Forcibly Snatched by the Tyrant After Transmigrating into a Book 76

Chapter 76: Labor

Chu Yi only felt that his lower abdomen was already as hard as a rock. His palms were already covered in cold sweat, and Shun’er seemed to have stopped moving. But Chu Yi was very worried. He would rather Shun’er move around in his belly than be so quiet now.

He covered his abdomen with both hands and said to himself, “Shun’er, move!”

Jiang Xinrui didn’t like Chu Yi having his back to him. He reached out and grabbed his arm, pulling him to his side. He pressed his hand on Chu Yi’s belly and said fiercely, “It’s a good thing he’s not moving. This way, it will be easier to give birth!”

Chu Yi spat at Jiang Xinrui. When he spoke, he was already very weak. “He’s not even nine months old!”

Only then did Jiang Xinrui take off his mask and carefully touch the marks on it. “A-Yi, do you know that I cherish everything you’ve given me…”

Chu Yi slowly propped himself up. Looking at Jiang Xinrui’s face, he only felt disgusted.

The pain from his abdomen was sometimes strong, sometimes weak. He took advantage of the gap to pick up the hairpin that had fallen on the bed and hide it in his hand.

Seeing Chu Yi staring at him with such a look of contempt and disgust, Jiang Xinrui only felt excited. He chuckled twice and continued, “Do you hate me? Since you don’t love me, hating me is also loving me. People often say that one hates a person because they once loved them deeply…”

The hand holding the hairpin trembled slightly. He looked at Jiang Xinrui’s perverted face and only felt a chill.

He thought that if Jiang Xinrui still had a shred of conscience, he might be able to outwit him.

He was already gasping for air when he supported his lower back and sat up. He soothed his abdomen, doing his best to make Jiang Xinrui believe everything he said.

“Sichi…”

Jiang Xinrui, courtesy name Sichi.

When Father Jiang had chosen this courtesy name, what he had in mind was “longing but not meeting, my heart is on fire.” Father Jiang had once wished that his son would not forget the path he had come from and cherish the person by his side…

But now, he was going in the opposite direction!

It was the first time Jiang Xinrui had heard Chu Yi call him that. He was in a daze and asked, “What did you call me?”

Tears quietly slid down the corners of Chu Yi’s eyes. He feigned a wronged expression and complained to Jiang Xinrui, “Sichi, do you know why I submitted to Sheng Qianheng?”

Jiang Xinrui had been so dazed by the two “Sichi” that he didn’t know what was going on. He asked casually, “Submitted?”

Chu Yi nodded. He pinched the tip of Jiang Xinrui’s finger. “Did you know that Sheng Qianheng had wanted to order the extermination of the Jiang family?”

Sheng Qianheng had indeed mentioned wanting to dismiss Father Jiang a few days ago. He was just adding fuel to the fire now, moving the time forward.

“At the time of the sacrificial ceremony, I did not rebel, but Sheng Qianheng found out about some of the Jiang family’s embezzlement. If I didn’t plead guilty and enter the palace as a consort, the Jiang family, and even you, would have been executed!”

Jiang Xinrui was half-believing, half-doubting. His father didn’t even know about his embezzlement. How could Chu Yi know about it? Was it really Sheng Qianheng who had told him?

He held Chu Yi’s hand back, then sat extremely close to him and asked in return, “How did A-Yi know about this?”

Chu Yi leaned in close to Jiang Xinrui’s ear, pretended to blow a breath unintentionally, and then said, “When I was still the Prince Regent, I could freely enter and leave the imperial study. I had long seen the imperial edict that Sheng Qianheng wanted to execute your Jiang family’s nine generations. How could I just sit by and do nothing?”

Jiang Xinrui only felt the back of his neck grow hot. He seemed to be about to be drawn into his Passion Tide Period…

He gritted his teeth, reached out to pinch Chu Yi’s shoulder and neck, his fingertips deliberately brushing past his gland, which was now smooth as before without a permanent mark.

He looked sideways and saw all of Chu Yi’s small expressions as his body went limp. He then pinched Chu Yi’s earlobe and asked, “Then does that mean A-Yi is fond of me? But you’re still carrying that Sheng Qianheng’s child and cherish it so much?”

