Gu Sui'er looked up in surprise and saw a woman. Her red skirt was lifted and tied around her waist, revealing indigo trousers and riding boots.
The woman was holding a long whip in her hand, with a look of resentment on her face, her face was red, and she was coming towards her with gnashing teeth.
"Look at the whip!" When the woman saw Gu Sui'er, she couldn't help but stretched out her whip and swung it towards her.
The tail of the whip streaked across the sky, making a harsh sound.
The blood all over Gu Sui'er's body almost instantly gathered on the top of her head.
He knew in his heart that the whip was about to hit him in the face, and he even seemed to smell the blood that followed, but he could only watch helplessly.
At this critical moment of life and death, her hands and feet seemed to have lost consciousness.
At this moment, Xiao Heng reached out his hand without knowing why.
When the whip stopped, Gu Sui'er only saw the woman gritting her teeth and glaring at Xiao Heng.
She held the whip tightly in her hand, trying to pull the whip out of Xiao Heng's hand.
However, despite exerting all his strength, he was unable to shake the whip at all.
"Xiao Heng, you did this to me!" Tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, and she stared at Xiao Heng hatefully: "Let go of my whip!"
When Xiao Heng heard this, instead of letting go of the whip, he pulled the whip directly into his hand.
The force was too great, and the woman's body was suddenly pulled forward. Then the whip left her hand and fell into the air. She fell forward awkwardly, and finally fell to her knees on the edge of the pavilion with a snap.
If she missed one more step, she would fall into the lake next to her.
All of this happened in an instant. It could be said that when the woman fell to the ground, Gu Sui'er was still confused and didn't understand why the expected terrible pain did not come.
After that, she sat there slumped, her mind replaying the scene she just saw before she slowly understood it.
After luckily escaping a catastrophe, she was struck by panic. Her whole body felt cold and her hands and feet were trembling. The little tadpole in her belly seemed to feel this kind of fright, and kept bouncing in a certain place in her belly. She tightly grasped the corner of Xiao Heng's clothes with one hand, stroked her belly with the other, and murmured in a low voice to comfort her. Tadpole.
She was very scared, but she was even more worried about her tadpole.
Her little tadpole was still a little fetus, so he must have felt something, he must have been frightened.
Xiao Heng lowered his head and saw her white fingertips trembling and trying hard to caress her belly. The words she murmured in her mouth were small and vague. He understood that she was frightened and held her hand in his hand and said, "It's okay."
She seemed to be used to muttering to herself in a low voice like this when her emotions were severely shocked.
He didn't hear what she said last time, but this time he heard her clearly.
She said "Daddy is here".
He is the father.
Xiao Heng always knew that the child in her belly was his, and he also knew that he was going to be a father. However, this feeling was not concrete yet. He just thought about it. He didn't know what it was like to be a father.
But now, Gu Sui'er said, daddy is here.
When he heard these words, he realized more clearly than ever before the fragility of this girl from the country, and what a delicate little thing the child in her belly would be.
Those are all things he needs to protect.
He held her trembling hand, pursed his lips and looked at her steadily, his dark eyes bursting with unprecedented emotions at this moment.
At this time, a group of people came up next to them. They were guards. The guards in the palace also had maids. In fact, they should be called palace maids.
The maids and guards rushed over and helped the woman next to them up.
The woman is the current Princess Zhaoyang, the most beloved daughter of the current queen.
After Princess Zhaoyang was helped up by the palace maid, she raised her hand to wipe away her tears. She stared at Xiao Heng in front of her and the pot-bellied woman next to Xiao Heng. She chewed her silver teeth into pieces.
"Xiao Heng, you have gone too far!" She shouted loudly: "You have let a low-status slave conceive a child before you have married your real wife!"
Xiao Heng, who was holding Gu Sui'er's hand, felt a lot of emotions in his heart at this moment. Hearing this, he glanced at her indifferently and said displeasedly: "What does it have to do with you?"
"What does it have to do with me? What does it have to do with me?"
