The Beloved Imperial Consort

Chapter 38

Chapter 38

It has been one month since Danruo courtyard had revealed good news. A big event has happened this month.

After the crown prince was put into the house arrest, his temper turned violent and his behavior in the inner yard was utterly preposterous. He went so far as to take the lead prostitute from the brothel, fooling around with her every night. The two stayed behind the closed door all day long doing those shameful things. They even wantonly collected wicked and depraved items, using them on the women in the inner yard and causing the prince's estate to turn into an extremely filthy place.

The crown prince's cefei was the second di daughter of a duke with sweet-tempered and virtuous, dignified and noble character. Not only was she subjected to the crown prince's obscene items but also to the prostitute's disrespect and taunts. How could she tolerate such humiliation? Unable to get over the disgrace, the cefei committed suicide by swallowing the gold.

When this happened, the eldest shu son born by cefei drew out the sword and directly chopped down the head of that prostitute. However, Zhong Zheng Hui kicked him right in the middle of the chest, causing him to vomit blood on the spot. Since his lungs have been injured, the imperial physician has diagnosed that in the future he will cough routinely and need to use medicine regularly.

The crown princess who was nursing her pregnancy in the estate got a scare which led to her going to premature labor and delivering a weak male infant two months before the term. The infant suffered from congenital deficiency and was very weak. After the imperial physicians looked up the baby, they all shook their heads and sighed, saying that the baby might not survive to adulthood.

When Yuancheng Emperor learnt of this incident, he became enraged. For a moment, he was so angry that has, unexpectedly, fallen sick and had been in bed since. Excerpt for the crown prince and the first prince who were still under the house arrest, the rest of princes from age twelve and above all took turns to attend his sickness.

Zhong Zheng Lin was already temporarily charged with the crown prince's official matters. Besides, he was also worried about Mu Xi Yao's daily life and diet, and on top of that he currently also had to attend to Yuancheng Emperor. Suddenly, he became so up to ears in work that he seemed to get a lot thinner.

The usual elegant looking sixth Highness was nowadays so busy he didn't even have time to take care of his stubble. It was actually Mu Xi Yao who noticed it in the evening and personally tidied it up for him. After finishing cleaning his face, that man was already so tired he lied on Mu Xi Yao's knees and fell asleep. Mu Xi Yao looked at Zhong Zheng Lin's handsome face under the dim yellow candlelight and sighed. Inside, she was full of laments. Being a party leader was indeed not easy. Being a pampered consort was the best thing to choose.

Seeing the man going out early in the morning and returning late in the night every day, and had already missed the mealtime for several days in the row, Mu Xi Yao called for momo who would specially prepare a meal for Zhong Zheng Lin. Oftentimes, the meal consisted of meat paired with vegetables. The taste was light. On top of that, she had Wei Zhen to send over a steaming hot nutritional soup. Sending a meal twice per day like this, Zhong Zheng Lin felt very warm inside.

Mu shufei's thoughtfulness, however, gave the inner yard a signal to vie for the favor. It stirred all the woman to send soups to the study in the front yard every day. Every time the soup had a different flavor.

Zhong Zheng Lin was always biased. With the sentence "Misconducted" he dismissed the relentless women, shattering their hearts in the process.

Once Zhong Zheng Lin got busy, the time he spent in the inner yard got less and less, often resting in the study. Even when he returned back to the estate, he would take the opportunity and go to Danruo courtyard to see Mu Xi Yao, sit for a while and then go back.