flstandardbreds Chapter 146: How to Have a Child
Chapter 146: How to Have a Child
Suddenly, a sword swung back and the Prince of Jin's sword blade slashed towards Chu Mingzheng's waist and abdomen. Chu Mingzheng dodged sideways, but still heard the sound of the long blade cutting through flesh.
Blood gushed out from his waist, and at the same time, a long sword fell on the neck of the Prince of Jin.
King Ningyuan won the competition, but was also injured.
"Your Highness!"
Lu Mingyang was about to step forward, but saw a beautiful figure running behind him. Qin Miao ran forward and supported Chu Mingzheng.
Princess Qinghe also wanted to step forward, but was stopped by the masked man behind her.
The Prince of Jin stood there in a daze, holding a blood-stained sword. He had clearly used that sword to protect himself, so how could he have been stabbed for no apparent reason?
The cloth was turned up, revealing a hideous bloody wound. Qin Miao cried and tried to cover Chu Mingzheng's wound, "Golden wound medicine, golden wound medicine..."
"It's just a scrape, nothing serious!" Chu Mingzheng took the lead in covering the wound, sheathed his sword and saluted: "Father, I am sorry for my impoliteness. Please allow me to change my clothes."
The emperor hurriedly said, "Call the imperial physician to have Prince Ningyuan take a look."
Qin Miao helped Chu Mingzheng walk out the door, coughing up a mouthful of blood. Chu Mingzheng staggered and fainted in front of the palace door. Two young eunuchs hurried forward, and Lu Mingyang also surrounded them at this time.
When she walked over, she took a look at Princess Jin and was really scared.
"This child, let him do what he is capable of, why show off his ability." The emperor looked at the person being carried out, glanced at the empress dowager awkwardly, and then smiled and talked to the Prince of Jin, while appreciating the reaction of the Princess of Jin.
Not long after, the imperial physician came in.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Ningyuan is fine. He simply fainted due to a surge of blood and exhaustion. His wounds are not serious and he will be fine after some rest."
Upon hearing the imperial physician's words, Princess Jin's tense expression instantly collapsed, and then she began to retch.
"What's going on?" Concubine Song hurriedly ordered, "Help Princess Jin go to the back hall to rest."
Before he finished speaking, the Prince of Jin and Princess Qinghe had already helped Princess Jin up and went to the back hall. As they walked out of the back door of the main hall, Princess Jin slapped the Prince of Jin in the face.
"He's still sick, don't you know?"
"Mother, my second brother didn't mean it." Princess Qinghe glanced at her brother and comforted her mother into the back hall.
The Prince of Jin stood there, his back stiff, his whole body like a thin fallen leaf in the cold moonlight.
Without the main character of the palace banquet, the excitement soon faded away.
Chu Mingzheng rested in the east side hall, and Princess Jin rested in the back hall. Although they were only a few steps away, to them, it was like a ravine and an abyss.
"Let's go!" Chu Mingzheng looked at the back hall for a long time, and finally turned around and left.
When everything calmed down, Concubine Song took Prince Guangcheng to the rear hall of Yanqing Palace to deliver some medicine to Princess Jin. The little guy was so happy about his beautiful sister that he held Princess Qinghe's hand tightly and refused to let go.
Concubine Song smiled and said, "Princess, please accompany Hui'er to play for a while!"
Princess Qinghe was really not impressed by how quickly Concubine Song changed her expression, but seeing her mother nod and little Prince Guangcheng was so cute, she took him to find her second brother.
Yunmeng also led everyone out at the right time. Although the palace door was open, it was far away and no one could get close.
Concubine Song stood in front of the bed, looking down at Princess Jin. "The Queen Mother is worried about you and can't bear to see you traveling back and forth, so she said she'll let you stay in Shoukang Palace."
That meant she was not allowed to see her son privately. Princess Jin picked up her shoes and went to see the Queen Mother.
"It's only been a few days. Even if you see your son every day, how many times can you see him?"
Hearing Concubine Song's words, the Princess of Jin paused in her tracks. She had spent so much time in Shoukang Palace today, and the Empress Dowager had allowed her to live there. Without a doubt, Concubine Song knew what had happened.
As for Princess Jin, she felt there was no need to beat around the bush. She sat on the couch, silently poured a cup of tea, placed it opposite her, and said directly, "If you want to see your son every day, sit down and have a cup."
"Do you have a solution?" Princess Jin's eyes changed.
"Your Majesty has few children, but the Prince of Jin's children are not wealthy either, are they?"
At this point, Concubine Song lightly reminded: "Adoption is a serious matter. If you go back on your word, it will inevitably make the world laugh at the emperor. But if the Prince of Jin is accidentally killed, Your Majesty, considering the feelings of compatriots, adopts the Prince of Ningyuan to the Prince of Jin. That would be a gesture of affection and righteousness. Then even the Queen Mother will help you. Are you still afraid of not getting your son back?"
"It's possible..." Princess Jin's lips trembled: "...He is innocent."
"Who among the royal family is not innocent?"
After all, this was a child she had raised for more than ten years, so Concubine Song did not expect her to answer immediately. She smiled and said, "Who is close and who is distant, who will live and who will die, Princess Jin, think about it carefully!"
She believed that her final choice would be what she wished.
……
As the morning light began to break, Lu Mingyang sat on the lotus corridor, throwing fish food into the lotus pond out of boredom, muttering to himself from time to time.
"Really? What's so good about living in such a huge palace? I have to get up early, take care of the accounts, and even eat, drink, poop and urinate!"
"When I was in the Marquis' Mansion before, there weren't so many things to do!"
"There's not even anyone to talk to, and you still have to watch the affection between cousins!"
"..."
"Second sister, what are you mumbling about?"
A familiar sound of disdain came over. Lu Mingyang turned his head and saw his sister running towards him. He asked curiously, "Why are you here again?"
"I live here!" Yang Nian'er said proudly. If she hadn't brought anything with her yesterday, she wouldn't have returned to the mansion.
"Who let you live here?"
"Your Highness!"
Lu Mingyang stood up angrily: "Why did he let you live here?"
"I'm the owner of the palace!" Yang Nian'er put her hands on her hips.
"Hmph, hmph... No wonder you were such a lackey that day." Lu Mingyang's momentum immediately weakened, but he still warned firmly: "Hurry back, there's no space in my yard."
"It's okay!" Yang Nian'er smiled very stubbornly: "His Highness has prepared a room for me. It's in a big courtyard, so beautiful. He also said that I can live here for the rest of my life."
"I'll go find him!"
Lu Mingyang rushed to the study angrily, "Your Highness, what do you mean? If you let my sister live here, how will she get married in the future?"
"Second sister, second sister!" Yang Nian'er hurriedly grabbed her sister, "His Highness asked me to live in the front yard."
Lu Mingyang: “…”
Chu Mingzheng was half-lying on the couch, reading a book, wearing a loose-fitting undershirt, which was untied, leaving his chest half exposed. Lu Mingyang hurriedly turned around, covered his sister's eyes, and pushed her away.
He was still mumbling, "I can't live here forever!"
"stop!"
A huge resentment streaked across the sky. Lu Mingyang pushed his sister out the door, turned around and went in, only to see a face full of resentment.
"If it weren't for your sister's matter, when would you have come to see me?"