The divine doctor's concubine emptied the palace and went into exile

Chapter 224 Heartbeat

"What's your plan?" Liu's eyes were full of calculations. "That man, mother only took one look at him, and he is indeed extraordinary. But do you have the confidence to make him fall in love with you?"

"Mom, which man doesn't cheat?" She looked at Zhao Zhiwen, only to hear him cough and turn his face away.

Liu glanced at him and said, "Why are you coughing? Do you think your daughter doesn't know what you did? Among the women you keep outside, who is willing to be exiled with you? In the end, won't it be only me and my daughter who will suffer with you?"

"Let's not talk about the past anymore." Zhao Zhiwen said awkwardly, "Why are you saying such nonsense in front of your daughter?"

"How can you be so ridiculous? You clearly..."

Before she could finish, Zhao Xin interrupted with a cold face: "Mom, stop arguing with Dad. The most important thing right now is how to stay here." She looked outside vigilantly: "Didn't you hear what that woman said? When we recover from our injuries, we will ask the official to find another place for us. We must find a chance to let that man marry me before we leave. In this way, we will be a family. If I stay here, you can naturally stay too."

What she despised the most were her biological parents, who quarreled every day over trivial matters and were still doing nothing at their old age.

She knew very well that if she wanted to change her fate, she could only rely on herself.

Shang Ruoyi returned to the room. Shaoyao thought for a while and told her the questions Zhao Xiyin had asked her today.

"Miss, I see that the Zhao family girl is not someone who is easy to deal with."

Shang Ruoyi smiled: "Of course she has high aspirations." She has been working in the county governor's mansion for ten years, doing nothing but mediocrity. How can she be a good person? The children raised by this couple must not be any better.

"Miss, this is the news you want." Ah Cheng said softly outside the door.

Shaoyao opened the door and took the letter from Acheng. Her fingertips touched Acheng's hand reluctantly. Her face felt slightly hot and she quickly turned around and closed the door.

Shang Ruoyi saw her abnormal behavior and understood what was going on, but she didn't expose her. She just smiled and said jokingly, "What's wrong? I see the weather is still cold, why is someone thinking about love?"

Shaoyao's face turned even redder when she heard this: "Miss!"

After handing the letter to Shang Ruoyi, she turned around and left with a red face, picked up the sewing basket on the table and started doing needlework.

Shang Ruoyi didn't intend to let her go, and continued, "Why, have you already started sewing your wedding dress?"

"Miss, if you continue to do this, I will not tolerate it. I will find a nunnery and become a nun."

Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Are you serious? Can you give up your ideal husband?"

"Miss, I only want to follow you for the rest of my life. You are my savior. I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life. As long as I can be by your side, I will never marry."

"You are talking nonsense. How can you not get married?" Shang Ruoyi looked at her and said, "Let me test Ah Cheng's attitude. If he is interested, we can find a good day when the weather warms up and arrange your marriage."

She opened the letter in her hand, looked at it quickly, and her eyes became colder.

It was just as she thought.

"Men in this world are really the same. They are not satisfied with what they have in the bowl, but they also stare at what is in the pot. It is not enough to marry a virtuous woman, but they also want to marry a few charming and seductive women. They are not afraid that their bodies can't take it." She threw her heart on the table. She sent people to investigate the Li family in Beiling. The young master of the Li family lost money in gambling and withdrew all the cash of 30,000 taels from the Li family's account. He still owed 20,000 taels to others. Now the real person in charge of the Li family is the old man of the Li family. Even if the head of the Li family wanted to fill the hole for him, he couldn't come up with so much money, so he set his sights on the betrothal gift of the eldest daughter.

He now wanted to marry off his legitimate daughter as soon as possible and use her betrothal gift to pay off the gambling debts of this illegitimate son.

The man who was engaged to Li Xia Xia had already married four or five concubines, one of whom had given birth to a daughter. If Li Xia Xia married him, she would become his stepmother.

It's really frightening that she is going to be a mother at such a young age.

The reason why the head of the Li family sacrificed his daughter to help this unpromising illegitimate son was because he was born to the head of the Li family's favorite concubine.

She was filled with indignation in the room, not realizing that everything she had just said was heard by He Jingheng who was standing at the door.

Yunqi at the door looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, and pretended to be deaf and dumb behind him.

He Jingheng raised his eyebrows slightly, pushed the door and walked in.

"Why are you so angry, madam?" He Jingheng smiled and said, "Did your husband do anything wrong?"

Shang Ruoyi was so angry when she saw his face that brought disaster to the country and the people.

"Aren't you in the study? What are you doing here?"

"If your husband hadn't come, you wouldn't know why your wife is sulking." Yunqi pushed him into the room and then walked out. Seeing this, Shaoyao quickly put down the needlework in her hands and followed Yunqi away.

Shang Ruoyi glared at him without saying anything.

He Jingheng stood up from his wheelchair, walked up to her, looked at the letter on the table, and knew the key.

"It's just an outsider's business, why do you make yourself so angry?" He smiled and said, "You are a doctor, you should know that anger is harmful to the body."

"We are all human beings, so why can men have three wives and four concubines while women have to be faithful to one man?" As Shang Ruoyi finished speaking, He Jingheng's face visibly darkened.

"What did you say?" He supported himself on the desk with both hands, trapping Shang Ruoyi between his body and the desk. The strong masculine scent filled her nose, and Shang Ruoyi's face suddenly felt like it was burning.

In order to complete the mission in her previous life, they had been closer, but that was just to complete the mission. Even if they hugged each other, she could keep her heart calm. But at this moment, just being close made her blush and her heart beat fast.

He Jingheng noticed her discomfort, but he had no intention of letting her go.

"Why, you can't say it?" He whispered, "Weren't you very happy just now?"

"I mean, why can a man have three wives and four concubines?"

"What about the next sentence?"

"Behind? What behind?" She coughed a few times and felt a little stuffy, so she pushed him and said, "Move aside. It's hot."

As soon as she placed her hand on He Jingheng's chest, a big hand covered the back of her hand.

"Feel it?"

"W-what?" Shang Ruoyi stammered.

"My heart, it beats for you right now."

Feeling the heart beating violently beneath her palm, Shang Ruoyi's fingertips curled up slightly.

He Jingheng slowly lowered his head. Shang Ruoyi looked at his handsome face which gradually became bigger in front of her eyes and slowly closed her eyes.