The two finally separated. Ye Zhen leaned against the door and watched Mo Rongzhan leave. She didn't know why she was more and more reluctant to part with him, as if … as if she was worried that she could not live with him like this in the future. Was this an omen or was she lacking a sense of security? He clearly liked her so much, how could she still feel uneasy?
He was like a poison to her. She knew it would be addictive, but she couldn't get rid of it.
This was not right …
She couldn't rely on Mo Rongzhan so much. After experiencing so many things, she was no longer the Princess of Qin who was under house arrest in Prince Qin's Mansion, but the Empress of Jin Kingdom. She loved him. When she was lonely and helpless, he was her faith. She couldn't always rely on him to protect her. Although she didn't like the palace very much, she must protect herself … She couldn't be bullied by others in her own home.
Ye Zhen looked up at the sky, and a trace of unwillingness flashed inexplicably in the depths of her heart. She did not dare to explore where this trace of unwillingness came from, so she quickly suppressed it and ordered Hong Ling, "Go and ask Madam to come here!"
Pei Shi had been waiting anxiously in the side hall. She had already entered the palace. Why hadn't she seen her daughter yet? Was there something wrong?
"Madam, the Empress invites you to come over." Hong Ying came over and saw Pei Shi's nervous look. She smiled and comforted her, "The Emperor was in the room just now, so I asked you to wait here a little longer."
"It turns out that the Emperor is here!" Pei Shi breathed a sigh of relief, amused by her own imagination. "How is the Empress?"
Hong Ying smiled and said, "The Empress has always been well. You will know when you see her."
Pei shi thought that her daughter had been captured by the Witch King of Western Liang and had been pampered at home since she was young. How could she have a good life in a place like Western Liang? It was good enough that she could keep her child. She thought that Yao Yao might have suffered a lot in Western Liang and her heart was roasted by fire.
"Empress, the Empress is here!" Hong Ying invited Pei Shi in.
Ye Zhen immediately stood up. "Mother, you are here!"
Pei Shi had a belly full of words to say. As soon as she saw Ye Zhen running towards her with a big belly, she seemed to see her daughter as a child who had just learned to walk and rushed to her happily. She couldn't control her tears at once. "You child, you child …"
She cried and hugged Ye Zhen. God knew that she had not slept well these days. When she closed her eyes, it was as if she saw her daughter being killed. When she saw Yao Yao come back with a ruddy face and a baby, she finally allowed herself to cry. She had been holding back all this time.
Ye Zhen was very happy to see Pei Shi, but when she cried like this, her eyes became hot. "Mother, I'm fine, fine!"
Pei Shi wanted to hit her a few times as before, but when she saw Ye Zhen's belly, she felt distressed and had to hold her daughter in her arms. "You scared me to death, scared me to death!"
"I'm fine. Don't you see that I'm fine?" Ye Zhen cried and laughed. "Mother, don't cry. I want to cry too."
"Don't cry, don't cry." Pei Shi wiped away her tears. Seeing her daughter was a happy thing. "I'm just happy to see you."
Ye Zhen took Pei Shi's hand and sat down. "Mother, I let you enter the palace to let you know that I am actually very good. When I was in the priest's hall, Qi Ruoshui did not dare to do anything to me. The Sixth Prince soon rescued me. Later, I was always with the emperor. How could I be wronged?"
Pei Shi looked her up and down and finally felt relieved. "It's good that you have not been wronged. You are a blessed child. You will be safe and sound in the future. There will be no more trouble."
Ye Zhen smiled and nodded. "I have always been blessed."
"Does the child make trouble for you?" Pei Shi looked at her belly lovingly. How time flies! In the blink of an eye, her little baby was about to give birth. She was about to become a grandmother!
"No, I have been very well-behaved since I was pregnant. I can eat and sleep well. There is no reaction at all." Ye Zhen said with a smile. Except for the two days of discomfort, she felt comfortable all over. She could walk for an hour every day without panting.
Pei Shi nodded in relief. "That's good. When I was pregnant with your eldest brother, I vomited so much that I wanted nothing more than to stop eating. I couldn't even smell the slightest bit of oil. It was only after a few months that I felt better …"
Ye Zhen smiled. "Eldest brother is too naughty."
"Who said that? After your big brother was born, he was very obedient. You're the naughty one. You're so small, but when you cry, it really shakes the heavens and the earth. At that time, we had just brought you to the border city, and we were not familiar with the people and the place. You were not even two months old, and we couldn't find a wet nurse. You cried when you were hungry, and it was your big brother who coaxed you." Thinking of the past, Pei shi's heart was filled with sorrow. Unknowingly, more than ten years had passed.
"If it weren't for you, Yao Yao would not be where she is today." Ye Zhen whispered. She had always felt ashamed of her sister. If it weren't for Lu Shiming and his wife, her sister would have been gone long ago. It would have been impossible for her to enjoy more than ten years of happiness.
Pei Shi looked at her with a smile. "You are our daughter. Don't you think it's too much to say this?"
"How is eldest brother's errand?" Ye Zhen knew that some words of gratitude should be kept in her heart.
"The father and son won't tell me anything about their errand. They are afraid that I will worry about them. But I haven't seen Zi Heng in recent days …" Pei Shi paused. "Zi Heng is your eldest brother's name."
Ye Zhen said, "It seems that eldest brother is very busy. I still want to see him."
Pei Shi smiled. "When I go back, I will tell him. He must want to see you, too."
"How about father? I heard that he was put in prison by the empress dowager. Will he suffer?" Ye Zhen asked with concern.
"I heard from your father that the people in the dungeon have been replaced long ago. They are all the emperor's people. He is serving them with good food and drinks. Even the empress dowager and Qiu Yaozong don't know about it. What else can he suffer? But these two days, he is so busy that he can't even see his shadow." Pei Shi complained.
Ye Zhen covered her mouth and smiled, "I also heard from the emperor that the eldest brother and the little prince received a more difficult task. However, this is the emperor's wish to train eldest brother. You don't have to worry about it. Father has been very busy recently. There are two fewer people in the cabinet, so everything falls on his head." Ye Zhen smiled, "I also heard from the emperor.
Pei Shi smiled and said, "I'm just saying. I don't need to worry about them. I'm worried about you."
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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