kvmb Chapter 492 Desperately Protecting You
Chapter 492 Desperately Protecting You
"Huan'er, it's all my fault..."
Wen Shichu's words were filled with endless guilt, but were gently interrupted by Zhen Huan.
"Brother Shichu, this is not your fault. This is Huan'er's fate. I am destined to return to that treacherous harem."
"Brother Shichu, Huan'er has a favor to ask. Now the Emperor is keeping me in his thoughts. The child in my belly is not more than two months old as you know, but only about a month old. Do you understand?"
"Huan'er, why? Why is this happening?"
Wen Shichu's eyes were hot with sadness.
Why couldn't he be more forceful and take Huan'er away from the sad capital?
Zhen Huan turned her gaze to the outside of the door and looked into the distance.
"Because he is the emperor, and I met the emperor, the child in my belly can only be the emperor's. That's why Gao Changjin asked you to come and help me with the pregnancy."
Wen Shichu was well aware of the consequences of confusing the royal bloodline, so he tried to persuade her again.
"But this child is obviously..."
Zhen Huan interrupted him harshly.
"It doesn't matter whose child it is. What matters is that the Emperor has recognized this child as his, and that the baby in my belly is only about a month old."
Wen Shichu stood up anxiously.
What he learned since childhood told him that he should not deceive the emperor or his superiors, and he should not ignore the safety of his family.
"You are crazy. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor. What if..."
Zhen Huan replied firmly.
"There's no such thing as a 'what if'. If there is a 'what if', it's that you won't help me! Go tell the Emperor that I'm over two months pregnant and it's not his at all."
Wen Shichu quickly shook his head.
"You know perfectly well I won't. Huan'er, I've already told you that if you give birth to this child, I will take care of you and your child for the rest of your lives. You can rest assured."
He wanted to fight for himself one last time.
"You can take care of me and my child for the rest of our lives, but can you bring my seriously ill father back from Ningguta for proper treatment? Can you protect my family from being harmed? Can you help me find out if Yunli's death was a revenge?"
Zhen Huan questioned Wen Shichu with red eyes, who looked disapproving.
Ever since Yunli left, bad news has come one after another, and she really can't bear it anymore.
The only one who could do this for her was the emperor who had hurt her so badly. Only he could protect her family and avenge Yunli.
The child in her belly...
Late in the night, when everyone was asleep, a thought flashed through her mind: The emperor has few children, and if the other children are not very useful, then wouldn't the child in her belly be able to compete?
Of course, what she has to do now is to make the emperor beg her to return to the palace. As for the rest, she will wait until she has established a firm foothold in the harem.
Upon hearing this, Wen Shichu lowered his head dejectedly.
"After all, I'm incompetent and can't help you."
Zhen Huan glanced at him with lifeless eyes and spoke sadly.
"It's not that you can't help me, but my fate is unfortunate. I finally left the Forbidden City, but now I have to go back."
"Because this world belongs to the Emperor, no one can help me so much. If there were other ways, I might not be willing to take this step."
"If you're willing to help me now, I'll do it. If you can't, I won't force you. The road this child and I walk is already difficult, but even if it gets harder, I'll protect him, even if it means dying."
Zhen Huan's hot tears fell on Wen Shichu's heart, burning him so much that he almost suffocated.
"But if I continue to protect you like this, I can only ensure that you return to the palace and take the old path. Huan'er, that road is too difficult."
Zhen Huan smiled helplessly, "I have no one to rely on outside the palace, and I can only sit and wait for death. Even if the days in the palace are endless, it is better than being killed here without fighting."
"Brother Shichu, there are things you don't want to do, and I might not be willing to do them either. But when the time comes, I'm not a carefree person who can come and go as I please."
Having said that, Wen Shichu understood that the person he had held close to his heart for many years had already made up his mind.
"If I had known this day would come, I would have preferred that you never know the news of Prince Guo's death. Well, Huan'er, I have no other way to deal with you in this world. Apart from helping you and listening to you, I have no other way to help you."
"Since you want to protect others, I will do my best to protect you."
Only then did Zhen Huan smile and she personally poured a cup of tea for Wen Shichu.
"Brother Shichu, thank you for understanding Huan'er's difficulties."
"Now you are the only one willing to help me sincerely, and I will not hide some things from you. Gao Changjin was the chief steward of the Yangxin Palace when the emperor first ascended the throne. He is helping me now out of selfish motives."
"This person is extremely difficult to control. It's best for him to report to the higher-ups about your pulse diagnosis for Huan'er's pregnancy. If anything goes wrong later, we can..."
"Huan'er, I understand. If Gao Changjin hadn't led the Emperor to Lingyun Peak, you wouldn't have been forced into this."
Wen Shichu's first impression of Gao Changjin was not good, he always felt that he was insidious and treacherous. Now hearing what Zhen Huan said, his impression of him plummeted to the bottom.
"I still have to go back and report. Let me check your pulse as usual."
Wen Shichu carefully felt the beating of his pulse, and after a long time he reluctantly withdrew his hand.
"Huan'er, you are now two months pregnant, and the baby in your belly is still small. I'm afraid that your pregnancy will become obvious after four or five months, and you will have to cover it up..."