Princess Zhaoyang smiled instead of being angry: "Don't you know that my mother plans to betroth me to you?!"
Xiao Heng didn't even bother to look this time. He supported Gu Sui'er and was about to go to the greenhouse.
Princess Zhaoyang stamped her feet: "Hey, you are not allowed to leave!"
As soon as she said this, the guards next to them started to show off and stopped Xiao Heng and Gu Sui'er.
Poor Gu Sui'er, who came from the countryside with a small family, has been living in the Hou Mansion ever since she left home and arrived in Yanjing City. The people in the Hou Mansion are all kind and smiling. The most unfriendly person she has ever experienced is Xiao Xu started to yell at her, but was quickly suppressed by Xiao Jin.
Where has she seen this battle before
The tadpoles in her stomach were kicking like crazy, as if they had kicked her in the stomach. Waves of nausea came over her, and she leaned against Xiao Heng's arms with a pale face, her hands shaking even more.
Xiao Heng originally had a cold expression, and there was no fluctuation in his dark eyes.
He had always known that Princess Zhaoyang was unruly and whipped people, which was also her past temperament. As long as he was here, Gu Sui'er wasn't hurt, so he didn't want to argue with her.
But now, after hearing Princess Zhaoyang's arrogant words, his expression gradually turned gloomy.
He raised his head, glanced at Princess Zhaoyang, and said coldly, "Your mother wants to marry you to me?"
Princess Zhaoyang looked at his eyes that were as cold as winter snow. She was obviously dismissive and ignored her love, but she just liked him.
His face, with no flaws to pick out, was extremely handsome, but this kind of handsomeness seemed to be most suitable for winter. The colder and colder it was, the less humane it was, the more she was obsessed with it.
So now that he saw her like this, her heart almost melted.
She blushed immediately and said in an angry voice: "Xiao Heng, it's not like you don't know... the queen mother has said it before..."
But who knew that Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "But I have never promised to marry you before."
After saying this, he supported Gu Sui'er, brushed away the guards' long knives, and walked down the steps.
The guards who showed their dicks were as soft as clay, and no one dared to actually use a knife to stop him.
Who dares.
Who doesn't know that Young Master Xiao, the third son of Ruidinghou Mansion, is the emperor's most trusted figure.
But at this moment, the Third Young Master Xiao said something coolly.
"And never will."
Princess Zhaoyang on the steps was so angry that she almost lost her breath.
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Princess Zhaoyang is the only daughter of the current Emperor Jingkang. She is the emperor's legitimate daughter and her most beloved daughter.
Emperor Jingkang didn't have much blood, but he had three princes and only one princess.
Can you not pamper me
Princess Zhaoyang lived to be sixteen years old, and she never encountered anything unsatisfactory. Whatever she wanted, she just had to open her mouth, and the aunts and eunuchs around her would do it for her.
What the mammy and eunuchs couldn't do, the queen would do for her.
It can be said that she gets whatever she wants, and there is nothing she cannot ask for.
This situation continued until she was thirteen years old, and finally she encountered the biggest problem in her life, and that was Xiao Heng.
At the age of thirteen, she first fell in love and fell madly in love with Xiao Heng.
She once hung portraits of Xiao Heng in her bedroom, and wrote Xiao Heng's name over and over again when practicing calligraphy. She couldn't eat or sleep well, and she felt that there was no man in the world except Xiao Heng.
She felt that if she could marry Xiao Heng, she would definitely die.
This is what Princess Zhaoyang said to her father, the emperor, and her empress.
Emperor Jingkang was displeased after hearing this and asked whether his daughter was crazy. He handed her over to the queen and kept her under strict supervision. However, the queen tried every means and still could not make Princess Zhaoyang fall in love with her.
Reluctantly, the queen promised Princess Zhaoyang that she would go to Emperor Jingkang and ask Emperor Jingkang for a marriage.
