The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 791 - 785: For You, I Can Defy the Whole World

Chapter 791: Chapter 785: For You, I Can Defy the Whole World

Fang Cuizhen was very sympathetic to Xiao Qinqin’s plight and would join her in cursing the faithless man. With Fang Cuizhen’s company, Xiao Qinqin’s health slowly improved.

Back in Beijing, people from the Crown Prince Residence were frantically searching for Xiao Qinqin’s whereabouts, splitting their efforts into overt and covert operations. The covert operation was carried out by Consort Jin Family, who regarded Xiao Qinqin as a thorn in her side.

At that time, the power of the Ducal Residence was at its peak, and they quickly found out that Xiao Qinqin had fled to the south.

Since she had left the Crown Prince Residence, they would never let her return.

Additionally, the news of the Crown Princess Consort’s disappearance spread through the streets and alleys of Zhuzhao Country. Fang Cuizhen, upon hearing this, told Xiao Qinqin about it as a joke to cheer her up. However, Xiao Qinqin’s complexion changed drastically after hearing it, and she sought an audience with Yue Tingfang that very night.

When Xiao Qinqin came to bid Yue Tingfang farewell, he was unbelievably astonished, "You want to leave?" He looked at her prominently swollen belly and exclaimed, "In your condition, where can you go? I’ve already inquired; people from the Ducal Residence are also looking for you. They’re not just after your child’s life, but yours as well. Now that the Xiao Family is in decline, there’s nowhere else for you to go except with me."

Xiao Qinqin’s mind was made up as she said, "Thank you for your kindness these past few days, but I can no longer stay. You have only just ascended to your position, and your status is not yet secure. My staying will only bring trouble to you."

"I’m not afraid of trouble, Qinqin, don’t go..."

Xiao Qinqin shook her head and said, "Sooner or later they will come here, and if they know that you’ve sheltered me, you will be in danger as well."

Yue Tingfang went pale, feeling an aching sourness in his nose. The acidic sensation he felt the moment he lost her years ago rushed back to him, and he pulled her into a tight embrace.

This action startled Xiao Qinqin, and she hurriedly pushed him away, but he only held her tighter.

"Tingfang, what are you doing, let me go."

"Qinqin, Qinqin, I beg you, don’t go..." He buried his head in her shoulder and pleaded.

Xiao Qinqin was shocked and stood rigid, not daring to move.

Yue Tingfang, why??

Yue Tingfang said, "Do you remember what I told you at the horse field, asking you to wait for me?"

Her thoughts drifted back many years, but Xiao Qinqin only remembered Jin Moning asking her to wait for him and couldn’t recall Yue Tingfang ever saying those words.

He said, "I went to the palace that day to seek an imperial decree of marriage from the Emperor, but never expected Jin Moning to beat me to it. Qinqin, I truly regret not having acted sooner... and letting Jin Moning get there first. If I had known you’d end up this miserable, I would have risked all the world’s taboos to prevent you from marrying him. Now that you’ve finally escaped, don’t leave. Here in Lingnan, the Emperor is far away, and I have plenty of soldiers. Even if it means rebellion, for your sake, I am not afraid of them."

Xiao Qinqin was both saddened and pained, and her tears soaked his pristine white garment.

Since ancient times, emperors have been the least sentimental, and she regretted not heeding her mother’s words!

But her Xiao Family had served the country loyally for generations, dying only after their duty was done. Born a daughter of the Xiao Family, how could she be a traitor? Besides, Fang Cuizhen had been good to her.

To her, Yue Tingfang could only be a benefactor who provided timely assistance.

That night, Fang Cuizhen returned to her courtyard with a pale face. In disbelief, she slapped her own face several times, unable to accept what she had just overheard.

He had said that she was only the daughter of an old friend, who had come to him after being betrayed by her husband and had nowhere else to turn.

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