Slender fingertips, white to transparent.
It gently hooked Wei Li's slender index finger, begging feebly.
Xu Zhihuai's eyes flickered, hiding countless tiny pieces of light. Her expression was sad and fragmented, with only a little bit of thought remaining.
The moment she saw Wei Li, she knew that he had softened his heart. Otherwise, he would never risk being suspected and noticed by the prince and appear in front of her bed tonight... Maybe this is her only chance. To catch Wei Li's soft heart is to catch his weakness.
She was going to be his weakness, his weakness.
"Save him... our child..."
Xu Zhihuai begged sadly, and with a choked sigh, she closed her eyes unwillingly, and crystal tears fell from the corners of her eyes.
Wei Li was beside the bed, and Xu Zhihuai gently held the stretched out hand until she fainted, and the weak hand slowly dropped.
The next second, he grabbed her weakly hanging wrist with his backhand. The thin bones were so fragile that they were so cold that they seemed to have lost their temperature.
Wei Li lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, focusing on the cold whiteness in his palms, and said to the trembling doctor: "Do you remember what I said to you when I first saw you?"
The doctor was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy: "I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything."
"This one, big and small, don't make any mistakes, otherwise, everyone in your family will die."
Wei Li's low and hoarse voice made every word he spoke like a fatal curse.
"Yes Yes Yes……"
Wei Li gently put down Xu Zhihuai's hand and looked at her bloodless face again. His eyes slowly moved and finally landed on the swollen belly under the quilt. The words "Our child..." kept ringing in his ears.
In his eyes, this unborn child is just a chaotic mass of flesh and blood, not that important or without weight.
The doctor carefully watched Wei Li's every move and saw that he actually lifted up his robe, sat on the edge of the bed, and looked at Xu Zhihuai's pale face intently and indifferently.
If she was safe and sound, he would never do such a thing. Only when she didn't know about it would he be a little "kind".
Jinhua's eyes were red and swollen, but she still did not forget to serve Xu Zhihuai. Wei Li glanced at her quietly and suddenly said: "Your master's secret can't be kept secret for long."
Jinhua trembled when she heard this, looked at Wei Li timidly, and then suddenly kowtowed and begged for mercy, whimpering.
Wei Li said coldly: "No need to ask me, just serve your master well. If it weren't for her, you wouldn't be alive today. Your tongue and your life belong to her..."
Jinhua nodded repeatedly and hurriedly wiped her face with her sleeves.
Half an hour later, Xu Zhihuai reluctantly opened his eyes and vaguely saw Wei Li's face. He hadn't left yet... He really softened his heart.
"Um……"
She moaned softly from her nose, and Wei Li immediately leaned down, got close to her face, and cast a light shadow on her pitiful face.
"Xu Zhihuai, you worked so hard to get here, and you are willing to die like this?"
Xu Zhihuai's eyes flashed brightly.
"My child, my child."
Wei Li moved closer, his nose very close to her trembling lips: "The child is fine."
Xu Zhihuai's eyes lit up again and he felt relieved instantly.
No sarcasm, no threats, no contempt. He could finally say a word to her calmly.
Because she had signs of hemorrhage, she had to stay in bed for the rest of the day until she gave birth safely. In other words, Xu Zhihuai has become a complete "waste", and even if he is so careful, he may not be able to save the child.
The doctor said frankly: "If you can survive eight months, there is still some hope that you can survive even if you give birth prematurely."
When Xu Zhihuai heard this, he looked at Wei Li silently, his eyes hesitant and helpless.
Wei Li also noticed her weakness and said deliberately: "It's too late to feel scared now."
After hearing his sarcastic remarks, Xu Zhihuai silently closed his eyes again, wondering whether the remaining softness he had had been exhausted.
Unexpectedly, the next second, Wei Li said again: "Don't worry, even if you don't do anything or say anything, but just lie here quietly like this, His Highness will still love you deeply."
"You have the ability to make people feel sorry for you no matter where you are."
This compliment came extremely unexpectedly and was extremely true.
Xu Zhihuai opened his eyes again, glanced at Wei Li, and then quickly looked away.
His eyes were pitch black, like a bottomless trance, with no bottom or edges to be explored.
Wei Li sat there until dawn, then got up and left.
When Xu Zhihuai was half asleep and half awake, he could see his face when he opened his eyes slightly, sometimes close and sometimes far away, sometimes clear and sometimes blurry.
When Zhu Xiuxing woke up, the first thing he did was rush into the inner room.
Unlike Wei Li's calmness, he obviously threw himself into complete panic.
He grabbed her hand and put it to his cheek, trembling and trying to speak, and struggled to say: "Huai'er, I'm sorry."
Xu Zhihuai forced a smile and said feebly: "Your Highness has not sorry for me."
When Zhu Xuxing heard her talking to him, he just put her hand to his cheek and rubbed it gently, wishing he could bury his face in her soft palm.
He was frightened last night. For the first time in his life, he experienced what it meant to be frightened.
He was so close to losing her.
He can't lose her!
Zhu Xuxing seemed to have figured something out, grabbed her hand, lowered his head and kissed her carefully.
Extremely solemn and extremely compassionate.
Xu Zhihuai vaguely felt that he must have something in mind.
Zhu Xuxing decided one thing. He wanted to "snatch" the Fengxian Palace from the hands of Marquis Fengdu. He wanted to take back everything that belonged to the court and everything that belonged to him.
When Wei Li learned about this, his first reaction was not objection, but curiosity.
"I'm afraid it's impossible for Your Highness to force Marquis Fengdu to submit. But why is Your Highness suddenly interested in that palace?"
Zhu Xuxing's eyes were still a little red, which made his gentle and handsome face look a little murderous.
"That's his hard work and his ambition. That's all I want... I want Huai'er to give birth to our child in that beautiful palace, and I want her to enjoy the things she has never experienced in the capital. The glory and luxury I have enjoyed. I want to give her the best."
Wei Li raised his eyebrows slightly: "What His Highness said is absolutely true. I will go and make arrangements now..."
Zhu Xuxing raised his eyes and looked at him: "How sure are you?"
Wei Li pondered for a moment: "Now it's only 30%."
Zhu Xuxing was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Wei Li continued: "The eldest princess has sent a message and she is on her way back to the capital. Once she arrives in the capital, everything will be different."