Princess Zhaoyang was naturally overjoyed when she heard that her mother had agreed. She thought it was just a gift of marriage. Since her mother and queen had agreed, her father would not have to object.
What she naturally didn't expect was that Emperor Jing Kang had never agreed to the marriage, and she found it extremely funny.
As for Xiao Heng, he can still be "friendly" to other women, such as Xiao Jin, and "indifferent and polite" to Xiao Xu, but when it comes to Princess Zhaoyang, he is completely indifferent and indifferent.
So today, when Princess Zhaoyang rashly attacked Gu Sui'er, he did not hesitate for a moment and directly embarrassed Princess Zhaoyang.
For a princess, it is really embarrassing to have a dog lying on the pavilion chewing poop.
The embarrassing news about Princess Zhaoyang quickly spread throughout Guiyuan.
Everyone is also talking about why Princess Zhaoyang is embarrassed.
The wealthy ladies in Yanjing City are naturally different from the talkative women in the countryside, but they are all women. No matter which class they go to, they all have a common hobby: gossip.
So everyone soon knew that the fat-bellied woman next to Young Master Xiao was his new concubine.
This concubine is already pregnant with Young Master Xiao’s child.
Young Master Xiao was very fond of this concubine. This time he specially brought her to the Osmanthus Garden to relax. He also personally helped her look around at the osmanthus flowers. I heard that he had even booked a room with a high-end name in the conservatory for the concubine. The concubine rests.
This rumor quickly spread throughout Guiyuan.
Gu Sui'er was led to the conservatory by Xiao Heng. The furnishings and furniture in the conservatory were all old and new. Ordinary people couldn't see the way out, but only the knowledgeable knew that they were all old goods.
Nanny An came over, made Gu Sui'er's bed, helped Gu Sui'er lie down, and tucked her into bed.
When he looked up, he saw that Xiao Heng had not left, but was standing beside him.
Aunt An was a little surprised and quickly bowed: "The young lady may be frightened, let her rest for a while."
Aunt An wanted Xiao Heng to go out first. She knew that Gu Sui'er would not be able to rest well if Xiao Heng was here.
But Xiao Heng didn't seem to understand what she meant at all, and said quietly: "Okay, you go down first."
She goes down
Grandma An reluctantly glanced at the young lady lying on the couch. She was really worried, but since the third master had given the order, she had no choice but to go out.
Xiao Heng saw Nanny An go out, so he picked up a chair and sat next to the squat, guarding Gu Sui'er.
Gu Sui'er was lying there with her eyes closed, but she was not asleep at all.
How could he possibly fall asleep? The sound of the whip slashing through the air was still in his ears.
If Xiao Heng had acted a little later, the whip would have hit her face directly.
She lay there in a daze, and after a long time, she slowly recovered from the shock.
After she reacted, she looked at Xiao Heng next to her and blinked.
"What do you want to ask?" Xiao Heng asked in a low voice.
Her eyes were moist and clear, as if she could speak.
So much so that now, he could tell at a glance that she had a question and wanted to ask, but didn't dare.
"Are you going to get into trouble?"
Although she was scared to death at the time, she also heard that it was a princess, and everyone around her called her that.
The princess is the emperor's daughter, she knows it.
"Huh?" Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows, as if he didn't quite understand what she meant by asking this question.
"You seem to have offended... the princess today?" Gu Sui'er's chin was hidden in the quilt, only her thin, white face was exposed, with a palm-sized face and wide-open eyes.
Xiao Heng looked at her frail little appearance and suddenly remembered a rabbit he had raised when he was a child.
A pitiful little rabbit with red eyes and white fur.
"Go to sleep."
He raised his hand and touched her eyes, letting her close them.
"But… "
She was still worried about him.
I'm afraid that he will get into big trouble because of this matter.
"You don't have to worry about this."
His tone was light, as if he didn't take what just happened seriously at all.
Lifting the brocade quilt and covering her up, he ordered: "Close your eyes and sleep."
"Um."
With a soft voice, she closed her eyes and responded.