The plan to ambush You Yuji failed, and Fang Qingyi panicked. She pressed her hand on her belly, feeling confused. She had missed it once and had this child at the wrong time. So she had to take a risk and get rid of You Yuji. Only by getting rid of this prince's consort could she sit on that seat.
But now that the plan has failed, not only is it likely to cause trouble in the future, but You Yuji must have been prepared, so it will not be easy for her to take action again.
What should I do
If it was an ordinary marriage, Chen Anzhi could have found some excuses to get him to divorce You Yuji. But it was the marriage granted by His Majesty, so it was too difficult to divorce her. Otherwise, he could have found a way to reject the marriage before the wedding.
What's more, the most important thing is that her stomach can't wait any longer.
Therefore, when the maid told Chen Anzhi that he came to the house to look for her, she did not refuse to see him as resolutely as she did yesterday.
The door was closed and bolted from the inside. Fang Qingyi sat by the window, playing a sad tune, weeping and complaining.
"Cousin..." Chen Anzhi sighed sadly while standing outside the door, "You should understand my difficulties..."
The sound of the piano suddenly broke, followed by a soft moan from Fang Qingyi.
"Cousin, what's wrong with you?" Chen Anzhi waited, but when there was no response, he knocked on the door hard.
"Prince, please leave. I don't want to see you again." Fang Qingyi's voice was filled with suppressed tears. Chen Anzhi immediately imagined his cousin's pitiful appearance of being heartbroken but trying hard to hold back tears.
He couldn't bear it any longer and kicked the door open.
Fang Qingyi looked up at him in surprise, her small face as big as a palm already soaked with tears. She immediately turned her head away firmly, too proud to let Chen Anzhi see her embarrassed and fragile appearance.
Chen Anzhi immediately ran over, picked up Fang Qingyi's finger that was cut by the strings, put it into his mouth and gently sucked the blood off the fingertip. Fang Qingyi struggled, but couldn't get away.
Fang Qingyi looked over with a pair of tear-soaked eyes, looking so pitiful. Her tears seemed to soak Chen Anzhi's heart, making him feel so soft.
Chen Anzhi hugged Fang Qingyi into his arms and said with sobs: "It's all my fault. I was confused that day. I shouldn't have drunk so much and bullied my cousin..."
Fang Qingyi smiled sadly and said softly, "It turns out that the prince only blamed himself for his momentary confusion and made a mistake. It turned out that it was responsibility that made the prince blame himself so much."
"Why do you think like this? It's my fault that I got drunk, but didn't my cousin see how I treated her in the past two years? Don't you understand what's in my heart?" Chen Anzhi bent down and looked Fang Qingyi in the eye. He held Fang Qingyi's hand and placed it on his heart, with sincerity in his red eyes.
Fang Qingyi slowly lowered her eyes, her gaze fell on her belly, she cried and said, "No mother would let her child be wronged. Cousin, I can't... I really can't be with you as a concubine. It's not because I don't want to wrong myself for you, but I don't want our child to be born with the name of a concubine and be inferior to others all his life."
Fang Qingyi cried and pulled Chen Anzhi's hand, pressing his hand on her still flat abdomen.
"This is our child!" Big tears fell, drop by drop, dripping on the back of Chen Anzhi's hand.
Seeing Fang Qingyi crying like this, Chen Anzhi felt like his heart was being torn apart. He said hastily, "How can I bear to let you be my concubine? Let our child be a concubine? Believe me, I will never let you suffer any injustice!"
Chen Anzhi raised his hand and swore to the sky: "I, Chen Anzhi, swear that I will never let my cousin be a lowly concubine, otherwise..."
Fang Qingyi quickly covered his mouth and cried, "Don't say unlucky words..."
As expected, his cousin still had his heart full of him. Chen Anzhi looked at his cousin and smiled. He hugged his cousin into his arms, patted her shoulders gently and coaxed her: "Trust me, I will definitely find a way."
Fang Qingyi nodded in shock, her voice soft, "Of course I believe my cousin."
