Liu Ying and Xiao Yi silently recited his name and looked at him calmly.

Liu Ying said: "After you left the White Jade Palace, I always sent people to escort you. When you left, I also ordered the guards to let you out of the palace. I never wanted to imprison you. If you want to leave, I will let you go. I thought I

I can quietly escort you to Chushui until you cross the river, but I am afraid that I will never find you again, and that you will never come back. In fact, I believe that you have me in your heart, and you are just angry with me, but I

I still can't help but come here to see you, to persuade you to go back with me, and to beg you to wait for me for another year."

Along the way, Xiao Yi's tears had dried up. At this time, she was so painful that she said numbly: "King Song, after crossing the Chu River, you and I have nothing to do with each other anymore. If we say goodbye today, we will never see each other again."

Liu Ying and Xiao Yi were looking at each other in silence, and the sound of horse hoofbeats came from the distance of Song An again. This time there were dozens of horses, headed by Qiao Yu, the Qianqi Colonel of the Jade City Defense Camp of the Song Dynasty, who was the distant nephew of Queen Mother Qiao, Liu Ying.

Ying's cousin and Qiao Meiren's brother.

Qiao Yu dismounted fifty steps away from Liu Ying, walked quickly to the King of Song, and saluted: "I would like to report to your Majesty, I, Qiao Yu, have come here on orders from the Queen Mother to respectfully invite your Majesty and the Princess of Qi to return to the Jade Capital."

Liu Ying waved her sleeves and said, "You just go back to the city and wait. If I don't call you, there is no need to come."

Qiao Yu said: "I was ordered by the Queen Mother to prevent the Princess of Qi from crossing the Chu River. The Queen Mother said that the Princess of Qi is pregnant with the King's son. The King's son is a descendant of the royal family of the Song Dynasty and cannot be exiled to other countries for fear of future troubles.

!”

Liu Ying glared at Qiao Yu: "What nonsense are you talking about? How did you know that this woman is the princess of Qi? How did you know that she is pregnant with my king's heir. I order you to leave this place quickly and return to the city."

Qiao Yu said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother sent informants to accompany them all the way. This woman is indeed pregnant. The Queen Mother knows exactly which medical clinic they went to, what prescriptions they used, and what medicine they took. Qi.

The princess of the state assassinated the king at a state banquet in Kyushu, which was witnessed by the ministers of the five countries. I also saw the princess of the state of Qi at the banquet that day. Who else could she be if she wasn't this woman? The queen mother said that the king of Song Dynasty had a poor heir, and the king only had an infant son.

You must not let your unborn bones and blood flow to other countries and become hostages. The Queen Mother said that even though the Qi State was destroyed, the Song State was still willing to marry the princess of the Qi State with the state ceremony and grant Xiao Meiren the title of equal to the Chu State Princess Lin Meiren."

Liu Ying grabbed Xiao Yi's hand: "Are you really pregnant with our child?"

Xiao Yi said numbly: "So what if it is? So what if it's not? I won't go back with you. Rumors have spread today that I have been ruined and am no longer worthy of being the princess of Qi. How can I marry with national ceremony? Just let me go.

We should give Xiao Yi a way out."

Liu Ying stared at Xiao Yi, her anger mixed with hope: "I'll ask you again, are you pregnant with our child?"

Xiao Yi said: "How can the princess of Qi be pregnant with the child of the king of Song? Don't have any delusions."

Liu Ying suddenly felt an unprecedented anger. She pulled Xiao Yi hard, pinched her chin and said: "You are pregnant with our child, but you can still bear to leave me! It's okay for you to leave me.

You still go with this dandy from the Chu Kingdom! You just go with this guy, but you still go with him with our child in your arms! If I owe you a family and a country, and I can repay it with the throne, then you owe me

You owe me your love and trust with our children! You can't even think of crossing the Chu River today. Even if you want to leave me again in the future, you will have to leave our children in Yudu!"

