Changsheng listened to his mother's words and stood in front of the window, the expression on his face becoming slightly gloomy.

"Please rest assured, except for the queen mother, no one will believe it."

Meng Xilan stared at him when she heard this.

He was dressed in a long robe, and his figure was slender and straight. He seemed to have grown a little taller, almost as tall as his father. The expression on his face was preoccupied, as if there were many things that he couldn't think of, and many knots that he couldn't untie.

"Stop treating Aina like a child." Meng Xilan didn't forget to remind him again.

"Erchen understands."

The word "understood" is not just talking.

He told Haruko to find some plum blossom-style jewelry, and he wanted to choose one for Aina. My daughter's family has always liked these things the most.

Xiao Chunzi found something as instructed, and Changsheng took the jewelry box to Shen Dan to look at.

"Which one do you think looks good?"

Shen Dan was slightly stunned, it was the first time he saw His Royal Highness holding a woman's jewelry.

She didn't dare to think about it, and looked down: "The slave maid thinks it's all good-looking." ”

As she spoke, she lowered her head slightly, and the broken hair on her sideburns fell.

Changsheng's slender fingers gently pulled her hair behind her ears, looking at the pink earlobes, her heart was slightly hot.

Shen Dan blushed shyly, Changsheng looked into the box, took out a pair of plum blossom earrings and said, "You bring them." ”

Shen Dan took it with both hands and curtsied: "Thank you, Your Highness, slave." ”

She hurriedly put on the earrings and went to him.

Xiao Chunzi looked at the two of them sweetly, and hurriedly bowed and retreated.

Changsheng saw that there was no one else, so he asked Shen Dan to sit on his lap and carefully observe her earlobe.

"Your ears are beautiful."

He had never said such a thing to her before, but now it was different, because their relationship was different.

After being with Shen Dan, Changsheng's heart did have some changes, some subtle changes, some indescribable changes.

"You pick one, and I'll give it to Aina."

Shen Dan's shoulders stiffened slightly when he heard this, and he responded softly: "The slave understands." ”

She then stood up and carefully chosen, and finally she chose a plum pendant and a plum hairpin made of rubies.

"The slave thinks these two things are the best."

Changsheng silently observed her every move, her eyes flickering slightly, hiding her unknown thoughts.

"Aina...... She will most likely stay forever. ”

Shen Dan still nodded when he heard this.

She was just a slave and had no right to decide whether anyone would stay or go.

"You care about her."

Changsheng touched her hand, and her hand was cold.

Shen Dan shook his head: "The slave doesn't." The slave knows his identity, and in the future, there will be many, many women around His Highness, and the slave is just one of them. ”

Changsheng's eyes lit up when he heard this. Shen Dan stood opposite him, looking at her with a bright gaze, his red lips pursed lightly, as if waiting for him to say something.

At the moment when she looked at him, Changsheng suddenly understood something, he suddenly understood, Shen Dan looked at his eyes, why was he so weak and earnest, she was waiting for him to say a word, that is, no matter how many women he had around him in the future, she was his favorite one.

She must have been waiting for him to say that.

The Queen Mother once said that women are different from men. Men like to lie, while women like to listen to men lie.

Changsheng stroked her face, but didn't say what she wanted to hear.

When Aina received the gift, she was overjoyed.

She originally had a lot of silver ornaments on her body, all of which she took down, and she took the gifts that Changsheng gave her.

Ayina lightly turned around in front of Changsheng and smiled sweetly, "Brother Changsheng, am I good-looking?" ”

Changsheng looked at her bouncing and felt that she was really cute.

There is something in her body that no one else has, because she is not a person who grew up in the palace, and she has not yet been infected by the habits in this palace.

Changsheng's nod of approval made Ayina blossom.

She tilted her head slightly, standing in front of Changsheng, her dark and shining eyes were like little stars falling into them.

He liked her eyes, and he preferred her to look at him with those smiling eyes.

Inexplicably, he suddenly remembered a person, a woman who was once as brilliant as the stars.

Aina saw him looking at her silently, as he had been when they first met.

She sat on a tall branch, and the little bright red fruit fell on his head, and he looked up in amazement, and looked deeply all the way.

"Elder Brother ......"

Aina turned away shyly, not wanting her cheeks to really burn.

Changsheng let out a "hmm", and then regained his faint expression, he gave her a moment to be shy, and then said: "The palace has suffered a heavy blow, and it is not as prosperous as it used to be. Are you really willing to stay? ”

Aina turned again, the flush on her cheeks half gone.

"I'm willing to stay."

The girl's crisp voice carries the courage of ignorance and fearlessness.

Changsheng suddenly remembered what the Queen Mother had said before, looked at her and looked down at her and smiled.

……

For three days, Jiao Changqing was in a coma for three days.

When he woke up, he found himself in the palace, and the first thing he said was "Queen Mother".