Although she said this, she was not at ease. She really didn't know how Chen Anzhi could break the impasse. If her cousin really had a way, he would have rejected the marriage before the wedding.
But what else could she do if she didn't coax Chen Anzhi like this
She had no other choice.
Chen Anzhi gently wiped the tears from Fang Qingyi's face and coaxed her: "Don't cry, your face will look ugly if you cry."
Fang Qingyi slowly raised the corners of her lips and revealed a sweet and tender smile.
The sight of a beauty shedding tears was most alluring. Chen Anzhi was distracted for a moment and kissed her.
"Cousin, it's still daytime..." Fang Qingyi refused.
Chen Anzhi coaxed her in a hoarse voice: "During this period of time, my cousin has always been angry with me and avoided me. I really miss her..."
Fang Qingyi protected her belly and said hesitantly: "The child is still young, we can't hurt him."
"I know my limits. I will be gentle and will never hurt him..."
The door closed, Chen Anzhi picked up Fang Qingyi, and a snow-white silk handkerchief slipped from Fang Qingyi's sleeve. Chen Anzhi looked at the silk handkerchief slowly falling to the ground, and suddenly thought of the person in Yunxiao Pavilion.
"What's wrong with my cousin?" Fang Qingyi asked puzzledly.
"It's okay." Chen Anzhi kissed Fang Qingyi's forehead and carried her to the bed.
The bed was messy and absurd, and Chen Anzhi couldn't help but think about when he could have sex with the girl from Yunxiao Pavilion. As long as he thought that day would come true in the future, Chen Anzhi became excited, and Fang Qingyi almost couldn't bear it.
After all, it was daytime, and this was not the Jinnan Palace. Afterwards, Chen Anzhi quickly got out of bed and said as he put on his clothes, "Cousin, the family is preparing for my coming of age these days, so I probably won't be able to visit you every day. When I'm done with this, I'll definitely spend time with you."
Fang Qingyi looked at him lovingly, but she didn't care much about what he said. At the moment, she only cared about how to regain her status, a legitimate wife.
She picked up a bracelet from between the mattresses and asked in surprise, "Cousin, is this for me?"
Chen Anzhi looked at the thin gold bracelet in Fang Qingyi's hand with doubt, the bracelet he originally intended to give to You Yuji. When he first saw this bracelet, the scene of You Yuji washing her hands that day immediately appeared in front of his eyes, and he thought that this bracelet would look good on her wrist. He originally intended to give it to You Yuji on the day he returned home with her parents, but he never thought that they would end up parting on bad terms...
Chen Anzhi sat down beside the bed and put the bracelet on Fang Qingyi's wrist.
"When I first saw this bracelet, I thought of my cousin's deft hands." He leaned over and kissed Fang Qingyi's fingertips. "This bracelet only looks good when worn on my cousin's wrist."
After Chen Anzhi left, his mother sent someone to call Fang Qingyi over.
"Qingyi, we are mother and daughter, you don't need to hide anything from me." Fang stared at her daughter.
Fang Qingyi lowered her head guiltily and said, "Mother, I have nothing to hide from you. If you are talking about the matter of my cousin, everything is just as I said that day in the palace. Even if we loved each other before, now that my cousin has married, we should end our relationship. As for why my cousin always comes here recently..."
"Hongzan said that you haven't had your period for two months!" Fang interrupted her daughter directly.
Fang Qingyi turned around in shock, and Hongzan immediately knelt down with red eyes.
Fang Qingyi clenched her palms.
She was too embarrassed to tell anyone about the stupid thing like being pregnant before marriage, even to her own mother. Now that her mother had exposed her, tears welled up in her eyes.
"Mother!" She threw herself into her mother's arms and cried loudly.
Different from the half-true and half-false tears she shed in front of Chen Anzhi, the tears that flowed out at this moment were full of genuine grievances and fears.
Fang patted her daughter's back with a look of pity, her eyes sore. She sighed and said, "Silly child, how could you hide such a thing from your mother? No matter what, your mother always loves you the most."
