The heartache in Meixiang's eyes was almost overflowing. As a maid who came with the dowry, she had seen Li Ying become like this with her own eyes.
When Emperor Wenzong first granted the marriage, Li Ying was full of expectations for the future because she had met the Prince of Jin at a palace banquet.
Even though she later learned that he had fallen in love with Shen Xiyue, she didn't mind. After all, it was impossible for a royal family member to have only one woman.
Unfortunately, Prince Jin was so cruel that he set his sights on having a child after their marriage and tampered with the spices he personally gave her.
Because of this, in the first year of their marriage, Prince Jin often had sex with her, but she could not get pregnant and at one point she thought there was something wrong with her body.
If she hadn't discovered it by chance later and secretly replaced the spices, she would never have been able to have a child in her life.
In addition, after Shen Xiyue entered the mansion, Prince Jin's blatant favoritism hurt Li Ying's heart time and time again, and she became completely desperate about him.
Li Ying's eyes were cold. "Since he won't let me live well, I won't let him live well either. The worst that can happen is that we will fight to the death for the rest of our lives."
Ever since she learned that the King of Jin intended to prevent her from having children and personally gave her the infertile spices, her young heart was hurt.
His doting on Shen Xiyue made her jealous to the point of madness. After being hurt time and time again by their love, she completely let go of him.
Now she and he are just a couple in name only. She seeks fame for the family, and he seeks profit for himself. Their marriage is nothing more than a transaction.
Meixiang cautiously probed, "What about today's matter, Your Majesty..."
Li Ying did not answer, but slightly raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a faint smile, "What do you think, Meixiang?"
Mei Xiang immediately knelt down and kowtowed heavily, "I deserve to die. I shouldn't have asked too many questions, let alone doubted the queen."
Li Ying's smile deepened. "Get up. I know you are just worried about me, not trying to betray me."
Meixiang lowered her head and didn't dare look at her. When she heard her laughter, her scalp tingled and the fear she felt was no less than when she faced Prince Jin.
She kowtowed again in fear and said, "I will always be yours, and I will never have any second thoughts!"
Li Ying did not comment, but a hint of sharpness flashed across her eyes.
***
Royal Palace, study.
On the way back from Prince Jin's Mansion, Chu Xuanchi was in deep thought.
Now that they had entered the study, Mo Zhaohua asked, "What do you think of what happened today, my husband?"
Chu Xuanchi shook his head slowly, "I can't tell whether it was done by Princess Jin or someone else."
Mo Zhaohua didn't care too much, "Indeed, they are all suspects. Since there is no way to judge, let's wait for the news from Prince Jin's Mansion."
Although King Jin did not want the matter to be made public, she believed that Chu Xuanchi had a way to find out the result, but there might be no conclusion.
After all, as long as the matter is done cleanly and King Jin's people cannot find out, the matter can only be closed as an accident.
Chu Xuanchi wanted to hear her opinion, "Zhao Zhao has no idea?"
Mo Zhaohua didn't think much about it. "I don't want to bother with things that have nothing to do with us. I'll just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."
It's not that he wants to, but there is no need. Prince Jin will die next year because of the fight for the throne, unless he can give up the fight in this life.
But judging from the current situation, he has not given up, so why should she bother with such trivial matters? She is going to die anyway.
Chu Xuanchi thought she would be curious, but was a little surprised when he heard it, "Zhao Zhao has a really good attitude."
Mo Zhaohua smiled sweetly, "It's not that I have a good attitude, it's that my heart is too small. My heart can only hold my husband's affairs."
The King of Jin in her previous life died too early, so her hatred with Chu Xuanchi should have nothing to do with him, so she naturally didn't care about it in this life.
Chu Xuanchi changed the topic she was concerned about, "I wonder if Yuchi Jiyue has the ability to get rid of Mo Yaohua's child."
Mo Zhaohua did not hold out hope for Yuchi Jiuyue in this matter. "She must want to do it, but I guess she doesn't dare."
The biggest difference between Yuchi Jiuyue and Li Ying is that she has Chu Xuanhan in her heart, so she is reluctant to make him annoyed because of the child.
As for Li Ying, Mo Zhaohua remembered it very clearly. Before she was sentenced to death in her previous life, she cursed Prince Jin loudly. The two of them probably had no feelings for each other.
And if she had no feelings, she would not care about King Jin's thoughts. So what if touching his offspring annoyed her? It was not as important as her own personal interests.
Chu Xuanchi suddenly felt fortunate, "Fortunately, my body is not in good condition, otherwise I would not know how to cope with a bunch of women."
Mo Zhaohua immediately thought of someone, "Does the Crown Prince also think the same way, so there is only one Crown Princess in the Eastern Palace?"
In the previous life, the Crown Prince died of illness, and the Crown Princess committed suicide for love. They had no children until their death, and there was no other female master in the Eastern Palace.
"Perhaps, but the prince also uses the excuse that he is weak, and there are still people who often want to insert women into the East Palace."
If the Crown Prince was in better health and could make love with the Crown Princess every now and then, he would not be able to repeatedly reject those interested parties.
"When my husband stands up again, won't I have to compete with a bunch of women in the backyard for favors and be on guard against them harming me?"
Mo Zhaohua got a headache when he thought of this. There were so many people in the Shangshu Mansion, and they were all cunning. If it were the backyard of Prince Yu's Mansion, the intrigue would be even worse.
Chu Xuanchi solemnly promised, "I don't have a bunch of women, I only have one Zhao Zhao. You are enough for me in this life, and I will never take a concubine."
"I'm afraid that my husband won't be able to decide then."
After all, Chu Xuanchi is a prince and needs to have children. According to etiquette, he should have four concubines.
"No, at worst, Zhao Zhao can go with me to Southern Xinjiang. No one would be willing to send a woman to the battlefield."
If someone really dares to send it, Chu Xuanchi will report it urgently over 800 miles away, saying that someone wants to disrupt the morale of the army, and see who dares to act rashly.
Mo Zhaohua knew that he could do what he said, and she was very pleased. If she could be with him for the rest of his life, she would be more than happy.
***
Prince Qi’s Mansion, front yard.
This is also where Chu Xuanhan usually rests.
When Mo Yaohua learned that he had returned from Prince Jin's Mansion injured, she specially brought ginseng soup to see him.
Chu Xuanhan used the excuse that Yuchi Jiuyue was tired from going out today, and sent her back to Mingyueju to rest with concern.
Yuchi Jiuyue knew that he wanted to be alone with Mo Yaohua, but he had to leave, otherwise it would be intolerant.
After all, the concubine is also his legitimate woman. Since she cannot monopolize him, she has to act like a good mistress in front of others.
As soon as she left, Mo Yaohua became concerned about Chu Xuanhan's injury, "How is Liu Lang's injury? Is it serious?"
Chu Xuanhan stretched out his hand and pulled the person into his arms, "It's okay, luckily Yaoyao didn't go with you, otherwise you would be the second Shen Xiyue."
Mo Yaohua sat on his lap, speaking even softer and gentler than a jade, "What's wrong? Is the concubine of Prince Jin seriously injured?"
Chu Xuanhan touched her belly and said, "She was just knocked over by the horse's hoof along with the chair. She wasn't seriously injured, but she is pregnant."
Mo Yaohua's heart tightened, and she raised her hand to cover the back of his hand, "Then isn't it very likely that her child will not be saved?"
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