Zheng Nianru clasped Zheng Boding's hand, smiled gently, and tried to soothe his emotions.
Prince Duan's emotions were not so easily soothed. Flinging off Prince Duan's hand, he instantly regretted it when he realized that Nianru had just mentioned she was pregnant.
"What, what does he really want to do?" Prince Duan asked irritably, "There are plenty of women in the world, yet he insists on harming you. I thought at first that..."
Zheng Nianru smiled at his words.
"Yes, it was he who harmed me, but now, with your people around, he probably can't do so anymore," Zheng Nianru continued along Prince Duan's line of thought, "I was thinking, to exchange this child for peace in Nanzheng."
Zheng Nianru would often ponder over this issue when she sat daydreaming.
