“Your Highness, the Mu family has nothing left that you want. What more do you intend to do?”
In the antique-style room, the faint scent of wood lingered.
The man had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, dressed in a black close-fitting suit. He casually closed the door behind him, blocking the view of the old woman outside.
Shang Yueli blinked, subconsciously holding her breath. Even her tightly pressed lips couldn’t hide her current excitement.
He’s alive!
She was actually seeing the male lead, alive!
That’s right, Shang Yueli had transmigrated into a book.
As a top-tier thief from the 31st century, she liked to find old-fashioned novels to read in her spare time.
And the man before her, Mu Yunsheng, was the male lead of a novel she had just finished reading—After Marrying the Sterile Bigshot, I Had Octuplets.
She had transmigrated into the body of the male lead Mu Yunsheng’s vicious ex-wife, who shared her name: the Luo Yang Princess of the Daqing Dynasty, Shang Yueli!
In the novel, Mu Yunsheng was a hereditary Great General. He joined the army at twelve and returned to the capital at twenty-one with illustrious military achievements.
As for the original owner of this body, she had been in love with the Prime Minister’s son, Lu Shiqing, since childhood.
She was coaxed by Lu Shiqing, who promised that if she married Mu Yunsheng and helped him ruin the Mu family, he would be with her.
The original owner believed him and begged the emperor to issue an edict for her marriage to Mu Yunsheng.
After the wedding, Mu Yunsheng’s family, mindful of her status as a princess, was completely obedient to her. But not long after, Mu Yunsheng was assassinated. The injury struck at his very foundation, and the physician determined he would be unable to have children in the future.
When the news of Shang Yueli’s pregnancy broke, the Mu family, who already doted on her, began to spoil her to the heavens!
Thinking of this, Shang Yueli glanced at the man’s lower body with regret.
“Is it really not working anymore?”
She hadn’t even gotten to experience it yet.
What a pity.
The man was scalded by her blatant gaze, and his ears turned red. He quickly turned sideways.
“Your Highness, what exactly are you trying to do?”
Shang Yueli’s eyes darted around twice before she announced loudly:
“I don’t want to divorce you anymore!”
“What?”
“I said, I don’t want a divorce.”
Hearing this, the man’s face darkened further. “Shang Yueli, what new trick are you trying to play?”
Looking at the handsome and pure man before her, Shang Yueli couldn’t help but feel it was a pity for the original owner.
As the princess of Daqing, why would she reject such a fine man to fawn over an ugly loser?
When the original owner was three months pregnant, she had colluded with Lu Shiqing to frame Mu Yunsheng for treason and conspiracy to rebel.
The emperor was furious, stripping the entire Mu family of their status and exiling them to Fangling.
Upon hearing the news, the original owner immediately distanced herself, pointing at Mu Yunsheng’s nose and cursing, “You useless thing, I want a divorce!”
“Not only that, I’m going to abort this bastard in my belly and ensure your Mu family line ends completely!”
At these words, the entire Mu family panicked.
The main branch of the Mu family had only one son per generation. Now that Mu Yunsheng had lost his ability to procreate, the child in the original owner’s belly was the sole bloodline of the main branch.
Mu Yunsheng’s mother, Wang Shi, cried and begged Shang Yueli, “Yueli, don’t be rash. Mother will definitely not let you be wronged. Please don’t abort this child, alright?”
As she spoke, Wang Shi brought out their ancestral jade pendant for her, nearly kneeling.
But the original owner smashed the jade pendant to pieces, pointing at them in disgust and scolding, “You bunch of commoners aren’t even worthy of carrying my shoes. Do you really expect this princess to suffer with you in Fangling?”
“Traitors like you deserve to have your family line die out!”
Under the repeated blows, Wang Shi fell ill and never recovered, eventually dying on the road to Fangling.
Three years later, the wrongful case was overturned. Mu Yunsheng returned to the capital with the transmigrated female lead to seek revenge.
In less than two years, the emperor died, the Prime Minister’s manor was annihilated, and the least favored thirteenth prince ascended the throne. Mu Yunsheng proclaimed himself Regent and lived happily ever after with the female lead.
As for the original owner, on the very night the Mu family’s name was cleared and they returned to the capital, Mu Yunsheng sent men to kill her just to please the female lead.
At this thought, a sudden chill ran down Shang Yueli’s spine. She glanced at Mu Yunsheng, her mind made up.
A divorce was out of the question.
Suffering for three years to be rich for a lifetime, versus being rich for three years and not having a lifetime—she knew which was better.
As for the original female lead, she could just pack up and get lost!
The original female lead could live without the male lead, but if she herself lost Mu Yunsheng, she would be truly dead.
Not to mention she was three months pregnant and unfamiliar with this place. Even following the original plot, her future days would be anything but easy.
With this in mind, Shang Yueli said sweetly to the man:
“Husband~ I was just angry before. How could I really bear to divorce you?”
“Hmm?” As she spoke, Shang Yueli blinked at Mu Yunsheng, attempting to “charm” her way through.
Mu Yunsheng turned to look at her, his eyes filled with exhaustion. “Your Highness, this commoner has no time to play along with your act. It’s just the two of us here. If you have something to say, you might as well say it directly.”
Mu Yunsheng looked at the woman before him. Her almond-shaped eyes were dark and alluring without being vulgar, bewitching without being garish.
Although it was an imperial marriage, she was still the wife he had brought home in a grand sedan chair through a proper wedding.
To say he had no feelings for her at all would be impossible.
Now that she was carrying his only heir, how could he really let the princess suffer with him?
His original plan was to divorce Shang Yueli first, and then reunite with her and the child in her womb once his name was cleared.
But before he could say a word, Shang Yueli had threatened to get rid of the child.
He glanced discreetly at the small bed and clothes prepared for the baby in the room. The joy of being a first-time father was still fresh in his memory, but now, sorrow inevitably welled up from within.
As if compromising, Mu Yunsheng no longer wished to entangle himself with Shang Yueli.
He placed the already prepared divorce papers on the table and thoughtfully brought out a brush and ink for her.
“Your Highness, the divorce papers are ready. Please sign them.”
“No, no, no! Believe me, I really don’t want a divorce.”
Shang Yueli snatched the divorce papers and immediately tore them to shreds.
“I will go into exile with you all, and I won’t get rid of this child!”
Shang Yueli quickly pulled Mu Yunsheng’s hand and placed it on her abdomen.
“If you don’t believe me, feel for yourself. The baby is already three months old. How could I really bear to abort it?”
Mu Yunsheng touched her slightly swelling belly, listening to her statement in disbelief.
He was not unaware that Shang Yueli was the one who had framed the Mu family.
She was the one who had turned the residence upside down, insisting on a divorce. Now she was telling him she wanted to stay and go into exile with them. Had she truly seen the light, or was she colluding with Lu Shiqing again to frame them?
Mu Yunsheng’s expression was icy. He didn’t know what she was up to, but for the sake of the child in her belly, he could only accept.
His mother was old and couldn’t withstand any more torment. Her only obsession now was this unborn child.
After some thought, Mu Yunsheng decided to temporarily believe this woman’s words. At worst, he would just have to watch her more closely.
If she became disobedient again, he would lock her up, and she could forget about ever escaping.
A dark glint flashed in Mu Yunsheng’s eyes. Just as he was about to speak, a sound came from the doorway…