Chapter 280: Zhenzhen’s preparations.
Chi Lian’s face turned straight in a second. "Fine, I was aware of it." She admitted. "And before you ask why I never said a word to you, it is because Junjie was also aware of the extra marital activities of his wife. Some things, even I cannot step in to handle unless I am invited."
The Empress Mother looked away from the crowd again. "You are my fixer Chi Chi, this is the kind of thing you are supposed to fix. What would you have done if she gave birth to a boy?"
That question did not need her to think over. Chi Lian knew exactly what she would have done. "I would have kidnapped the child and taken him to an orphanage somewhere in a village. Of course I am not heartless, I would make sure that he gets to go to a good family in the end. Just not a noble family."
"So why didn’t you do that with Long Shuang?" The Empress Mother asked her.
Chi Lian was stunned. "You know!"
The Empress Mother laughed. "How could I not know when the girl is so different from us? I had a DNA test secretly done on the day she was sent off to the temple. She is not of royal blood."
"And yet you didn’t throw her out." Chi Lian mentioned.
The Empress Mother sneered. "And allow mockery to be made of my son! of this family! I would rather she die of sickness and be buried as a princess than have people find out the truth."
Chi Lian took a small breath. It seemed like Long Shuang was skating on this ice with the Empress Mother. If she failed to change her ways, she would not live long. "And if she corrects her ways?"
The Empress Mother looked at Hui Zhenting through the binoculars and said, "Tensions between us and some of our neighbors have been on the rise lately. Political marriages always solve that sort of thing."