"Later, you were kind to me because of this child, weren't you?"
Jing Xunche shook his head feebly. It wasn't like this!
"Later, my child was killed by the seventh princess of Beiming. You felt guilty towards me. And seeing that I was capable, you thought it would be okay to live with me like this."
"But when the empress of Nanqing appeared in front of you, your old feelings were rekindled. You still have feelings for her in your heart, don't you?"
"No, Qier... It's not what you think. I really..."
"Really what? Do you love me? But do you think I will believe you now?"
"Jing Xunche, do you know who abducted me?"
"It was your empress of Nanqing. Do you know that when I was abducted, I kept thinking in my heart that Jing Xunche would surely come to rescue me. But what was the truth?"
"I saw you and her making love in the secret chamber of the empress of Nanqing's bedroom! Jing Xunche, how dare you say you love me here? Is your love so cheap? Or do you just say 'love' casually?"
"Back then when we were in Mujia Village, you promised me that we would be a couple for life. But what's the truth?"
"I can't accept that my man has other women. Just think of me as jealous."
"Jing Xunche, I'll still say the same thing. Let's get a divorce. I'll take the broad road, and you can take the narrow footbridge. From now on, I'll live my own life well. If you want to marry the empress of Nanqing, go ahead."
"From now on, we'll have nothing to do with each other!"
"I don't agree! Qier, please listen to me. Things are not what you saw..." Jing Xunche finally understood why Mu Fengqie was so heartless.
It turned out that his feeling that night was right. Qier was indeed in that bedroom. He just didn't notice her, and it made Qier misunderstand him!
"Jing Xunche, could you be more responsible? The empress of Nanqing came here yesterday. She told me that she's pregnant with your child. It was that night when you were with her. She secretly took a fertility pill."
Mu Fengqie interrupted Jing Xunche. She didn't want to talk to him anymore. She thought it would be good for them to part on good terms.
"The empress is pregnant with your child, and she has the whole country of Nanqing behind her. When you marry her, you won't have to live in hiding anymore. You can investigate what happened back then openly."
"And what about me? I'm just an ordinary person, and I've offended quite a few people. If you're with me, I'll only hold you back. So, Jing Xun... Mm"
Mu Fengqie stared with wide eyes at the suddenly magnified handsome face. She was a bit dazed as she didn't react in time. When she came to her senses and wanted to resist, she was completely controlled by Jing Xunche and couldn't move at all.
Jing Xunche held her head with one hand and imprisoned her body with the other. Ignoring her resistance, he kept moving his tongue in her mouth. He couldn't stand her sarcasm towards him and her attitude of distancing herself from him.
He couldn't even stand her self - deprecation. She was so outstanding. How could she be as bad as she said? How could anyone talk about themselves like that?
Jing Xunche's heart felt like it was being cut with a knife piece by piece. It hurt so much that he could hardly breathe.
When he noticed that Mu Fengqie stopped resisting, Jing Xunche's kiss gradually became gentle.
The delicate and gentle kiss made Mu Fengqie sink in.
After the kiss, Jing Xunche gently hugged Mu Fengqie and began to explain.
"Qier, please listen to me. I really love you. And the promise I made to you that we would be a couple for life is also true."
Feeling the person in his arms start to struggle, he didn't dare to hold too tightly, so he let her go. But he held her head and stared tenderly into Mu Fengqie's eyes.
"What you saw that night wasn't the whole truth."
Mu Fengqie's mind went blank under his gaze. She just followed his words and asked, "Then what really happened that night?"
As soon as she said it, Mu Fengqie felt a bit embarrassed. She had just been arguing with him and wanted a divorce, but now she was actually bewitched by him.
"I did go to the empress's bedroom that night, but I was looking for you. At that time, I searched the whole palace but couldn't find you."
"At that time, the only place left to search was that bedroom. I just didn't expect that after I went there, she made such a request. But!"
"I really have nothing to do with her. I didn't do anything with her." Seeing that Mu Fengqie was about to get angry, Jing Xunche quickly explained.
"The scene you saw at that time was when I drugged her with a hallucinogenic drug. The person who slept with her that night was someone I randomly found from outside."
"Qier, please believe me, okay?"
"Jing Xunche, how can I believe you just based on your one - sided story?"
Actually, Mu Fengqie's heart had already wavered a bit after Jing Xunche's explanation, but she just wanted an accurate answer.
Jing Xunche thought of the man that night. "Qier, if you don't believe me, I can find the man from that night. There's also another way. There's a secret technique in the Witch Clan that can prove whether a child is biologically related before it's born."
"But this secret technique can only be used after the pregnant woman has been pregnant for three months."
"After your injury heals, we'll go to the Witch Clan together. It only takes half a month to get there from Nanqing."
Mu Fengqie looked at Jing Xunche's anxious face and his efforts to prove his innocence. Her heart wavered.
Could it really have been a misunderstanding that night? Is the truth really as he said?
Mu Fengqie was rarely confused. She didn't know what to do. Her mind was completely blank now.
"Qier, calm down first. I won't force you. Everything I said today is true. Whether you believe me or not, I won't give up."
Both of them knew exactly what he wouldn't give up.
He wouldn't give up proving his innocence.
Jing Xunche helped Mu Fengqie lie down carefully, covered her with the quilt, and then rushed out in a hurry.
He had to find someone to look for the man from that night. Jing Xunche never expected that the person he randomly found that day would now be the key to proving his innocence.
But after knowing the reason why Qier wanted a divorce, he took a deep breath and suddenly felt full of motivation. Fortunately, he was innocent. Otherwise, Qier would really leave him.
In the following days, everything passed quietly. Mu Fengqie's injury healed very quickly because A Ru used the best medicine from the palace on her, and she herself was a traditional Chinese doctor.
So her injury scabbed over in just seven days. It wouldn't be long before it was completely healed.
"Sister, don't worry. After your injury heals, I'll surely find the best scar - removing medicine. I won't let you have any scars." The little girl said angrily.
"Pfft—"
The little girl was dissatisfied. "Sister, why are you laughing? It'll be very ugly for a girl to have scars on her body. She'll be disliked in the future."
"A Ru, don't worry. Have you forgotten that I'm also a doctor? I surely won't let myself have any scars. Just rest assured."