After getting married, she spent every night alone in her room; when she asked for a divorce, he kne

Liu Yuansheng's legs were still weak. Startled by Xiao Jinghan's words, she pretended to be angry and said, "Are you even human?"

"Then you have to tell me we can't get a divorce yet," Xiao Jinghan said. "If we still can't get a divorce..."

"What will you do if I still want a divorce?" Liu Yuansheng stirred. Kill me?

Xiao Jinghan chuckled, put his arm around Liu Yuansheng's shoulder, and said, "I can't even bear to cut a single hair off your head, how could I kill you? But you, if one day you want to kill me for yourself or for someone else, I'll hand you the knife."

Liu Yuansheng remained silent.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Xiao Jinghan asked seriously, "Yuan Sheng, you wouldn't really be thinking of killing me, would you?"

"Why?" He poked Liu Yuansheng's nose. "Is it for yourself, or for someone else?"

Liu Yuansheng glared at Xiao Jinghan and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I'm thinking about something."

Xiao Jinghan: "What are you thinking about?"

Liu Yuansheng asked, "Is what happened on the mountain related to Jiang Zhihuan?"

Xiao Jinghan: "Why do you suspect him?"

"I'm not sure either." Liu Yuansheng thought for a moment, unsure whether she should tell him about Jiang Zhihuan's repeated attempts to get rid of her and scheme against Xiao Jinghan.

Seeing her hesitate, Xiao Jinghan paused and said, "Jiang Zhihuan contacted you secretly, didn't he?"

Liu Yuansheng remained silent.

Silence means consent.

Xiao Jinghan remained silent this time, only staring at Liu Yuansheng. Liu Yuansheng grew increasingly guilty. "Do you know?"

Xiao Jinghan: "What do you think?"

Liu Yuansheng sighed silently, knowing that Xiao Jinghan really knew everything.

She knew she couldn't hide anything from him.

"I chose to keep it from you from the beginning, not because I was afraid, but because I would not help Jiang Zhihuan. This was my choice."

Liu Yuansheng lowered her head and slowly said, "She asked me to find something in your study to prove..."

"Prove that I am one of the four great assassins of the martial arts world, Jiang Feng. What he asked you to find is Heavenly Silkworm Silk."

Liu Yuansheng nodded.

Jiang Zhihuan did indeed ask her to find some kind of Heavenly Silkworm Silk, and even said that Xiao Jinghan's hands would have traces of having used Heavenly Silkworm Silk.

She recognized the mark.

She could guess that Xiao Jinghan might be Jiang Feng.

But so what? What does it have to do with her? She told Jiang Zhihuan all this, and the only one who suffered was Xiao Jinghan.

She didn't want to harm Xiao Jinghan.

"I know, I know everything," Xiao Jinghan said. "I really am Jiang Feng. Are you scared?"

Liu Yuansheng shook her head.

She grabbed Xiao Jinghan's hand from under the covers, pulled it out, and examined it closely. "These injuries, were they all inflicted by your practice of Heavenly Silkworm Silk?"

"Hmm," Xiao Jinghan said, "I was wearing special gloves before, so it wasn't noticeable."

"Then why are you showing it today?"

"Because I don't want to hide it from you."

"Can you answer one question for me?" Liu Yuansheng asked.

"Hmm?" Xiao Jinghan suddenly became interested. "What's the problem?"

Liu Yuansheng: "Before, at the Wind Sacrifice Platform, I fell off a cliff. Wasn't it you who saved me?"

"Mm," Xiao Jinghan replied.

Liu Yuansheng: "Then underwater..."

"I've given you some breathing support," Xiao Jinghan said. "Weren't you unconscious? How come you remember everything?"

He looked at his hands and said, "You discovered the secret in my hands back then, didn't you?"

Liu Yuansheng nodded honestly.

"You're very perceptive. If you really help Jiang Zhihuan harm me, you'll definitely succeed," Xiao Jinghan said.

Liu Yuansheng: "I won't hurt you."

"Oh?" Xiao Jinghan asked, "Why? Is it because you can't bear to part with it?"

Liu Yuansheng suddenly got goosebumps all over his body.

"I guess so," she said, quietly creating a little distance between herself and Xiao Jinghan.

She had barely moved away a little when Xiao Jinghan clung to her, asking, "Why are you hiding? Did you lie just now?"

"No." Liu Yuansheng froze, "I just don't want to hurt anyone."

"You're really kind." Xiao Jinghan shifted his position while lying down. "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Liu Yuansheng stared blankly at the canopy above her head. "I have nothing else to ask you. I want to ask Jiang Zhihuan."

"You want to see Jiang Zhihuan?"

"It's not that I want to see Jiang Zhihuan, it's that I want to ask him a question," Liu Yuansheng said.

