Chapter 498

Li Zhiwei’s eyes widened. She hadn’t expected the truth to be like this. At this moment, she felt a twinge of regret. If only she hadn’t learned this at all.

Would Xu Heming kill her to silence her?

After all, no man would likely be pleased to know his woman had run off with someone else.

Thinking of this, Li Zhiwei shrank back involuntarily.

This was Xu Heming’s biggest scandal.

Rusong, meanwhile, had his own heart racing with unease.

If this got out, his master might mistakenly think it was he who had leaked it.

This would damage the reputation of Prince An’s estate.

Xu Heming originally wanted to say more, but seeing the hint of fear on Li Zhiwei’s face, he sighed and said, “You may step out first.”

Though Xu Heming was ruthless in handling matters outside, he didn’t want to frighten Li Zhiwei.

“Don’t worry. I’ll be back soon.” Xu Heming stood up and said to Li Zhiwei.

“Go ahead, Your Highness,” Li Zhiwei replied, relieved to hear he was leaving.

Heaven knows, after hearing news like that, she was genuinely afraid of being silenced.

“Prepare some food for the Princess,” Xu Heming instructed the maids at the door before leaving.

“Princess, why is the Prince leaving again?” Cuiguo asked, puzzled.

“He has important matters to attend to,” Li Zhiwei said awkwardly.

“What could be more important than you today?” Cuiguo muttered, pouting in dissatisfaction.

“Enough. This isn’t the Li manor. I don’t want to hear such words again in the future,” Li Zhiwei quickly scolded.

After all, this was Prince An’s estate, and Li Zhiwei was more worried about eavesdropping.

If some malicious person overheard, it would only bring trouble upon herself.

“Understood, maidservant,” Cuiguo replied, though grudgingly. She knew what her mistress said was true.

Now, they were constrained everywhere in Prince An’s estate.

Still, Cuiguo felt that the Prince leaving on other business at such a time meant her mistress had been wronged.

If Li Zhiwei knew what Cuiguo was thinking, she would surely shake her hands in denial.

After all, she wished she had never learned of this matter at all.

Moreover, as long as Xu Heming was still a man, there was no way he could ever forgive Zhou Yuxin.

As for Zhou Yuxin wanting to see Xu Heming, Li Zhiwei didn’t think Xu Heming would be generous enough to let her see their son.

In fact, Li Zhiwei secretly wondered if Xu Heming might even suspect whether Xu Qingshi was his child.

Meanwhile, Xu Heming was staring at Zhou Yuxin as though she were already dead.

“Tell ​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‍me. Whose child is Qingshi?” Xu Heming was furious at the thought that Xu Qingshi might be the son of Zhou Yuxin and that Ding Chen.

After all, Zhou Yuxin had once eloped with Ding Chen. Xu Qingshi had been the apple of his mother’s and his own eye all these years.

If Xu Qingshi was a bastard, Xu Heming felt he could never forgive himself.

“Your Highness, Qingshi is naturally your child,” Zhou Yuxin said, her eyes darting evasively.

In truth, she didn’t even know whose seed the child was.

But at this moment, how could she dare admit the child was Ding Chen’s?

And since the Prince had already discovered her affair with Ding Chen, if even the child wasn’t his, Zhou Yuxin shuddered at the thought.

Would she even leave Prince An’s estate alive?

“Don’t deny it. If you won’t talk, someone else will,” Xu Heming said, sneering at Zhou Yuxin. Before long, two men escorted Ding Chen in.

When Zhou Yuxin saw Ding Chen, she completely lost her composure.

“Your Highness, your concubine was wrong!” Zhou Yuxin quickly knelt before Xu Heming, begging.

Ding Chen had been furious earlier, not knowing who had arrested him without cause.

But upon seeing Zhou Yuxin, he understood everything.

He had been wondering where that woman Zhou Yuxin had vanished to.

It turned out she had fallen into the hands of Prince An.

That damned bitch—she had ruined him.

Zhou Yuxin was trembling with fear.

As for the child, Ding Chen had always believed Xu Qingshi was his son.

In contrast to the chaos at Prince An’s estate, the Li manor was rather quiet.

“Aiy,” Lady Yao sighed.

Her heart felt bitter.

“Enough. Today is a happy day for our daughter’s marriage,” Li Tianyou said, though he too missed his daughter and worried whether she would settle in well at Prince An’s estate. Still, he forced himself to be upbeat.

They couldn’t bring bad luck to their daughter’s big day.

“I wonder if Weiwei has been wronged,” Jiang Yuanrang said, also concerned.

“Enough. There’s no way Weiwei will be wronged,” Li Tianyou quickly interjected.

“When I saw her off today, I noticed someone being dragged out of the bridal sedan chair by Prince An’s men. Looked like a woman,” Jiang Yuanrang paused and looked at Li Tianyou.

“Did you check beforehand if Prince An had someone on the side?” Jiang Yuanrang asked, dissatisfied.

“What? How could there be a woman in the bridal chair?” Li Tianyou was startled.

“I don’t know. I saw Prince An’s guard take her away. Her head was covered,” Jiang Yuanrang said, annoyed.

After all, even if he had seen the woman’s face, he wouldn’t have recognized her.

“Oh, heavens, did you really look into this, husband?” Lady Yao grew anxious.

Yao Qisheng and his wife, who had been sitting nearby, also looked at Li Tianyou with confusion.

If Prince An had someone outside, they too would be unwilling to let Li Zhiwei marry him.

“The Prince is so busy that he rarely even returns to his estate. How would he have time to dally around outside?” Li Tianyou said, though even he sounded uncertain by the end.

Could Xu Heming have someone outside, which was why he never came home?

But the more he thought about it, the less likely it seemed. If Xu Heming truly had someone he loved, why hide it? He could simply marry her.

Li Tianyou felt that Xu Heming wouldn’t do such a thing.

“Are you all so sure he won’t let my sister down?” Jiang Yuanrang asked resentfully.

“Zhou’er, your father-in-law saying so must be for good reason,” Yao Qisheng quickly tried to smooth things over when he saw Jiang Yuanlang getting agitated.

Jiang Yuanrang knew he was too worried about Li Zhiwei.

But he simply didn’t trust Xu Heming.

Especially since he had seen that woman being dragged out of the bridal chair with his own eyes.

He kept feeling that the woman’s identity was not simple.

“Tomorrow morning, we’ll go to Prince An’s estate and ask,” Li Tianyou said after some thought.

“By tomorrow morning, it will be too late!” Jiang Yuanrang stood up in a panic.

“You don’t understand Prince An. If he wanted, there would be no shortage of noble ladies in the capital willing to marry him,” Li Tianyou said, though he hated to admit it, his own daughter had lucked into this match.