Chapter 20 Escape

My brother left the Nanzheng Palace that night, and I was still sitting next to Li in Yongning Palace, holding Si En in my arms.

"I'm ready for the future." Li pinched Si En's little hand and seemed to say to me carelessly.

"Brother Li, I'm afraid this matter should not be rushed. After all, I'm pregnant now."

Li looked up at me and smiled in a trance, "As long as you can stay with me, nothing else matters."

I was silent for a long time and looked up carefully. The ink-like hair hung in his ear, and the side face was so elegant that it was almost suffocating. My fingers rolled up my belt and smiled. If it hadn't been clear, I would probably love him without hesitation.

"Brother Li, will you always love Si En?"

"Why did you suddenly ask this?"

I bowed my head and said no. In fact, I have always had a question in my heart. I don't know if Li knows that Sien is his flesh and blood. After all, Wei Ziyin and Brother Xian also have the truth of husband and wife.

"Nothing, just asking." I turned my head and stopped looking at Li.

"Qier, you seem to be full of things since you came back from the imperial mausoleum. What happened?"

I smiled bitterly and knew that two days ago, I thought that Li knew that Si En's background might be too arbitrary, but now I can only keep my mouth shut.

"It's okay, it's just that Si En is so young that she doesn't have the pain of her parents."

Li's face darkened slightly when he heard the words and said, "Sien is the eldest brother's child. I will treat her as my own daughter. You don't have to worry."

"Brother Li, I don't mean anything else. Don't worry about it."

Li Zhanyan smiled, "How come," he waved his hand and motioned to Mother Yu to take Si'en away and said, "It's getting late. You should rest."

I obeyed the location and said, "Qier sent Brother Li out." My tone seemed to be talking to a big brother next door. Li listened to me and smiled softly, "I'm not tired. I'll leave when you sleep."

I smiled gently and no longer shirked. I lay down obediently and pulled the brocade quilt to cover it. Li gimmed the corner of the quilt for me, and this subtle action almost made me cry. For many nights, Che helped me with the scattered quilt and hugged me to sleep, but now, I can't touch his breath.

I forced a smile at Li and said, "Good night, brother Li." After saying that, he closed his eyes and fell asleep quietly. I don't know when Li left, but when I woke up the next day, I could faintly feel the soft kiss on my cheek. I smiled bitterly, wrapped myself in a brocade quilt, and as usual, I didn't want to get up.

"Miss Yan, Rufei is here." Chuntao opened the door and saw that I had woken up, so she whispered in my ear.

I looked up at Chuntao. I didn't like this maidservant who had been drugged and fascinated me. I answered faintly and waved her out.

I got up, changed my palace suit, and pulled up my hair. Then Shi Ran walked out of the bedroom. I really don't have any interest in Yan Wanru. She came to me just for Li, and it's okay to let her wait for a moment.

"Sister has been waiting for a long time." I stepped into the door and looked at Yan Wanru sitting on the carved chair and said lurely.

"sister." Yan Wanru smiled unnaturally and looked at a trace of cowardice in my eyes.

I glanced at her inexplicably, and then walked over and sat down beside her. Chuntao poured a cup of tea for me and withdrew from the hall knowingly.

"If you have anything to say, sister." I took a shallow sip of the tea ceremony.

Yan Wanru looked at me with a smile and said, "My sister also knows that she has always had nothing to do with herself. Thanks to Saint Longen's hand over the little princess to take care of me. For a long time, I have also had feelings with Si'en..."

"Does your sister want to take Si'en back?" Without waiting for Yan Wanru to finish speaking, I interrupted her.

"I know I'm not qualified to say this, but I--" While speaking, there were faint tears in the corners of Yan Wanru's eyes.

"My sister is not qualified, who is qualified?" I sighed gently and took out a veil from my arms and handed it to Yan Wanru. Seeing that she was not pretentious, I knew that she really loved Si En.

"My sister also knows him, and there is always only one sister in his heart."

I ignored Yan Wanru's words and said to myself, "Although the rear position in this harem is vacant, my sister is a noble imperial concubine, which is like a queen. It is time to take good care of family affairs for Brother Li."

"Sister---"

"My sister is dignified and virtuous, knowledgeable, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are not inferior to others. Brother Li will eventually understand his sister's goodness one day."

Yan Wanru sighed deeply when she heard the words, "If my sister can be the lord of this harem, I will have no complaints."

"Sister, you and I are both women. Don't you understand my heart?"

"Are you serious, can't you love?"

I took the corners of my mouth, smiled, looked at the clear sky outside the hall and said, "My heart can only be given to one person in my life. That man, he entered the Yanyun Palace, not the Nanzheng Palace. My home is thousands of miles away. My husband is waiting for me to go back.

"Holy, he is in pain."

Hearing this, I turned my head and looked at Yan Wanru and asked, "Sister, do you love Brother Li?"

A trace of pain flashed across Yan Wanru's look and whispered, "I don't know."

"If you love him, keep him well and don't say anything about letting other women stay with him. If you don't love, he has given you the greatest glory to the Yan family, and you should be satisfied.

Yan Wanru was silent for a long time and finally said softly, "I will keep in mind what my sister said." After saying that, he got up and nodded gently, "Then I'll be back and won't bother my sister anymore."

