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The bowl broke into pieces on the ground, and the medicine juice spilled all over the floor.

In the end, Shen Zhiyi couldn't bear to let Tao Jiuxi suffer the consequences of taking the medicine.

"Let Jiang Qu make another bowl."

"Jiuxi, let's get married."

"What did you say?"

Tao Jiuxi thought he had misheard and his face was full of disbelief.

Not to mention that this happened in ancient times, even in modern times, there are very few people who can accept her getting pregnant for no apparent reason and are willing to get married.

Shen Zhiyi actually treated her like this, which made her feel mixed emotions.

"We'll get married as soon as we get to my mother's place." Shen Zhiyi spoke again in a serious tone.

"With this child that was conceived out of nowhere?" Tao Jiuxi felt his eyes becoming more and more sore.

"If you drink the medicine, your body won't be able to handle it."

"But I can't accept him. I still don't know why I got pregnant. I clearly didn't do anything." Tao Jiuxi's voice was nasal, and tears were welling up in her eyes, as if they would burst out at any time.

"I will find out." Shen Zhiyi gently stroked Tao Jiuxi's back and softly comforted her emotionally unstable body.

"I hate this place. Why do such strange things happen here? I hate this place." Tao Jiuxi became more and more agitated. She clutched Shen Zhiyi's clothes tightly, tears bursting out.

Seeing Tao Jiuxi so excited, Shen Zhiyi blamed himself.

"Don't even think about it. I'll handle it. I'll get to the bottom of it."

Shen Zhiyi held Tao Jiuxi in his arms and let her vent. He secretly clenched his fists. Since he had been in the Xie family two months ago, the day he returned to Beijing would be the day when the Xie family would be destroyed.

Tao Jiuxi cried herself to sleep, and when she woke up, she saw Shen Zhiyi's eyes, which were also red. Those eyes were bloodshot, obviously he hadn't slept all night, or he was secretly crying like her.

Tao Jiuxi didn't understand why she had to deal with something like this. Why couldn't God be kind to her?

She caressed Shen Zhiyi's slightly messy temples with a distressed look, and said softly, "If you mind, you can send me back to the capital first, and wait for me to sort things out..."

"No. You're right here with me. You can't go anywhere."

Shen Zhiyi rejected her without hesitation, leaving no room for negotiation.

Tao Jiuxi lowered her eyes when she heard that, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her eyes dimmed, as if the twinkling stars in the night sky suddenly lost their luster.

The physical discomfort and psychological pressure made her feel it was difficult to breathe.

After she finished speaking, she leaned numbly against the head of the bed without saying a word.

"Do you want to get off the boat and take a walk today?" Shen Zhiyi spoke, trying to break the depressing and dull atmosphere.

After a while, Tao Jiuxi finally responded: "What did you say?"

"Would you like to get off the boat and take a walk?"

"No. You must have official business to attend to, so go and take a look at other rivers in Yuncheng." Tao Jiuxi shook his head slightly and said softly.

"Jiang Qu can just arrange someone to go. Since you don't want to get off the boat, I will accompany you on the boat. You should have a good rest these days. I won't let them disturb us." Shen Zhiyi said gently.

Tao Jiuxi nodded slightly. She really didn't want to see anyone at the moment.

Then he suddenly thought of Fuya, and a worried look appeared on his face: "What about Fuya? Mu'er might have a hard time taking care of her by herself."

"Don't worry. Jiang Shun will take care of it."

Shen Zhiyi looked at the pale-faced Tao Jiuxi and couldn't help feeling sad. She was only sixteen years old, kind and innocent. Why did she have to go through all this?

In the past two days, Shen Zhiyi suppressed the discomfort in his heart and personally boiled medicine and cooked porridge for Tao Jiuxi every day. He was not good at cooking, so he sent Jiang Qu to deliver nutritious meals every day.

Tao Jiuxi saw all of this and felt that there was probably no one else who could do what Shen Zhiyi did.

She couldn't continue to be so negative.

Is it really necessary to give birth to the child? Then how should Shen Zhiyi and I face this child of unknown origin?

Tao Jiuxi cheered up and prepared to discuss with Shen Zhiyi today how to deal with this matter.

night.

