042 Complaint
Updated: 2013-06-06 20:01:41 Word Count: 1605
It's fine to despise her, it's fine to look down on her, but it's unacceptable to slander her in front of her! An assassin/spy? He really dares to say that. Although the former Luo Zhiheng wasn't particularly shrewd in this regard, her memories still told her that this was a chaotic world. To say something like that at this tense moment, when the war between the two countries was at its fiercest and everyone was on edge, was sensitive and dangerous. A slight misstep and her wet nurse and maid would be finished. What ability would she have to protect these two people who, just a moment ago, had so boldly vowed to stand together through thick and thin?
"How dare you slander me!" Luo Zhiheng preemptively pointed her whip at the butler and angrily rebuked him from her superior position.
The steward was stunned. It took him a long time to feel the pain. After years of being flattered and fawned over, how could he possibly swallow his anger when he was beaten and verbally abused by a woman destined to be ostracized? He sneered, "How did I slander you? On the contrary, you dared to commit violence in the street, disregarding all womanly virtues. I will definitely report this matter to the Consort."
"Hmph! Don't try to intimidate me with the concubine. The concubine is so noble and kind, how could she possibly believe the slander of a fat bastard like you? My maids and wet nurses have served me for years, how could you, a mere servant, dare to slander and humiliate them like this? Even if you don't see me as the young princess, don't you see the young prince? I was chosen by the young prince himself. Or is it that your master is more powerful than the future master of this palace!" Luo Zhiheng rebuked her angrily, displaying the ultimate skill of using both soft and hard tactics, feigning ignorance, and offering a sweet treat after a slap.
How could she not know that this person was Consort Li's person? But she insisted on praising Consort Li in public, leaving that woman speechless with bitterness. After all, she had just married into the Prince's mansion, so it was understandable that she didn't know the intricacies of the mansion, wasn't it?
"Miss, please don't..." The nanny turned pale with fright, afraid that Luo Zhiheng would really get into trouble because of them. The maid, however, stood in front of Luo Zhiheng with a fierce look on her face, protecting her.
Mu Yunjin's face tightened, his eyes shifting. He knew this steward was one of his mother's men. His mother had been constantly fighting with the Princess Consort, practically controlling the finances and personnel of the Prince's residence, already raising suspicions of a power grab. Now, Luo Zhiheng had inadvertently exposed his mother's ambitions. Luo Zhiheng might not know the steward's identity, but others certainly did. Things couldn't continue like this, and that steward was absolutely unacceptable.
"What's all this commotion about? What kind of behavior is this?" Consort Li arrived late, secretly glaring at the steward. Upon seeing Luo Zhiheng, she asked in surprise, "Since you're back, why didn't you come in quickly? What kind of behavior is this, making a scene outside?"
Consort Li had arrived long ago. She had only wanted to embarrass Luo Zhiheng by making things difficult for her, but she never expected that this hothead would dare to wield a whip in public. She really was fearless.
Upon seeing Consort Li, Luo Zhiheng complained indignantly, "Your Highness has arrived just in time! This dog, this servant, I don't know whose power he's relying on, actually stopped me from entering and even said my people are spies! Isn't this trying to kill me? My father is loyal to the emperor and defending the country, fighting on the front lines. I never expected that his own people would come to frame the family of a loyal minister first. Are they trying to kill me? If I don't get an explanation today, I will take it to the Prince."
"You dare to complain to her?" Consort Li's face was extremely ugly. She wished she could slap Luo Zhiheng, who was shouting and yelling, to death. She was about to scold her when she suddenly saw the slowly approaching carriage. Her expression changed again, and she quickly said, "Alright, alright, take your people and go inside quickly."
So readily agreed? Luo Zhiheng was taken aback. Something was fishy. She followed Consort Li's gaze to the side and saw a carriage bearing the insignia of the Prince's residence approaching. She instantly understood. Her eyes darted around, a cold smile flashing across them, and suddenly she knelt at the doorway!
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043 Leveraging the Opportunity (Third Update)
Updated: 2013-06-06 20:01:42 Word Count: 1594
Everyone was stunned once again by Luo Zhiheng's sudden kneeling.
"What are you doing? Get up now!" A fierce glint flashed in Consort Li's eyes. She hurriedly looked up at the approaching carriage and shouted in a low voice.
This gave Luo Zhiheng, who had been observing her closely, even more confidence. Since none of you are letting her have her way, she'll make you taste the bitterness of being humiliated.
"Thank you so much, Consort Luo, for your great kindness. You allowed my wet nurse and maid to enter the palace, which means you believe that the people around me are not spies. At least you won't let those villains use this to harm me. I will always remember your kindness," Luo Zhiheng said loudly, her eyes brimming with tears.
"What are you doing?" Consort Li's face turned even uglier; clearly, she didn't want the people in the carriage to see this.
