The day her husband welcomed the time-traveling girl into the house, she woke up

"There's no need to be so formal between you and me. Besides, given your current situation, I'd be angry if you stood up to greet me. How awkward!"

"..."

Li Shu smiled and was about to speak when Lin Qi leaned over to her and gently held her face with her delicate hands. "It's been less than ten days since we last met. How come you've become so thin? It really makes me sad! I shouldn't have let you leave the palace that day. I should have kept you with me and asked the imperial physician to take a good look at you. If that had been the case, if the imperial physician had diagnosed your pregnancy, you might not be pregnant now..."

At the end of the words, Lin Qi choked up and stopped talking, and her eyes were red with sadness.

Li Shu looked into her eyes calmly.

The deep heartache and self-blame in it made her doubt herself for a while.

Did she also judge others by her own standards?

Before she could say anything, Lin Qi continued, "I heard that Ning Jin and your brothers all thought you were the one who pushed Xie Yu into the water that day? They were very unhappy with you because of this. Didn't Xie Yu explain to them?"

"Yes, but they all think she is making excuses for me."

"How could they do this? Don't they know what kind of person you are? How could you possibly do something like pushing someone into the water in winter? And regardless of how well you treat Xie Yu, even if you really wanted to do something to her, you couldn't do it in front of so many people at a palace banquet! You're not a fool!"

"Yeah, maybe it's just like Fei'er said, they left their brains on the battlefield."

"I think so!"

Lin Qi said this angrily and stared into Li Shu's eyes.

At that moment, Li Shu keenly sensed a hint of inquiry in Lin Qi's eyes, and her self-doubt instantly dissipated. She immediately said, "I went to bed after returning from the palace that day. The next morning, Ning Jin woke me up by pulling my collar. Your Majesty, you didn't see Ning Jin's expression at that time. His extremely angry face and the terrifying murderous aura emanating from his body chilled me to the bone, and then I suddenly felt relieved."

Lin Qi frowned unconsciously, "Let it go?"

"Yes, at that moment, looking at the strange Ning Jin in front of me, who made me feel cold all over, I suddenly felt that my brother Jin might have died on the battlefield a long time ago. The Ning Jin who returned triumphantly was the Ning Big Brother whom Xie Yu risked his life to save, and he was no longer my brother Jin."

"..."

Lin Qi's lips moved, but no words came out.

The word "awakening" flashed through her mind again.

But she had already confirmed it with the system as early as when she learned that Li Shu's temperament had suddenly changed.

The system is absolutely certain that there is no awakened person in this world!

So, Li Shu’s change was just because she was hurt too deeply by Ning Jin and the others and her heart was broken?

Why wouldn't her intuition be so simple?

At this time, Jingzhe came in quickly from outside and reported: "Madam, Miss Xie is here. She said she wants to come in and visit you no matter what."

Li Shu frowned, wondering why Xie Yu hadn't come to her place to make trouble for several days, and suddenly came again today, when she heard Lin Qi say, "Let her in."

Upon hearing this, Jingzhe glanced at Lin Qi, then looked at Li Shu inquiringly.

After Li Shu nodded at her, she said "yes" and turned to walk out.

After she left, Lin Qi grabbed Li Shu's hand and said angrily, "On my way to see you, Shushu, I met Ning Jin's mother. She argued that you only knelt in front of her door for less than half an hour yesterday, and that you had a miscarriage because you fell into the water in the palace. If that's the case, I'll have to take my anger out on the person who caused you to fall into the water!"

"But Xie Yu didn't do it on purpose. He was so focused on talking to me that he didn't notice his feet, so..."

"It was Xie Yu who asked you to go to the lake to talk, right?"

"Yes."

"It was so cold, why would she talk to you anywhere else but by the lake? She must have done it on purpose. She might have known you were pregnant and pretended to slip and drag you down with her just to make you miscarry!"

"This……"

Li Shu frowned tightly and looked at Lin Qi calmly.

The next moment, Xie Yu's voice came from the door, "Sister-in-law, I'm coming in."

Then, Xie Yu walked in slowly with Liu Xin's support.

He was holding a small and exquisite food box in his hand.

Li Shu was still secretly wondering what was in the food box when Xie Yu said in surprise, "Qi, Qi Consort?"

Then Xie Yu and Liu Xin, master and servant, both knelt down in front of Lin Qi.

"I, Xie Yu, greet Her Majesty the Concubine Qi."

"The servant Liu Xin greets the Empress Qi Fei."

Lin Qi raised his chin slightly, looked at Xie Yu coldly, and did not let Xie Yu and his servant stand up for a long time.

Li Shu was happy to see Xie Yu kneeling, so naturally she couldn't open her mouth to remind Lin Qi to let them get up.

But less than half a minute later, Xie Yu raised his head, his face pale, and looked at her for help.

Lin Qi then spoke coldly, "I heard that Miss Xie was taken to the Dingbei Marquis's mansion by Prince Ning because of Luo Shui's heart attack that day?"

"Yes, it is……"

"Are you okay now?"

"It's almost healed..."

"Now that you're well, leave Dingbei Marquis Mansion as soon as possible, lest my Shushu see you in a bad mood and cause you to lose your health."

"But...Brother Ning won't let me go..."

"Why? Do you want me to go to the Emperor and ask for an imperial decree to force Prince Ning to send you away?"

"I dare not! I will leave! But before I leave, I still want to say a few words to my sister-in-law..."

As Xie Yu spoke, he looked at Li Shu, his eyes already filled with tears.

Li Shu frowned subconsciously.

Based on her understanding of Xie Yu, she knew that Xie Yu would faint before leaving the Dingbei Marquis Mansion.

Then someone will notify Ning Jin immediately.

Ning Jin would immediately carry her back to Tongxin Garden.

For this reason, she didn't want to hear a word from Xie Yu, so she said, "There's nothing much to talk about between us, and I'm very tired now."

Xie Yu's face turned pale. She bit her lip and looked at Li Shu for a long time, almost crying. Then she said, "Then I'll leave now. When sister-in-law has recovered and her anger has subsided, I will come back and have a good talk with her."

After saying that, Xie Yu slowly stood up with Liu Xin's support.

The moment she stood up, she heard the crisp sound of a bell. Her heart skipped a beat and she shuddered slightly when Lin Qi's voice, completely different from the one just now, rang out, "You loser! I asked you to find a way to be alone with me for ten minutes, and you just ran straight to Li Shu like that?"

Xie Yu wanted to argue that she had no other choice but to say that as long as she used the time stop card, they could talk alone no matter what the occasion.

But she thought of the consequences of making an excuse, so she didn't dare say a word.

Because the time-stop card is not only super expensive, but also has a limit on the number of times you can use it.

Even Lin Qi, who owns the main system, seems unable to use it as he pleases.