After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

Yan Mu kept his eyes on the book in his hand and tilted his head to the other side.

"Nothing to say."

Liu Yunxiang narrowed his eyes, "Are you hiding something from me?"

"No."

Liu Yunxiang put his hands on his hips and said angrily: "Yan Mu, I'll give you another chance. What did you say?"

Yan Mu saw Liu Yunxiang looking like he wouldn't give up until he asked her questions, so he reluctantly put down the book in his hand and pulled her to sit next to him.

"First of all, let me be clear, I did not promise her."

"Say!"

Yan Mu sighed slightly, "Chang Ning's father lost the battle due to command errors and lost the military power of Xizhou. They??? The palace was not as good as before. Han Lin asked the emperor to grant a marriage and marry Chang Ning to Han Zhao. The emperor said he would think about it, but he would probably agree, so she came to beg me."

"Please?" Liu Yunxiang frowned, "Can you help her break off the engagement? Are you kidding me?"

Yan Mu shook his head, "She begged me to go to the palace and ask the emperor to marry her and promise her to me."

"What?" Liu Yunxiang sat up suddenly, "She clearly knows that you already have me, how could she make such an excessive request!"

"I refused!" Yan Mu asked Liu Yunxiang to sit down again, "And I told her that I have married you and only love you."

Liu Yunxiang's expression softened a lot after saying this.

"What did Chang Ning say?"

"She said it would be better for her to die if she were to marry Han Zhao."

"Oh, it's none of our business whether she dies or not."

"This time on the way back to Beijing from Yuzhou, we encountered several waves of interceptions, and she saved me."

Liu Yunxiang pursed his lips and said, "That won't work either."

Yan Mu nodded, "I said, if you threaten me with kindness, just kill me."

Liu Yunxiang snorted: "Your life became hers!"

Yan Mu smiled, "Why are you jealous? I just used these words to reject her."

Liu Yunxiang thought, no wonder Chang Ning stopped talking as soon as she came back, and Cang Mang walked out with a very ugly look on her face.

"That bastard Han Zhao, whoever marries him will be unlucky. Thinking about it this way, Changning is really pitiful. But pity is pity. We can try our best to help her, but we can't marry her." After Liu Yunxiang finished speaking, he thought again. , "Hey, that's not right. Even if you really go to the palace to ask for marriage, the emperor probably won't agree."

Yan Mu shook his head: "Maybe it didn't happen before, and the emperor's elbows had to be turned inward, but now he doesn't trust Han Lin so much. He will marry Changning to me, form an alliance with Zhenbei, and then take the opportunity to attack the Han family. Therefore, the emperor is very likely to agree."

When Liu Yunxiang thought about it, it was true that the originally stable court situation and the solid relationship between monarch and ministers were suddenly torn apart by Yan Mu, and this gap would become bigger and bigger. In the end, the Northern Jin court was in turmoil, and several forces weakened each other. Yan Mu stood on the sidelines, waiting for an opportunity to escape from this prison.

"One more thing." Yan Mu put down the book in his hand and turned to look out the window, "I will enter the martial arts hall tomorrow."

Hearing this, Liu Yunxiang's heart couldn't help but tremble.

"The palace's will?"

"Ah."

Those who can enter the Academic Affairs Hall are all the sons of officials, and they do all kinds of bad things because they know some boxing skills and have family backing. Especially since Han Zhao is also a member of the martial arts academy, he will definitely use some despicable means to harm Yan Mu.

Liu Yunxiang didn't say anything at the moment, but when he came out of the study, the more he thought about it, the more worried he became. Then he went back to Nanhonglou, took a piece of soft cotton cloth and went to the Prince of England's palace.

The Yuzhou case has been closed. As they expected, Han Lin was very cautious and did not leave enough evidence to prove that he and Xie Shengmao were connected, so Xie Shengmao took all the blame.

And Xie Shengmao was dead, so he couldn't defend himself.

The King of England came back from Yuzhou half a month ago. This case has been investigated for two months, which shows how extensive it is. After he handed the case to Dali Temple, he had to watch them handle it and supplement evidence. After returning to Beijing for half a month, he never returned to the palace.

She heard this from Murong Zhixi. At this time, her belly was eight months old, the bulge was very high, and she would give birth in another half month.

Liu Yunxiang couldn't look directly at her belly. After all, she already knew that the child in Murong Zhixi's belly was not His Royal Highness's.

"It was the same when I was with His Highness in Nanzhou. He was often in the military camp and it was common for him not to go home for a month or two." After Murong Zhixi finished speaking, he looked at his belly again, "It's just that I immediately I'm about to give birth, I hope he can take care of his official duties and stay with me at home."

When she said this, Murong Zhixi smiled with happiness on her face, which made Liu Yunxiang very confused as to what kind of relationship she had with King Ying.

Could it be that the King of England tolerated his princess being pregnant with someone else's child because he thought he was incompetent?

He doesn’t want to be so generous!

"By the way, I will bring you a piece of soft cotton cloth, which is most suitable for making close-fitting clothes for the child." Liu Yunxiang put the piece of cloth on the note table and showed it to Murong Zhixi.

Murong Zhixi touched it with her hands. It was soft and warm, a rare good fabric.

"Yunxiang, thank you for still thinking of me." Murong Zhixi held Liu Yunxiang's hand, "But my mother sent me a lot of small clothes, some of which were sewn by her herself."

Murong Zhixi called the maid as she spoke, "Bring over the bundle of clothes that Madam brought the day before yesterday."

Soon the maid came over with a big bundle and spread it out. There were a lot of small clothes inside, folded very neatly. They could be worn from childhood to about two years old.

Liu Yunxiang picked up one and looked at it. It was made of pure cotton with fine workmanship and embroidery on it. It was obvious that a lot of thought had been put into it, and there were so many pieces at once.

"The first assistant's wife has been very kind to you these days, right?"

Murong Zhixi nodded, "She comes to see me from time to time and takes a lot of supplements and a lot for the unborn child. I know what's going on. It must be her father who asked her to come so that she can maintain the relationship between the Chief Minister's Mansion and the British government. It’s related to the prince’s palace. But I don’t mind. Why bother to distinguish the true from the false? She is good to me, so I just think of her good.”

Liu Yunxiang saw Murong Zhixi's relieved look, and she couldn't always criticize other people's mothers. Although she felt that truth must be clearly distinguished from falsehood, and people's hearts must be clearly understood, otherwise she would be the one who would suffer the consequences.

Murong Zhixi liked these little clothes very much, picking them up and caressing them one by one, "I don't know if it's a brother or a sister, but the child is young and looks good in whatever he wears."

Liu Yunxiang saw that the cuffs of the piece in Murong Zhixi's hand seemed a little dirty. She took it to take a closer look, and sure enough, there were yellow spots. She looked through other items and found that many of them had traces that could not be washed away. "Well, these clothes seem to be old clothes. .”

Murong Zhixi was stunned, "How could that be!"

Liu Yunxiang opened the cuffs and showed her, "There are pills inside, which means they were worn. These yellow spots mean they were washed many times."

Murong Zhixi took a closer look and saw that this was not the case. She frowned and said, "She won't give me the leftover clothes of the eldest sister's children!"

Even if someone else does it and she doesn't do it, she shouldn't use the old clothes to say that she made them, otherwise she will be moved for a long time in vain.