But things didn't go as planned. The carriage had already arrived, the curtain was opened, and the burly and imposing prince stepped out and said coldly, "What are you doing?"
"Your Highness, you're back. Are you tired? Please come in quickly. I've had some nourishing soup prepared for you." Consort Li hurriedly went to greet him, hoping that the prince could ignore that annoying Luo Zhiheng.
Because of Mu Yunhe's marriage, the prince had already lost his temper with her, and he hadn't come to her room for the past few days. She couldn't let Luo Zhiheng cause the prince to dislike her any further.
But how could the prince be allowed to do as you please? He brushed away Consort Li's hand, frowned, and asked Luo Zhiheng, "What exactly happened? What kind of behavior is this, kneeling here!"
The prince exuded an imposing aura without even raising his voice, and everyone was so frightened that they knelt down.
Seeing that Consort Li was about to speak, Luo Zhiheng spoke clearly but pretended to be busy and timid, saying, "Your Highness, please forgive me. It's all my fault. I brought my wet nurse and maid back, and that steward stopped us and accused us of being spies. If I had informed the steward earlier, perhaps this unpleasant thing wouldn't have happened. But I didn't know that a mere steward would be so bold as to block my way and frame my people. Fortunately, Consort Li stepped in and saved my people from being falsely accused."
The prince gave the steward a cold glance, and when he looked at Consort Li, his calm face held a coldness and impatience that only Consort Li, his long-time bedmate, could understand. Consort Li's heart skipped a beat, and just as she realized something was wrong, the prince indeed spoke: "What use is a servant who doesn't know the rules? Fifty strokes of the cane and get out of the palace!"
"Your concubine obeys." Consort Li bowed, her smile barely holding on.
"As for you, you'd better stay obediently in the Prince's mansion. This is not a place where you can be presumptuous and act recklessly. I don't want to mention your past misdeeds. Now that you are the young prince's legal wife, take good care of him. Don't leave the mansion unless necessary." The prince didn't even look at Luo Zhiheng, treating her like a servant and ordering her around.
"Yes!" Luo Zhiheng answered obediently.
Luo Zhiheng could tell from the prince's tone that he didn't take her seriously, but it didn't matter. She didn't consider this place her home anyway, and she would leave sooner or later. Seeing Consort Li's pained expression, Luo Zhiheng was satisfied. She was happy that she could make this annoying Consort Li unhappy before leaving.
Mu Yunjin, however, secretly became wary of Luo Zhiheng. This was a clear case of leveraging power. She was able to eliminate her mother's trusted confidante in just a few words by using her father's words. He would never believe that she was simple-minded!
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044 Attitude Shift!
Updated: 2013-06-06 20:01:43 Word Count: 1642
As soon as Luo Zhiheng reached Mu Yunhe's door, she heard a heart-wrenching cough. She stopped in her tracks; the room was in complete chaos, as if a battle had broken out. She didn't want to go in, but someone had already seen her.
However, the maid did not greet them, but instead shouted to the maids outside, "Quickly, quickly go find a doctor!"
Upon hearing this, the sweeping maid threw down her broom and ran away.
The scene became chaotic. Luo Zhiheng was pushed aside from the doorway. At this moment, no one could pay attention to her anymore. The person inside was the most important. If Mu Yunhe died, they would all be buried with him.
"What's going on inside?" The wet nurse frowned. She had already prepared for the worst regarding her mistress's situation, but judging from how the maids and servants treated her as if she didn't exist from the moment she entered the room, her mistress's situation was even worse.
Luo Zhiheng said calmly, "It's the young prince; he may have had another relapse."
For a normal person, it's understandable to have little emotional connection to a man they've only known for less than three days; at this moment, they are practically the closest strangers in name only. Therefore, in her eyes, Mu Yunhe's life or death is irrelevant, and knowing she will leave, she takes everything in the Prince's mansion in stride.
However, the wet nurse was unaware that Luo Zhiheng was so audacious as to think about leaving the Prince's mansion. She naturally assumed that Luo Zhiheng would spend the rest of her life in the mansion, so when she heard that Mu Yunhe had fallen ill and everyone looked ashen-faced, she also turned pale.
She quickly pulled Luo Zhiheng to a corner, her eyes already red, and whispered, "My lady! This young prince is your husband! How can you act so indifferent? If anything were to happen to him right now, do you think you could have a good outcome, given that you've just married into the family and are still unfavored and disliked?"
"I..." She was about to say that she was going to leave anyway, but the words suddenly got stuck in her throat.
As the saying goes, a single word can awaken a person from a dream!
The wet nurse's words were like a timely rain, jolting Luo Zhiheng awake! A chill ran through the intelligent girl. She lowered her eyes, her gaze shifting sharply.
