However, looking at the expressions of the Loyalty Prince and his wife, it seemed they truly loved this child. Even if he were to lose his sight, they would love him just the same!
As Yun Jinnian thought this, he made sure everything was in order, feeling somewhat exhausted.
So he returned to the side room to sleep.
The Loyalty Prince called for Chu Xinhuan, Chu Xinkai, and Chu Yu to the front courtyard study.
The Loyalty Prince handed a letter to Chu Yu, "Ayu, take a look!"
He sat down on the chair, looking incredibly aged.
As if he had aged ten years overnight.
Chu Yu took the letter, brows deeply furrowed, and passed it to Chu Xinhuan, while patting him on the shoulder.
After reading the letter, Chu Xinhuan laughed coldly, "Heh heh..."
A favored consort with no backing, reaching her hand out far too long.
She seemed to have forgotten that it was the Loyalty Prince’s residence that brought her into the Imperial Palace. It also seemed to have slipped her mind that without the Loyalty Prince’s residence, she would be nothing. Now that she has gained favor, she dares to extend her poisonous hand to the Loyalty Prince’s residence.
Chu Xinkai also took a look, and after reading it, he was filled with rage, "Where would a favored consort without any backing get the manpower?"
It was a statement that struck home.
The Loyalty Prince suddenly came to his senses.
Indeed, where would a favored consort with no backing get the manpower if not from the Emperor himself?
And could it really be that the Emperor was unaware that the Noble Consort Le Xun targeted the two children of the Loyalty Prince’s residence?
"Very good, very good indeed!" the Loyalty Prince said, wiping his face with hatred.
What grudge or grievance did the Noble Consort have that she would harm A’guo’er and Yuji’er ?
On that day, although he nearly made a grave mistake, it seemed that Le Xun also had that intention, and considering her dewy eyes filled with moisture, it was likely she too was moved.
Was it for this reason that the Emperor, though not speaking of it, held a jealous hatred in his heart and was seeking revenge?
The Loyalty Prince guessed some of it, but he did not guess the whole truth. The Loyalty Prince’s wife and the Imperial Palace’s Wei Noble Consort had given Le Xun Barrenwort, which after one bout of ill health, Le Xun discovered she was infertile. After some deducing, she figured out it was the doing of the Loyalty Prince’s wife.
The cunning woman she always was, immediately sought death, crying out that if she couldn’t bear children for the Emperor, the man she loved, she would rather die.
The Emperor, already in love with Le Xun’s body, naturally would not let her die and promptly gave her a few Hidden Guards. With these guards at her disposal, whatever she wanted to do was easily within reach.
This matter was also not concealed from the Loyalty Prince’s wife.
"So it was her..." gritted the Loyalty Prince’s wife through clenched teeth.
She now understood why the Noble Consort had acted.
She would not let her get away with it, not at all!
Just wait and see... Having harmed her most cherished grandson, she would certainly not let the matter rest. A favored consort without the support of her natal family, she was curious to see how long her favor would last!
Some families rejoiced while others worried.
While dark clouds loomed over the Loyalty Prince’s residence, in the Imperial Palace,
After a night of passionate love with the Emperor, Noble Consort Le Xun nestled in his embrace, "Your Majesty, do you think the Loyalty Prince would know?"
The incident at the Loyalty Prince’s residence was orchestrated by her alone, and things had unexpectedly gone smoothly. She had thought the child would certainly die, yet unexpectedly, Princess Yijia, with her formidable medical skills, saved the child when the entire Imperial Medical Bureau was helpless.
Perhaps, whether she would have children or not depended on Princess Yijia.
"What does it matter if he knows? He was the one who wronged Us first, and the Loyalty Prince’s wife wronged you too. My beloved, don’t be afraid, with Us here, We will not let them hurt you again!" said the Emperor gripping the beauty in his arms, his hands not remaining idle.
Le Xun inwardly celebrated that the Emperor did not know of the near tryst between her and the Loyalty Prince that day, nor was he aware of her past murky affairs with several men or that night of pleasure she spent in the abandoned temple with a man.
Speaking of which, he was the real man.