My husband, who abandoned his father and kept his son, actually wants me to be his concubine.

Chapter 47 You Never Loved Me

Princess Yongjia sighed all the way, and the sedan chair came to a steady stop at the palace gate.

Lu Jinshi then helped Princess Yongjia to the palace of Consort Xian.

When Consort Xian saw her daughter crying as she arrived, she was filled with heartache and asked, "Jia'er, what's wrong?"

Lu Jinshi did not forget to bow to the Consort Xian.

Princess Yongjia nestled in Consort Xian's arms and sobbed, "Mother, Yuan Jie... he's keeping a mistress outside the marriage, and she's already given birth to a daughter. That mistress is currently six months pregnant."

Consort Xian was also shocked: "That brat Yuan Jie actually dared to disregard the royal princess. Your mother will definitely help you reprimand Yuan Jie. How dare he treat you like this?"

Princess Yongjia cried bitterly in her mother's arms, "Mother, I love him so much, why does he treat me like this? Why?"

Consort Xian gently patted Princess Yongjia's back and said, "Yuan Jie must also be thinking about the future of the Duke of Zhenguo's family. Don't be too sad. Men in this world are like cats, none of them can resist stealing fish. As long as he is willing to break off with that mistress, his heart is still with you.

Lu Jinshi, who was listening from the side, frowned slightly and said, "Your Highness, Consort Xian, what you said is not right."

Consort Xian sized up Lu Jinshi and asked, "Who are you?"

Lu Jinshi bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I am the daughter of Princess Mingzhu."

Consort Xian said, "So it's you. You've grown into a beautiful young woman. How is your mother?"

"My mother is doing well."

Consort Xian looked at Lu Jinshi and said, "You just said that what I said was wrong?"

Lu Jinshi nodded and said, "Yes, what you said is incorrect."

“Yuan Jie has already betrayed Her Highness the Princess. He already has a daughter. How can he break off his relationship with her? Yuan Jie has already betrayed the Princess once. There’s no guarantee that he won’t betray her a second or a third time.”

The Consort Xian said, "Yuan Jie doesn't have the guts to betray us one after another. It's alright to have children. The children are still young. Jia'er has been seeking medical treatment for the past few years and has suffered a lot. It's good to recognize these two children and raise them well, just like our own."

Lu Jinshi frowned and said, "Your Highness, when these two children grow up, will they resent the princess for driving away their birth mother? Will they hate Her Highness for separating them from their mother?"

Consort Xian looked at Princess Yongjia in her arms and said, "They wouldn't dare. They will all have to rely on Jia'er to inherit their titles in the future."

Princess Yongjia cried bitterly in Consort Xian's arms, "Mother... will you also let me acknowledge those two children?"

Consort Xian said, “Yongjia, when I was young, I also suffered from not being able to give birth to a prince. At that time, I both longed for your maternal grandmother to come to the palace to see me and was afraid of her coming, because she would always bring me all sorts of folk remedies for giving birth to a prince.”

It wasn't until Consort Rong entered the palace that the six palaces became a mere formality, and I no longer had to suffer like that. Anyway, your father no longer came to the harem. At that time, I really thought it was a good thing. I would no longer be blamed for not having a child... Having children is ultimately a difficult hurdle for a woman's life.

"Your mother is overjoyed that you have married the man you love. At least you and your husband are deeply in love. Rather than worrying every day and taking that bitter medicine, why not adopt those two children as your own, and then you and your husband can live a good life together."

Lu Jinshi frowned deeply, never expecting that Consort Xian, as a mother, would advise the princess in such a way.

In front of Consort Xian, Lu Jinshi could not say anything more.

Princess Yongjia whispered, "Mother, since Yuan Jie has betrayed me, I will never forgive him. Our past relationship was too beautiful; I cannot tolerate even the slightest flaw. Besides, this is not just a slight flaw, but a thorn already piercing my heart..."

The Consort Xian said, "This thorn only hurts occasionally. As long as the consort is willing to change, that's fine. But if you and Yuan Jie separate, once this thorn is removed, you will suffer immense bloodshed... Jia'er, although you are a princess, after your divorce, you may not be able to find a better consort than Yuan Jie." Princess Yongjia fell into deep thought.

Lu Jinshi, watching from the side, dared not offer any further advice and could only take his leave.

When Lu Jinshi returned to the courtyard on East Street, she saw that Rong Yi had already arranged for his subordinates to carry her luggage.

Rong Yi, holding Zhang'er, looked at Lu Jinshi and said, "What's wrong? Why do you look so angry?"

Lu Jinshi glared at Rong Yi and said, "Women in this world are so pitiful. Even a princess has to be persuaded to be tolerant by the Consort Xian..."

Rong Yi said, "You yourself said that's how the world is."

"No, the world should not continue like this."

Lu Jinshi looked at Rong Yi and said, “A woman’s mission is not only to be a good wife and mother, but also to study and understand reason. Instead of one generation after another enduring injustice and persuading the next to accept it, I do not want my future daughter to repeat the mistakes of my mother and Princess Yongjia!”

Rong Yi held Zhang'er in his arms and said, "Jin'er, how easy is it for you to change this world?"

"It's not easy for me, but it's not easy for you."

Rong Yi frowned slightly and said, "Although I am using the alias Rong Yi, it will not be easy for me to break this injustice."

Lu Jinshi said, "You will be the future crown prince, you will be the future emperor. If you want it, it's easy."

Rong Yi said, "Didn't I tell you? Even emperors can't do whatever they want."

Lu Jinshi said, "That's only because you're the beneficiary. Even if your sister is heartbroken because of your brother-in-law's betrayal, you only punched your brother-in-law twice..."

Rong Yi said, "You don't know how deep the love is between my elder sister and brother-in-law. I remember they fell in love when they were young. When my elder sister was fifteen, she was afraid that the status of a prince consort would hinder Yuan Jie's future, so she preferred to find a prince consort far away from Chang'an. Their love was not smooth, and they finally became a couple. They were loving and affectionate for six years. How could they break it off so easily?"

Lu Jinshi said, "Once unfaithful, always untrustworthy. My husband has already betrayed me, how can I be so magnanimous as to forgive him?"

Rong Yi lowered his eyes and looked at Lu Jinshi, "When you learned that I was going to make you a concubine, what angered you the most was that I was looking down on you by making you a concubine, not that I had a legal wife. You never loved me at all."

It's not that you don't want the Seventh Prince to take a concubine, but that you love him; it's just that you can't tolerate concubines because of your parents.

When you truly understand what love is, you'll understand why Consort Xian advised reconciliation rather than separation this time, and why she advised the Princess to tolerate the Prince Consort's betrayal. It's because the Princess deeply loves the Prince Consort, and letting her leave him is far more painful than tolerating his taking a concubine.

Lu Jinshi raised an eyebrow and looked at Rong Yi, asking, "Then do you love me deeply?"

Rong Yi: "Isn't that obvious? If I didn't love you, you would be punished for disrespecting a prince right now, just for abandoning your father and keeping your son."

Lu Jinshi nodded and said, "I understand."

Lu Jinshi turned to leave.

Rong Yi frowned and asked, "Where did you go after you just got back?"

Lu Jinshi said, "Deep love is about tolerance, and it's about feeling unbearable pain after leaving. Well then, I'll go find a male concubine to prove your tolerance and deep love for me..."