Fang Qingyi raised her face and cried, "Mother, please save me. I don't want to be someone's concubine!"
"Okay. Mother will help you. Mother will definitely help you!" Fang hugged her daughter lovingly, "If mother doesn't help you, who else can she help..."
You Yuji met Zhao Sheng in the flower hall. Zhao Sheng tortured the two people pretending to be bandits, but he didn't get anything out of them. They were all gangsters who were paid to do things. Even the leader might not be able to see the leader, let alone the subordinates.
The thread breaks here.
Zhao Sheng saw that there were only a few maids from the You family in the flower hall, so he said, "I always feel that this matter is still related to the Jinnan Palace. Does the madam suspect anyone?"
There are naturally people who doubt, but before there is solid evidence, it is also an irresponsible slander to voice out the doubt. You Yuji said gently: "I will pay more attention in the future. This time, it's all thanks to you."
"You are too polite, Madam. I am only worried about your safety in the future. Do you want me to send a few guards over? Then I will feel more at ease when Madam goes out next time."
You Yuji thanked him first, then gently refused: "Zhuowen has already transferred more people."
Zhao Sheng also felt that he couldn't send someone. It was not appropriate to do it openly, and it was troublesome to do it privately. After hearing what You Yuji said, he didn't insist. After the matter was finished, Zhao Sheng didn't stay any longer. Before leaving, he handed over a box of cakes.
"Chun Niang never liked cooking before, but she became interested in it after she became pregnant. She made pastries by herself and wants to bring them to you to taste." When Zhao Sheng mentioned Chun Niang, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
Chunniang made the cakes herself? This was quite unusual. You Yuji hurriedly took it. After Zhao Sheng left, You Yuji opened the box, which was filled with colorful cakes. She took a piece to taste.
I was mentally prepared, but I didn't expect it to taste so good.
"Madam, Yunxiao Pavilion has sent some wine over." Baohe placed a pot of wine on the table with a smile, "Liufeng said it was the sweet wine brewed by the princess herself, please have a taste, Madam."
You Yuji leaned over and smelled the sweet aroma of wine.
You Yuji was busy investigating the servants in the courtyard and had not visited Si Que for two days. You Yuji thought for a moment, took out some cakes from the box, made room, put the pot of sweet wine in it, and took it to Yunxiao Pavilion.
Si Que stood at the window on the second floor and saw You Yuji coming from afar. It seemed like snow was about to fall, and the sky and the earth were dim. Her purple figure walking slowly towards him was like a stunning stroke that accidentally broke into an ink painting.
"Why is Madam here?" Si Que asked casually.
You Yuji stopped under the eaves, slightly pushed up the front of her hood, looked up at Si Que upstairs, and smiled: "Drinking by the fireside is an elegant thing to do when the first snow falls."
As if in response to her words, the first snow of this winter fell.
You Yuji's eyes were startled for a moment, and then filled with surprise. She raised her hand and caught a piece of fine snow on her fingertips, which slowly melted on her fingers.
Si Que's gaze lingered on the smile at the corner of You Yuji's eyes for a while before turning around.
You Yuji went upstairs, took off her cold cloak and handed it to the pillow. Then she took the food box and walked to the window. While she put out the cakes and sweet wine, she said, "My good friend sent me some homemade cakes. Let's eat them together."
The cool breeze blew in from the window, and Liufeng wanted to close the window. Si Que stopped her and told her to open the half-open window. Liufeng went downstairs to bring up another charcoal brazier, and Zhenxu followed her downstairs to help.
You Yuji felt a little thirsty, so she picked up the teapot on the round table at the door and poured herself a cup of warm tea.
—The pot of poisonous tea that she once drank.
Si Que was startled and blurted out: "Sister."
You Yuji was stunned and looked back in surprise.
Si Que slowly curled his lips and pulled up a hint of obedient smile: "Sister, I'm a little cold, can you help me get a coat?"