CHAPTER 1123: CHAPTER 1117: CLIMBING THE ROOF AT MIDNIGHT

This man, she didn’t have to marry him. But she couldn’t figure out how a woman like Gu Youyou could steal him away? Later on, what she competed for wasn’t just a person, but a breath of pride.

Thinking of how Gu Youyou intentionally protruded her belly today, standing smugly in the middle, she got so angry that she coldly snorted and turned to leave the yard.

She was quite familiar with the layout of a large household’s courtyard and its orientation, and soon found the master’s yard.

Relying on her decent light-body skills, she avoided the patrolling guards and maids and lightly leapt into the inner courtyard.

The people in the inner courtyard hadn’t gone to bed yet; she could see the oil lamps still lit inside the house.

She snorted coldly and muttered softly, "What are they doing up so late?"

With curiosity, Yue Ruxue approached the room with the light on.

"Miss, go to sleep now, you can continue making this young master’s clothes tomorrow." A maid’s voice came through, and Yue Rujing stopped her steps.

Gu Youyou is up so late and together with a maid? Where is Brother Zijin?

"Wait a bit more, just one sleeve left to finish."

Another woman’s voice came out, but it wasn’t Gu Youyou’s voice.

This made Yue Ruxue very puzzled, if it wasn’t Gu Youyou, then who was it?

Right, the maid addressed her as Miss.

Which family’s miss stays in the master’s courtyard of the Crown Prince Residence in the middle of the night?

No, rather, which family’s miss lives in the master’s courtyard?

The more Yue Ruxue thought about it, the more bewildered she became. She lightly leapt onto the rooftop and lifted a tile to peek inside.

The scene shocked her considerably.

Below was a pregnant woman?

There was more than one pregnant woman in Brother Zijin’s residence, but who was this woman?

Under the candlelight, she looked much better than Gu Youyou, pretty, even with a big belly.

Could this woman be a consort of the residence? A concubine?

Brother Zijin’s woman?

Seeing this scene, she suddenly felt so happy she wanted to laugh.

Wasn’t Gu Youyou so arrogant back in Lingnan? She wanted to monopolize Brother Zijin all to herself, but now what? Isn’t she just as accepting of another woman?

And looking at this woman’s belly, it’s not smaller than Gu Youyou’s.

If she gives birth first, and it’s a son, that would be even better, wouldn’t that infuriate Gu Youyou?

That’s what she thought.

Brother Zijin isn’t an ordinary person, he will marry more women in the future, and when he becomes the Emperor, he will have a harem.

Gu Youyou, a woman without a powerful maternal family, will sooner or later exhaust that little bit of favor with Brother Zijin, and she will definitely end up a deserted wife in the Cold Palace.

The more Yue Ruxue thought about it, the more delightful it felt. Initially, knowing she had to come to the Crown Prince Residence had made her reluctant.

Because she knew Gu Youyou had become the Crown Prince’s Consort, she didn’t want to come here and see her face. But now, seeing the pregnant woman below, the displeasure in her heart dissipated immediately.

Such a relief.

"Ah!" Suddenly a hand reached from behind and slapped her shoulder.

Yue Ruxue was happily pondering over the satisfying situation when the sudden slap startled her.

Had it not been for the person behind immediately covering her mouth, she would have almost screamed.

"Hush, it’s me!"

Yue Ruxue turned around and saw that it was Yi Qiuping.

She breathed a sigh of relief and, patting her chest, whispered softly, "You’re not sleeping in the middle of the night, just to come out and scare me?"

Yi Qiuping said, "What about you? What are you doing out here in the middle of the night not sleeping?"