Where prosperity ends, flowers never end

Chapter 158 Helpless

The journey was smooth as flat ground. Although they were still in Jizhou, Tan Qianhuan did not start any trouble. He had already made plans to raise troops and attack the city. He wanted to marry Ran Qianxi as his only wife openly.

Three days later—

Shi Zhun and Hong Fan were traveling together. Baili Yong had received a letter by carrier pigeon and had been waiting in front of the city gate for a long time. Also accompanying them were Xu Yuanchao, Xie Ying, Liu Xun, and the entire Ran family.

The team was so magnificent that Hong Fan couldn't help but feel shocked, while Xiaoyi hid behind Ran Qianxi in fear.

Behind Baili Yong, all the officials knelt down to welcome him respectfully.

Ran Qianxi trotted over and hugged Baili Yong and Ran Qiongxi.

"It's great to see you guys."

When his beloved returned, the emperor shed tears again, like a child who had found a harbor.

"It's my fault. I'm not worthy of being your husband. I've put you in danger time and time again."

Ran Qianxi smiled and let go of him reluctantly. His eyes were red and wet and he almost burst into tears.

"Why are you crying? Aren't I fine?"

Baili Yong hugged her in his arms again, and his tears fell even harder.

Seeing Xiahou Jin secretly wiping tears, Ran Qianxi burst into tears.

"Mom! I miss you so much!"

Xiahou Jin wiped away her tears. Ran Qianxi pushed Baili Yong away, walked a few steps towards her and suddenly knelt down.

"I made my parents worried."

Xiahou Jin immediately supported her.

"Don't kneel, ma'am."

Ran Yuelian: "It's good to be back."

Hao Yu made way and Shi Zhun walked forward steadily, looking handsome and elegant.

Liu Xun knew clearly how Shi Zhun felt for Ran Qianxi. He had accompanied her all the way, and he thought that he had done everything he should and shouldn't have done.

"Your Majesty Dachang, long time no see."

Baili Yong thought for a moment and returned the greeting.

"King Nanyue, are you all right?"

Shi Zhun took a step forward, and Baili Yong looked at the covetousness in his eyes, and the imperial magnetic fields collided in an instant.

"Your Majesty the Queen has been traveling all the way, and needs to have a good rest."

After saying this, Shi Zhun looked back reluctantly and strode into the city gate.

Ran Mansion-

Ran Qianxi brought Xiaoyi back to the Ran Mansion and happened to meet Duanmu Yan. When she saw her come in, she rushed forward and hugged her in her arms.

"Xixi, you are finally back."

Ran Qianxi felt her different emotions and felt a sense of security for the first time in her life.

"If I don't come back, the Ran Mansion will probably belong to you."

When Duanmu Yan let her go, she stared into those cold and beautiful eyes for two seconds.

"Xixi, I miss you so much."

The more Ran Qianxi looked at her, the more infatuated she became. Compared to men, she was both gorgeous and handsome.

"Mom...I must have been away for too long...Why do I feel moved when I see her..."

"what?"

Duanmu Yan didn't hear clearly what she said, but from her eyes, she could tell that she was no longer so resistant to him.

"Ah... I'm saying, can I let you raise this child for a few years?"

Duanmu Yan looked down at Xiao Yi, and a strange feeling came over her.

"Then this is our child..."

Hearing her express her feelings without reservation, Ran Qianxi could only smile awkwardly.

"Haha, yes, my aunt's and my child..."

Duanmu Yan squatted down and touched Xiaoyi's hair, with a look of love in her eyes.

"what is her name?"

"Um...let's call him Duanmu..."

Duanmu Yan stood up happily and looked at Ran Qianxi with endless joy.

"Can her last name be Duanmu?"

"Haha... Of course, you won't have children in your lifetime anyway. It's just right that you already have a daughter. You don't have to worry about the Duanmu family being childless. You can be with whoever you want."

Duanmu Yan picked up Xiao Yi, the smile on her face never fading.

"This is your child and mine..."

Ran Qianxi's smile was still so awkward. In Duanmu Yan's opinion, this was the sustenance between her and her beloved.

"I'll take good care of her. Please come visit us more often."

Ran Qianxi smiled and readily agreed to her request.

"Okay."

Ran Qianxi returned to the palace, thinking that everything was going well, but she didn't expect that the changes had just begun and everything was approaching unexpectedly.

Yifeng Hall-

In the evening, Ran Qianxi suddenly felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen, so she asked Sui Xue to take her pulse. Unexpectedly, this would put the Ran family in danger of beheading.

"Miss...Miss..."

Sui Xue looked flustered, and her speech was clearly unclear.

