Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 262 - This Time Its Really About Nourishing

Chapter 262: Chapter 262 This Time It’s Really About Nourishing the Fetus

Chapter 262 -262 This Time It’s Really About Nourishing the Fetus

The Zhuo family was raided, and all the women were taken to serve as military courtesans.

This moment was the first nightmare in Zhuo Yinzhu’s life.

Even when she had caused the death of the real Zhuo Yinzhu, she hadn’t felt afraid, watching the other woman collapse weakly; aside from nervousness, what she felt even more was a blood-boiling excitement.

She knew her chance to replace Zhuo Yinzhu had come.

The plan instantly took shape in her mind, and upon leaving the rich man’s household, she started practicing Zhuo Yinzhu’s gestures and manners, becoming picky, and making herself into the genuine fallen daughter of the Zhuo family.

She had lived with Zhuo Yinzhu for a year and a half, nearly day and night, and had long since memorized certain things to her marrow.

So, when the Zhuo family’s servants found her more than two years later, there wasn’t the slightest doubt; it never occurred to them that she simply wasn’t the real Zhuo Yinzhu.

It was laughable that the Zhuo family themselves never harbored any doubts. Despite her long absence of over four years and her greatly changed appearance, they didn’t take it to heart, only glancing at the purse and the fake mole on her body before believing in her identity.

Of course, it also had to do with her daily demeanor; her every move was strikingly different from ordinary common girls, vaguely exuding nobility, so they believed that she was indeed their Zhuo family’s child.

She had had it too easy.

In the Miao Family, Miao Wuxie had been extremely protective of her. In the Zhuo family, she seamlessly became the privileged daughter, adorned with endless jewelry and dressed in lavish silks and satins.

Even though she was confined and couldn’t accompany her eldest sister, Zhuo Jinzhu, to various banquets and meet the influential figures of the Capital City, her life was still a hundred times better than it had been in Xiangxi.

However, she could never have dreamed that merely because she schemed against Jun Yuyan, the Zhuo family would be raided so rapidly.

Such wealth turned to smoke in an instant.

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She, along with the Zhuo family sisters, was pinned to the ground, each of them branded on the forehead with the word “Courtesan”!

Physical pain was nothing compared to the hatred in her heart.

She had not easily ascended to a life above others, and in one night, she was thrust into hell; she became like the former Zhaodi, like her three actual older sisters, no, even worse than them.

She was all too clear about what she and the Zhuo family sisters would face once they reached their destination.

They would never be able to turn their fates around, endlessly placed beneath a thousand men, ridden by ten thousand!

This was a humiliation a thousand times worse than being a lowly foot-washing maid or a laboring servant!

She was not reconciled, not reconciled that her years of scheming had come to such an end.

Fortunately, fate favored her; The Third Prince came to rescue her, and the Second Prince also came to help her.

As long as she helped the Second Prince get rid of the Third Prince, she could help the Zhuo family be reinstated, and she would return to living as the privileged daughter!

Divine Doctor Miao could help remove the brand on her forehead; it would just take some time.

The Second Prince had even touched her face and mentioned her beauty, saying that if he became the Crown Prince and the Zhuo family was restored, he would grant her the position of a concubine!

Concubine! Not just a lesser concubine!

Once the Second Prince ascended as the Emperor, she might directly gain the position of a concubine, and if she was favored by the Second Prince and accomplished many great things for him, perhaps, she could even become a Noble Consort.

Even the position of the Empress, she dared to contemplate.

Yun Weiwei was no threat; the former Murong Man might have been, but now she was merely a traitor’s daughter – how could she compare? What right did she have to compete with her?

But now, the intolerable prickling on her face became her second nightmare!

Her face was disfigured!

It was the most dreadful kind of burn!

Even with Divine Doctor Miao at her side, it was impossible to restore her appearance.

It was over, her whole life was thoroughly destroyed.

With her face gone, how could she still become the Second Prince’s Concubine? How could she become a Noble Consort or an Empress?

All her dreams, like bubbles on the water that burst at a single touch, were shattered instantly.

When she realized that all her efforts over the years had been in vain, she began to wish for death.

It would be better to die and be done with it, with no more pain.

This must be retribution, she thought. She had caused the death of the real Zhuo Yinzhu, and now the other’s vengeful spirit was seeking revenge.

Miao Wuxie entered from outside the house with an expressionless face, holding a box of gold in his hands.

As he approached Zhuo Yinzhu’s bed, he revealed a gentle smile, “Yinzhu, look, the Second Prince has sent gold for you. We just ran short of a few expensive medicinal herbs, and now we are saved.”

Zhuo Yinzhu didn’t move, as if she couldn’t hear anything.

One side of her face was intact, but there was a brand on her forehead and the other side was covered in burns, treated with a green medicinal paste, looking ferocious and terrifying.

“Yinzhu, you have to be spirited, you must believe me, I will definitely cure you.”

Miao Wuxie comforted her.

Cure her? How could burns be cured?

Sarcasm filled Zhuo Yinzhu’s eyes, and a twitch at the corner of her mouth caused her excruciating pain, as if her heart was being torn apart.

Miao Wuxie stuffed a pain-relieving pill into her mouth and said gently, “Yinzhu, I know your heart aches, but believe me, I really have a way. Once I saved a rabbit that had been burned by a wildfire. After a skin graft, it survived and even the skin recovered well, showing no signs of burns. You can certainly do the same.”

Zhuo Yinzhu’s eyes moved eagerly.

“Really, Yinzhu, I’m not deceiving you. You must trust me completely.”

Zhuo Yinzhu blinked, as if nodding in agreement.

Miao Wuxie’s lips curled into a gentle smile.

…

After observing for most of the day and seeing no discomfort in Murong Jiu, Divine Doctor Zhai retired to rest.

However, he still instructed Jun Yuyan to arrange for him to stay somewhere closer, so that in case of any emergencies, he could attend to them more swiftly.

Upon hearing this, Jun Yuyan apologized to Divine Doctor Zhai for his oversight and immediately ordered that a study room inside Qiyun Courtyard be cleared to temporarily accommodate Divine Doctor Zhai.

The main thing was that places like the Prince Mansion and the Prince’s Mansion had strict rules, and external men were not allowed to stay in the inner courtyard. Since Jun Yuyan was solely focused on staying by Ah Jiu’s side at all times, he naturally overlooked this detail.

He had been careless, not anticipating that Ah Jiu would experience childbirth signs so soon. He blamed himself for not considering it thoroughly.

At the same time, he arranged for four midwives to stay at the Prince Mansion until after Ah Jiu had given birth, only then could they leave.

The four of them had no objections, as the Prince not only gave them a considerable amount of reward money but also sent someone to their homes to explain the situation so they could stay by the Princess Consort’s side with peace of mind.

They also understood very well that the Prince cared about the Princess Consort and was afraid that she might give birth suddenly. If they had to be summoned then, they feared it might be too late.

And with a status like the Princess Consort’s, extra caution was needed in case anyone was bought off after leaving, which could lead to harm upon returning to the Prince Mansion, especially during childbirth. Wouldn’t that ruin everything?

This was a concern among wealthy households, much more so for Prince Ling.

While at the Prince Mansion, the midwives could eat well and drink well and even had maidservants to serve them; their hearts were elated beyond words.

Murong Jiu lay in bed nourishing her fetus, this time truly confined to bed. Except for using the toilet, she even had her meals and soups in bed.

Jun Yuyan treasured her dearly, wishing he could hold her hand every moment of the day, all twelve shichen long.