After the wrong flirtation, I became the villain's favorite

Perhaps it was because she couldn't control her emotions during pregnancy, her eyes turned red, and she sniffed, trying hard to hold back her tears.

Xiao Xuan on the side suddenly became a little impatient.

He knew that his wife looked down on Wanniang. He had a general idea of ​​Wanniang's background. She was a concubine's daughter of unknown ancestry, but she happened to be favored by him. It was normal for his wife not to like her.

But when he saw Wanniang pursing her lips and trying hard to hold back tears, he felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, and a nameless fire rose from the bottom of his heart.

His Wanniang is his woman, no matter what her background is, no one is allowed to look down on her.

"Then I will withdraw first." Wan Niang eased the sadness in her heart and said goodbye in a low voice, "Your Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, may you be well and safe."

She never got along well with his other concubines and always kept to herself.

Looking at her thin and lonely back, Xiao Xuan felt even more uncomfortable.

That night, Xiao Xuan was in the Crown Princess's palace. As usual, the Crown Princess called the children and they watched the moon and drank tea together in the courtyard.

This is the first time the family has gathered together and had a good chat since moving to the East Palace.

A family... Wanniang's miserable tears emerged in his eyes, which were so touching and pitiful.

Where is her family?

What he learned was that she was living a precarious life in Lord Wang's mansion, like an orphan living under someone else's roof.

This is the woman he wants to protect for the rest of his life. She is pregnant with both of their children, so he is her family.

Xiao Xuan looked at his wife and two children, trying his best to keep smiling.

Later, Xiao Xuan let go of the Crown Princess's hand and said calmly, "There are still some documents to be processed. I won't sleep here tonight."

The corners of the Crown Princess' lips twitched, and the light in her eyes dimmed.

Wanniang walked alone on the winding path of the East Palace. This was a new mansion, and everything was unfamiliar. As night fell, the rockery and pavilions in the daytime looked like beasts lying in wait at night.

Her steps became disordered, she didn't dare to look left or right, and silently quickened her pace.

Suddenly, a pair of hands stretched out from her waist, and a broad chest pressed against her back. Wanniang screamed in panic.

"It's me, your man!" Xiao Xuan said, "I was worried that you would be scared if you came back by yourself, so I came to accompany you."

All the fear and grievances of the past few days disappeared with his words, like a spring breeze and rain.

She called out softly, "Your Highness."

He held her boneless hand, which was cold and trembling.

"So cold?" he said, holding her hand tightly, and it stopped shaking.

"Your Highness..." She called again, resting her forehead on his chest and sobbing softly, "Wanniang misses you."

Her shoulders were thin, and as they moved with her sobs, they made people feel pity for her.

Xiao Xuan's heart was filled with tenderness. He picked up her legs and carried her horizontally. She was so light...

But it is so heavy in his heart.

Wanniang hugged his neck, looked up at the increasingly darkening sky in Xiao Xuan's arms, her feet swaying.

How come the scene that seemed scary just now is not scary at all now?

*

It was late at night before Xiao Shen's mansion finally calmed down.

The eunuchs had just cleaned up the debris on the ground and put similar ornaments back in place, but unfortunately the imperial gift of cloisonné enamel and white jade plum bonsai was completely shattered and could never be restored.

The eunuchs didn't dare to breathe and retreated silently towards the door little by little, but they bumped into someone. The young eunuch took a breath and turned around, then saw the pale face of a handsome man.

"I am blind, I am blind. Thank you for your forgiveness, sir..." the young eunuch said in a trembling voice in panic.

Xie Yunji said: "It's okay. Go down."

He lifted his robe and walked in, and saw Xiao Shen lying on the couch, silently. Although the floor was cleaned up, he could still imagine how messy it was just now. With Xiao Shen's temper, even if he smashed everything in the palace to pieces, he would not be able to vent his anger.

"You came, no one saw it, right?" Xiao Shen said, and then he thought of something and laughed at himself, "So what if someone saw it? You are already the crown prince's secretary, so what does it matter if you associate with a defeated prince like me?"

Xie Yunji raised his eyes: "Defeated?"

Xiao Shen was lost in his own thoughts. He sighed and said to himself, "My eldest brother is the crown prince. Father established my eldest brother as the crown prince! The eldest son is the legitimate heir and the eldest son is the heir. I am neither the legitimate heir nor the eldest son, so I shouldn't have such delusions."

"Your Highness, didn't you make a perfect plan in the past? Your Highness once discussed with me that if the candidate for the crown prince was not you, then I would play such a drama with you. At that time, I would be in the House of Imperial Households to find a job for your Highness." Xie Yunji said slowly, not affected by his decadent mood, and took a sip of the tea served by the eunuch, "Your Highness, didn't you make preparations in advance?"

Xiao Shen moved, stood up, and said in a hateful voice: "I... At that time I thought that as long as I worked hard enough and stood out from the other brothers, my father would take notice of me. But now I suddenly realized that my father said he would appoint the virtuous one, but he still couldn't escape the worldly ethics of appointing the eldest son as the heir! How hypocritical! Am I not doing well enough? How can my elder brother compare with me!?"

"He has the title of General of the Zhenjun Army and has military achievements in the northern border." Xie Yunji said, "Although his mother's family is far inferior to yours, isn't this also an advantage?"

Xiao Shen sighed dejectedly, "I know, I know! I'm done for. No matter how much I fight, it's useless."

Xie Yunji's cold and sharp eyes were filled with unstoppable ambition. He said calmly, "Your Highness, are you really not going to fight for me? If so, Your Highness, just pretend that I have never been here tonight."

"What else can we do? Father has already appointed a crown prince!"

"There are many people in all dynasties who have been crown princes but failed to become emperors." Xie Yunji looked at him with his dark eyes and said coldly, "As long as the crown prince makes a big mistake and offends the emperor, it will be enough."

He paused, then continued, "Or, let the prince disappear forever."

Under Xie Yunji's cold eyes, Xiao Shen's face gradually became hideous and distorted, which was frightening.

He gritted his teeth: "I think so too."

Since he was born, Xiao Shen has been fighting for not only his father's favor, but also the supreme throne. He has been fighting for more than 20 years, how could he give up easily? He will never be willing! How can Xiao Xuan become the crown prince?

In the past, he had never taken this mediocre person seriously. This person was just the son of a commoner girl that his father had visited by chance during one of his tours. He had only been in the northern border for a few years, and he dared to compete with him? This was simply unacceptable!

Xiao Shen clenched his fists tightly, making a clacking sound. He has always been ruthless in his style of doing things. He had lost his fighting spirit after being hit by the edict to appoint a crown prince. Now that Xie Yunji has arrived, he remembered all the efforts he had made over the years to seize the throne.

He lowered his voice and asked with a hint of anger: "Zi Che, do you have any good ideas?"