diskusbooks Chapter 143 Sense of Identity
Chapter 143 Sense of Identity
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"I shouldn't have known this, but Her Majesty the Empress said that my wedding with the Second Prince is coming soon, and we should try to have a child as soon as possible after the wedding. When she said this, she kept glancing at the concubine's belly, so I guessed that was the case."
Wei Dongning was slightly surprised, not expecting Zhong Shuyue to have such good observation skills.
Xiao Wu just showed her that when the Empress was talking to Zhong Shuyue, her eyes only slightly turned towards Lin Xinian, which Xiao Wu accurately noticed.
Wei Dongning couldn't help but think that if Zhong Shuyue's eyes were in modern times, she would definitely be a great scout.
"I estimate that after a while, we'll know whether your guess was accurate or not."
Zhong Shuyue rested her chin on her hands, blinked her big eyes at Wei Dongning, and asked her a different question: "Ningning, when Her Majesty the Empress mentioned my marriage to the Second Prince just now, I suddenly felt so nervous. Were you nervous before your wedding?"
"I'm nervous," Wei Dongning replied. "It's normal to be nervous."
There's even a modern term for it: "premarital anxiety."
As a result, Xiao Wu ruthlessly exposed her in her mind: "Come on, you're someone who watches movies every day while being locked up. I didn't see a single thing about you being nervous."
“You don’t understand, what she needs right now is recognition,” Wei Dongning explained to Xiao Wu.
If she says she's not nervous at this point, she'll become even more nervous.
She might even fall into self-doubt, wondering why she's the only one feeling nervous.
So whether she's nervous or not isn't important; what matters is that she can soothe Zhong Shuyue's emotions.
Xiao Wu was completely confused by what she was saying.
By the end, it was almost getting nervous.
Zhong Shuyue's tone rose: "So everyone's the same. I thought it was abnormal for me. Now I'm relieved."
Seeing that Zhong Shuyue's attention was drawn to the polo match, Wei Dongning smiled smugly at Xiao Wu: "See, I was right."
"You're quite something. Your mother and second sister have arrived and are currently with the Empress."
"So fast?" She thought it would take a while longer.
It turns out they arrived around the same time as the Zhong family.
The place where Wei Dongning was sitting was some distance from the Empress's and the others' curtains, but it was enough for her to see who was there.
When Wei Dongning saw Wei Qiuci's rather thin back, she couldn't help but think that if she knew that the concubine was pregnant, she would be very sad.
After Bai Suyun led Wei Qiuci out from behind the gauze curtain, Wei Dongning greeted Zhong Shuyue and went to meet them: "Mother, Second Sister."
"Why are you alone? Where is your husband?" Bai Suyun glanced in the direction she had come from.
But all they saw inside was Zhong Shuyue eating fruit.
He frowned slightly, assuming the young couple had a fight, which was why they weren't together.
Wei Dongning walked to Bai Suyun's side and took her arm: "He went to compose poems. You know I'm not very good at these things. It wouldn't be good to keep him by my side all the time, so I let him go by himself."
Hearing her say that, Bai Suyun felt a little relieved and patted the back of her hand twice: "You've grown up a lot since you got married, and you know how to care for others now."
Wei Dongning chuckled and shifted the topic to the silent Wei Qiuci: "What's wrong with Second Sister? She looks pale. Is she sick?"
"It's nothing, I just ate the wrong thing and I'm feeling a little unwell."
Bai Suyun followed Wei Dongning to her resting place and smiled at Zhong Shuyue, who greeted her, saying, "Since you little ones can chat so well, I won't disturb you any longer."
"Mom, where are you going?"
“Those are all old acquaintances of Mother’s. Mother, go and chat with them for a while.”
Bai Suyun pointed to the ladies chatting not far away, smiled, and got up to leave.
The three of them were left sitting there staring at each other.
Xiao Wu silently played "The scariest thing is when the air suddenly goes quiet~" in Wei Dongning's mind.
Wei Dongning chuckled awkwardly twice, her gaze sweeping over them: "It's quite a coincidence, really. Before long, the three of us will be considered family."
“It really is true.” Zhong Shuyue was taken aback by what she said, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that what she said made sense: “We are quite destined to meet, haha.”
Wei Qiuci also awkwardly tugged at the corners of her mouth.
The conversation cooled down again.
Wei Dongning didn't know what to talk about anymore, so she simply stopped talking and started eating pastries on her own.
"Ningbao, do you see that man at eight o'clock?"
“I saw it.” Wei Dongning’s gaze followed Xiao Wu’s instructions, searching her memory, but she had no recollection of it: “I don’t recognize it.”
Xiao Wu said matter-of-factly, "Of course you don't know him. He's the hostage from Jin Kingdom I was talking about, Cheng Zexi."
Actually, Xiao Wu wasn't familiar with him either.
But looking around, among all the people who could be seen, there was only one person who couldn't see anything at all.
In addition, his aristocratic air, which was different from that of ordinary people, and the fact that he had not received any visitors from other countries recently.
Therefore, Xiao Wu is absolutely certain that this person is Cheng Zexi.
Wei Dongning suddenly felt her hands starting to itch again.
That brat Wu still pulls this stunt for her at this crucial moment.
However, to be fair, Wei Dongning could see a composure unique to those in positions of power in him.
The affairs of Jin Kingdom were truly making her more and more curious.
Moreover, according to what Xiao Wu told her some time ago, Wen Yuzhu and her father have confessed that their contact person is someone from Jin Kingdom.
The interrogator also found out who the contact's master was.
It was Cheng Zexi's half-brother, Cheng Zeyang.
The goal was simple: to defeat Wei Xiuming, open a breach in the border, and march into the capital.
Wei Dongning still remembers asking Xiao Wu this question: "Isn't Cheng Zeyang being protected too much? He's only learned the 'beauty trap' from the Thirty-Six Stratagems of Sun Tzu's Art of War, and he hasn't even mastered it yet. If he can sit on the throne in the future, I guess the Jin Kingdom won't be far from being destroyed."
If it were a more beautiful woman of a higher caliber, there might actually be a chance of success.
Seeing Cheng Zexi now, she feels that her thoughts back then made a lot of sense.
"Xiao Wu, I'm already looking forward to the story of Cheng Zexi and his brother vying for power after Cheng Zexi returns to Jin Kingdom in a while."
"I guess Cheng Zeyang is no match for Cheng Zexi at all."
"I think you guessed right."
"Ningning, who are you looking at? Do you know him?" Zhong Shuyue followed Wei Dongning's gaze and looked into the distance.
All they could see was a tall, unfamiliar man wearing a dark gray round-necked robe.
Wei Qiuci narrowed his eyes slightly, looking in the direction they were looking, and searched his mind, but still couldn't remember who he was.
He had only a vague guess in his mind: "Could it be that hostage who lives in the palace?"
"Second sister recognizes her?" Now it was Wei Dongning's turn to be puzzled.