The Crown Prince was not concerned about whether Zhou Haiqing could find him through the kitchen maid. Instead, he was worried about whether the Drunken Spring Breeze would be effective.
In his heart, Zhou Haiqing becoming a eunuch was more meaningful than Zhou Haiqing going against him. He had memories from his previous life. It was only a matter of time before he killed Zhou Haiqing.
"Replying to the Crown Prince, the Drunken Spring Breeze is colorless and tasteless. It will definitely not be discovered." His confidant was very confident in the Drunken Spring Breeze.
The Drunken Spring Breeze was a secret medicine of the palace. It was colorless and tasteless. It was prepared by the late emperor for his secret guards.
The secret guards were the emperor's secret weapon. However, humans were not plants and could not be emotionless. Once they had feelings, or even a fish with a family, they would have a weakness. If the enemy used his wife and children to threaten him to do something that would harm the emperor, it would not be good.
In order to prevent such a thing from happening, the late emperor put this medicine in the secret guards' food. It could be said that he had cut off the possibility of the secret guards betraying him from the root.
The Crown Prince naturally knew the origin of the Drunken Spring Breeze. Thinking of this, the Crown Prince was relieved. "That's good."
As long as Zhou Haiqing became a eunuch, then Jiujiu would be his.
The Crown Prince's heart was full of calculations. However, he did not know that he had also been poisoned by the Drunken Spring Breeze.
Because he needed Xue Bitao to get close to Jiujiu, the Crown Prince did not continue to torture Xue Bitao. Instead, he provided her with all kinds of benefits. Whether it was food or drink, they were all the best. He even assigned her several servant girls.
It was a pity that those servant girls were the Crown Prince's people.
Xue Bitao knew that a wise man submits to circumstances. She accepted all the benefits the Crown Prince gave her and obediently nodded to the Crown Prince's orders.
The Crown Prince asked her to visit Jiujiu every day. She went to visit Jiujiu every day. Even if she had nothing to say, even if she just sat there, she would still sit there for the entire day.
For half a month, Xue Bitao went to the General's residence every morning. In the afternoon, the Crown Prince would come to pick her up.
Although Jiujiu tried her best to avoid meeting the Crown Prince, she still met him many times. The worst thing was that the Crown Prince looked at Jiujiu with an inexplicable gaze. Jiujiu could not help but feel her hair stand on end. It was too embarrassing.
At night, Jiujiu could not help but complain to Zhou Haiqing, "What's wrong with my sister? Why does she come to my place every day?"
Not to mention that her relationship with Xue Bitao was not good to begin with, even if their relationship was good, she could not stand him coming every day. The most terrible thing was that the Crown Prince would often take the opportunity to get close to her when he was fetching Xue Bitao. Jiujiu was almost disgusted to death at the thought of the Crown Prince holding a jasper in his mouth.
Zhou Haiqing: "Maybe she really misses you."
Jiujiu curled her lips. "Forget it. Don't you know what kind of relationship I have with my sister? Just tell me, why did my sister come here for no reason? Is it because you and the Crown Prince don't get along?"
This was Jiujiu's first reaction.
Zhou Haiqing smiled faintly and said half-truthfully, "Why don't you say it's because of you?"
"I'm a young lady. Before I got married, I didn't even take a few steps out of the house. How can it be because of me? It must be because of you." Jiujiu's eyes turned, and her voice became sly. "General, you have a high position and power. Either the Crown Prince wanted to rope you in but failed, or he wanted to teach you a lesson. Tell me honestly, which one is it?"
Jiujiu smiled slyly, like a kitten that succeeded in stealing a fish. Zhou Haiqing smiled. "Neither."
The Crown Prince's actions were different from his previous life.
Although the Crown Prince was impulsive and reckless in his previous life, he would not make things difficult for him for no reason. He even purposely drugged him. In his previous life, the Crown Prince fell in love with Xue Biyu at the state banquet a year later. It could be seen that this Crown Prince was like him until the future.
If it was not because of this, Zhou Haiqing could not find a suitable explanation for why the Crown Prince was targeting him.
However.
In his previous life, he could stab the Crown Prince to death. Naturally, he could do it in this life. Even if a stupid person was reborn, he would only have the memories and life experience of his previous life.
As for intelligence, he was as stupid as a pig in his previous life. How smart could he be in this life?
Zhou Haiqing lowered his eyes. "Don't worry. She won't be coming soon."
Wasn't that right?
The next day, Xue Bitao did not continue to look for Jiujiu. Because the day before she left, she suddenly felt dizzy and fainted. The maidservant hurriedly called for the imperial physician.
It would have been better if the imperial physician had not been called. As a result, the moment the imperial physician arrived, the news that the Crown Princess was pregnant spread.
Although the Crown Prince had concubines, he still had no children.
Now, the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince, which one of them didn't have a few children? On the contrary, the Crown Prince, the heir to the throne of the country, had no children. Not to mention the Crown Prince, he didn't even have a princess. The Empress's heart was burning with anxiety.
As soon as she heard the news of Xue Bitao's pregnancy, she immediately sent people to express her concern. Because of the importance of the child in Xue Bitao's belly, she even sent a trusted nanny to take care of Xue Bitao.
Before the Crown Prince knew the news, Xue Bitao was tightly protected by the Empress. Not to mention letting Xue Bitao continue to go to Jiujiu's place, even when the First Madam wanted to see Xue Bitao, she was refused by the Empress's people.
Now that Xue Bitao was pregnant with the Crown Prince's eldest son, no one could see her before the eldest son was born. No one was allowed to see her.
Jiujiu knew that Xue Bitao was pregnant. It was already a month later at the Old Ancestor's birthday.
On this day, Zhou Haiqing specially asked for leave to accompany her to the Zhenyuan Marquis Estate.
The Zhenyuan Marquis Estate had produced two good daughters. The eldest daughter married the Crown Prince and was now pregnant in just over a month. Although there was no good news from the second daughter, seeing how the General treasured Jiujiu, everyone could only be envious.
On this day, the Zhenyuan Marquis Estate was particularly lively.
Jiujiu and Zhou Haiqing came to visit the Old Ancestor.
After not seeing Jiujiu for a long time, the Old Ancestor's face instantly bloomed with joy. He waved his hand and motioned for Jiujiu to come forward.
Jiujiu walked to the Old Ancestor's side. The Old Ancestor hurriedly held Jiujiu's hand and looked at Jiujiu carefully. From time to time, he said, "You've gained weight and your complexion has improved. Your skin is even more tender."
Jiujiu pouted and replied unhappily, "Old Ancestor, I'm not gaining weight. That's edema, edema."
"You little girl." The Old Ancestor was stunned for a moment before he laughed and said to Zhou Haiqing, "The General dotes on Yu 'er to no end."
Zhou Haiqing looked at Jiujiu with a smile and said softly, "Old Ancestor, you can just call me Haiqing."
Zhou Haiqing looked at Jiujiu's pink little face and said with a smile, "Yu 'er, that's just baby fat. It'll be fine when it blooms."
Hearing Zhou Haiqing's words, Jiujiu immediately agreed, "Yes, yes, yes. That's just baby fat. I'm not gaining weight."
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