Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

Chapter 574: Xie Ruiyuan meets Li

Li had just felt relieved, but Xie Ruiyuan's next words shocked her again.

"Aunt, Ayue and the child will arrive in the capital in a month. I don't want Ayue to be criticized or pointed at because of the child."

Li agreed with Xie Ruiyuan's words. Her daughter got pregnant before marriage and she didn't know who the father of the child was. She couldn't just find a man for her daughter.

Besides, her daughter is very independent and knows what she wants. Even if she wants to intervene, she will not succeed. Instead, it will create a rift in the relationship between mother and daughter.

This was not what she wanted to see. She just wanted her daughter to be happy and have a smooth life every day. She would never think of actively causing trouble for her daughter.

Her beloved daughter was the best and kindest girl, but she had not married and was living in the capital with her baby, so rumors were inevitable.

If her daughter was still in Xinghua Village, she would not have such worries. After all, not only Xinghua Village, but all the villages in Qingshan Town, even the people of Wuning County and the entire Qingshan Prefecture, have received her daughter's kindness and would not speak ill of her behind her back.

But it was different in the capital. Ever since she returned to Prince An's Mansion to recognize her relatives last year, during the time she lived in the capital, she had personally experienced the power of people's words.

Just a rumor can easily destroy a person, and she doesn't want her daughter to suffer the same fate.

Thinking of this, Li became extremely anxious, and she couldn't think of any good solution.

Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he said to Prince An, "Brother, Yueyue has returned to the capital with her child and met her grandmother. I will go back to Xinghua Village with Yueyue."

"Sister, what do you mean by that? Why do you want to go back for no reason?"

"Brother, I won't hide it from you. I'm worried that Yueyue won't be able to adapt to life in the capital with the child. It's better for her to return to the village."

"Sister, don't worry, Yueyue is a legitimate young lady of the palace. I don't think anyone in the capital dares to bully Yueyue."

"Brother, I believe that the power of Prince An's Mansion can protect Yueyue and the child, but the difficulties in public are nothing, and the rumors behind the scenes are really hurtful."

When Prince An heard this, he understood Li's concerns and had nothing to say about it.

After all, even if he was a prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he held power and was not short of money. When he walked around outside, even the princes would give him some face, not to mention the officials in the court.

But others can be nice to his niece for his sake, but they can't care about others gossiping about her behind her back.

If his niece and child continued to live in such an environment, he couldn't guarantee how much harm it would cause to them.

"Sister, if you really want to take Yueyue and the child back to the village, I won't force you to stay, but you have to accept the people I send over."

"okay."

Seeing that Prince An and Li had agreed to return to Xinghua Village together after A Yue and the child returned to Beijing, Xie Ruiyuan was a little dumbfounded. How could this be different from what he thought?

His original intention was to tell Mrs. Li about his marriage to Li Mengyue, not to let A Yue bring the four babies back to Xinghua Village.

But he figured it out in a moment and knew why Li said she wanted to go back to Xinghua Village.

Only then did he remember that Li didn't know that he was with A Yue and was the father of the child.

Thinking of this, Xie Ruiyuan felt that he had been negligent. He stood up, walked in front of Li, bent down and bowed to express his apology.

Prince An was somewhat confused by the Third Prince's attitude, but his expression remained normal, without any sign of panic.

Li was different. Even though she learned last year that she was from Prince An's Mansion and had a noble status, she had lived among the common people for more than ten years after all. She had suffered too much and gone through too many difficulties. She had long lost the bearing and confidence of a legitimate daughter of Prince An's Mansion.

Faced with Xie Ruiyuan's apology, he quickly turned aside and did not dare to accept Xie Ruiyuan's gift.

Because she knew very well that Xie Ruiyuan must be of extraordinary status, as he was invited into the study and treated respectfully by her elder brother.

Although she didn't know Xie Ruiyuan's exact identity, she knew he was definitely not an ordinary person. How could a village woman like him accept such a gift?

Xie Ruiyuan was not angry at Li's evasion. Instead, he said solemnly, "Aunt, there is something I forgot to tell you. A Yue and I love each other and are already together."

"Master Xie, what you mean is that you don't mind my Yueyue having given birth to a child, and you are willing to be the stepfather."

"Sister, how can you talk to the Third Prince? Kneel down quickly."

Prince An reprimanded Li, then turned to apologize to Xie Ruiyuan: "Third Prince, my sister is a country woman and does not understand many things. Please do not blame me."

"Uncle An, how could I possibly blame my future mother-in-law? I can't even please her enough."

Prince An was very surprised by Xie Ruiyuan's attitude. Based on his understanding of the Third Prince, he would never allow him to say that in front of him.

But the facts forced him to admit that when his sister said something offensive to the Third Prince, the Third Prince not only did not punish her, but spoke kindly to her instead.

There are rumors in the court that the place of the third wife's family is abandoned and it will be impossible for them to have offspring in the future.

Even if the emperor issued such an imperial decree, the third prince would never be able to become the crown prince. Even if the third prince entered the East Palace as he wished and ascended the throne as emperor in the future, the country would be in turmoil without an heir.

In order to stabilize the regime, the third prince was forced to adopt a child from the royal family under pressure.

But these are just speculations and have not been fully confirmed. Otherwise, an imperial edict issued by the emperor last year would definitely have been met with fierce opposition from court officials.

Although many court officials had pointed out some objections before the emperor issued the decree, the emperor had made up his mind. Unless someone really dared to bang his head against the pillar in the hall to oppose it, the emperor would not be able to revoke his order.

However, when the ministers in the court learned that the third prince would have difficulty in having an heir, the voices of opposition were not so resolute.

When he heard his sister say that the Third Prince was going to be someone's stepfather, his heart skipped a beat as if it was going to jump out of his chest. His breathing became very rapid. The oxygen in the air could not support this sudden fear at all. He felt that his breathing was not smooth at all.

He was afraid and really worried that the Third Prince would slap his sister to death. How would the old lady survive then?

But he had not yet recovered from his fear, and the third prince's words to his future mother-in-law really made him feel a little overwhelmed.

Is the Third Prince really going to be someone’s stepfather?

It's impossible. Even if the Third Prince is willing, the Emperor will never let the Third Prince confuse the royal bloodline.

Unless the child Meng Yue gave birth to is the Third Prince’s.

I thought of this possibility, but I think it is more than 90% true, no, it is 100% true.