Being a Lady of an Influential Family

When Zhuo Lin woke up, she found herself lying in a strange room. Before she could sit up, she heard the roar of a dragon coming from the side, "Are you awake?"

Long Xiao was wearing loose casual clothes and was standing beside the bed, frowning at her.

Zhuo Lin sat up and said, "Cousin, why are you in the capital? Where are you?"

Long Xiao said: "This is my house in the capital. As for why I am in the capital... we can talk about this later. You'd better tell me what happened to you."

Zhuo Lin smiled bitterly and said, "What else could happen? It's just like what you see."

Long Xiao's face darkened, "Is it true that Fu Zheng has someone outside? I'll deal with him!" Although Zhuo Lin was just his cousin, Long Xiao still classified her as one of his own. Can his cousin Long Xiao be bullied by someone named Fu?

Zhuo Lin shook her head and said, "No, we have nothing to do with each other anymore."

Long Xiao was stunned for a moment, and his expression became serious, "Are you really divorced? You...Fu Zheng is not a good person, but he is still sincere to you. Is there any misunderstanding in between?"

Zhuo Lin twitched the corners of her lips slightly and asked, "Cousin, do you have anyone else besides your sister-in-law?"

Long Xiao felt a little uncomfortable for a moment, not because he was embarrassed, but because it was a bit strange to tell Zhuo Lin, who regarded him as his younger sister, about what happened in his backyard.

He didn't answer Zhuo Lin but already understood, "What did sister-in-law say?"

Long Xiao didn't care much, "What's there to say? Aren't they all like this?" He wasn't a dedicated person, but he wasn't sentimental either. There are two concubines in the family, and they were all taken in after the wife gave birth to her eldest son not long ago.

Zhuo Lin sighed lightly and said, "I'm different from my cousin. I'm probably... what you call me, a jealous woman?"

Long Xiao said: "If you don't want to let that woman in, Fu Zheng probably won't either..." Long Xiao is still confident about this. Fu Zheng is just a manipulator outside, and he is like a wife in front of his cousin. strict. What's more, Long Xiao didn't think that so-called woman could compare to Zhuo Lin.

Zhuo Lin said: "Cousin, it doesn't matter what that woman is like. What's important is that this matter... I can't handle it. It doesn't mean that Fu Zheng just asks the girl to abort the child or send him away far away. It’s better to give up as soon as possible than to stay in a knot that will never get over and end up resenting each other.”

Long Xiao was stunned. He had just arrived in the capital and heard about Fu Zheng and Zhuo Lin's affairs. He was not worried at first. Who wouldn't make a fuss if something like this happened? Even if Zhuo Lin doesn't make trouble, he still has to help her beat up Fu Zheng.

But she didn't expect Zhuo Lin to think so, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

After a long while, Long Xiao finally said slowly: "How many men in this world can..." Men have had three wives and four concubines like this for many years, and people have long regarded it as a matter of course.

Zhuo Lin smiled lightly and said: "So, I won't force it. I'm lucky to get it, but I won't die if it doesn't happen."

Long Xiao shook his head and frowned: "Do you know why you fainted?"

Zhuo Lin frowned and said, "I've been feeling a little uncomfortable these past few days. I originally planned to see the doctor in a few days. What's wrong with me?" She really wasn't in the mood to pay attention to her physical condition these past two days.

Long Xiao said sternly: "Arlene, you'd better think about the divorce again. You're pregnant, and it's been two months."

The room was silent for a while, and it took a while before I heard Zhuo Lin whisper, "So... that's it."

Zhuo Lin lowered her head and gently touched her abdomen. She didn't actually feel anything, but she always felt that there was something different.

Long Xiao said: "You and Fu Zheng are divorced. What will happen to the child? You don't plan to have this child?"

Zhuo Lin said: "How could it be? I would naturally give birth to this child. Does my cousin think I can't support my child?"

Long Xiao said with some disapproval: "What does Fu Zheng say? Don't let him know the existence of the child? Is this really good for him and the child? What will you do if the child asks you who his father is in the future?" Zhuo Lin was silent for a moment and said: "Cousin, Fu Zheng and I have divorced. I will leave the capital for a while and come back when...everything is stable. As for the child...he already has a child, so it should be considered A little older than my child. When the child grows up, I will tell him the truth."

Long Xiao patted his forehead with a headache. He didn't expect Zhuo Lin to be so decisive.

"It's not easy to be alone with a child. Have you really thought about it clearly?" Long Xiao said with a complicated expression.

