"Don't move. Don't let Shiyun sense my pregnancy aura."
Little Maitreya had barely been born before Chi's mother ruthlessly snuffed him out.
Fortunately, the real Maitreya was still lying in his little black box, or he would have withdrawn into himself again.
Both were sons, yet the difference between how Chi and Lianshan Xin were treated was enormous.
Lianshan Xin sighed. "Shui Shui, you really have gotten good at sneaking around. I like it."
A wife was no match for a concubine, a concubine was no match for a stolen affair, and a stolen affair was no match for one just out of reach.
Secretly having a child with a man right in front of the woman she loved.
Only someone who had tried it would know how that felt.
Lin Ruoshui gave Lianshan Xin a glare brimming with maternal affection.
There was no helping it. She had just had a child; how could she not be maternal?
Fortunately, Qi Shiyun really was not paying attention to her just then.
Qi Shiyun reined in her horse and looked toward Western Capital City's gate ahead.
The gate before them was even grander than the Eastern Capital's, with towering walls, a deep gateway, and an endless stream of people coming and going.
Most visitors to the Eastern Capital were locals or people from the island nations overseas.
The Western Capital, however, connected to the countries of the Western Regions, and foreigners were a common sight.
It was Tian Ji and Lianshan Xin's first visit, and both were taking a careful look around.
Qi Shiyun, meanwhile, was reminiscing.
"I, Zhuo Biyu, have fought my way back!"
Lianshan Xin, Tian Ji, and Lin Ruoshui instantly turned their eyes on Qi Shiyun.
Tian Ji muttered, "Madwoman Qi, have some shame. Stop using Biyu's name to