Chapter 87 Marrying the Bride
Life passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, I crossed my fingertips so silently for a month without leaving any trace. It's getting colder and colder, and white snowflakes are flying.
In this month, Xie Zhiruo has been fiddling with her herbs when Mu Yunting was away as before, and came back to have dinner with Mu Yunting in the evening, and often cooked in person. During this period, Shen Yuyan came to see her several times, talking about her family affairs, and there was nothing to do.
On this day, Xie Zhiruo returned to the Westland Courtyard to prepare for lunch after playing with the herbs. Now the lunch she uses is specially prepared by Mu Yunting for fear that what happened before will happen again.
But today, when Xie Zhiruo just ate a few bites of her favorite dishes, she suddenly vomited.
"Ouch, ouch..."
"Miss, miss, what's wrong with you?" Yuexi, who was beside him, saw Xie Zhiruo so hurried forward and asked in a hurry.
"Yes, madam, this is your favorite dish. Why do you eat like this today?"
"It's okay. I think I caught a cold this morning, so I'm a little uncomfortable eating now. All right, it's not a big deal. You don't have to be nervous like this." Although Xie Zhiruo said that she was fine, she was also a little surprised, because such a thing had never happened to her before! Why did you suddenly have a problem with your body?
"Madam, let's ask the imperial doctor to have a look." Qiaoqiao still said with a little uneasily.
"No, it's okay."
"Yeally, my wife's medical skills are no worse than that of a doctor!"
Xie Zhiruo didn't say anything about the coincidence. She drank some soup for lunch that day and had no appetite. In the afternoon, she was not going to the original yard, but rested in the house.
After Yuexi and the others retreated, Xie Zhiruo gently took her pulse and quietly diagnosed her pulse. Gradually, the expression on Xie Zhiruo's face changed from the previous plainness to an unbelievable surprise, and finally turned into an uncontrollable surprise and joy. As if she couldn't believe herself, Xie Zhiruo repeatedly diagnosed her pulse several times.
"Is it true... Am I really pregnant with our child..." Xie Zhiruo muttered like this, her eyes turned red unconsciously, and tears of joy broke through her eyes and fell down on her cheeks. This fact really makes her so happy!
I can't help thinking about Mu Yunting's mood and reaction if she knew that she was pregnant with a child. It should be happy. Mu Yunting has been spoiled by her these days. She almost rests with her at night, which can't help but have some fantasies in her heart. It seems that Mu Yunting is the only woman. They live their own lives like ordinary couples in modern times and have always been so happy. .
"I don't know if it's a boy or a girl..." Gently stroking his stomach, Xie Zhiruo muttered.
"Fourth prince, my wife has rested. Would you like to come back later?"
Just as Xie Zhiruo was immersed in her fantasy about her child, a clever voice outside the house came into the room.
Xie Zhiruo took back her thoughts and frowned doubtfully. She hasn't seen Mu Yunchen again for many days. I don't know if there is anything wrong with her today?
"I'll take the fourth prince to the hall and I'll be there in a while." After sitting up and straightening his appearance from **, he said softly.
Qiaoqiao, who was in embarrassment, heard Xie Zhiruo breathe gently. Fortunately, the lady didn't sleep, so she really didn't know how to deal with the fourth prince.
It didn't take long for Mu Yunchen to follow Qiaoqiao to the hall and Xie Zhiruo arrived.
"See the fourth prince."
"If you don't have to be polite, when will you and I be so restrained?" Mu Yunchen came forward to help Xie Zhi Ruoxu up.
"Ha ha... You don't come to see me these days, but what's the big deal you're up to?" After the previous relationship, Xie Zhiruo became familiar with Mu Yunchen. Xie Zhiruo also regarded Mu Yunchen as his good friend. There were only three of them and Yuexi in the hall. Xie Zhiruo did not joke so constrainedly.
"There have been some things to do recently. How are you feeling now? Is there anything else wrong?" The last time Xie Zhiruo was poisoned, he happened to have something to do, so he didn't have time to watch it.
"It's been fine for a long time."
Mu Yunchen said some parent gossip to Xie Zhiruo again, and then found a head to take Yuexi out. After that, his eyes sank and he looked at Xie Zhiruo for a moment.
Xie Zhiruo, who was drinking tea with his head down, also felt Mu Yunchen's eyes and looked up at him and said doubtfully, "What terrible thing is on my face? Do you want to look at it like this?"
"If you think I'm your friend?" Mu Yunchen looked at Xie Zhiruo with a serious face and asked.
Xie Zhiruo didn't understand what Mu Yunchen was selling, and nodded stupidly.
"Does Zhiruo have a sister who looks exactly like you at home?"
Mu Yunchen's words shocked Xie Zhiruo. Although this seemed to be a very common inquiry, Xie Zhiruo clenched her hands with some guilty. Why? Because she came through time!