Zhuo Lin nodded slowly and said softly: "I've decided, cousin, I'm afraid I'm going to be in trouble for a while."

Long Xiao could only sigh and said: "In that case, you should go to the four northern provinces to live for a while. It will be more convenient to have your aunt and cousin take care of you."

Zhuo Lin smiled and said: "It doesn't have to be so troublesome. Fu Zheng might come to me later. I just want to ask my cousin to keep it a secret for me."

Zhuo Lin knew Fu Zheng well enough to get divorced today, but she might regret it later.

If she knew she was pregnant, it would be even more troublesome.

Long Xiao was a little worried, "Then...you live here?"

Zhuo Lin said: "I promised to help His Majesty with something yesterday. I have to go on a long journey and I will be back in about two or three months."

"Are you crazy?!" Long Xiao said in a deep voice, "You are still pregnant! Xiao...why would His Majesty ask you to help him travel far away?!"

Zhuo Lin smiled and said: "I just found out about it, and His Majesty naturally didn't know either. This is an opportunity I fought for myself. Not only is it helping His Majesty with things, it is also good for myself. Moreover, there are people accompanying and taking care of me along the way. It’s not like we’re going to some remote place, so don’t worry.”

"Where are you going?" Long Xiao asked.

Zhuo Lin said: "Keep it secret."

Seeing what Long Xiao wanted to say, Zhuo Lin said: "Cousin, don't worry, I know it well. I am more afraid of death than anyone else and will not make fun of myself or my children. I really don't want to be together after Fu Zheng and I have done this. I’m staying in the capital. It might feel better if I go out for a walk.”

Long Xiao asked: "Are you really not going to give Fu Zheng another chance?"

Zhuo Lin smiled and did not answer, but Long Xiao already understood what she meant.

"Forget it, now that you have decided, tell me if you have any difficulties, we are still our own people after all." Long Xiao said.

Zhuo Lin nodded, "Okay, thank you cousin."

The next day, Long Xiao went to beat Fu Zheng.

This time Fu Zheng did not fight back and was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. He stopped fighting back, but Long Xiao found it boring and quickly stopped. He sneered at Fu Zheng, turned around and left.

From that day on, Fu Zheng never saw Zhuo Lin again.

Even the matter of dividing the property was handled by people around Long Xiao. As expected, Zhuo Lin didn't want any of Fu Zheng's property and the division was clear.

Looking at the pile of bank notes and land deeds placed in front of him, Fu Zheng sneered, stuffed the things intact into the box and threw them to the person who came to handle them, got up and walked out.

The people sent by Long Xiao were dumbfounded and returned to see Long Xiao holding a box of valuable things. Whether the others were getting divorced or divorcing their wives, they were afraid that the other party would take advantage of them. This was the first time that both parties valued money so much. Like dung.

Long Xiao could only wave his hands helplessly and said: "Let it go for now, we'll talk about it later." Zhuo Lin had already left the capital, which was indeed a decisive move.

The divorce of Fu Zheng and Zhuo Lin caused a stir in the capital for a while, but with so many things happening in the huge capital every day, this incident only lasted for a few days and then gradually died down.

On the seventh day of the divorce, Fu Zheng went to Beijing University to find Zhuo Lin and was told that Zhuo Lin had taken a long leave.

On the tenth day, Fu Zheng approached Long Xiao who was about to leave the capital. Long Xiao refused to tell him Zhuo Lin's whereabouts. Fu Zheng and Long Xiao had a fight but returned without success.

On the fifteenth day, the old man and the old lady of the Fu family arrived in the capital. The old lady Fu beat her son and searched for Zhuo Lin to no avail.

Three days later, Mrs. Fu took the initiative to take Feng and her daughter back to Fu's villa. However, Feng's identity was still not given. Fu Zheng ignored this and continued to look for Zhuo Lin everywhere.

A month later, Fu Zheng was rushed back to the south, and at this time Zhuo Lin was on the ship that was about to arrive in Ilia.

The exhaustion of the sea journey and the torment of pregnancy had made her lose weight. However, standing on the bow of the boat and looking at the boundless blue sea and the seabirds flying in the distance where the sea and the sky met, her expression became stronger and stronger.

He only caressed his abdomen gently, and a wisp of tenderness flashed between his brows as he lowered his head slightly.

