good season

Chapter 32: Die for You to See

Xiao Zhen had a stern expression on his face. He dragged his thin body and sat down opposite Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao. His dark eyes were deep and cold.

Princess Jiayi thought secretly that if Haoda'er always behaved like this, there would be no need to put out an ice basin during the hottest days of summer. She could just call Haoda'er over to talk to him and he would be able to cool down.

But this thought only flashed through her mind, and Princess Jiayi began to blame herself. The reason her son became like this was because he was harmed by a villain. His injuries had not yet healed. How could she compare her son with the ice basin? It was such a sin.

Thinking of this, Princess Jiayi dared not look Xiao Zhen in the eye anymore.

Xiao Zhen's gaze shifted to Prince Consort Xiao's face. His father Prince Consort's face was white with a rosy complexion, like fine white porcelain bathed in the glow of the sunset.

Just as the princess' mother said, the biggest hardship his father had ever experienced in his life was becoming a royal consort.

Xiao Zhen looked at them without saying a word.

Princess Jiayi smiled, and her smile was three parts embarrassment, three parts flattery, and four parts relief.

"Haha, my good son, you are so smart. I can't hide this from you. Haha, son, mom 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 hard to smile like a morning glory.

Xiao Zhen: "Mom, do you know that your smile is very exaggerated?"

Princess Jiayi: "How can I exaggerate? I am really happy. You don't know how hard I have been enduring these days. It's all your father's fault. He said that you couldn't be too happy or too sad after such a sudden change. I dared not even open my mouth to speak, for fear of vomiting. In my opinion, having a new baby is a happy event!"

Having said that, Princess Jiayi opened the savings box in front of her, picked up a piece of licorice apricot, put it in her mouth and began to chew it unscrupulously.

After eating three pieces of licorice apricots in a row, Princess Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief. When she looked up, she saw her son looking at her thoughtfully. She hurried to see Prince Consort Xiao and found that he 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 Prince Consort Xiao: "Why would you hide this from me?"

Prince Consort Xiao's face turned even redder: "Unexpected, really unexpected, we didn't expect it to happen..."

He and the eldest princess had been married for twenty years and had worked hard together, but they had only 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 Liang, the eldest princess would become pregnant.

It's a pity that this child came at the wrong time.

Prince Liang had just died, and right after that the princess was found to be pregnant. How could this be such a coincidence?
Besides, Xiao Zhen is already eighteen years old. If he suddenly has a younger brother or sister, can he really accept it?

It would be fine if it weren't for Xiao Yue's incident.

For a long time, when Xiao Zhen went out, someone would deliberately ask him, "I heard you have a younger brother? Now that you have a younger brother, does the Prince Consort still value you as much as before?"

Or "Xiao Zhen, are you jealous that we all have brothers but you don't, so your husband brought you a brother from outside?"

In short, from then on, Xiao Zhen gradually liked to be alone, no longer calling friends like before, and his personality became more and more aloof.

Whenever he thought of this, Prince Consort Xiao felt sorry for Xiao Zhen. If it weren't for this incident, his son would definitely be as sunny and cheerful as Xiao Su, instead of being mature beyond his years and as cold as a mountain as he is now.

"Ah Zhen, this is all your father's fault. Don't blame your mother. Also..."

Prince Consort Xiao wanted to say, "You shouldn't blame your unborn brother or sister either." But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. He thought of Xiao Yue. Although Xiao Yue's arrival made Xiao Zhen ridiculed, Xiao Zhen did not vent his anger on Xiao Yue. On the contrary, he defended Xiao Yue.

Xiao Zhen remained silent, still not saying a word. His expression was as cold as ever, but his heart was as lively as a galloping horse.

He was going to have a younger brother or sister again.

In his 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 existed, but his parents didn't have time to tell him.

It turns out that the people who died in Wisteria Villa were not only the parents, but also the child who was not born.

Xiao Zhen's heart felt like it was being stabbed by a knife. The pain made him shudder and beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Son, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?" The eldest princess had been secretly watching her son's expression and was shocked to see him like this.

Xiao Zhen recovered and shook his head: "I'm fine, I just remembered the assassin that night. I was just one step away, mother, you would have lost two lives."

Princess Jiayi nodded and said, "Yes, I will have someone send the thank-you gift over when we return to the capital. I will thank the Second Miss."

She also brought a lot of things with her when she went out, but those could only be used as rewards. Even if they were rewards for those old lords, they were not worthy of Zhao Shiqing's life-saving grace.

Xiao Zhen said, "Is this the only thing you've hidden from me?"

Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao shook their heads at the same time: "No more, really no more."

Xiao Zhen's face turned pale and he said sternly: "Our family, the Princess's Mansion, and the Qingquan Xiao family were almost wiped out. At this point, you still refuse to tell the truth?

Do you want me to remind you?"

Princess Jiayi covered her chest with her hands: "Ouch, my stomach, my stomach hurts so much!"

Xiao Zhen: "Mom, don't you have a stomachache? Why are you covering your chest?"

Princess Jiayi: "Just now my stomach hurt, now my heart hurts too."

Prince Consort Xiao: "Come, I'll help you lie down."

Xiao Zhen slammed the table: "Everyone sit down!"

Princess Jiayi looked at Prince Consort Xiao and pursed her lips. She really wanted to say that he was unfilial, but she didn't dare to say it.

Xiao Zhen was so angry that he gasped several times. He took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, poured out a pill and put it into his mouth. This was the pill that Yao Shanbo asked him to bring with him before he came.

Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao didn't even dare to breathe. Seeing their son like this, they felt distressed and sad. Who cares if he was unfilial? Their son only had half his life left.

Xiao Zhen paused for a while, and finally spoke: "Do you want to piss me off to death? Yes, in a few months, your new son will be born. You can piss me off to death now so that you can free up the position of the legitimate son. Fine, fine, I will die now, and I will die in front of you!"

As he said that, he propped up his weak body and walked towards the window. This was the highest point of the Observatory. As long as he jumped from here, he could go and play Pai Gow with the ancestors of the Xiao family.

"Don't jump. I'm telling you, seriously, Xiao Yue is not your father's concubine. He is not!"

(End of this chapter)