Zhuge Dunji laughed softly at the side and said: "King Song, are you sure that you and these dozens of reckless men can take Xiao Yi away? Wouldn't that mean you don't take me, the 'dandy of Chu', seriously?"

Liu Ying glared at Zhuge Dunji, suddenly let go of Xiao Yi, and drew his sword to stab Zhuge Dunji. Zhuge Dunji dodged and did not fight with the King of Song. He rushed behind and captured Qiao Yu, saying loudly: "You fools, why don't you do it?"

Return to the city? Otherwise I will kill this lackey of the Qiao family." He turned back to King Song and said, "No, he is the cousin of King Song."

Liu Ying's face turned cold and she stared at Zhuge's escape: "A traitor from the Chu Kingdom assassinated my king, held important officials of the Song Kingdom hostage, and wanted to abduct my wife. The generals must obey my orders and must capture this traitor from the Chu Kingdom!"

Waves of Song soldiers came out of the city, from a few dozen at the beginning to nearly a hundred, and they had already surrounded Zhuge Dunji and Qiao Yu who was holding him hostage. Although he was superb in martial arts, he could not escape this dragnet.

Song soldiers. What's more, the soldiers of the Song State have always been brave, otherwise they would not be able to defeat Qi and Wei. He knew that Liu Ying had always been at odds with Qiao's domineering children and might not save Qiao Yu, so he had the upper hand. He was hesitating.

, only to hear Xiao Yi say: "King Song, I will go back with you and ask you to let my friend go and let him cross the Chu River smoothly."

Liu Ying grabbed Xiao Yi and ordered: "Let the thief go and let him cross the river on his own."

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Xiao Yi followed Liu Ying all the way back to the Jade Capital from the border between Song and Chu, and never said a word to Liu Ying. Liu Ying tried to please him in every possible way at first, but then gradually lost his temper. He just looked at Xiao Yi's complexion through the window every day. He

Knowing that the queen mother had spread the news that the princess of Qi was pregnant with the prince of Song, she wanted to marry the princess of Qi with a national ceremony. This was of great benefit to the Song State, but Xiao Yi was ruined from then on, and the Qi royal family was also prepared.

Insulted. The autumn wind rustled, and in the White Jade Palace, King Song felt unprecedented loneliness. Xiao Yi, will you forgive me?

The national ceremony for marrying the princess of Qi State was very loose, all etiquette was simple, and the rush was extremely humiliating to Qi State. Xiao Yi lied about being unwell during pregnancy and did not attend, and was replaced by Princess Lin Long of Chu State. The King of Song also had no intention of staying for a long time.

After a hurried salute, he returned to the palace to review the memorial.

After nightfall, Liu Ying walked alone with a lantern to the Suhua Palace, which had no festive decorations. It was the residence arranged by the queen mother for Xiao Yi. It was not far from the Jinxiu Garden of the Princess of Chu, and it was regarded as a "national gift" as the queen mother said.

Marry her and be on an equal footing with the princess of Chu."

The autumn night was cold, and Liu Ying felt a chill in his heart. If he hadn't resigned from the government and followed Xiao Yi all the way, his mother would not have discovered their traces. It was because he was in a mess and in his hesitation, he neglected his mother's presence in the Song Dynasty.

He made many mistakes. He should not have been so willful, he should not have been eager for success, and he should not have used deception as a means to obtain Xiao Yi.

When she came to Xiao Yi's room, she saw her sitting motionless in front of a candlelight. Her profile was clear, as if she had turned into a thin silhouette. Liu Ying felt a pain in her heart. This was their wedding night, but he was already

The husband of two women used despicable means to keep the woman in front of him. How could he have the face to face the love in his heart? Does she want such a husband?

But this was their wedding night after all. Even if she didn't want to see him, how could he not come? He lightly knocked on the door and whispered: "Yi'er, let's have a chat, okay?"

Xiao Yi stood up slowly, slowly opened the door, and looked at Liu Ying expressionlessly.