Yes. No matter what, she is still Mu Yunhe's wife. If Mu Yunhe dies now, she will definitely not have a good time! He was alive before the wedding, and he dies a few days after the wedding. In this more feudal and superstitious era, wouldn't Luo Zhiheng be accused of being a jinx to her husband by the Prince's Mansion? At that time, let alone leaving the Prince's Mansion and running away, she probably won't even have a good ending!
To put it bluntly, Mu Yunhe is currently her talisman. Marrying her was solely for good luck; as long as Mu Yunhe is doing well, even if the people in the Prince's mansion dislike her, they won't dare do anything to her. If Mu Yunhe dies, no matter how powerful Luo Zhiheng is, she'll be nothing more than a grasshopper that can be crushed at will in front of the powerful Prince's mansion!
Yes! Mu Yunhe absolutely cannot die before she leaves here! Otherwise, her freedom and future will be nothing but a bubble!
Luo Zhiheng's attitude was problematic from the start. She always saw herself as an observer, watching everything in the Prince's mansion, but never integrated herself into it. However, she overlooked the fact that she couldn't simply stand idly by and remain uninvolved just because she didn't want to. This complicated identity had already brought her into the even more bizarre environment of the Prince's mansion. If she didn't want to be swallowed up, she couldn't just sit idly by!
When she looked up again, a plan had been made in her eyes. Wisdom was hidden beneath her bright eyes as she walked into the dark room!
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045 Critically ill!
Updated: 2013-06-06 20:01:44 Word Count: 1588
The room remained stuffy and dark. As soon as Luo Zhiheng entered, a pungent smell hit her. Looking at the servants who were in a panic, she said in a deep voice, "What's the panic! Stand on both sides."
Her shout swiftly silenced the chaotic scene. Everyone turned to see her, their faces filled with anger and disdain. This wasn't the young princess they acknowledged, and the young prince's illness had come without warning—hadn't they already arranged a wedding to ward off bad luck? Shouldn't the young prince have been recovering? Why was his condition worsening instead? This was the most severe attack Mu Yunhe had suffered in all these years!
The woman before them clearly wasn't someone whose birth chart had been matched with Mu Yunhe's. Could it be that she had offended the young prince? This was the thought on everyone's mind when they saw Luo Zhiheng, but they dared not say it.
Luo Zhiheng frowned and said, "What problem can you solve by panicking like this? Why did the young prince suddenly fall ill? Hasn't the doctor returned yet? Isn't the doctor staying in the manor?"
Xiao Xizi's trembling voice came from the crowd: "Your Highness, we don't know why the young prince suddenly fell ill. After you left today, the young prince didn't eat anything until noon. He suddenly vomited and then started coughing. He fainted once, and he just woke up coughing again."
Luo Zhiheng knew nothing about medicine. She wanted to get close to Mu Yunhe, but the servants were wary and wouldn't let her near, as if she were a monster.
Before the two sides could even reach a stalemate, the doctor rushed in. Everyone made way, revealing Mu Yunhe. Luo Zhiheng was stunned. Mu Yunhe was lying flat on the bed, his body drenched in sweat. His pale face and lips were almost transparent, and his sweat-soaked hair clung to his cheeks, looking utterly dejected and lifeless.
He was breathing heavily in bed, his morning energy gone.
How could a person suddenly undergo such a drastic change? Or is Mu Yunhe truly terminally ill?
While the doctor was taking her pulse, the princess also rushed over with Hu Mama, whom she had met on the way. At this moment, the princess no longer had the kind and gentle demeanor she had shown when she met Luo Zhiheng. She was like an unapproachable mountain, heavy and gloomy, and completely ignored Luo Zhiheng coming to the bedside.
Luo Zhiheng's heart skipped a beat, realizing something was wrong. Sure enough, as soon as Mu Yunhe got into trouble, she would be disliked by everyone, even the kind-hearted princess. In fact, if Mu Yunhe really died, the princess would be the first person to hate her.
We must find a way to turn the situation around, otherwise she will be in grave danger.
"How is He'er?" the princess asked anxiously as she saw the doctor begin to work.
The doctor said somberly, "The situation is extremely worrying this time. The young prince's internal organs are being irreversibly eroded little by little, due to both the medication and the disease within him. I have said before that although this medicine can sustain the young prince's life, it is also pushing him closer to that point. This attack is just the first one before his critical condition. I'm afraid that each subsequent attack will be more severe and painful than the last, and the damage to his internal organs will become more and more serious. Your Highness, you must make plans as soon as possible."
"What?!" The princess's face turned deathly pale, and she swayed as if she were about to collapse.
Luo Zhiheng was also shocked by the diagnosis! She had only been married for three days, but her husband was already seriously ill with no way out. What awaited her was probably the overwhelming wrath of the Mu Prince's Mansion!
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