For several days, Yan Xijun couldn't stop thinking about what Gu Qingrou said that night. What she said wasn't unreasonable either. With her current tainted body, she indeed didn't match the noble and godly Chu Chengming.

  Is she really going to die of old age in this imperial palace?

  Is this her inescapable fate?

  Yan Xikun thought about it over and over again. In the end, she made a disheartened decision. She should find some time to break off this brief relationship with Chu Chengming.

  Yan Xijun, who couldn't sleep on the bed, tossing and turning, finally got out of bed and put on his clothes. He picked up the bottle of medicine given by Shen Siyu, poured half of it into another bottle, then took the bottle and went out the door.

  She finally understood and decided not to see Chu Chengming again. The half bottle of 'medicine' would be handed over to him by Gu Qingrou instead.

  These few nights, Gu Qingyao didn't come to poison me either. It seems she has restrained herself.

  The palace was quiet at night. Yan Xijun slipped out of the door without disturbing anyone. The path she chose to go to Gu Qingrou's bedroom was also a secluded small road, so there were almost no guards on the way. Occasionally, the guards who met her would let her pass after being distracted by her.

  She walked slowly. Anyway, she wasn't in a hurry. Rarely alone out for some fresh air. Just lingered a little while longer.

  Forbidden City

  Gu Qingyu knelt down on the ground with a sorrowful face, her head hung very low, almost to the point of touching the ground.

  Chu Cheng Ming's face was cold and stern, his icy eyes glanced at Gu Qing Rou who was kneeling on the ground. He asked in a cold voice: "I heard that you recently poisoned Yan Xi Jun of Gan Quan Palace. I'm asking you, is this true?"

  Gu Qing softly fell silent for a moment before saying: "That's right, I did poison her."

  "You're really bold, daring to be presumptuous without my order." Chu Cheng Ming suddenly stepped forward, his left foot ruthlessly kicking Gu Qing Rou's chest with a loud thud. He cursed angrily: "You cheap woman, you don't even put me, your master, in your eyes!"

  "Master, can't you just listen to my explanation?" Gu Qing was kicked by him and rolled far away. When she stopped, a mouthful of blood had already spurted out. She pressed her chest and got up anxiously.

  This kick is enough to see how angry Chu Chengming is in his heart. His foot doesn't show any mercy at all.

  "Explain? What else is there to explain?" Chu Cheng Ming stretched out his long legs, hooked over a chair and sat down with a gloomy face, staring at her on the ground.

  Gu Qing's mouth corners 'revealed' a sorrowful smile. She wiped the bloodstains from her mouth with the back of her hand, trembling slightly as she said: "Master, do you know who gave me the poison?"

  "Speak quickly, don't play dumb with me." Chu Chengming impatiently shouted out.

  "Hehe. It's Madame Chu. She threatened me into doing this."

  "Why didn't you say so earlier? You never reported this to me." Chu Chengming frowned and said, "And why did the Lady of Chu State threaten you?"

  "She already knows my identity, and also knows your identity as the master. She threatened me that if I don't help her do things, she will tell Chu Yixuan about our identities. I had no choice, so I agreed to it." Gu Qingrou said with difficulty, her chest still hurting, the pain almost unbearable.

  "You really deserve it. It's been almost twenty days since the thing happened, and you're only telling me now. If I didn't ask you, were you not going to tell me?" Chu Chengming scolded. Such a big thing and she didn't even report it. She's truly becoming more and more useless as a pawn.

  "Master... I... I..." Gu Qing's mouth opened to argue, but she found herself unable to speak further.

  His own throat was already pinched by his master. He used a lot of strength and even lifted up his body.

  "You're such a cheap person! How dare you hide something so important? I think you deliberately got close to that old woman, with the intention of harming Yan Xijun, right?" Chu Chengming raised his hand and pinched Gu Qingrou's neck, pushing her against the wall, then said expressionlessly.

  Gu Qingrou was pinched on the neck by him with great force. Although her body couldn't move, her legs were desperately struggling and she stretched out both hands to pry Chu Chengming's hand away. She can't die now, nor does she allow herself to die. There is still something more important that she hasn't done yet.

  Her struggles were completely ineffective. The master's hand was still so powerful. Gradually she gave up struggling, her eyes wide open, staring at Chu Chengming with a 'desire' that couldn't be hidden.

  Chu Cheng's hand loosened slightly. He said, "If you have anything to say, speak quickly. I will make your death very easy. You betrayed me, and I won't spare your worthless life."

  Gu Qingyao panted desperately for several breaths, then said in a very soft voice: "Master, I didn't betray you."

  "I won't believe your words anymore." Chu Cheng Ming coldly snorted: "Hurry up and speak, are there any last words you want to 'entrust' me with? I'll try my best to satisfy you."

  Gu Qingyu suddenly burst out laughing foolishly.

  Chu Cheng's two sword-like eyebrows furrowed deeply, looking at her with confusion and puzzlement.

  "Master, I have a secret to tell you." Gu Qingyu finally stopped laughing and crawled forward, hugging Chu Chengming's legs, then pointed to her own belly: "Master, I'm already pregnant with your child."

  "What did you say?" Chu Cheng Ming seemed to be disgusted and took another step back from her, but his eyes were shocked as he stared at her.

  "Hehe, I'm pregnant with your child." Gu Qing said again, pointing at her own belly.

  Chu Cheng thought for a moment. It had been exactly one month since the unexpected incident with her last time. He suddenly stepped forward, grasping her collar with one hand and said, "You're saying what? You've got my child?"

  She gazed at his eyes that emitted a chill, as if they could kill someone. But she wasn't afraid now. She nodded fearlessly.

  "You're not even worthy of carrying my child." Chu Cheng Ming's face revealed a menacing glow as he stretched out his other hand, ruthlessly slapping her across the face with a loud "slap". A clear five-fingered mark appeared on Gu Qing Yu's pale and delicate cheek.

  Gu Qing's cheek suddenly swelled up. It hurt so much that her tears couldn't help but flow down again.

  This is the man she loves. The man she has loved for a lifetime. But he treats her so unfeeling and cold-bloodedly.

  "You scoundrel! Didn't I tell you earlier? I told you to go take the contraceptive pill, but you dared to deceive me and not take it. Now, I'll kill him right in front of you. I want you to regret this."

  Chu Cheng Ming finished speaking and lifted her entire body up, then pressed her against the wall. He used his knee to repeatedly knock against Gu Qing Rou's abdomen, saying viciously: "I'll make you pregnant, I'll make you pregnant."

  Gu Qingyu bit her red lips tightly, enduring the impact of the force coming from her abdomen. Then, she felt a very painful feeling coming from her abdomen, so painful that she almost fainted.

  Finally, Gu Qingyao seemed to feel something flowing out from below. She went crazy and pushed Chu Chengming away with a loud shout. Then her whole body went limp and paralyzed on the ground, trembling as she screamed: "You killed him! You killed him!"

  "You're this crazy devil. You killed your own child."

  Chu Cheng gave her a hateful glance and coldly sneered: "I not only killed him, but I also want to kill you."