"Okay." Xiao Jinghan agreed to Liu Yuansheng without hesitation. "Then why not do it today? Let's do it tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Liu Yuansheng said in surprise, "Then aren't we sending Grandma to Xuzhou?"

"Once we've sorted out this matter, I'll go to Xuzhou with you. We'll come back together when the weather gets warmer."

"Are you going too?"

"Yes, I'll go too. As for now..." Xiao Jinghan stared intently into Liu Yuansheng's eyes, "Are you still going to divorce me?"

Liu Yuansheng opened her mouth, then closed it again.

She really didn't know how to answer that question.

Or rather, she's avoiding the question; she hasn't figured out the answer.

"Then I'll take that as you don't want a divorce," Xiao Jinghan said. "Since you don't want a divorce, then have my child!"

After saying that, Xiao Jinghan pulled the blanket over Liu Yuansheng's head, "Sleep with me a little longer!"

The next day, Xiao Jinghan hurriedly set off to send the old lady to Xuzhou.

The old lady was extremely surprised and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Is Jingzhuo going to fight you for the family fortune? You're in such a hurry to send me away, but you won't let Yuansheng come with me!"

"Grandmother, you should go now!" Xiao Jinghan helped the old lady into the carriage and whispered in her ear, "After I finish what I'm doing, I'll take Yuansheng to Xuzhou to find you. Maybe Yuansheng will be pregnant by then."

Upon hearing this, the old lady's eyes lit up instantly. She gripped Xiao Jinghan's hand tightly and asked, "Really?"

"Really, when has my grandson ever lied to me!"

"You grandson, you've lied to me plenty of times," the old lady said. "Let me tell you, if you lie to me this time, I'll break your legs!"

"I'm not lying to you, I'm calmly not lying to you!"

Xiao Jinghan chuckled as he helped the old lady into the carriage, and together with Liu Yuansheng, they rushed back to the capital overnight.

Upon returning to the capital, Xiao Jinghan quickly arranged for Jiang Zhihuan and Liu Yuansheng to meet.

The meeting place was an ordinary eatery that sold various soups and porridges, as well as flatbreads.

The flatbread in front of Liu Yuansheng had gone cold, and throughout the process, she never looked up at Jiang Zhihuan sitting opposite her.

Outside, people came and went, bustling about, but Liu Yuansheng felt very lonely and even a little restless. After hesitating for a long time, she finally spoke and said, "Jiang Zhihuan, have you been using me all along?"

Jiang Zhihuan had been waiting for a long time, but he never expected that Liu Yuansheng would ask him about this matter as soon as she opened her mouth.

Not surprising at all.

"You knew everything," Jiang Zhihuan said. "I thought you would help me."

"It seems you've stopped understanding me, just as I've stopped understanding you."

Liu Yuansheng sighed deeply, "Indeed, time can change many things and many people."

She chuckled and shook her head. "Can you tell me why you've become like this?"

Jiang Zhihuan: "Are you asking me?" He rubbed his face. "Whether you believe it or not, I really did return to my official career for you back then."

"But I have no family background, so even if I passed the exam, life was very difficult. I had to be humble and subservient to get to where I am today."

"In the end, I lost you," Jiang Zhihuan said. "You ask me how I changed? I can't explain it clearly. If I did anything to hurt you, I apologize."

"So, you sent Jin Gongzheng to assassinate him?" Liu Yuansheng asked.

Jiang Zhihuan knew that it was no use for her to hide it now, so she admitted, "Yes, I found out about Xiao Jinghan's whereabouts and told Jin Gongzheng."

"How did you find out?" Liu Yuansheng asked. "I didn't tell you anything."

"Yes, you didn't tell me anything. I was waiting for you to send me your underlings, and I was filled with a little expectation. But I was wrong."

Jiang Zhihuan said with a haggard look, "Since I hadn't heard from you for so long, I arranged for someone to find out your itinerary from your personal maid."

"I could see how much Xiao Jinghan cared about you, and I guessed that he would come to see you, so I asked Jin Gongzheng to make arrangements there in advance."

"I knew it," Liu Yuansheng said. "Then I have nothing more to say. Jiang Zhihuan, don't come looking for me anymore, and don't try to send me messages. I don't regret our past, but we are destined to have no future."

After saying that, Liu Yuansheng stood up. She glanced at the flatbread on the table and said, "Goodbye."

Liu Yuansheng left, but Jiang Zhihuan didn't dare to move until that beautiful figure was gone. Only then did he raise his hand and tightly grasp the flatbread that Liu Yuansheng had completely forgotten...

The outside was still bustling with activity. Liu Yuansheng only needed to glance around to successfully locate Xiao Jinghan.

Liu Yuansheng smiled slightly and walked towards Xiao Jinghan, "I knew you would come."

Xiao Jinghan: "Is the matter resolved?"

"Yes, it's all cleared up," Liu Yuansheng said. "He's a proud person, and I believe he won't contact me again."