Chu Yi only felt a chill from Jiang Xinrui’s intimacy, but he endured the resistance of his body and mind and rested his head on his shoulder. “I never knew why I became a Kunze. By the time I found out I was pregnant, it was already more than three months. The physician said that if I forcibly removed it, it would be a case of one corpse, two lives. How could I choose? Sheng Qianheng is deeply in love with me, and I can’t get rid of him either…”

He looked up at Jiang Xinrui, who still refused to believe him. He could only dip his fingertips in some water and then pretend to knead Jiang Xinrui’s gland with them. He deliberately hummed a few times to confuse Jiang Xinrui’s senses…

Seeing his already hazy eyes, he said, “That day, you suddenly used a drug on me. I was afraid of one corpse, two lives. How could I confess to you? And my servants had already secretly gone to inform Sheng Qianheng. I couldn’t explain the whole story to you either. Besides, I’m still carrying Sheng Qianheng’s child. Can you still treat me as you did in the past? I can’t face you calmly anymore, Sichi! Even if I don’t like the child in my belly, he’s about to be born. I’ve already only seen him as my own child, with nothing to do with Sheng Qianheng. I am his daddy!”

Jiang Xinrui was naturally in the wrong. Chu Yi’s differentiation into a Kunze was his doing. It was just that that villain Sheng Qianheng had gotten there first!

He felt his shoulder grow damp and heard Chu Yi’s low sobs by his ear. How could his heart not soften?

He supported Chu Yi’s shoulders, made him look at him, and then asked in detail, “In that case, after this child is born, are you willing to have one with me?”

Chu Yi didn’t know when he had learned to analyze whether a person was sincere through the subtle expressions on their face. He only felt that Jiang Xinrui should be believing him now. He endured the pain in his abdomen, raised his hands to wrap around Jiang Xinrui’s neck, and replied, “After this child is born, if he’s still alive, then let’s find a good family and send him away. If you don’t mind my broken body, I am naturally willing~”

He reached out and slightly opened Jiang Xinrui’s collar. What he saw were the scars left from the torture in the Qianlin royal palace…

He caressed them with the pad of his thumb and said, “Sheng Qianheng is really not human. To be so ruthless. Does it still hurt?”

Jiang Xinrui had been fantasizing about Chu Yi loving him every day. Now, he had no ability to distinguish right from wrong. He held Chu Yi’s waist tightly, not caring at all about his high and swollen belly. “It doesn’t hurt anymore. If A-Yi can always be by my side and marry me as my wife, then all of this is worth it!”

Chu Yi hummed in agreement. The intense pain from his abdomen being squeezed almost made him lose his ability to move. Seeing that there was no one in the room, he immediately reached out and, holding the hairpin, stabbed it toward Jiang Xinrui’s neck.

Jiang Xinrui was indulging in Chu Yi’s gentle embrace and didn’t notice anything strange at all. By the time he felt the pain in his neck, it was already too late…

He pushed Chu Yi away, covered the injured spot, and only felt the blood in his body gather in this one spot. He looked at Chu Yi in disbelief, and when he spoke, he was already speechless.

Chu Yi’s back slammed hard against the hard bed. He was already extremely weak. The moment he was hit, he only felt pain all over his body. He wanted to sit up but suddenly felt a wetness between his legs.

He used his remaining reason to analyze the current situation. If it wasn’t blood, then it could only be amniotic fluid.

Shun’er was really going to be born prematurely…

He tried his best to steady his breathing and looked at the fresh blood slowly dripping from Jiang Xinrui’s neck. Although he didn’t know how deep he had stabbed, if he just pulled out the hairpin, Jiang Xinrui would probably have no chance of survival.

Chu Yi knelt up, supported himself on the edge of the bed, looked at Jiang Xinrui, and said fiercely, “Jiang Xinrui, did you really think I would love you? A fool’s dream…”

It was rare for Jiang Xinrui to receive a gift from Chu Yi. He no longer cared about his injuries at all. He immediately reached out and pulled out the hairpin, carefully wiping away the blood with his sleeve, as if he were bidding a final farewell to Chu Yi. “Chu Yi, why don’t you love me?”

Fresh blood flowed out like a collapsed dam. The glaring red had long since stained the plain clothes on Jiang Xinrui. The moonlight was just falling on his side. The crimson and the flowing white were as gorgeous as rouge.

Chu Yi looked at Jiang Xinrui’s already trembling fingertips, which were still tightly gripping his hairpin. He only felt extremely oppressed.

He said tremblingly, “Jiang Xinrui, why must you be like this?”

Jiang Xinrui tilted his head and said, “I love you…”

Chu Yi looked at Jiang Xinrui’s closed eyes, his heart trembling unconsciously.

