jdhmnovel Chapter 363: Accident on the Road
Chapter 363: Accident on the Road
Seeing this, Xie Ci'an hurried forward to close the curtain, then picked up a blanket beside him and wrapped it around Gu Jianchu.
"Let's wait until we get to Wanguo Temple. It's cold outside. If you get sick, I'll be worried. Are you cold?" Xie Ci'an held Gu Jianchu's hand with concern.
"Your hands are so cold, let me warm them up for you." Xie Ci'an said as he put Gu Jianchu's hands into his clothes.
The scorching heat of Xie Ci'an's body instantly wrapped around her hand. Gu Jianchu's hand was separated from Xie Ci'an's skin by a thin layer of cloth, and she could feel his strong chest muscles with just one touch.
After the previous lesson, Gu Jianchu really didn't dare to provoke Xie Ci'an casually. Once the evil fire in Xie Ci'an was provoked, he would be the only one who would be in trouble in the end.
Before, she just thought that since she was pregnant and Xie Ci'an was thinking about the baby in her belly, everything would be fine. She never expected that Xie Ci'an actually had other ways to torture her.
Feeling that Gu Jianchu kept her hands on his waist without moving, Xie Ci'an knew what the girl was thinking.
But he might have been too fierce that night and scared the queen.
The queen is relatively timid.
However, her scarlet lips were still very tempting, but in order not to scare the queen any further, Xie Ci'an had to give up and suppress all the desires running through his body.
Xie Ci'an leaned forward and kissed the corner of Gu Jianchu's mouth. Then he leaned close to her ear and said in a low voice, "Achu's hands seem a little stiff."
Hearing this, Gu Jianchu's eyes widened instantly as she stared at the man in front of her. She stepped back involuntarily, "No way, it's not stiff at all. My hand has warmed up."
Gu Jianchu was afraid that the emperor would use her hand for other things, so she quickly pulled her hand back and put it behind her back. Her cautious look was so funny that people couldn't help laughing.
Just when Xie Ci'an wanted to continue teasing Gu Jianchu, the carriage suddenly braked sharply, and Gu Jianchu, who was not sitting firmly, fell forward. Fortunately, Xie Ci'an reacted in time and hurriedly supported Gu Jianchu's shoulders to prevent Gu Jianchu's lower abdomen from hitting the small table in front.
After the carriage stopped, Gu Jianchu leaned in Xie Ci'an's arms, protecting her lower abdomen. She looked frightened and stared blankly ahead. She couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if she had accidentally bumped into him.
Xie Ci'an, like Gu Jianchu, was still in shock. When he finally reacted, a strong murderous intent flashed in his deep eyes, and a raging anger filled his body. He suppressed it and didn't lash out, but his voice was terrifyingly cold. "What's going on?"
Outside the carriage, palace maids and coachmen were kneeling on the ground, the imperial guards were on guard outside, and the Imperial City Officers protecting in the dark were like frightened birds, looking around, ready to kill the enemy at any time.
The driver knew he had gotten into a big trouble. He knelt on the ground, his body shaking like a sieve, and even his voice was trembling. "Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life. A man rolled down the mountain. I was trying to avoid him and got into an accident. Please spare my life."
Xie Ci'an sat upright in the carriage, his fingers clenched into fists and resting on his knees. Even through the carriage, they could feel the anger emanating from him. "If he can't even do such a small thing, what's the point of keeping him around? Cheng Song should just deal with him directly."
Xie Ci'an was not sure whether this was man-made or an accident, but the queen's pregnancy was like a frightened bird to him. He would rather kill the wrong person than let her go.
After hearing Xie Ci'an's voice, Gu Jianchu gradually came back to her senses. Her whole body was protected in Xie Ci'an's arms. She was stiff with fear. Seeing that Gu Jianchu had come back to her senses, Xie Ci'an changed his stern expression and replaced it with a gentle tone, "Are you okay, Chu? Are you hurt anywhere?"
Although Gu Jianchu had regained her composure, her eyes were still filled with lingering fear. She instinctively shook her head, "I'm fine, I'm not hurt."
If Xie Ci'an hadn't protected her in time, she would have been really hurt.
It wasn't until she heard the pleading voice of the young eunuch outside that Gu Jianchu finally came back to her senses. She quickly grasped Xie Ci'an's arm and said, "Your Majesty, I'm fine. We left the palace to pray for blessings. We should investigate thoroughly before taking any action. Don't create any more bad luck for our baby."
After hearing Gu Jianchu's words, Xie Ci'an's brows relaxed instantly. He held Gu Jianchu's fingers, which were trembling with panic, and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, Chu, and not bring disaster to our baby."
Xie Ci'an knocked on the car wall and said, "Wait a moment."
Cheng Song quickly stopped the two eunuchs' actions. The young eunuch who had not been taken away breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground due to weakness caused by fear.
No matter what danger she encounters, the system will warn her in advance. If this is man-made, the system should inform her in advance. However, there have been some bugs in the dog system recently, and Gu Jianchu is not sure whether this is an accident or human error.
Gu Jianchu called out the system.
[Tongzi, what happened? Was this an accident or was it man-made?]
[It was clearly an accident. Even though I have some bugs, I'm not so bad as to be unable to detect such a thing, especially when it concerns the host's life.]
It wasn't man-made, so Gu Jianchu felt relieved.
Although the concubines have been expelled from the palace, there is no guarantee that some ministers of the previous dynasty will not want her child to be born. Once she gives birth to the child, according to the emperor's current attitude, they will have no way to put people in the harem. If her child cannot be born safely and has an accidental miscarriage, those ministers can use the excuse that she will have no children in the future and the emperor will have to pass on the family line as an excuse to put their own daughters in the harem, and they can also manipulate the emperor to favor them and give birth to princes.
In the past, she might not have cared about these things. After all, she knew that the emperor did not belong to her alone. She even wanted to give up and let other concubines sleep with him. But as she spent more time with Xie Ci'an, she couldn't help but become greedy.
Just like when Xie Ci'an sent those concubines out of the palace, she was happy in her heart.
She doesn't want to share the person she likes with other women.
She probably also became the love-brained person in the picture book and fell in love with Xie Ci'an, not simply fulfilling her obligations as the queen and a wife married in a formal ceremony.
After confirming from Gu Jianchu's inner voice that this matter was not man-made, Xie Ci'an's heart finally settled down. He had the same idea as Gu Jianchu. He was also worried that it was done by that ignorant court official in the court.
However, instead of living in fear every day, it is better to use this incident to warn the court officials so that they won’t have any inappropriate thoughts.