One day later, Yan Hengyin ca to find Pei Shu’er once again.
As Pei Shu’er turned around, he suddenly grabbed her hand, pulling her to face him.
His eyes were full of surprise, staring at Pei Shu’er with disbelief.
"Pei Shu’er, are you pregnant?"
After saying this, he took a careful look at Pei Shu’er’s abdon, and upon seeing the clearly protruding belly, his expression turned ominously dark.
Pei Shu’er knew she couldn’t hide it anymore; after all, she couldn’t control her belly from growing larger.
Yan Hengyin, with a grim expression, called out: "Soone, summon the Imperial Physician."
After the ti it takes for an incense stick to burn, the Imperial Physician arrived at Ren Shan Palace, checked Pei Shu’er’s pulse, and then knelt down with a face full of joy.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Noble Princess Consort Xu is already six months pregnant with Your Majesty’s first imperial heir."
At this mont, Yan Hengyin’s face was exceedingly grim, without a trace of joy.
Looking at Pei Shu’er’s belly, it was as if he wanted to swallow her whole.
The Imperial Physician belatedly realized sothing was wrong, shivering slightly, not daring to utter another word.
Yan Hengyin spoke to the Imperial Physician: "Leave first."
The Imperial Physician left, and Li Xide also took the palace maids away from there.
Only when the sound of the door closing ca, Yan Hengyin, full of resentnt, slowly approached Pei Shu’er step by step.
"Pei Shu’er, this child, is it Tang Zan’s?"
Pei Shu’er nodded: "Yes."
His eyes looked like they wanted to pierce through Pei Shu’er’s stomach and take out that bastard.
Yan Hengyin felt as if a green shadow lood over him, like he was raising another man’s wife and child.
This foolish predicant was truly vexing.
He reached out his hand as if he wanted to strangle Pei Shu’er, but ultimately dropped his hand.
He pointed a finger at Pei Shu’er: "You truly are..."
After Yan Hengyin left, Pei Shu’er let out a long sigh of relief.
She had always wanted to avoid Yan Hengyin discovering her pregnancy, to prevent complications before her plans were complete.
But now that her plans were accomplished, she knew her chance to leave the Imperial Palace had arrived.
Yan Hengyin wouldn’t allow this child to remain.
As expected, two days later, Yan Hengyin walked into Ren Shan Palace exhausted, followed by the Imperial Physician, his face cold as ice.
"Give her the abortion dicine."
Pei Shu’er symbolically resisted a couple of tis, as not resisting would seem too fake.
"I refuse, Your Majesty, you can’t do this to and my child."
Yan Hengyin’s temples throbbed with veins, and he shouted angrily: "That I’m sparing your life is already my rcy."
Pei Shu’er sneered coldly, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Don’t forget who it was that seized by force, and now you say sparing my life is rcy."
Yan Hengyin closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.
"Imperial Physician, give her the dicine!"
Pei Shu’er looked at Yan Hengyin with eyes full of hatred, and finally, when the Imperial Physician ca over, seeing him administering the dicine too diligently, she feared inadvertently swallowing it.
She said coldly: "I’ll drink it myself!"
Then she took the bowl and gulped down the dicine; in truth, she had long swapped the dicine in the bowl with a fetal-protection potion.
Watching Pei Shu’er finish the dicine, Yan Hengyin left with a flick of his sleeves.
"Reflect properly."
The Imperial Physician also left.
Then Pei Shu’er began acting on the bed, crying out in pain.
Until finally, she took out the prepared corpse and entered a secret space herself.
To avoid further complications, she decided to wait until Yan Hengyin discovered her "death" before leaving.
Fortunately, in recent days, perhaps due to a troubled mind, Yan Hengyin had not co to Ren Shan Palace, and no one in the palace dared to enter the hall to check.
Not until Yan Hengyin ca again, half a month later, the corpse had beco unrecognizable, exuding a strong stench.
Underneath it, there was even a mass of rotting flesh resembling a baby’s remains.
At that mont, Yan Hengyin’s eyes almost burst.
He couldn’t believe that Pei Shu’er was dead.
"No, it can’t be, Pei Shu’er can’t be dead."
However, when he saw the small mole on the corpse’s ear, his whole body turned weak, collapsing to the ground.
He called out to the palace maid outside: "Soone!"
When the palace maids entered, they saw Yan Hengyin with a grim expression.
"Has Pei Shu’er left her chambers before?"
The palace maids shook their heads: "No, because Your Majesty instructed that no one was allowed to enter to see the lady, so we didn’t go in either."
Yan Hengyin felt an overwhelming wave of sorrow crash over him, his heart never aching like this before.
Yet he still refused to believe it.
"Soone, find Pei Shu’er for . I won’t stop until she’s found."
Those who had left in recent days were all recorded and checked one by one.
Pei Shu’er had just left the Imperial Palace today, and at the palace gate, she saw Tang Zan standing tall and slender.
Pei Shu’er was currently dressed as a Purchasing Eunuch, but Tang Zan almost imdiately turned his head to look at Pei Shu’er.
He recognized her.
Pei Shu’er smiled, walking over to Tang Zan.
Tang Zan’s eyes were full of emotion, yet he didn’t step forward to embrace Pei Shu’er.
Instead, he stood distantly, gazing at Pei Shu’er from afar.
Pei Shu’er smiled, leading the way into a small alley, and when Tang Zan followed, she took him into the secret space.
When they erged, both were in a new disguise again.
The little eunuch whom Pei Shu’er had disguised as had already gone out for supplies.
After getting in the carriage, Pei Shu’er was taken by Tang Zan to the Prince Zhan Mansion.
When disembarking, Pei Shu’er changed into a guard’s attire, her whole deanor shifting slightly.
Their movents were so stealthy that no one noticed their trail.
When Pei Shu’er returned to the Prince Zhan Mansion, her face was all smiles.
After all this ti, she was finally back.
However, due to the current situation, Pei Shu’er did not return to her original courtyard but went to an annex within the Prince Zhan Mansion.
At first, the two thought everything was fine, but lately, they often noticed Aunt Dong’s people spying on them.
After being scolded by Tang Zan a few tis, Aunt Dong seed to be paying even more attention.
Tang Zan imdiately put Aunt Dong under house arrest, but while it was easy to deal with Aunt Dong’s scrutiny, others’ were harder to handle.
Especially Old Madam Tang, she also noticed Tang Zan frequently going to an annex.
Unlike Aunt Dong’s malice, Old Madam Tang hoped Tang Zan could start anew, preferably with a hidden love in the annex.
Her grandson couldn’t remain despondent forever, right?
Pei Shu’er thought for a while, and couldn’t help but laugh: "Actually, doing this arouses suspicion instead. I might as well live where you live."
Tang Zan nodded: "That’s good."
The two moved back to their original courtyard, this ti, Tang Zan’s daily routine was regular, and he no longer visited the annex.
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