Liu Ying said: "Can I come in? It's cold outside, so don't stand at the door."

Xiao Yi turned around and entered the room, sitting back by the candlelight. Not only was there no decoration for the wedding room, there were no jewelry ornaments, and the maidservant was sent away by Xiao Yi. There were only simple daily necessities and bedding. It was deserted.

Invoking pity.

Liu Ying didn't dare to disturb her, so he just sat opposite her. He looked around and said, "Suhua Palace is poorly furnished and the room looks empty. I'll ask someone to bring you some more things later. This room is quite nice."

Facing south, it's warm in winter and cool in summer, but we still need to add a few more heaters before winter comes. If you don't like the lack of maids or don't like them, I will send some more reliable people over."

Xiao Yi did not raise her eyes to look at Liu Ying, but stared at the wax dripping from the candlestick and said, "I have been ruined and the royal family of Qi has lost all dignity. King Song, are you satisfied?"

Liu Ying said: "Yi'er, I have explained this matter many times on the way back to Yudu, and now I don't know how to explain it to you again. I never wanted to make the matter between us public to the world.

Even your blatant assassination at the Kyushu state banquet was suppressed with all the strength of the country and nothing happened. If I wanted to use you to insult Qi, I didn't have to wait until now. I didn't know what my mother did, but

It is indeed because of my negligence that she learned about your whereabouts after leaving the womb. I don’t ask you to forgive me immediately, but you are pregnant and your health is important. Stop being depressed. Go out for a walk occasionally and find someone to talk to.

Talk. If you don’t want to talk to me, I will find you whoever you want to see and trust.”

Xiao Yi smiled dryly and said, "I want to see Zhuge. He has good medical skills and is magnanimous. He escorted me all the way to Chushui without leaving the pond. In this big world, I only trust him. If you find him to accompany me during my pregnancy,

I won’t be depressed.”

Liu Ying knew that she was speaking angrily on purpose, but Zhuge Dunji was the son of a great merchant from the Chu State, had no interest in the Song State, and had some knowledge of medical skills. He treated Xiao Yi till death, and it was reasonable for him to be trustworthy. Liu Ying sighed.

: "If you really trust him, I'll invite him here. But it's always inappropriate to have a man living in the harem. Otherwise, I'll let him live in Tai Hospital and be your medical officer. He'll come every few days to treat you."

Can you take your pulse and talk to you?"

Xiao Yi didn't expect that Liu Ying would agree so happily, and there was a warmth in her heart without comment. What kind of man in this world can regret and love herself to such an extent without any complaints about her unreasonable demands? This man is not only his own

A husband is also the father of his own child.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Liu Ying continued: "In the harem, people have been unpredictable since ancient times. Yi'er, you have to be careful about the Queen Mother and Beauty Qiao. They..." Liu Ying hesitated, but she might not have the chance to mention it in the future.

, or let it out today: "For the power of the Qiao family, my mother is willing to give up even my biological son. I really don't know how to protect you in this palace, so you let the Chu people come, I

I feel a little reassured. As for Beauty Qiao... her mother and her mother were responsible for bringing about her child, but I didn’t know the methods of the harem at that time. Yi’er, when you give birth to the child safely, I will also take care of the state affairs.

, we can still travel far away. What I promised you before will not change at all."

Xiao Yi shook his head and said: "You lied to me again and again, and I will never believe any of your promises again. You don't have to waste time with me. You are not only the King of Song, you also have your mother, your Qiao Meiren, and Lin Meiren

, and a smart and lovely son. And I am just a busker whose country is ruined, my family is ruined, my life is miserable, and I am manipulated by others. We should not have met, let alone hurt each other. I should not ask for your throne, let me

You and I traveled far away, and you shouldn't have left me living here in the old palace of Qi State. Now I am pregnant and have difficulty moving, but one day, I will take my child and leave here, leaving you. I don't want me to

The child has turned into a person like his father. You go, you don’t have to come see me anymore, I just want to raise the baby in peace."
Chapter completed!