Zhuo Lin quietly returned to the capital in mid-June. The trip took much longer than expected, but Zhuo Lin felt it was worth it. Before returning to the capital, she stopped by to visit her eldest sister Sheng Zhuoyan in the Wei family, and hugged her two-year-old nephew.

Sheng Zhuolin persuaded her to reconcile with her family as usual, but Zhuolin just smiled and declined her sister's kindness. Sheng Zhuoyan had no choice but to give her a lot of private money when saying goodbye.

Long Xiao happened to be in the capital, and he was relieved when he saw Zhuo Lin's rosy complexion despite her big belly.

Long Xiao said helplessly: "Your aunt knew that I asked you to go abroad by yourself, and she almost broke my legs." Long Xiao was very wronged about this. He had no idea that Zhuo Lin was going abroad when she said that she was going far away. But this time he was completely convinced by this cousin. This was really not something that ordinary women could do.

Zhuo Lin smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, cousin, but...have you come to the capital a little too much this year?" That was all last time. This time she came back and Long Xiao was still in the capital. Not only that, she also heard about these few Long Xiao came to the capital twice during the month. In other words, on average, we have to make a trip more than a month.

Long Xiao said: "Not only do I often run away, but Fu Zheng does too." After saying this, Long Xiao paused for a moment, and then he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhuo Lin's expression was as usual.

Zhuo Lin lowered her eyes slightly and stroked her already sizable belly with one hand, "What happened?"

Long Xiao said: "It's nothing. I originally wanted to take you to the four northern provinces, but the northern four provinces have not been very peaceful recently, and the capital is better. You want to stay in the capital, and then take the children there when the northeast is peaceful."

Zhuo Lin smiled and said, "I can't go out like this. It's the same everywhere. Just be careful." Zhuo Lin also knew that there had been some unpleasant commotion in the four northern provinces recently, so she asked with some worry. He said, "Are aunt and sister-in-law Ayue okay?"

Long Xiao said: "Don't worry, the Long family has some roots in the four northern provinces. Nothing major will happen. I can solve it in a few months at most. By the way, Fu Zheng... I'd better tell you, even if I don't, You’ll find out soon too.”

Zhuo Lin was a little confused, "What happened to Fu Zheng?"

Long Xiao said: "I don't know if it was right to help you hide it from him. After you left, he looked for you for two months, and then he probably gave up. But... the old man of the Fu family made the decision to take that Feng daughter back. He just kept it like that without being given a title. Last month, Fu Zheng brought two women back, and it seems that he planned to break the pot. "

Zhuo Lin didn't speak. After being silent for a while, she said calmly: "It's nothing. He is free to do whatever he wants."

Long Xiao shook his head, knowing that these two people would never go back.

If Zhuo Lin can't accept even one accident and concealment, what Fu Zheng has done now is tantamount to completely cutting off his own escape route. Maybe Fu Zheng himself understood this truth, so he cut off his thoughts so simply, right?

These two people may seem very different, but they are actually the same at heart. Once you decide, you will cut off all your escape routes without hesitation and never leave yourself any room.

Zhuo Lin said softly: "Cousin, that's it. Don't mention him anymore."

Long Xiao nodded, "Okay, he threw this to the person I sent to help you. You can see how to deal with it." Long Xiao put a box in front of her. Zhuo Lin certainly knew what was in it. Things, he collected the things and put them aside without saying anything.

Zhuo Lin was not bored staying at home without leaving the house. She gained a lot from this trip. She was so busy that she was too busy to sort things out. Now that she is free, she has time to digest these things.

During this trip abroad, she saw a wider world and encountered more customs and customs. She felt that she had a much clearer view of the future than she had before with just a willful effort.

It's just that she still needs more time to think and make feasible plans for the future.

There was also the baby in her belly. When she felt the baby's movements for the first time, Zhuo Lin was so happy that she wanted to cry.

This baby will be the closest person to her in the world from now on. If she can't sleep at night, she will dig out a thick dictionary to choose names for the baby.

Occasionally, she would think of Fu Zheng.

Although she didn't go out, the news was not blocked. Two days ago, she suddenly heard some funny news - it was said that Mrs. Feng was not pregnant at all.

However, the funnier news is... Feng is really pregnant now, and she is already five months pregnant.

In other words, Fu Zheng was already pregnant just after he divorced her or even before the divorce. Feng pretended to be pregnant before, maybe she just hadn't found out yet.

Upon hearing the news, Zhuo Lin was stunned for a moment and finally just shook her head and stroked her belly and smiled lightly.