"Okay, that's good." Xiao Jinghan put his arm around Liu Yuansheng's shoulder and said, "So, what do we do now?"

"Let's go back to the manor," Liu Yuansheng said. "I miss Yan'er."

"Okay, then let's go back."

Back at the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, Yan'er had just fallen asleep.

Liu Yuansheng sat beside Yan'er's cradle, gazing at the sleeping child inside, and said affectionately, "It seems like Yan'er has grown a bit more in just a few days."

"He looks like his father."

"His father?"

Seeing that Xiao Jinghan had brought up Yan'er's parents, Liu Yuansheng couldn't help but ask, "Who exactly are his biological parents?"

"You want to hear it?" Xiao Jinghan said. "This is a shocking secret. Jin Gongzheng and the others have investigated it over and over, but they have never been able to find out about it."

"What exactly is it?" Liu Yuansheng's curiosity was piqued by Xiao Jinghan's words. "I'm all ears."

Xiao Jinghan sat down gently beside Liu Yuansheng and said in a low voice, "He is the grandson of Li Zhaolin, the Crown Prince of Qingyuan."

"Li Zhaolin's grandson?" Liu Yuansheng exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't Li Zhaolin...?"

"He did make a mistake back then," Xiao Jinghan said. "It was me who unexpectedly encountered Li Zhaolin's son, Li Hanqing. He escaped with the help of palace servants and barely survived. Unfortunately, he was so frightened that he had no idea who he was."

"At that time, I followed General Cheng in his campaigns. Zhang Min, the sister of General Cheng's deputy general, took pity on Li Hanqing and took him in."

"Although Li Hanqing is mentally impaired, he is very handsome. Under Zhang Min's careful care, he has regained some of his rationality and can have simple conversations with people."

"Then they got married, and the following year they had Yan'er."

"After Yan'er was born, Li Hanqing fell into great anxiety. He was increasingly worried that he would have a relapse, so he secretly took medicine, which only made his condition worse."

"His mind was constantly replaying the events of the day of the palace coup. He was trapped in the fear of the past and could not break free, ultimately leading to his suicide."

"Li Hanqing died, and Zhang Min was heartbroken and committed suicide as well, leaving behind a poor and lonely child."

"So I adopted him and gave him the nickname Yan'er, hoping he could be reborn from the ashes."

"So that's how it is." After hearing such a long story, Liu Yuansheng couldn't help but feel emotional. "I never imagined that Yan'er's background was so pitiful, and his parents were so pitiful too."

"It's truly pitiful," Xiao Jinghan said. "Fate is a very difficult thing to explain."

"Yes," Liu Yuansheng said, "I will treat Yan'er even better from now on."

"Aren't you afraid?" Xiao Jinghan asked. "You need to understand, what I've done could lead to the extermination of my entire family."

"If you're not afraid, why should I be?" Liu Yuansheng said. "Since you dared to bring Yan'er back, you must have made thorough preparations."

"You really know me well," Xiao Jinghan said. "Let's get some rest; we have things to do tomorrow."

"Okay." Liu Yuansheng gently touched Yan'er's face and followed Xiao Jinghan back to the bedroom.

The next day, Liu Yuansheng woke up early and played with Yan'er.

Warm and cozy from the underfloor heating, Yan'er, dressed in the little clothes made by Liu Yuansheng, crawled around on the couch.

Li, the wet nurse, held a small tiger in her hand and lay on the other side of the bed, guiding Yan'er to crawl toward her.

Yan'er supported herself with her chubby little arms and tried her best to crawl towards Granny Li. Halfway there, she suddenly remembered something, turned around, and crawled towards Liu Yuansheng.

Liu Yuansheng was overjoyed. He opened his arms, picked up Yan'er, and kissed her.

Just then, Xiao Jinghan walked in.

He quickly changed his clothes, afraid that the chill on his body would affect Liu Yuansheng and Yan'er, then pinched Yan'er's little face and asked, "My dear Yan'er, did you miss me?"

Yan'er cried out twice, as if to say, "I want to, I want to!"

Xiao Jinghan tried to take Yan'er from Liu Yuansheng's arms, but Liu Yuansheng wouldn't let go. "I was just holding her in my arms, and you're trying to take her from me."

"I was worried you'd get tired," Xiao Jinghan said. "Look how fat this little chubby boy is! His arms are almost as thick as yours."

Liu Yuansheng was amused by Xiao Jinghan and loosened her grip. Taking advantage of her moment of relaxation, Xiao Jinghan took Yan'er and held her tightly in his arms.

"Third Young Master, Third Young Mistress, stop fighting over this baby! There aren't enough for everyone!" The wet nurse, Li, teased from the side. "If you ask me, Third Young Master and Third Young Mistress should hurry up and have a little prince, then there won't be any more fighting over him!"