Chapter 82
It was Yu Hua.
“What are you doing here?” Er Zhu had been using Yu Hua to help Lian Zhou recently, but now that he had used him up and didn’t need him anymore, his attitude had changed.
Yu Hua’s eyes were clear and cold as he asked back, “Can’t I come?”
“Yes, is there something?”
“Can’t I come if there’s nothing?”
“Yes! Yes! Yes!” Er Zhu said unhappily, “If you have something, tell me. If you don’t, leave. I’m busy and don’t have time to waste with you.”
Yu Hua had heard the conversation between Er Zhu and Shan Yu and almost knew what Er Zhu was going to do. He gave Er Zhu a cold look and walked away.
Er Zhu sneered, “Shan Yu, did you see that? He has a really bad temper.”
Shan Yu was embarrassed. Seeing that Yu Hua was about to fall after stepping on the ice under the eaves, he quickly reached out to help him, and his fingers just happened to touch Yu Hua’s wrist.
Like beads rolling on a plate, it was a slippery pulse.
Yu Hua subconsciously protected his belly and thanked Shan Yu. Er Zhu was still holding his arms and said in a weird tone, “A grown man won’t die if he falls. You are so hypocritical.”
Shan Yu looked at the carriage moving away and smiled at Er Zhu, “Congratulations, you are going to be a father.”
“…” Er Zhu: “You…what did you say?”
“Yu Hua is pregnant, almost two months.”
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When Shan Yu came back, Wan Qiu was talking to Lian Zhou.
Shan Yu sat down, played with the little bun for a while, then coughed and took over the conversation: “Wan Qiu, I want to tell you something.”
Wan Qiu saw Shan Yu’s serious expression and subconsciously straightened his back, asking, “What is it? Husband, tell me.”
Half an hour later…
Shan Yu looked at Wan Qiu’s gradually dull face, clenched his fists, and asked nervously, “Are you willing to go with me?”
Wan Qiu: “…”
The amount of information in Shan Yu’s words was too much for Wan Qiu to digest.
Husband was not just a husband; he was another person who occupied his husband’s body.
Another world, modern times, soul travel…
What did it mean?
Wan Qiu stared at Shan Yu blankly, thinking that his words were particularly absurd and did not believe them.
Shan Yu knew this but, as he could not provide strong evidence to prove the truth of his words, he could only let it go for the time being.
Lian Zhou frowned, unable to agree with Shan Yu’s approach of handing the choice to Wan Qiu. Lian Zhou thought that if he really liked someone, they should fight for them regardless of everything and try their best to get them.
Unlike Shan Yu, who made himself so passive.
Lian Zhou said, “Wan Qiu is cowardly and hesitant. What you call respect is actually a passive idea of letting things go. If neither of you fights for it, how can you be together?”
Everyone thought differently and looked at problems and handled things differently.
Shan Yu had a stable personality and was very serious and objective in his attitude toward feelings.
He had never thought of influencing Wan Qiu’s wishes. At that stage, if Wan Qiu could not accept Shan Yu’s identity, Shan Yu would not force Wan Qiu to go with him.
Shan Yu still said, “I will respect Wan Qiu’s wishes and will not force him.”
Lian Zhou curled his lips, not knowing whether to praise or insult, “You are really a gentleman.”
On the day Shan Yu sent Lian Zhou to the top of the Deadly Forest, he wanted to take Wan Qiu and the child with him. After all, the emperor was very likely to come, so the sooner they left, the better.
But…
Wan Qiu was hesitant and could not give up all the happiness in front of him, and Shan Yu did not force him.
“It will take at least five days for me to go back and forth. Think about what I said to you. When I come back, I want to hear your answer.”
At the same time…
A team of silver-clad iron cavalry came from the direction of the capital. The leader, dressed in black clothes with black hair, had his face covered by the aura of the king.
—It was the heartless emperor who had betrayed Lian Zhou, Zhan Beili.
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Wan Qiu had been feeling a bit uneasy these days. In fact, he had not slept well since Shan Yu sent Lian Zhou to the top of the Deadly Forest.
Wan Qiu thought about what Shan Yu had said but still couldn’t believe that a person’s soul would run into another person’s body.
That was something that only happened in stories. It was impossible in reality and unacceptable.
Wan Qiu put on his clothes and turned on the light. Unable to fall asleep, he could only carry the sleeping little kid in the cradle to bed, kiss his face, and say, “Your father is not at home, so you stay with me for him.”
The little kid, in his sleep, did not notice anything. He turned over with a hum, and his legs were wrapped around his mother’s arms, not waking up at all.
Wan Qiu counted the days until Shan Yu would return and went out to buy vegetables. Just in time, the official was reading the imperial edict on the bulletin board, and he stood and listened to a few sentences.
The edict announced the first dethronement, second establishment of the crown prince, third amnesty, and the most shocking of all was that the emperor actually dispersed the harem?!
Wan Qiu subconsciously felt that everything in the imperial edict was related to Lian Zhou and was also worried about what he would do if the emperor really came to find him.
“Husband! Come back soon!”
Wan Qiu carried a basket of vegetables and prayed for Shan Yu to come home quickly. When he arrived at the door of the clinic, he saw the guards wearing silver Armor.
He panicked and turned around subconsciously to run but then thought of the child and Grandpa Yaba.
He had to go back.
The man in the hall was dressed in black clothes with bright yellow cuffs adorned with dragon patterns. He used a strong and powerful hand to protect the little bun on his knee, who had not yet woken up, looking dignified and noble.
Wan Qiu knelt tremblingly with Grandpa Yaba, knocking his forehead heavily on the bluestone brick. “Your Majesty…Your Majesty…Long live Your Majesty…Long live Your Majesty…Long live Your Majesty…”
The air was still for a long time before Emperor Zhan Beili spoke lightly, “Where is your husband?”
“He went…to collect herbs…”
“Where is Lian Zhou?”
“He…he…”
According to the script arranged earlier, Wan Qiu was supposed to say that Lian Zhou was dead and buried in the flower field in the forest of the dead. But he stuttered and couldn’t speak.
The crime of deceiving the emperor was a capital crime. Even if Wan Qiu had ten guts, he would not dare to lie to the emperor.
Wan Qiu struggled for a long time before he said carefully, sweating profusely, “He…he…he’s dead…”
Zhan Beili nodded vaguely, as if nothing was wrong, and asked Wan Qiu, “Do you know what the punishment is for deceiving the emperor?”
As he spoke, he woke up the little bun wrapped in the quilt, who started sobbing and calling for his parents in a soft voice.
At that moment, Wan Qiu felt as if his heart was exploding, breaking into pieces. He raised his eyes blankly, his throat seeming to be suddenly stuck by an invisible big hand, leaving him only able to make a gurgling sound.
Zhan Beili took the little crying baby into his arms, patting and coaxing him with unskilled techniques. He wondered when his own prince would be able to call him daddy. At the same time, he said to Wan Qiu:
“Since you once took care of the crown prince, I will give you another chance to speak again. Where is Lian Zhou?”