Chapter 9

After returning to the residence, I sent someone to investigate that Yaoyao.

I had to find out what kind of woman Pei Huai would betray his own oath for, deceiving me for so many years.

The Shen Family’s secret guards were highly efficient; in less than three days, I learned all the emotional entanglements between the two.

It turned out this woman was actually Pei Huai’s cousin, Zhao Yao.

Four years ago, Old Mrs. Pei saw that I had not conceived for a long time, so she brought Yaoyao from their hometown. While I went to the palace to visit my sister, she drugged Pei Huai, and the two ended up consummating their marriage.

The next day, when he woke up, he wanted to kill Yaoyao with his sword, but it was Old Mrs. Pei’s desperate pleading, even threatening her own life, that made him put down the sword.

Old Mrs. Pei originally wanted to give her a proper status, but Pei Huai refused. Old Mrs. Pei dared not force him further and only settled Yaoyao at Mount Xiang.

Pei Huai did not shake his head.

Later, Yaoyao became pregnant. Pei Huai treated her coldly, but he went to see the child.

Once, twice, three times… until now.

Zhier said from the side, “Miss, the Marquis was also schemed against-”

Even as she said this, she felt extremely guilty.

“He’s a seasoned veteran on the battlefield, even has some resistance to poison. How could he fall for such a potent aphrodisiac? Even if the first time was an accident, what about the next three years? Were they all accidents too?”

I chuckled twice, put the letter into the stove, and in an instant, the white paper was consumed by flames, leaving only a pile of ashes.

“He simply wanted it too.”

Maybe he wanted a child.

Maybe that woman truly was peerlessly beautiful.

He just went along with it.