Faced with this news, it was unknown to outsiders what the old man and the old lady of the Fu family thought. Fu Zheng's statement was that he had brought another woman back from the theater.

It took the young and promising General Fu half a year to complete his complete transformation from a affectionate good man to a romantic who accepted all comers.

Zhuo Lin couldn't help but think that Fu Zheng was probably really wronged by being with her. Less than half a year after the divorce, the family took in three concubines one after another.

In the blink of an eye, August entered. A few days before Zhuo Lin was about to give birth, Mrs. Sheng suddenly appeared at the Long family's mansion.

She mocked Zhuo Lin as usual, and then said with a cold face that she was here to take care of Zhuo Lin's confinement.

Zhuo Lin didn't quite believe this. Her mother didn't even take care of her sister during confinement, so how could she come all the way to take care of her?

But at this time, chaos had begun to arise in the capital. Long Xiao returned from the four northern provinces but was too busy every day. Originally, Zhuo Lin could occasionally help him analyze the situation, but as the delivery time got closer, Long Xiao did not dare to trouble her with these matters.

Zhuo Lin can't make too much trouble with Mrs. Sheng at this time. The Fu family are all in the capital now, and a big trouble will definitely alarm the Fu family. Now that the Fu family is in chaos, Zhuo Lin really doesn't want her child to have anything to do with the Fu family anymore.

Mrs. Sheng was arranged to live outside by Long Xiao, and she could only come over every day to see her. There were people watching her when she came in and out, so there was no need to worry about what she was doing. People who stared at Mrs. Sheng also found that she was very peaceful every day. She only came to see Zhuo Lin and talked to her about things she needed to pay attention to when giving birth. She did not do anything extra at all, as if she was really just a mother who came to take care of her daughter who was about to give birth. .

Everyone felt that everything was arranged well, but things just happened by chance. Perhaps this should be called fate.

On this day, several warlords sent troops at the same time to threaten the royal family to give up their power. The soldiers and horses guarding the capital also rose up and completely betrayed the royal family. That day, the streets of the capital were filled with fighting soldiers and horses, the sound of killing was loud, and rivers of blood flowed.

It was at this time that Zhuo Lin started to move. When waves of throbbing pain came, Zhuo Lin knew that she was going to give birth.

There was still a faint sound of fighting in the distance, and the entire villa was guarded by soldiers of the Long family, guarding against murderous people rushing in.

Zhuo Lin held the window and glanced at the sky, vaguely feeling that the moon in the sky was dyed a bit scarlet.

She smiled helplessly and caressed her round belly.

Born on such a day, I hope that my baby will have a smooth and safe life.

The chaos that followed was beyond everyone's expectations, and the entire capital fell into complete disorder. The doctor and Wen Po who were originally scheduled to help with the delivery could not come at all, and Long Xiao was not at home. In desperation, the housekeeper had no choice but to take the decision to send Zhuo Lin to the hospital.

Zhuo Lin actually doesn't remember much about what happened after that. She only remembers the severe pain, the noisy and chaotic screams in her ears, and the sound of fighting that came from somewhere, whether it was an illusion or real. Later, there was the sound of a baby crying, and at some point, her mother's vicious curses were faintly heard.

As if waking up from a dream, she seemed to see her mother holding the baby's swaddling clothes in one hand, her eyes full of malice.

She struggled to open her eyes and reach out to hold her. But she couldn't move, and in the end she could only fall into the endless dark abyss amidst the weak cry of the baby.

When she woke up again a few days later, they told her that her baby... was dead.

He was born with deficiencies and died soon after birth.

Zhuo Lin's memory was vague for quite some time after that, and she had almost no memory of the changes that affected the entire An Xia. She didn't know what happened next, or how the warlords and the royal family negotiated and compromised in the end. She buried her baby, which was indeed a very small child. She wondered if it was because she was running around while she was pregnant that the baby was so fragile. Wouldn't it be easier if he was healthier?

But at the same time, she also knew that even if the baby was very weak, it would not die so quickly.

He was killed, and she wanted revenge for her baby!

The capital is still in chaos, and Long Xiao is still busy every day. Zhuo Lin, who had just been able to stand up, left the capital alone and returned to her hometown after a long absence.

Her mother, who claimed to be waiting for her daughter during the confinement period, had indeed gone back early, and when she saw Zhuo Lin, she suddenly showed a rare expression of sternness. Zhuo Lin just sneered at her, turned around and left without entering.