The news from the Capital City made Mrs. Mei both happy and worried.
"If Ah Yin gives birth to a son, the Royal Family won't allow her to bring him back to Jiangnan to raise."
In Pei Yan's generation, the late emperor had only one son—him.
A Prince is far too precious. Both Pei Yan and the Empress Dowager in the palace would place the utmost importance on him.
The child remaining by Ah Yin's side was already the best possible outcome. Bringing him back to Jiangnan... was simply impossible.
"Only two paths await Ah Yin: either she stays in the Capital City, or she is separated from her child... What mother could bear to be parted from her own flesh and blood?"
But the thought of her staying in the Capital City truly unsettled Mrs. Mei.
That path was too dangerous. Ah Yin's entire future would be tied to Pei Yan.
If he doted on Ah Yin, she would be praised to the heavens.
If he neglected Ah Yin, she would fall into an abyss, her life ending in utter ruin.
