to the Crown Prince's residence!"
She spoke with absolute certainty, as if she had witnessed it herself.
Anger gradually appeared on Mi Rao's face. Zhuang Xin, who had once been willing to be expelled from the Crown Prince's residence for her sake, actually refused her request, which forced her to expend so much energy to arrange such a drama.
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