NOVEL WEB Chapter 1772 - 1772: Directly Severing Two Paths?
Chapter 1772: Chapter 1772: Directly Severing Two Paths?
“Young Prince,” Wu Lingxi cried even harder, “the child in my womb is truly yours. If you don’t want it, I have nothing to say. I will take care of it myself. As the mother of the child, even if I have to beg, I will give birth to this child and raise it.”
As she spoke, she pretended to leave.
Xue Bai hurriedly stopped her.
Wu Lingxi laughed slyly to herself, her scheme succeeding. As long as she insisted that Xue Bai touched her that night, what did it matter if she was with Wu Changcai the evening she returned to the village? No one could be sure whether the child was Xue Bai’s or not.
But Xue Shi abruptly pulled Xue Bai back. “You listen to her full of lies; after all this, you still believe her? You never touched her! The night she returned to her village, she was already with Wu Changcai. Wu Changcai is now in my custody, he can testify, and so can her family. How could the child possibly be yours!”
Wu Lingxi foresaw what Xue Shi might have discovered, including the witnesses, although she didn’t expect Wu Changcai to be in his custody. Yet, she didn’t panic and boldly said, “Young Master Shi, even though I was with Wu Changcai that night I returned to the village, dare you say for certain that the child in my womb absolutely isn’t the young prince’s? I’ve been pregnant for nearly two months now! Are you so sure?”
Xue Shi was of course sure, and he knew that Wu Lingxi wasn’t really addressing him but rather speaking to his house’s Xue Bai. He quickly asked Xue Bai, “You don’t really think the child could be yours, do you?”
Xue Bai gave a bitter smile. “It seems there’s a possibility.”
“I really don’t want to deal with you anymore!” Xue Shi roared in anger. “You really deserve to be trapped and bullied by her scheming!”
As Emperor Hao watched Xue Shi explode in fury, he no longer just watched but smiled and said, “I guessed it would turn out this way, Xue Bai, that’s just your character. But Xue Bai, she and Wu Changcai have already held a heaven and earth ceremony secretly, though secretly, they are still husband and wife. A maid who served them both can testify. Since she is someone else’s wife, whether you marry her as your wife or take her as your concubine, neither is permissible. Besides, you and Wenwan are already engaged, and the betrothal gifts have been sent. Wenwan is your principal wife. What, do you intend to divorce Wenwan, defy Da Ling’s laws, and marry or take as a concubine someone who is already another’s wife? Besides, seeing her appearance, even if you truly touched her that night, it doesn’t necessarily mean the child is yours. She herself admitted she was with Wu Changcai the night she returned home, didn’t she.”
Upon hearing this, Wu Lingxi panicked immensely inside. She had not anticipated a few words from Emperor Hao could sever her paths to becoming Xue Bai’s wife or concubine.
So, she had been watched all along, hadn’t she?
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Otherwise, how could Emperor Hao and Xue Shi know everything that had happened to her recently, even knowing that she and Wu Changcai had secretly held a wedding ceremony?
Had they not known, given Xue Bai’s usually kind nature, he wouldn’t have wronged the child in her womb by denying her even the position of a concubine.
But now!
Wu Lingxi felt extreme hatred inside.
Xue Bai, however, frowned.
He knew Wenwan was already his wife-to-be, although he had not yet brought her home.
But just now, when he heard that the child in Wu Lingxi’s womb might be his, he had considered taking responsibility, yet he had not thought about marrying Wu Lingxi or taking her as a concubine.
However, Shoushou did remind him of something. Da Ling’s law decreed that a woman already wed to another man could neither be married nor taken as a concubine by another.
Although he always considered himself an ordinary person, he also knew he was really Da Ling’s young prince, and he would not do anything against Da Ling’s laws.