Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 220 - The Day of Lady Wangs Beheading

Chapter 220: Chapter 220: The Day of Lady Wang’s Beheading

Chapter 220 -220: The Day of Lady Wang’s Beheading

The Second Prince narrowed his eyes.

He asked breathlessly, “Is there evidence to prove that this palace maid is connected to Prince Rui?”

Eunuch Xia nodded and said, “The palace maid swallowed a button, carved from Eastern Pearls. Since the Tribute of Eastern Pearls is scarce, throughout the palace, only His Royal Highness Prince Rui has ever received such from the Emperor.”

The Second Prince sneered, tinged with mockery.

“Heaven truly aids me! This Third Younger Imperial Brother, although favored by father, has now become impotent, his offspring are but passing clouds. No wonder those court physicians who visited Prince Rui’s Mansion all died mysteriously. How could such a major issue not warrant silencing people?”

Eunuch Xia flattered, “Your Highness is right. The silencing of these physicians indeed shows that Prince Rui’s illness has not healed. Previously, Consort Jing even specifically invited Princess Consort Ling and her mentor to the palace, likely for Prince Rui’s sake.”

The Second Prince had already heard about this, Murong Jiu had not seen him because she had eaten problematic pastries at Consort Jing’s place, which disturbed her pregnancy, necessitating bed rest for recovery.

The mentor of Murong Jiu, as a result of tasting medicinal herbs, had damaged his eyes and could no longer see clearly, completely unable to diagnose others.

Thus, both Consort Jing and Prince Rui have lost their last hope.

Mind racing, the Second Prince asked Eunuch Xia, “Does father know about this yet?”

Eunuch Xia shook his head, “His Majesty certainly does not know, otherwise he would have already ordered the Imperial Physician to diagnose Prince Rui. His Majesty frequents Palace of Consort Jing, yet Prince Rui barely enters the palace, probably seeking other solutions.”

The sneer in the Second Prince’s eyes deepened. He told Eunuch Xia, “Thank you for making the trip out of the palace to convey messages for me. When you return, tell my mother to be cautious, to keep a low profile, and not to vie with Consort Jing for distinction, to avoid leaving behind any leverage.”

“You truly exhaust your servant, rest assured, I will definitely convey the message to Her Majesty.”

The Second Prince called someone in to reward Eunuch Xia and had his subordinates respectfully send him away.

In such matters, the Second Prince always handled them appropriately. He knew that although Eunuch Xia was a confidant of his mother, everyone has a price. Even if Eunuch Xia’s parents were arranged properly, one must still guard against others. Providing more incentives to Eunuch Xia would earn him the respect of the subordinates and keep him more loyal.

Once Eunuch Xia had left, the Second Prince summoned his aides and stayed in the study for a long time.

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When he came out, he saw Yun Weiwei and her maid standing under the eaves at a distance, holding a bowl of hot soup.

The Second Prince was feeling hungry and a bit cold. Seeing Yun Weiwei being so thoughtful and being in a good mood, he smiled and gestured for Yun Weiwei to come over.

Yun Weiwei approached, looking at the Second Prince’s bandaged leg, unable to stand and confined to a wheelchair, her eyes immediately reddened: “Your Highness, you have suffered.”

“Why cry, silly girl.”

Though he spoke thus, the Second Prince actually felt quite pleased. He drank the soup personally prepared by Yun Weiwei, dined in her room, and even spent the night there.

Since he learned that the Third Prince’s manhood was useless, the Second Prince was extremely pleased, his demeanor proud and commanding. Even though he had a fracture and could not move much, bedroom matters are not only about men moving.

Unfortunately, Yun Weiwei was ultimately too frail, and her strength too gentle, which somewhat dampened the Second Prince’s excitement.

He was at a high point of excitement, but upon seeing Yun Weiwei panting from exhaustion, he decided to call someone to change his clothes and go to another concubine’s room.

Upon hearing this, Yun Weiwei’s complexion stiffened. She hurriedly clung to the Second Prince, but she truly had no strength left. A moment later, gritting her teeth, she called two maids who served her nearby into the room.

