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Princess Xinyang sneered, "What, lost your voice? You never like to take the blame, do you? Well, go ahead and tell me then. How have I wrongly accused you?"
Marquis Xuanping looked at her with a complicated expression and asked, "Qin Fengwan, will this incident affect your relationship with Xiao Heng?"
"What do you mean?" Princess Xinyang was puzzled.
Marquis Xuanping's eyes were deep as he said, "You think those assassins were targeting his mother, so that makes you harbor resentment towards him?"
Marquis Xuanping continued without waiting for Princess Xinyang's response, "This Marquis wasn't a good person to begin with. I barely managed to act like one, but now I'm wrongly accused. Qin Fengwan, this is a question you asked; regardless of the answer, don't blame this Marquis later."
A foreboding feeling welled up in Princess Xinyang's heart.
Marquis Xuanping stared at her firmly, his gaze solemn and cold, "Qin Fengwan, we made a pact back then. You won't fall in love with me, and I'd better not like you either. You said it on our wedding night, asking me not to touch you. We will forever be a couple in name only, with no real involvement.“
“But then, a mistake happened... I touched you, and you became pregnant. I ask you, do you want this child? If you do, he will be my, Xiao Ji's legitimate son. I, Xiao Ji, will only have one legitimate son in this lifetime, and that’s your child, Qin Fengwan! But if you don't want it, I won't say anything either. The decision is yours; it's your belly, and whether you give birth or not is up to you.”
"Whether I hope for this child or not, you know it very well in your heart. The princess mansion and Marquis Xuanping Estate were fortified like fortresses back then, even more secure than the imperial palace, and not even a fly could enter! So, let me ask you, how did the assassins manage to come and poison the child?"
Princess Xinyang's eyes trembled, "You..."
Marquis Xuanping sneered and nodded coldly, "It’s exactly what you’re thinking. It was a mole! There's a traitor by your side!"
Princess Xinyang's expression changed, "Impossible. I have the Dragon Shadow Guards watching over the two children day and night. How could anyone have the opportunity to poison them?"
Marquis Xuanping's cold smile froze on his lips, his gaze turning icy, "That’s right. You have the Dragon Shadow Guards guarding the children. Who could poison them? Think about it yourself!"
A thunderous realization struck Princess Xinyang's mind.
The Dragon Shadow Guards!
No, it couldn't be.
How could the Dragon Shadow Guards possibly harm her children?
This speculation was too audacious, even bordering on absurd, and she found herself laughing.
However, her smile gradually froze on her face not long after.
Marquis Xuanping was right. Both the Marquis Xuanping Estate and the princess mansion were indeed heavily fortified at the time. It was not just a matter of outsiders not being able to get in. Even the Emperor's Dragon Shadow Guards might not have been able to infiltrate without alerting anyone.
Because she also had her own Dragon Shadow Guards.
In that situation, no one had the opportunity to act except for the Dragon Shadow Guards themselves.
But she had placed too much trust in her Dragon Shadow Guards, never considering this flaw.
Princess Xinyang suppressed the trembling of her body and desperately tried to hold on to the last shred of possibility, "Why... couldn't it have been those people? Isn’t that group of people suspicious at all?"
Marquis Xuanping replied, "I don't know when they arrived and when they set their sights on Xiao Heng...”
Because Xiao Heng was rarely with him, he wasn't even present at the scene when those people targeted Xiao Heng and it took him a while to become aware of it.
He continued solemnly, "But I can tell you for sure that when the two children had an accident, those people hadn’t yet arrived in the State of Zhao."
Princess Xinyang looked into his eyes and asked, "Why are you so sure?"
Marquis Xuanping met her scrutinizing gaze without flinching, "She said it herself. She said that if she didn't die, she would attract those people here."
As he spoke, there was no emotion in his eyes.
Princess Xinyang averted her gaze, "Her dying words?"
"Yes." Marquis Xuanping confirmed.
"Then did she really die?" Princess Xinyang asked.
Marquis Xuanping sighed, "Well, I personally buried her."
Princess Xinyang chuckled bitterly, "You even buried her yourself, that's truly rare."
Marquis Xuanping pursed his lips and didn't engage in an argument with her. He looked at her deeply and said, "She never implicated Xiao Qing, and Xiao Qing didn't die because of her and Xiao Heng."
However, Princess Xinyang's focus was on that name, "You still remember his name?"
Marquis Xuanping paused with a complex expression and let out a sigh, "How could I not remember? I chose that name, did you forget?"
Princess Xinyang gave him a sideways glance, "Isn’t that because you only know that word?"
Marquis Xuanping: "..."
After being married for so many years, could they at least save some face for each other?
Marquis Xuanping's feelings towards Xiao Heng actually developed very slowly, or to be more precise, they developed in a very complex manner. He initially considered Xiao Qing as his legitimate son, so when Princess Xinyang wanted to bring Xiao Heng to her side to raise him, he was internally opposed.
But Princess Xinyang had just gone through the pain of losing a child, and he couldn't deprive her of her right to be a mother at that critical moment.
He had indeed neglected Xiao Heng in the past.
He wasn't a competent father, but Princess Xinyang was an excellent mother.
She raised Xiao Heng exceptionally well, except that he had no interest in martial arts and was more inclined towards scholarly pursuits, which went against his desire to mold a little Xiao Ji.
Don’t talk about killing enemies in all directions, Xiao Heng wouldn't even harm a fly!
"I've said what needed to be said. The rest is up to you to think about." After saying that, Marquis Xuanping opened the curtain and had Chang Jing stop the carriage. He then got into the carriage behind and departed.
"Are we going to the princess mansion?" Chang Jing inquired.
Princess Xinyang was immersed in the terrifying storm of chaos in her head, and didn’t hear Chang Jing's words.
"Yes, alright." Chang Jing mumbled to himself and drove the carriage toward the princess mansion.
The princess mansion still retained its original appearance, including the two former delivery rooms.
She treated Marquis Xuanping with respect and they refrained from interfering in each other's affairs. This was an agreement made before their marriage.
Marquis Xuanping claimed that he was the one who initiated the intimacy, taking responsibility for everything, but in reality, it wasn't entirely his fault. She had drunk too much wine that night, and she had taken the wrong medication.
Back then, Marquis Xuanping looked at her with a composed expression and asked, "Qin Fengwan, do you know what you're doing?"
He had a reaction as a man should, but he remained very restrained and composed.
Reaction was instinct; restraint was a choice.
She replied, "Yes, Xiao Ji, I know."
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