Who said the heir would die out? The concubine is pregnant again!

She had imagined all sorts of possibilities, but she never expected that the person who came had a ribbon hanging from his shoulder, and that the falling ribbon covered the person's eyes. Yingzhu knew his face all too well.

"Fourth Master? It's you? How...how did you find this place?"

The person who arrived was not Liang Yunqian, but Liang Xingzhou.

Yingzhu's heartstrings tightened, and she subconsciously changed her tone. In addition, she was already sick and her voice was hoarse. She thought Liang Xingzhou probably wouldn't be able to tell.

However, Liang Xingzhou said, "Yingzhu? It really is you! I've finally found you! Thanks to Xiaobai, Xiaobai used your old clothes and followed your scent to find me."

Yingzhu lowered her gaze and noticed that Liang Xingzhou was holding a piece of clothing, which was indeed her old clothes.

But those clothes should be kept at home, so why are they with Liang Xingzhou now?

Yingzhu was filled with doubts, but dared not ask too many questions, and pretended to be ignorant.

"What old clothes? I don't understand what you're talking about."

Is she still denying it because she thinks he is unaware?

Liang Xingzhou was both relieved to have found her and heartbroken.

"These are your old clothes. You are Aunt Shen's daughter, my fiancée Shen Yingzhu! You didn't travel far to visit relatives at all; you've been at Prince Rui's residence. Yingzhu, you clearly recognize me, so why won't you acknowledge me?"

"What Aunt Shen? Fourth Master, are you talking nonsense? Didn't I already explain before? It's just a coincidence that we have the same name. I am not the same person as the girl you're talking about."

Yingzhu denied it without any hesitation, but Liang Xingzhou was already quite certain.

"Yingzhu, you don't need to deny it anymore. Aunt Shen has already told me that this old dress came from your house. You are my fiancée! If it weren't for you, Xiaobai wouldn't have been able to find you using this old dress!"

His mother actually told him? It's likely that Liang Xingzhou told his mother that she was in trouble, and his mother, worried about her safety, told him the truth.

When Prince Rui asked her to deny her identity, Yingzhu was unwilling.

She didn't want to tell a lie and go to the trouble of hiding it, but she had no choice but to agree because of the pressure from Prince Rui and his wife.

But now that Liang Xingzhou has recognized her and found evidence, it's pointless for Yingzhu to deny it anymore. She steeled herself and took a deep breath.

"I... am indeed your neighbor, Shen Yingzhu, but I have broken off our engagement and have no further connection with you. Now I am the Crown Prince's concubine, and you... are my uncle. You shouldn't be here, Fourth Master, please leave!"

Hearing Yingzhu admit her identity with his own ears, Liang Xingzhou felt both joy and worry.

To his delight, he finally found her, and she told him the truth.

The worry is that he is injured and blind, so he can't see her at all, and their identities are now too complicated.

"It really is you! Yingzhu, I knew I hadn't mistaken you for someone else."

Liang Xingzhou tried his best to control himself, but his voice still trembled slightly.

"Yingzhu, a lot must have happened while I was gone, right? I believe you wouldn't give up our engagement on your own; you must have some reason for it!"

But now is not the time to dwell on that. It's not safe here. I'll get you out of here!

Yingzhu really didn't want to stay in the plum garden, but given her current situation, only Liang Yunqian could take her away, not Liang Xingzhou.

"Don't forget your place! You are the Crown Prince's brother, you shouldn't be in my room. Please leave, I won't go with you!"

Her attitude was extremely cold, quite different from the Yingzhu he remembered.

Based on his understanding of Yingzhu, this was probably not what she truly felt.

"I know it's because I came back too late. I fought for two years and then disappeared for two years. You waited for me for four years, thinking I was dead, and were heartbroken, which is why you broke off the engagement."

If I had listened to you and hadn't gone to war, and had stayed by your side, you would have married me long ago. You're still angry with me, angry that I insisted on going to the battlefield, aren't you?

Four years ago, Yingzhu really didn't want Xingzhou to join the army. She had tried to persuade him then, but Liang Xingzhou gazed at her and said gently:

"I haven't studied much and can't enter officialdom, but I've loved martial arts since I was a child and am strong and healthy, so I can join the army."

I don't want you to spend your whole life living a mundane and hard life with me. I want to earn military merit so I can marry you in style and give you a good life and enjoy wealth and honor!

"But for every general's success, ten thousand are built on bones. How many of those who truly achieve military merit can return safely?"

Xingzhou, I don't need any wealth or glory. I only hope you are safe and sound, and that our two families can be reunited. That's enough!

Yingzhu did not seek wealth or status, only peace and safety. However, Liang Xingzhou had his own ideals and ambitions. Yingzhu tried to persuade him for a long time, but in the end, she could not stop him and could only let him go.

Who would have thought that his words would later come true, and Liang Xingzhou really did have an accident...

Yingzhu regretted it more than once, regretting that she couldn't stop him.

She refused to believe Xingzhou was dead and waited for him for two years. Then, Xu Kaishan and his daughter Xu Fanglin came to her door, threatening her with her family and demanding that she become a concubine for the Prince Rui's son.

Yingzhu was forced to enter Prince Rui's mansion in order to protect her family.

She thought Liang Xingzhou was really gone, but little did she know that he was actually Prince Rui's illegitimate son!

However, Yingzhu had no way to clarify these unforeseen circumstances, nor did she want to explain too much.

"Perhaps some things are destined. You have your choices, and I understand and respect them. But this matter is settled. Now that the engagement has been called off, we should each return to our own places and have no further connection."

"I don't believe in so-called fate, and I don't believe you were willing to be someone's concubine. You were forced to serve Liang Yunqian, weren't you? This was definitely not your intention. You must have had your reasons!"

Yingzhu, you are my fiancée, the person you love is me, you don't love Liang Yunqian at all!

No sooner had Liang Xingzhou finished speaking than the door was suddenly kicked open!

The sudden noise made Yingzhu's heart clench. She turned her head and saw that the cotton curtain had been lifted, and a tall figure was cast into her line of sight, exuding a strong sense of oppression!

"Your Highness? When...did you arrive?"

Yingzhu had been waiting for him for a long time, hoping that Liang Yunqian would come and uphold justice for her, but he had not been seen for the past two days.

He finally arrived today, but under such an awkward circumstances.

Was he just here, or had he been here for a long time, standing outside the door listening to her and Liang Xingzhou talk?

As soon as Liang Yunqian entered the room, the first thing he saw was Yingzhu's thin and haggard face. However, Liang Xingzhou's presence shattered the pity in his heart.

His father had previously instructed him to keep it a secret, but Liang Yunqian was unwilling to be accused of fratricide, so he reluctantly concealed Yingzhu's identity.

Now that Liang Xingzhou has figured it out himself and Yingzhu has admitted it, there's no need for Liang Yunqian to hide it anymore; he might as well just speak frankly.

"Yingzhu, he's asking you if you were forced into becoming a concubine, and if you don't like me. What's your answer?"