"Sister," I called Yan Wanru, and my eyes moved from the mouth of the cup to her flawless face, bursting with a bright smile. "You and I have been sisters for many years, and today's conversation is the most pleasant. Si En asked M Mother Yu to bring it back in two days. As for me, I don't belong here after all. You don't have to worry about me. I paused and finally looked at her firmly and said, "Sister, you might as well write down another sentence from your sister. This latter position is finally our Yan family.

After listening to my words, Yan Wanru was stunned at first, but she instantly regained her noble and reserved face. Now she didn't say much and turned away from Yongning Palace.

After Yan Wanru left, I didn't want to visit the Royal Garden again. Then he went back to his bedroom and slept in a cage. When he woke up, Li had already come back and sat by the bedside and looked at me gently.

"Brother Li, why don't you take a break?" Looking at his tired face, I frowned slightly.

"I'm worried about you, just come and have a look." Li came over and helped me sit up from **.

"How can I be so weak?" I waved my hand to indicate that I was strong.

"The imperial doctor said that your body is too weak for fear of danger in childbirth."

I smiled and changed the topic and said, "Brother Li, send Si'en back to my sister."

Li raised her eyebrows and asked, "Did the concubine come to see you this morning just for this matter?"

My heart is awe-inspiring, and then a little relieved. I am surrounded by people. He will know more clearly what happened to me than me.

"Since I was pregnant, my body has been very easy to get tired, and I am really willing but not enough to take care of Si En. So let's ask Brother Li to take back his order and send Si'en back to his sister.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Li looked at me with a little nervous eyes and completely ignored the point of my words.

"It doesn't matter, it has always been like this."

"The soup prescribed by the imperial doctor should be eaten on time and don't be stubborn."

"Hmm." I nodded and smiled.

Two days later, Si En was sent back to Yan Wanru's side, and I seemed to become extremely lonely and could only whisper with the child in my belly.

Li began to accompany me more and more, which made me inexplicably uneasy. He no longer forced me to do anything, even kissing. Most of the time, he just looks at me quietly, with a faint happiness in his eyes, but more sadness that I can't see through. Li ordered people to move the memorial to my bedroom, and he was busy with state affairs while accompanying me. Sometimes I even begin to have the illusion that we are a couple and respect each other as guests. When I have such an idea, I become very panicked, anxious and often lose my temper. Li always looks at me with a smile and tolerates all my waywardness.

As time passed, my stomach slowly grew, and my adverse reactions increased. Some days, you can't even eat anything, and if you eat a little, you will spit it all out. Li stayed by my side, coaxed me to eat glutinous porridge, and then drank the bitter medicine.

Four months later, there was no news, and disappointment gradually came to my mind. Perhaps because of pregnancy, I became a little nervous and would inexplicably get angry with the people around me and overturn the soup or food they presented.

"Miss Yan, please eat some. If you don't eat, the emperor will blame the slaves." After I knocked over the bird's nest porridge brought by the waiter twice, I finally leaned quietly on the couch to listen to them. Looking at the slaves kneeling in a room, I suddenly felt a little unbearable, so I waved my hand and asked them to bring a bowl again, resisting the feeling of rolling in my stomach and took a few bites.

"You all go down. I want to have a rest." Handing the bowl back to Chuntao's hand, I said lightly.

"Yes."

When the crowd retreated, I gently closed my eyes and leaned lazily on the couch.

"Master." A calm voice suddenly sounded in the extremely quiet bedroom. I suddenly felt shocked and suddenly opened my eyes, with a somewhat thin sword kneeling in front of me.

I stood up in disbelief and looked at him for a long time. I didn't know how he appeared in front of me.

"If it's too late, please forgive me."

Looking at the Mingjian, I finally hummed softly, "You don't have to bear the fault of Emperor Ye."

"Master, there has been a disturbance in China, so it has been delayed for a long time. Please don't blame the emperor."

"Is it a mess?" I frowned. I really don't understand how the Linsheng country in such a situation can burst into chaos.

"Master, everything has been arranged, and my savior will leave tomorrow."

"Hmm." I nodded gently, knowing that now was not the time to speak, so I could only answer him and stop asking more questions. Ming Jian hurried away when the words came, but I was sleepless.

I didn't see Li until the next day. Li seemed to know that everything was deliberately avoided, which made me uneasy and always felt that something was going to happen.

When it was ugly, the Yongning Palace suddenly became chaotic, and I faintly heard someone shouting: It's water. I was shocked and suddenly sat up from **, but it was not as good as my reaction. One person broke through the window and hugged me horizontally in his arms. I struggled for a moment and saw the people clearly through the moonlight, and tears suddenly slipped down. His magnificent lips squeezed into a firm line, and his obsidian-like eyes are still intoxicating.

Between several ups and downs, they went outside Yongning Palace, and Yongning Palace almost turned into a sea of fire. Ming Xiao and Ming Jian greeted me and quickly turned to a hidden place to protect Che and my arms. The three kept under their feet and quickly arrived at Xuan'anmen on the west side of Nanzheng Palace. The guards of Xuan'anmen had already fallen to the ground unconscious, so the four of us went out of Nanzheng Palace so smoothly.

In the carriage, I quietly leaned in my clear arms, but my heart could not calm down. The carriage ran for a distance and slowly stopped. The rosefinch picked up the curtain, and I took a look and found that it was Yi Wangfu, and in front of the palace were Yan Yingchen and the cynical Prince Yi standing in front of the palace.