My Aloof Lord Ex-Husband Begs for Remarriage
Chapter 363 - 364: Killing Two Birds with One Arrow

Chapter 363: Chapter 364: Killing Two Birds with One Arrow

"Then I’ll have Chu Yi take you back."

Chu Nanli today, merely intended for Zhuang Muyan to come over for practice.

Now that the purpose of the practice has been achieved, there’s no need for him to stay here anymore.

After Zhuang Muyan left, Yanyan also tactfully withdrew, leaving only Chu Nanli and Ye Jiuxiao together in the room.

Chu Nanli coughed lightly and couldn’t help but speak up, "Isn’t the Prince curious about what I’m doing?"

"What you choose to do surely has its reasons, why should I be overly curious?"

It must be said, Ye Jiuxiao’s attitude towards people and matters indeed easily moves one’s heart.

Just this point alone makes him so much better than that fellow Ye Yunting.

"Regarding the event of that night, has the Prince discovered any other clues?"

Chu Nanli actually hoped that she and the original host had been mistaken about that night.

That the man of that night was not Ye Yunting at all.

However, at present, all the evidence pointed towards the original conclusion.

"Not yet, but I’ve received information that recently, Ye Yunting’s people have also been investigating the matter."

It was probably because of what Chu Nanli had said last time that had made him doubtful.

Upon hearing this, Chu Nanli’s face instantly showed displeasure.

"Even if he really finds out something, what can be done about it? What’s past is past. Even if the child really is of his blood, I won’t let the child acknowledge him."

In fact, in her space, there was a simple genetic testing device.

It was a pity that it could only be used after the child was born.

Otherwise, things wouldn’t be so troublesome.

"Since it’s all in the past, why don’t you consider the future?"

Ye Jiuxiao’s straightforward remark left Chu Nanli completely stunned where she stood.

He probably realized something, then he let go with a smile, "It was just an offhand remark, you don’t have to take it seriously."

The words Ye Jiuxiao left behind when departing unsettled Chu Nanli for a long time.

But for now, she was not in a position to respond to him.

Fortunately, Ye Jiuxiao didn’t show any intention of pressuring her.

At first, when one meets him, he indeed seems hard to approach.

Once you get to know him, you realize that he’s actually a man with a strong sense of propriety.

And also very capable of moving one’s heart.

...

Chu Yi, in his work this time, was naturally extremely cautious.

Therefore, until Wan Granny was brought back, Lin Fuying on her side had still not received the slightest news.

She now believed that Wan Granny was long dead and gone.

It must be said, Wan Granny’s luck was indeed very good, encountering such a one-in-a-million chance.

And as for her act of deceiving Ye Yunting, even if Chu Nanli truly revealed the truth, what could it change?

She knew Ye Yunting’s character all too well, without absolute evidence in front of him, he would never believe what others said.

Lin Fuying, these days, was still busy matching wits with Yang Xuan in the War King Residence.

She would often make rounds in front of Yang Xuan.

Moreover, she made it a point to highlight in front of her, how valued the "child" in her belly was, even before its birth.

Yang Xuan’s jealousy and anger grew day by day.

"It’s just a child, isn’t it? With her lowly status, even if that child is born, it will be just like her, a lowly concubine-born!"

Yang Xuan’s bright and beautiful face was now completely overshadowed by jealousy.

Clenching her fists tightly, she spoke viciously, "Even if that child is born, whether it can grow up is still uncertain!"

"Indeed!"

Her voice suddenly rose, startling the handmaidens serving nearby.

"I can make sure that child is never born!" Yang Xuan’s face grew increasingly fierce, "Without that child, let’s see how she can continue to strut around!"

Yang Xuan’s maid was somewhat worried, "Miss, after all, it’s the Prince’s child you’re talking about. If you were to do this, and the Princess Consort were to find out..."

"Aunt has already told me before, how could a lowly woman like Lin Fuying even enter the doors of the War King Residence, if it weren’t for relying on the past relationship she had with my cousin when they were children!"

"Haven’t you seen? She doesn’t even dare to send the news of her pregnancy to the palace."

On this point, Yang Xuan was mistaken.

The reason Lin Fuying didn’t dare send a message to the palace about her pregnancy was because, in fact, there was no child in her belly!

If the palace were to find out, and by some chance the "child" ceased to exist, the Empress Dowager’s temperament would surely call for a thorough investigation.

If they were to discover that she was faking it, wouldn’t that be like lifting a rock only to drop it on her own feet?

Yang Xuan had always been headstrong when at home.

The maids by her side simply couldn’t dissuade her.

What Yang Xuan didn’t know was that her conspiracies, which she thought were concealed, had been disclosed right from the start to Lin Fuying’s people.

"Did she really say that?"

Upon seeing Xiaoyun nod her head, a smug look of triumph couldn’t help but flash across Lin Fuying’s eyes.

She had been thinking, if that blockhead Yang Xuan hadn’t taken the bait yet, she would have to come up with another scheme to give her a nudge from behind.

Unexpectedly, just a few days had passed, and Yang Xuan could no longer restrain herself.

Xiaoyun was unaware of Lin Fuying’s secret and was naturally truly worried at this time.

"Concubine, if she really makes a move on the child in your belly, and if she truly succeeds, with the Yang Family backing her, I’m afraid even the Prince would be helpless against her!"

She had been eagerly looking forward to Lin Fuying getting pregnant, hoping she could secure the position of the War King’s Princess Consort thanks to the child.

But what to do if the child was lost?

"Just a child, if I can use this child to get rid of her, it won’t be too much of a loss!"

Lin Fuying was so brazen, partly because she knew very well she wasn’t pregnant at all.

If she really were pregnant, she would definitely be extremely cautious, not this arrogant.

She understood the principle of ’a mother’s status being elevated by her child’ perfectly well.

Alas, who was to blame when Ye Yunting wouldn’t even consider touching her?

Thinking about what happened at Xingshan Temple made Lin Fuying even more jealous of Chu Nanli.

Why should that wench have everything!

Not to mention, she could clearly feel that Ye Yunting still harbored deep thoughts for Chu Nanli in his heart.

In all the years she had known Ye Yunting, she had never seen him get so agitated over a woman so many times!

"Since I’m going to use this child, then I might as well make full use of it!"

Lin Fuying stretched out her hand and gently stroked her flat abdomen, appearing for all the world as though there truly was a child there.

Xiaoyun’s expression was even more puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"Even though Chu Nanli has already been kicked out of War King Residence, why should she still be such a thorn in my side!"

In Lin Fuying’s eyes, everything naturally was everyone else’s fault.

The original host’s previous kindness to her had now been completely cast aside.

"Come here, follow my instructions, and relay these words over there."

A scheme to kill two birds with one stone instantly emerged in Lin Fuying’s mind.

She wanted Yang Xuan to know that even if Chu Nanli was no longer to be the War King’s Princess Consort, she still remained a threat to her.

With Yang Xuan’s overbearing nature, she would surely confront Chu Nanli.

At the same time, she didn’t forget to continue fueling Yang Xuan’s jealousy over her nonexistent "child."

Once she had set all these plans in motion, she wouldn’t have to do anything else, just wait for Yang Xuan to make a move.