Not only did you cross, but you also did it halfway! She doesn't know anything about the family situation of this body before! Now Mu Yunchen asks her how to answer this question?
"Why did you think of asking this?" Xie Zhiruo wants to change the topic and prevaricate this question.
But Mu Yunchen didn't let her go and continued to ask her, "Don't avoid it, answer me."
"To tell you the truth, I don't remember it too clearly..." Xie Zhiruo frowned in embarrassment and could only push the question she couldn't answer to 'amnesia' to explain.
"Don't remember clearly? What does this... mean?" Mu Yunchen frowned and looked at Xie Zhiruo who didn't quite understand what she meant by what she said.
"Yes, it's like this. When I was in the sedan chair, I felt very dizzy and fainted, but when I woke up, I had almost forgotten what had happened before..." Xie Zhiruo was really not good at lying, so the lies she told seemed very clumsy.
But it is strange that Mu Yunchen has no intention of questioning Xie Zhiruo's words. That is to forget what happened before..."
"Yes, you can say so."
"A few days ago, I saw your twin sister Xie Zhilan in the imperial city..." Mu Yunchen said lightly what surprised Xie Zhiruo. She actually has a twin sister in her body!
"Yes, she also told me the truth about marrying the prince. I think you should have married instead." When Mu Yunchen said to the back, the bottom of his eyes flashed and scratched a trace of strangeness.
Xie Zhiruo hasn't recovered from what Mu Yunchen just said. The twin sister, that is, she also has a sister who looks exactly like her! When she heard the words behind Mu Yunchen again, she was even more surprised that her face and mouth could not get together. It turned out that her body was married on her behalf! It's not surprising why the bride died in the sedan chair.
"You mean, I married the prince for my sister?"
"Ye-huh."
"So now..." Xie Zhiruo mainly wants to know what is the purpose of Mu Yunchen talking to her about this matter now?
"Don't worry, I won't tell the prince about this matter. You can also change your identity back with your sister unknowingly. At that time, you will be free, and I will keep you safe." When Mu Yunchen said this, he seemed a little excited and deliberately suppressed expectations.
"Change your identity back?" Xie Zhiruo suddenly looked very confused. If she and her sister's identity were changed back, does it mean that she could no longer appear in front of Mu Yunting in the future? Does it mean that she can no longer look at him every day like now? No, she doesn't want such a thing to happen. She must stay with Ye Yan! What's more, she is pregnant with their child now. How can she leave?
"Yunchen, thank you for helping me so much. I'm happy to have a friend like you from the bottom of my heart, but I can't change my identity back with my sister..."
"Why? I can give you what the prince can give you... What else do you have to hesitate about?" Hearing Xie Zhiruo's answer, Mu Yunchen was a little uncontrollable and excited.
"Because, because I am pregnant with the prince's child, how can I leave at this time?" Xie Zhiruo said and gently stroked her stomach. There is already a lovely little life in it...
"What? You are already pregnant with the prince's child..." After listening to Xie Zhiruo's words, Mu Yunchen first looked at her with wide eyes wide in surprise, and then there was a deep sadness and despair at the bottom of his eyes.
The room fell into a strange and dull silence for a moment.
"Even if you have a child, I will help you raise him..." Mu Yunchen is still struggling in the end, even if she knows that the probability of success is so slim.
"Yunchen, thank you very much. I have decided on this matter... I hope that the child can grow up healthily under the care of his biological father in the future..." Xie Zhiruo interrupted Mu Yunchen before he finished speaking and said his final thoughts.
For a long time, Mu Yunchen didn't say a word. He just sat in silence, with some unconcealed pain in the bottom of his eyes. Xie Zhiruo didn't know what to say at this time. It was not until now that she woke up that Mu Yunchen's feelings for her were no longer the care and love between her simple friends. No matter what he says at this time, it doesn't help him...
"Well, since you have decided, how can I force you... Don't worry, Xie Zhilan, I will definitely take good care of her for you. It's getting late. I have something to do, so I'll leave first." After saying that, Mu Yunchen didn't wait for Xie Zhiruo to react and got up and left.
Looking at Mu Yunchen's lonely back, Xie Zhiruo only felt uncomfortable.
"Miss, it's still early. You'd better go back and have a rest." Yue Xi, who came in, looked at Xie Zhiruo, who was sitting in a daze in the chair, and asked softly.
"Ye-huh."
Xie Zhiruo's heart is very complicated at this time. What Mu Yunchen told her today really surprised her. She actually married for her sister! So it was the sister who didn't want to marry Mu Yunting, but why is she coming to the imperial city now? Are you coming to find her sister? Isn't she afraid of being discovered? This is a big crime of bullying the king, but it is going to kill the head!
What is the purpose of that sister? With full of doubts and uneasiness, Xie Zhiruo fell asleep in a daze. When she woke up again, it was already dark outside.