Chapter 32: Die for you
Xiao Zhen's face was cold and solemn, and he dragged his thin body and sat down opposite Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao. His dark eyes were bottomless and cold.
Princess Jiayi secretly thought that if the eldest son continued to behave like this, there would be no need to set up an ice basin in the dog days of summer. All he had to do was call the eldest son over to talk to her, which would relieve the heat.
But this thought only passed by for a moment, and Princess Jiayi blamed herself. The reason why her son became like this was because he was harmed by an adulterer. His injury has not healed yet. How could she put her son and Bing Comparing pots is really a sin.
Thinking of this, Princess Jiayi did not dare to look at Xiao Zhen even more.
Xiao Zhen's eyes moved to Xiao's face. His father-in-law's face was rosy, like fine white porcelain bathed in the rays of light.
As the princess said, the biggest hardship his father experienced in his life was becoming a prince-in-law.
Xiao Zhen looked at them without saying a word.
Princess Jiayi smiled, with a smile that was three parts embarrassed, three parts flattering, and four parts relieved.
"Haha, good son, you are so smart. I can't hide this from you. Haha, son, my mother is so happy. You must be very happy too, haha."
Xiao Zhen: What should I be happy about?
Seeing that he was still looking at her, Princess Jiayi tried her best to smile like a morning glory.
Xiao Zhen: "Mom, do you know that your smile is exaggerated?"
Princess Jiayi: "I'm exaggerating. I'm really happy. You don't know how hard it is for me to endure these days. It's all your fault. Your father said that you can't be overjoyed or sad after a sudden drastic change, which made me dare not even speak. Open your mouth wide, worried that you will spit it out, and ask me to say, it’s a happy event to have a baby!”
Having said this, Princess Jiayi opened the box in front of her, picked out a piece of licorice and apricot preserves, put it in her mouth and chewed it without restraint.
After eating three pieces of licorice apricot in a row, Princess Jiayi breathed a long sigh of relief. When she looked up, she saw her son looking at her thoughtfully. She quickly went to see Prince Consort Xiao and found that Prince Consort Xiao was looking at her son.
"What's wrong?" She didn't know why.
Xiao Zhen asked in a deep voice: "Is this what you want to tell me? Mom, are you pregnant?"
Princess Jiayi nodded: "Yes."
Xiao Zhen looked at Xiao Consort: "What is there to hide about this kind of thing? Why are you hiding it from me?"
Xiao Prince Consort's face turned redder: "Unexpected, really unexpected, we didn't expect it."
He and the eldest princess have been married for twenty years, and they have worked hard, but they only gave birth to one child, Xiao Zhen. They had long given up the idea of having another child, but who would have thought that after a trip to Liangdi, the eldest princess would actually have a child. Pregnant.
It's a pity that this child came at the wrong time.
Just after King Liang died, the eldest princess was found to be pregnant on her hind legs. How could there be such a coincidence?
Besides, Xiao Zhen is already eighteen years old, and suddenly he has a younger brother and sister. Can he really accept it?
That would be fine if there was nothing to do with Xiao Yue.
For a long time in those days, when Xiao Zhen went out, someone would always ask him deliberately: "I heard that you have a younger brother? With a younger brother, will the Prince Consort still value you as much as before?"
Or "Xiao Zhen, are you envious that we all have brothers, but you are the only one who doesn't have any, so the prince-in-law brings you a younger brother from outside?"
In short, from then on, Xiao Zhen gradually liked to be alone, no longer called friends as before, and his character became more and more aloof.
Every time he thought of this, Xiao Consort felt sorry for Xiao Zhen. If it hadn't been for this, his son would have been as sunny and cheerful as Xiao Su, instead of being as young, mature and cold as a mountain as he is now.
"Azhen, this is all my father's fault, don't blame your mother, and"
Prince Consort Xiao wanted to say, don't blame your unborn brother or sister, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. He thought of Xiao Yue. Although Xiao Zhen was ridiculed by Xiao Yue's arrival, Xiao Zhen did not anger Xiao Yue. On the contrary, he defended Xiao Yue very much.
Xiao Zhen was silent, still not saying a word. His expression was unchanged and indifferent, but his heart was like a galloping horse.
He was actually going to have a younger brother or sister again.
In the previous life, there was no such child. He only had Xiao Yue, and Xiao Yue only had him.
No, at this time in the previous life, my parents were no longer alive.
And that child also exists, but his parents didn't have time to tell him.
It turned out that not only the parents died in Wisteria Villa, but also the unborn child.
Xiao Zhen's heart felt as if someone had cut it out severely. The pain made him tremble, and a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Son, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?" The eldest princess had been peeking at her son's expression and was shocked when she saw him like this.
Xiao Zhen regained his composure and shook his head: "I'm fine. I just thought of the assassin that night. I was just a little bit short of it. Mother, you were one dead and two dead."
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Princess Jiayi nodded: "Yes, when I return to the capital, I will have someone send me a thank-you gift. The second young lady needs to express my gratitude."
She also brought a lot of things with her when she went out, but those things could only be used as rewards. Even the things given to the old feudal lords were not worthy of Zhao Shiqing's life-saving kindness to them.
Xiao Zhen said: "Is this the only thing you are hiding from me?"
Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao shook their heads together: "No more, really no more."
Xiao Zhenzhen looked serious and said sternly: "Our family, the eldest princess's mansion, together with the Qingquan Xiao family, were almost exterminated. At this time, you are still unwilling to tell the truth?
Do you want me to remind you? ”
Princess Jiayi covered her heart: "Oh, my stomach, my stomach hurts so much!"
Xiao Zhen: "Mom, don't you have a stomachache? Why are you covering your heart?"
Princess Jiayi: "My stomach hurt just now, and now my heart hurts too."
Xiao Prince Consort: "Come, let me help you lie down."
Xiao Zhen slapped the table: "All sit down!"
Princess Jiayi looked at Prince Consort Xiao and pursed her lips. She wanted to say that he was unfilial, but I didn't dare to say it.
Xiao Zhen was so angry that he took several deep breaths, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, poured out a pill and put it into his mouth. This was what Yao Shanbo asked him to take when he arrived.
Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao didn't even dare to express their anger. Seeing their son in this state, they both felt distressed and sad. No matter how unfilial they were, their son only had half a life left.
Xiao Zhen calmed down for a while and finally spoke: "Do you want to piss me off to death? That's right, your new son will be born in a few months, so you might as well piss me off to death now. Make room for the legitimate son, okay, okay, I will die now, and I will die for you to see!”
With that said, he propped up his weak body and walked towards the window. This was the highest point of the Star Observation Tower. As long as he jumped down from here, he could play Pai Gow with the ancestors of the Xiao family.
"Don't jump, I tell you, really tell you, Xiao Yue is not your father's concubine, he is not!"
(End of chapter)