The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 191: Knowing everything

Ning Yuxuan had been quietly sitting here this entire time. There was a trace of gentleness in his gaze as he listened to Wen Wan's hysteria.

"You said that you would protect me for a lifetime and wouldn't let me suffer any grievances!" Tears started to spill out from Wen Wan's eyes again. "Why are you going back on your word?"

A stupid woman would always point out what a man had once promised her and feel heartbroken over the matter. Silly girl, those promises were given to the person that you were at the time and not the present you. Were you really going to depend on those two promises for a lifetime?

Ning Yuxuan didn't plan on disputing with her. Instead, he gently tugged her hand over and placed it on his palm.

In a low voice, he said, "You once said that as long as you could be with me, you wouldn't care about status or how many other women were by side. My heart once belonged to you, so I didn't blame you when you failed to keep your words."

Wen Wan widened her eyes. She aggrievedly shook her head and asked, "How have I not kept my words? Who did I try to compete with?"

Ning Yuxuan's gaze was slightly deep as he looked at her, but his voice continued to be soft as he asked, "Do you really think that I know nothing?"

Wen Wan was stunned. Faced with his direct gaze, she actually felt somewhat guilty.

"When we were coming back from the other estate and encountered assassins, you blocked a blade meant for me." Ning Yuxuan let go of her hand and lightly smiled. "Actually, even if you didn't block it, I could have evaded that strike. It wouldn't have been difficult for me to investigate the background of those black-robed men, but I didn't."

Stunned, Wen Wan stopped crying as she looked at him.

"Sangyu had originally kept the midwife that assisted you and Hanyun during childbirth." Ning Yuxuan looked away and lightly continued, "She had already sent the person back the estate's entrance, but I stopped her. Do you know why?"

Wen Wan pursed her lips. "My lord..."

"It was probably because I still loved you then." Marquis Moyu lowered his eyes and scoffed. "But, I wondered, how could a person be so ruthless? After all, if you truly love me, why would you hurt me by helping the first prince?"

"And then, you dropped Yun-er."

Wen Wan collapsed onto the bed and widened her eyes. It was as if she had remembered something terrible. She retreated. "I didn't."

"Yeah, I thought you had just been careless." Ning Yuxuan turned his head to the side and glanced at her. "There isn't a mother that would be ruthless enough to kill her child, even if it's only a daughter."

Wen Wan's entire body was trembling. In the midst of her fright, she grabbed hold of Marquis Moyu's sleeve. "I didn't do that. Yun-er... It really was just because I didn't have a firm hold on her and my lord, you pushed me..."

"A person really can change drastically," Ning Yuxuan interrupted her, but he continued to gently look at her with his head lowered. "If I had known that you would become like this, I wouldn't have condone you when you harmed Qing-er for the first time."

It felt as if all the blood in her body had congealed. Wen Wan blankly looked at Ning Yuxuan. She didn't dare to move.

Did he really know about everything? Everything that she had done up to this point? How could that be? While it was true that he had gradually become more indifferent towards her after Nie Sangyu had taken the position of the main wife from her, he had clearly still been treating her very well. It was Nie Sangyu that had taken away his heart. So, how could it be her fault?!