Chapter 452 (2/2)

But, what woman would admit that she was intimate with another man? Even her face looked a bit pale as she explained. After all, Zhao Zhe had already sent people over to pick her up.

He felt conflicted. He didn't know if he should stop the palace servants or not. If he did, the situation would only get worse, and Ji Man's reputation would suffer a devastating blow. In the future, she probably wouldn't be able to go out in public. But, if he didn't stop them, she would be taken into the palace. He couldn't allow that.

Right now, Ji Man utterly hated Zhao Zhe for pouring this dirty water on her. He ignored his wife and spent so much time scheming on how to s.n.a.t.c.h someone else's wife. They had been alone in Shen Youqing's palace for less than fifteen minutes. Was he so determined to pull her down that he would even humiliate himself?

Standing at the doorway, Guibai said with a furrowed brow, ”My lord, the people from the palace are waiting outside.”

Ji Man raised her head to look at Ning Yuxuan. ”Are you going to have me enter the palace?”

Ning Yuxuan had already thought for a long time. He took a deep breath and answered, ”Yes.”

Ji Man's eyes dimmed.

”I'll go with you.” Marquis Moyu stood up and picked her up. ”We'll go thank the emperor for his benevolence, then tell him that the scenery in my estate is very good and suitable for a pregnant woman, so there's no need for the emperor to trouble himself.”

After being slightly taken aback, Ji Man smiled. She hugged his neck and let him carry her out of the estate. In front of the eyes of the palace servants, they boarded the carriage.

Being trusted by your lover was a very warm and soft feeling. Ji Man thought; Ning Yuxuan could actually be a good husband.

Guibai also came along with them. After the three of them departed, there weren't many people left in the estate. A servant girl that had been hiding in Qiangwei Courtyard, which had been neglected since Wen Wan's death, popped out and headed to the garden.

In the garden, Haohao was currently being watched over by a servant girl. He was swaying his head as he read aloud a poem.

”Fair, fair, cry the ospreys, on the island in the river.

Lovely is this n.o.ble lady, a fit bride for our lord.”

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The nearby servant girl blushed as she heard these words. It reminded her of her meeting with Little Three from the kitchen, and she gave into her impulse. She looked around, then lowered her head and asked Haohao, ”Heir, can you stay here for fifteen minutes by yourself?”

Haohao turned his head and blinked his eyes. ”You can leave if there's something you need to do. I'll stay here. I won't wander off.”

”Heir, you're the best!” The servant girl couldn't resist patting his cheeks. ”If someone asks, can you tell them I went to the toilet?”

”En,” Haohao agreed.

The servant girl happily left, and Haohao resumed memorizing the second half of his poem.

T/N: *waves paws* My friend () is hosting her translation of here as Fringe Alpaca because it's similar to the recently started novels, especially The Villain and Cannon Fodder's Mother, on this site. I recommended this novel to her after I decided between that one and The Villain's Mom.