This was the first time she stepped out of the room after she found out she was pregnant. The two of them stood on the deck, looking at the dim dock, with a few candles swaying in the wind.

Tao Jiuxi looked ahead and said slowly, "Tomorrow, let the doctor come again. I..."

Before she could finish her words, she saw a man in the distance holding a child, running wildly on the street. Behind him, a woman was crying, "Someone is snatching the child! Help!"

The woman tried desperately to chase him, but she could not catch up.

"Ayi, go quickly."

Tao Jiuxi shouted anxiously. Seeing the person holding the child running farther and farther away, she immediately thought of the orphanage.

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhiyi looked at the slightly dark dock and hesitated.

"Go quickly."

"Go back to the house and don't get off the boat." Shen Zhiyi warned.

"Don't worry, there's no one here." Tao Jiuxi responded.

After saying that, Shen Zhiyi jumped off the boat lightly and then quickly chased after the man.

Tao Jiuxi stared quietly at Shen Zhiyi's receding figure. Before she could withdraw her gaze, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her neck. Her vision suddenly went dark, and she fainted.

When she woke up again, she found herself on a small boat.

Her hands and feet were tied tightly with rough ropes, which cut deep into her skin, causing a burning pain.

Tao Jiuxi looked around carefully in the dim light. There was a man sitting at the other end of the boat.

The man's figure appeared blurry and eerie in the dim light, his face hidden in the shadows, and only a pair of eyes flashing with a sinister light could be seen.

"Awake? Take another good look at this world. I'll send you away soon."

The man spoke coldly, his voice was icy and without a trace of warmth, making people feel creepy.

The fear in Tao Jiuxi's heart spread like wild weeds, but she could only desperately force herself to calm down: "Who are you? Do we know each other?"

"You don't know me, and I don't know you. But you will die by my hands."

The man took out a long sword that gleamed with cold light and waved it casually. The blade reflected the faint light and shone with an icy cold gleam.

The man changed his posture and leaned against the side of the boat, seeming to enjoy Tao Jiuxi's fear. He obviously had no intention of killing Tao Jiuxi immediately.

"Since you don't know me, why did you tie me up?" Tao Jiuxi asked with forced calmness. Although her voice trembled slightly, she still tried to make her tone sound firm.

"Who made you the person Duke Shen cares about the most? If I don't tie you up, who else should I tie up?"

There was a hint of sarcasm in the man's tone, and he gave a sinister smile.

"You misunderstood! Duke Shen cares about his father the most, and you go and kidnap his father. He doesn't care about me at all!"

Tao Jiuxi tried to argue, hoping to get the other party to let her go. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she forced herself not to let them fall.

"Misunderstanding? Knowing that you are pregnant with a bastard, he still serves you tea and water and personally makes medicine to maintain your pregnancy. Doesn't he care about you? Do you think I'm a fool?" The man said viciously, his eyes full of anger.

After hearing this, Tao Jiuxi felt a pang in her heart. This person actually knew that she was pregnant?

"How did you know I was pregnant?"

"Idiot. Of course I arranged it." The man snorted disdainfully, a hint of pride in his tone.

Tao Jiuxi's stomach churned upon hearing this, and she felt like vomiting. Could it be that he had arranged her pregnancy?! Her bound hands clenched into fists, her nails digging deep into her flesh. For the first time, she felt the urge to kill someone.

Seeing that Tao Jiuxi didn't say anything, the man continued proudly: "Do you remember the woman you met on the way back from Cixin Hall?"

The woman who blocked people's way all day to prevent them from sending their children to Cixintang.

"What's wrong with her?" Tao Jiuxi asked anxiously, with a bad premonition in her heart.

"I had her poison you, making your pulse look like you were pregnant. I went to great lengths to obtain this poison, and you wasted my efforts."

"I originally thought that the arrogant Duke Shen would kill you in a rage because you had an affair with someone and got pregnant in Xie Mi's house. I didn't expect that he was such a romantic man that he was willing to be the father of a bastard."

The middle-aged man spoke with gritted teeth, as if he had an irreconcilable hatred for Shen Zhiyi.