Rebirth of the Female Antagonist: XUANRONG Chapter 153: Having a Younger Brother

Another day passed, it was now the third day XuanRong entered QinWang Fu and became Xu Fei Yi's wife. Today, donning a red dress fit for a WangFei, XuanRong was walking towards the carriage. With the help of her maidservants, XuanRong effortlessly entered and saw Xu Fei Yi sitting at the side. She and Xu Fei Yi had to go back and visit the Prime Minister's residence for san chao hui men[1].
"Wife JieJie!!" When Xu Fei Yi saw XuanRong entered, he immediately revealed a happy face. Without saying anything, he stood up and sat beside XuanRong, narrowing their distance with each other.
Feeling hopeless, XuanRong could only smile back.
"This Wife greets Your Highness…"
Hearing how XuanRong once again addressed him as 'His Highness' and not 'Husband', Xu Fei Yi's face turned sour. His eyes moistened as he showed a 'you-betrayed-me' expression.
"Husband!" Xu Fei Yi grabbed XuanRong's sleeves and cutely swayed it back and forth.
Looking at the handsome man acting cute in front of her, XuanRong almost questioned the heaven for testing her views in life repeatedly. Although it was not a problem for her to call him 'husband', still, she was not accustomed to it. She would sometimes feel awkward and her tongue would often turn stiff whenever she would try and say it.
Such a familiar but foreign word.
In her previous lifetime, she had dreamed a countless of times, calling Xu Ji An her husband, claiming him as hers while spending the rest of her life with him.
Too bad.
The man she thought that would become her other half, was the very same man who ordered five people to trample her dignity.
"Umm.. forgive me, Your Highness… This wife is still not accustomed to call Your Highness 'husband'… will Your Highness allow me to call you 'Fei Yi' instead? This wife knows that it is a taboo to call Your Highness' name but please do pardon this wife for being improper."
XuanRong knew that unless you were close to the person, one would not dare recklessly act and call other people their birth names or nicknames, especially towards the royalties. It was disrespectful to call their names without any proper address. Still, she would rather choose to call Xu Fei Yi 'Fei Yi' than 'Husband' since every time she would call him that, she would remember her dear master. Her master would often mention her son's name, making XuanRong feel close to the Didi she longed to meet. Although she was not done with the investigation of Empress Shen's background, more or less, XuanRong had already treated Xu Fei Yi as her precious little brother, giving him the tenderness and love her master was not able to give.
Suddenly, Xu Fei Yi froze, but he immediately recovered and nodded his head.
"En!! Yi'er likes it! Wife JieJie can call Yi'er's name then!"
XuanRong smiled and could not help but stroke his hair like she was caressing a cute little puppy.
'Having a younger brother is not bad ah.'
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"Where is your young mistress?"

"Reporting to Furen, San XiaoJie told this servant that she is not feeling well and is will not be able to accompany Laoye and Furen in waiting for Da XiaoJie's return."
Xiao Lou only waved her hand, dismissing the servant without saying anything. When she recalled how XuanFei refused to leave her courtyard after what happened during the Emperor's banquet, even not allowing her to visit, Xiao Lou felt sad… but she could not do anything.
She was also a mother.
How could she not understand her own daughter's pain when XuanFei miscarried the fetus in her belly?
Thus, no matter how XuanFei in the past few weeks, Xiao Lou did rebuke her, not even once, because she knew, her daughter hated her. Xiao Lou knew… the moment she denied XuanFei's plea to save her child, XuanFei would never forgive her.
But… What can she do? The existence of that child in XuanFei's belly would only harm the two families. It would only bring endless humiliation toward XuanFei. Once she gave birth, she would be condemned by the society… She would be labeled as a slut who was impregnated before her coming of age ceremony. People would point fingers not only towards her daughter but also towards herself, her mother, for not properly raising her daughter.
Who cared if the father was the Crown Prince?
Who cared if many people saw that the Crown Prince 'forced' himself on XuanFei?
The imperial family would not sit down and allow others to tarnish their royal face. Empress' decisive moves during banquet was the best example. The child in XuanFei's belly was Empress Wei's true blooded grandchild but she did not hesitate to send an imperial physician to 'take good care' of everything.
Besides, even if XuanFei's first born child died, as long as she successfully enters the Crown Prince palace and properly become Xu Ji An's imperial consort, she could once again carry his seeds and give birth to their children.
Xiao Lou already calculated everything, from the moment their plan failed and XuanFei took the brunt, she had already weighed the pros and cons. As long as XuanLi stayed as the left Prime Minister and the Xuan family remained prosperous and could not be shaken, the Emperor would have to allow XuanFei to be Xu Ji An's Crown Princess in order to pacify XuanLi after what happened during XuanRong's coming of age ceremony and to avoid breaking his own golden words. Even the Empress could not say anything, but if XuanFei's reputation sunk to the lowest because of the child in her belly, dragging Xu Ji An and the Imperial Family in the process, the Empress would not sit still.
Xiao Lou repeatedly tried to explain everything to XuanFei, but her daughter would not listen. Xiao Lou did not get angry; she knew that her daughter had to recuperate her health and cool down her anger first.
"Humpf! She still won't come out? How long has it been? Xiao Lou, look how you raised your own daughter!!"
Xiao Lou could only lower head.
"Husband, please understand Fei'er… after all… she…" Xiao Lou did not finish her words, fearing that someone would hear it. Aside from the servants, XuanLi's concubines were also sitting quietly inside the hall.
"Humpf!! And who's fault was that, huh?! If she was intelligent enough, she would know how to stay away in trouble!! You really disappoint me."
"I----" Xiao Lou wanted to say something in order to defend herself. Unfortunately, before she could say anything, a servant entered the hall and told them that XuanRong and Xu Fei Yi had arrived.
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[1]. Returning to the bride's home three days after the wedding.
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