He had killed someone…
He had killed someone who loved him…

By the time he came back to his senses, Chu Yi finally raised a hand to wipe the tears from his cheeks. He held his belly and moved to Jiang Xinrui’s side, searching for the key to his shackles.

After the chains on his feet were undone, he slowly walked to the stone door.

He carefully recalled that when the person who had brought the contraction-inducing drug had left, he should have touched a mechanism in this small space. He searched everywhere but couldn’t open the stone door.

Chu Yi only felt his abdomen sink more and more. He knelt on the ground, his hands unconsciously protecting his abdomen, and let out a muffled groan. The sharp pain seemed to be about to tear him apart, and his whole body trembled.

He gasped for air, no longer caring about the sweat on his forehead sliding into his eyes. He said to himself, “Shun’er, it’s all daddy’s fault for making you suffer like this…”

The pain of the birth canal tearing became more and more intense, and there was no longer any room for a breather. He tried to kneel up, but no matter what, he couldn’t give birth to this child alone.

The xiējiāo that Suifeng had brought had ultimately failed to find Chu Yi’s whereabouts.

Sheng Qianheng unfolded the note left by Lu Wenhan again and analyzed the meaning of the words one by one.

Since they were meeting outside Qianlin City, the two of them must be hiding not far from Qianlin.

The xiējiāo had searched from his new capital several times and had finally stopped at the entrance of Chu Yi’s hall in the Qianlin royal palace.

Sheng Qianheng only felt that the xiējiāo was extremely useless! It was useless at a critical moment!

Chu Rui looked at the note and carefully sniffed the scent on it. It was really too mixed.

He had asked, and this was Lu Wenhan’s handwriting, not Jiang Xinrui’s.

On second thought, Jiang Xinrui was so obsessed with Chu Yi. He must be hiding with his younger brother! In that case, he would have the xiējiāo go and find Jiang Xinrui’s tracks!

Sheng Qianheng and Chu Yi took the xiējiāo to the dungeon where Jiang Xinrui had been imprisoned and had it carefully sniff his scent.

The xiējiāo immediately turned and ran out of the dungeon. Sheng Qianheng immediately followed.

The xiējiāo finally stood in the center of Chu Yi’s hall and barked at the floor.

The moment Sheng Qianheng and Chu Rui’s eyes met, he immediately ordered someone to bring tools and wanted to dig up the floor!

But how could the royal palace be dug through so easily? Sheng Qianheng could only search for a secret passage in the hall.

His Da Mo royal palace had many secret passages. He thought that the Qianlin royal palace must be the same!

He asked Chu Rui for the map of the Qianlin royal palace and carefully observed it.

When Sheng Qianheng saw the flaw, he immediately led his men to that Chonghua Palace. Suifeng and the other hidden guards worked together to push away the bookshelf in Chonghua Palace.

As expected, there was a secret door behind it that almost no one noticed. Suifeng was the first to scout the way, eliminating the ambushing people on the secret passage one by one.

When there was no way to go, he smelled that the air was full of the smell of blood.

Sheng Qianheng saw the blood seeping from under the crack in the wall and felt a faint fear.

He knocked on the wall and said, “A-Yi! A-Yi!”

Chu Yi was already in a bad state. What was seeping from his lower body was no longer amniotic fluid but had gradually been dyed crimson. His face grew paler and paler.

He seemed to be able to vaguely hear Sheng Qianheng’s words. He only thought it was a hallucination before he died.

Chu Yi reached out to support his abdomen and said, “Shun’er, daddy really has no strength left…”

Sheng Qianheng immediately caught Chu Yi’s extremely low voice and roared, “A-Yi, did Jiang Xinrui do anything to you! Wait for me, I’ll come and save you right away!”

They couldn’t find the mechanism to open the door and could only rely on brute force to break the wall.

Fortunately, it only took the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to chisel out a passage. Sheng Qianheng immediately entered.

The first thing he saw was Jiang Xinrui lying in a pool of blood. Only then did he notice Chu Yi, who had fallen on the right side.

When he stepped forward to pick up Chu Yi, his hands were stained with blood. In an instant, his thoughts shut down. He tremblingly caressed Chu Yi’s cheek. “A-Yi, wake up! Don’t leave me!”

Chu Yi could no longer see anything clearly and could only barely make out that it was Sheng Qianheng. He whispered, “You’re finally here. Shun’er isn’t moving! It hurts so much!”

Chu Yi fainted straight into Sheng Qianheng’s arms, his breathing so weak it was almost imperceptible…