Surprise! I emptied the emperor's private treasury before exile

"Of course it's still your child?" Although Shu Ling said this, her eyes were like a frightened deer. She kept dodging and didn't dare to look Chu Ci in the eye.

As for Chu Ci, she focused all her attention on Shu Ling, so how could she not see the trick here?

Chu Ci frowned slightly, his eyes like a burning torch, fixed on the book spirit, revealing deep doubt and strong dissatisfaction.

She lowered her voice and said solemnly, "What do you mean? Why don't you dare look me in the face? Is there something else you haven't told me yet?"

Shu Ling's heart suddenly trembled, and his lips trembled as he whispered, "It's not that I intentionally concealed it, but this matter is really complicated and intricate, and I really don't know where to start for a moment."

Chu Ci snorted coldly, and the coldness squeezed out from between his teeth: "Then let's make it short! Otherwise, you can't be my child without my consent!"

The threat in these words was extremely strong, and the cold tone seemed to be able to freeze the surrounding air into ice in an instant.

The book spirit was so frightened that it lost its breath: "To make a long story short, I didn't want to be devoured, so I used all my strength to come up with the method of reversing time and space, but the price was that my spiritual consciousness was slowly dissipating."

"I have calculated carefully, only by becoming your child can I offset the horrible side effects..."

Chu Ci frowned tightly, his eyes as sharp as a sword: "What about me? What price do you want me to pay? Do you want me to sacrifice myself to fulfill your wish?"

The book spirit quickly explained: "It's not permanent." Then he added weakly: "Aren't you always doing good deeds?"

Chu Ci heard this and secretly speculated in his heart: So the book spirit is interested in my merits? Then how much merit do I have that it will always be remembered by it?

Chu Ci was about to ask when Fan Jingrui hurried in and called out anxiously, "Madam—"

Chu Ci immediately stopped communicating with the book spirit, stood up, with confusion and anxiety in his eyes: "Husband, did Jiang Li tell you?"

Fan Jingrui was stunned at first, and a trace of confusion flashed across his face.

Then he frowned slightly, looked at Chu Ci anxiously, and asked, "Jiang Li just said that Madam had something important to tell me, what exactly is it?"

Chu Ci lowered her eyes, gently stroked her abdomen with both hands, her face filled with happiness and shyness, and slowly said: "Husband, I'm pregnant."

"Pregnant?" Fan Jingrui was delighted when he heard this, and a light of surprise instantly flashed in his eyes.

But thinking of Chu Ci's solemn expression when he came in, he couldn't help but feel a little confused, and asked hurriedly: "What else?"

"I might be pregnant with more than one baby, and I'm a little worried." Chu Ci bit her lip slightly, her expression full of worry, but she didn't intend to tell anyone about the book spirit.

Chu Ci felt that their current state was very good. They knew each other well but did not test each other too much, maintaining a perfect tacit understanding and balance.

Chu Ci felt that this was both comfortable and reassuring.

Sure enough, Fan Jingrui immediately thought of Chu Ci’s little secret.

He was always very clear-headed and immediately changed the subject: "I will write a letter to the capital and ask mother and others to help find a female doctor and a midwife."

Chu Ci was slightly startled, and said with a hint of anger: "There's no need to be so anxious."

Fan Jingrui, on the other hand, looked serious and said solemnly: "Yes, it's not just a short distance from the capital to Tingzhou."

After saying that, he hurried to the study, looking so anxious as if he was afraid of delaying even a minute.

When Chu Ci saw this, his heart suddenly felt warm, as if a warm current was slowly flowing through him, and his whole heart was wrapped in this warmth.

This made Shu Ling'er misunderstand that Chu Ci was easy to talk to.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Fan Jingrui left, Chu Ci put away his gentle expression, his eyes instantly became extremely sharp, and began to question. "Tell me, who are you?"

The book spirit didn't expect Chu Ci to change his attitude so quickly, and it immediately panicked. In desperation, it transferred its remaining control over the world into Chu Ci's body at all costs.

In an instant, Chu Ci realized that the book spirit was not lying.

And Chu Ci also got the original direction of this world.

It turns out that this world is actually a fantasy, and the protagonist is Chu Ling'er? And it's a heroine-oriented story.

Chu Ci frowned and muttered to himself, "So, Chu Ling'er is also a poor victim?"

Chu Ci didn't realize at all that because of this thought, a pink soul actually entered her stomach in an instant.

The book spirit did find out, but it didn't dare to say anything! It could only pretend that it was temporarily blind.

It was not until nine months later, after a long day and night, that Chu Ci, after going through numerous hardships, finally gave birth to triplets.

She looked at the babies in the cradles tiredly but happily, and her eyes suddenly fixed on the forehead of one of the children. The birthmark there was almost exactly the same as the one on Chu Ling'er's forehead, which stunned her instantly.

"Shu Ling, please tell me quickly, what is going on?" Chu Ci asked Shu Ling subconsciously.

However, as soon as she said this, she suddenly remembered that the book spirit had now turned into a baby who knew nothing and was unable to answer her questions at all.

She sighed helplessly and could only put the matter aside for the time being.

Until three years later

At this time, Tingzhou, as the first county to be opened among many border towns, underwent earth-shaking changes.

Tingzhou, a border town that was once poor, backward and little-known, has now become a prosperous place with merchants gathering everywhere and a bustling atmosphere.

The streets are crowded with cars and pedestrians.

Merchants from all over the world gathered here with a wide range of goods, shops were lined up, and shouts could be heard one after another.

The simple houses of the past have been replaced by magnificent pavilions, the roads are wide and flat, and there are post stations, teahouses, and restaurants.

The once barren land has now been reclaimed into large tracts of fertile farmland, and the crops are growing well.

All these changes have made Tingzhou full of vitality and become a shining pearl among the border towns.

As a princess, she was one of the people who contributed the most to the development of Tingzhou. She did not want to just take credit and leave, and she already had a son and a daughter.

In theory, Chu Ci should have lived a leisurely and comfortable life.

But at this moment, Chu Ci was furious. Her eyebrows were raised, her eyes were wide open, and she shouted angrily: "Tell me, who proposed to use the county magistrate's relative's status to cheat people!"

The eldest of the three little kids standing opposite him blinked his eyes and said innocently, "Mom, it's not me."

The second child lowered his head and said in a small voice: "It's not me, mother."

The third child bit his finger and looked at Chu Ci timidly: "Mother, I, I don't know."

Chu Ci looked at the three little guys, feeling angry and helpless: "Humph, you three, if you don't tell the truth today, don't even think about eating!"

At this time, the second child, who was also the only girl, suddenly stood up.

She raised her head, her eyes were firm, and she said in a clear voice, "Mother, I'm sorry!"

"For some reason I seem to have this memory in my mind, vaguely, as if I have experienced it before, and I did it involuntarily."