"what happened?"

Sui Xue looked around and leaned close to her ear. Before Baili Yong had the chance to have sex with her, she already showed signs of pregnancy.

"You are pregnant!"

"What?!"

Ran Qianxi stood up in shock. No matter how she calculated the date, it couldn't be Baili Yong's child.

"It's impossible, how could it be..."

Sui Xue looked around anxiously and immediately closed the door.

"This is a capital crime. Do you have any impression of who the other party is?"

Ran Qianxi thought about it carefully. Every time Shi Zhun made love with her, she would help him solve it in other ways. It was definitely not his. It was only after Tan Qianhuan forced her to have sex with him several times that she forgot to be on guard.

"Oh my god...I'm pregnant with Tan Qianhuan's child?"

Sui Xue was startled and immediately covered her lips.

"Shh, Second Miss, don't say it!"

Ran Qianxi suddenly lay down on the table, and just as she regained her bright life, she was buried in hell again.

"What should we do? Put the blame on Baili Yong?"

Just when the two of them were looking worried, Baili Yong pushed the door and walked in.

"Xi'er."

Ran Qianxi looked up in panic, and Baili Yong felt something was wrong!

"Xi'er, are you okay?"

Ran Qianxi closed her lips guiltily, and after driving Sui Xue away, she used endless sugar-coated bullets.

"I just haven't been home for too long and I miss you, that's all. Can you stay with me today?"

The straightforward invitation was very different from the past, but Baili Yong smiled and hugged her.

"I will accompany you every day."

After a moment of deep embrace, Ran Qianxi kissed him bit by bit. Faced with the tenderness that had disappeared for a long time, Baili Yong became hungry and thirsty. He hurriedly carried her to the bed, kissed her passionately, and pulled open her dress.

"Good girl, I miss you so much that I'm going crazy."

Next day -

Xu Yuanchao requested permission to enter the palace to visit Concubine Ke, and as expected, he ended up at the Yifeng Palace.

Baili Yong was handling official business in the Chuzheng Hall, and Ran Qianxi was feeling uneasy and anxious.

"Second Miss, Marquis Yu An is here."

Sui Xue whispered the news, and Ran Qianxi immediately ran out of the inner hall. Xu Yuanchao was waiting in the side hall with his hands behind his back.

"Far away."

A call from afar filled his months of longing and warmth.

Ran Qianxi ran over and hugged him in her arms, showing far more affection and love for him than she did for Baili Yong.

"Xi'er."

Ran Qianxi let go of him with a smile. It was fine when this face didn't appear, but once it appeared, it became her deadly new love.

"I miss you."

Xu Yuanchao touched her hair, tenderly and affectionately.

“This sentence is a life saver for me.”

"Really? Did you miss me then?"

"think."

Ran Qianxi smiled very happily, but Xu Yuanchao was holding the sachet, hesitant.

"There's something I think you need to know."

"What is it?"

He sighed softly and took out the ten-musk bag.

Ran Qianxi raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Isn't this the sachet Tan Qianhuan made for me? Why is it here with you?"

"Do you know what's in this sachet?"

Ran Qianxi took the sachet without knowing why. Xu Yuanchao saw another sachet on her waist and quickly took it off.

Ran Qianxi looked at him in a daze, but when he opened it, he smelled white peony and angelica.

Ran Qianxi held up ten musk bags and asked him curiously.

"What's in here?"

Xu Yuanchao placed the new sachet on the tea table, his eyes filled with heartache and regret.

"Musk. Ten different kinds of musks."

After hearing this, Ran Qianxi was shocked and asked in disbelief.

"What did you say? Musk? The musk used to prevent abortion?"

Xu Yuanchao remained silent, knowing that she was in great pain.

She looked at the sachet in a trance. The person she loved most at that time had killed her own child with her own hands, and she still regarded the murder weapon as a treasure.

If she had not experienced imprisonment, she would never believe that the sachet was made by Tan Qianhuan, but now she had to believe it.

Those who think they are as pure as angels are actually like demons. There is an abyss around them, and if they take a step closer to it, they will be doomed.

Ran Qianxi's grief-stricken look made Xu Yuanchao feel like a needle piercing his heart. He held her in his arms and tried to comfort her.

"It's over, don't think about it anymore."

Ran Qianxi should have cried her heart out, but she was pregnant with the devil's child. She was in so much pain that she had no tears.

"The ceremony of crowning the queen will be held in three days. Xi'er, prepare well. After that day, you will be the legitimate queen mother of Dachang. Don't think about these things anymore."

Ran Qianxi digested the situation silently. This was the most helpless time she had felt in more than twenty years.

"I see."