These two maids were gorgeous attendants provided as part of her dowry from the Yun Family, more beautiful than ordinary maids, able to help her win her husband’s favor.

As soon as the two maids entered, they understood the situation and shyly stepped forward.

The maids were far more proactive than Yun Weiwei, the mistress; being part of her dowry, they had learned many things.

That night, indeed satisfied the Second Prince greatly, he even praised Yun Weiwei.

Yun Weiwei bit her lip, feeling uneasy inside, yet she still had to wear a smile on her face.

That was her bed!

She herself had rested in a side room for half the night, the sounds in her ears never ceasing; how could she sleep? Her heart was full of bitterness.

As soon as the Second Prince left, she immediately ordered someone to change all the bedding and even punished two palace maids by making them kneel down, as well as sending someone to fetch the Contraceptive Soup.

The maids felt wronged; they had exerted great effort just to help Yun Weiwei keep the Second Prince, to prevent him from seeking other concubines elsewhere.

Yet Yun Weiwei was even jealous of these two companion maids she had brought with her upon marriage.

Even Murong Man, residing in the smaller courtyard, had heard about this.

“Thank Brother Shi for passing the message to me, but I have lost the desire to vie for favor now and plan to spend my life just staying in this little courtyard,” she said.

Murong Man wore a white dress, her face bare without make-up, looking pale and fragile as if a gust of wind could blow her over.

In front of her stood a tall and strong guard from the Prince’s Mansion, named Shi Yanyong, whose parents were also servants in the mansion.

Guard Shi not only treated Murong Man with great respect but also harbored a hidden pity and adoration for her.

Recently, his mother had fallen seriously ill, and despite consulting a doctor, they couldn’t cure her. With the Second Prince away at the Frontier Pass and Princess Consort Yun Weiwei in charge of the entire Prince’s Mansion, upon seeing his mother so ill, she ordered the steward to expel her, lest she die in the Prince’s Mansion and bring bad luck.

Guard Shi resented Yun Weiwei’s heartlessness but felt helpless until Murong Man, upon hearing of this, approached him, handed him a medical prescription, and even gave him her only hairpin to sell for his mother’s treatment.

Unexpectedly, the prescription actually cured his mother’s illness, and now they no longer needed to leave the Prince’s Mansion; his whole family was immensely grateful to Murong Man.

Guard Shi felt even more eager to serve Murong Man, regularly visiting her small courtyard and noticing that Murong Man, lacking even a servant to care for her and having food worse than the servants’, felt increasing commiseration.

Hearing Murong Man speak so dismally about not wanting to vie for favor and fearing her days would be even harder, he knew well how the servants in the Prince’s Mansion flattered the influential and trampled on the lowly.

He urged anxiously, “Concubine, you are still young, how can you not compete for favor?”

Murong Man’s expression was mournful, “There’s no need to persuade me, Brother Shi, I’m really tired. It’s quite nice to be like I am now.”

Guard Shi sighed, placed the food he brought from outside on the table, and had no choice but to take his leave.

Eating the delicious pastries, Murong Man’s lips curled into a scheming smile.

This foolish guard, so easy to manipulate. It was just giving him a prescription that saved his old mother, and he seemed willing to move heaven and earth for her.

That prescription had been memorized by her when Murong Jiu was treating someone; she had never expected that blindly throwing it out there could actually save a life.

Currently, she did not need Guard Shi to do anything important for her, but in the future, he could be of great use. For now, he could not only pass messages for her but also bring her food, making her life much better than before.

However, the thought that she had merely memorized a prescription from Murong Jiu and won over people’s hearts, yet Murong Jiu’s medical skills could win over even more hearts, made her jealousy nearly unbearable.

Murong Jiu had discovered something in the backyard of Second Prince’s Mansion, of which she was completely unaware, and to her, it was also unimportant.

After taking her morning meal, she ordered someone to prepare the sedan; she planned to go out at noon.

Because today, was the day Lady Wang was to be beheaded!