Meng Xilan hurriedly arrived, saw him wake up, and asked him the first thing he said: "Who wants to harm you?" ”

Jiao Changqing drank half a bowl of medicine, his face was calm, and he said haggardly: "Niangniang, Weichen doesn't know who that person is?" He had never shown up, but he knew everything about the palace. He imprisoned me, tortured me, and seemed to want to know what was going on in the palace. ”

Jiao Changqing was taken away when the capital was in the most chaotic situation, he was blindfolded all the time, he couldn't see anything, but he could smell, hear, and feel everything else.

"This palace will definitely investigate it thoroughly." Meng Xilan patted the back of his hand.

The man who came for him also came for her.

Her fingers were cold, not even warm to his.

Jiao Changqing noticed something unusual, and hurriedly said, "Niangniang, how are you doing lately?" ”

He propped himself up, and Meng Xilan hurriedly stopped him and said, "Now you are the patient." ”

"Niangniang, after the emperor comes back, will he still treat you as before?"

Meng Xilan's face changed slightly when she heard this, Gao Fuli was beside her, and she hurriedly turned around and signaled to the people behind her, and all of them withdrew.

When Jiao Changqing saw that she was silent and did not answer, he knew that the situation was not good.

Seeing that no one else was present, he grabbed Meng Xilan's wrist, gently touched her wrist with his slightly rough fingertips, took a deep breath, and calmed down.

Meng Xilan didn't stop him anymore, she knew how worried he was about herself.

After a while, Jiao Changqing's brows slowly furrowed.

He looked at Meng Xilan, and his face suddenly became heavy.

Meng Xilan noticed this, subconsciously straightened her back and waited quietly.

She has been really unwell lately, she has always had no appetite for eating, she is very tired, sometimes she feels tired after just sitting for a while, and she hates the cold.

Jiao Changqing frowned, and looked straight at Meng Xilan, his eyes were slightly dazed.

"Mother, your monthly affairs ......"

He was only halfway through the question, and Meng Xilan's body shook, as if she suddenly realized something. Her menstrual affairs have not been accurate for the past year, so she didn't pay attention to it.

Meng Xilan looked at Jiao Changqing, who didn't say a word and only knew how to frown and ponder, and couldn't help but ask out loud: "You must not say that to this palace." ”

"Niangniang......" Jiao Changqing looked at her with a look of wanting to speak, and said half-loudly: "Niangniang, you have a child in your belly." Judging from the pulse, it has been April ......"

If you extrapolate from time, this child will only be Chu Jingchuan's, not the emperor's.

Meng Xilan couldn't believe it, she shook off Jiao Changqing's hand, sneered and shook her head: "Impossible!" ”

She looked down at her lower abdomen, which was flat and not at all pregnant.

Jiao Changqing held her hand, pressed her hand on her stomach, and said in a deep voice: "Niangniang, look...... Your lower abdomen is no longer soft and slightly bulging, but you don't feel it. ”

She thought it was just a bloated stomach, no appetite, and it was not easy to digest......

Meng Xilan listened to his words, her shoulders trembled, and her whole body shook.

This child will not be the emperor's, it will only be Chu Jingchuan's.

Chu Jingchuan's children...... His children...... Her children......

Meng Xilan was full of panic, almost slumped in her chair, and shook her head again and again.

"How could I not know I was pregnant? How could I ......"

Jiao Changqing looked at her with a complicated expression: "Niangniang, since the previous miscarriage, my body has long been unsuitable and pregnant. Weichen has been helping Niangniang adjust her body all these years, and the emperor is also careful everywhere, but he ......"

Halfway through his speech, he couldn't go on.

What happened before is beyond everyone's control.

Meng Xilan had a splitting headache, and her whole person fell down as if she was falling into an abyss.

One of her hearts sank straight down.

She was actually pregnant with Chu Jingchuan's child!

Jiao Changqing coughed weakly twice; "Niangniang, this matter must not be known to the emperor."

Meng Xilan only felt her temples jump suddenly, she took a deep breath and said, "The emperor doesn't know, he hasn't come to Cining Palace for a long time. When you were not in the palace, the palace did not let anyone from the Tai Hospital touch the palace...... Nobody knows, no one but you and me. ”

Jiao Changqing's heart was relieved when he heard this. If the emperor knew, Niangniang's life would be difficult to protect.

"This kid ...... Can't stay! Wechen will prepare a ...... for the mother."

Before he could finish his words, Meng Xilan interrupted him with a cruel look.

Jiao Changqing was taken aback by her eyes, and then hesitated: "Niangniang...... The emperor has lost trust in you now, how could he keep this child? Mother, please don't take any risks, let alone risk your own life......"

Meng Xilan's eyes sank, looked at him and said, "Jiao Changqing, do you know that the Chu family is dead...... The emperor ordered Chu Ansheng to be punished as a eunuch, and he was the only son of Chu Jingchuan...... No, he used to be Chu Jingchuan's only bloodline. ”