The sick king's bride to bring him good fortune

Resigned to her fate, Su'er walked into the main hall of the Prince's mansion, her lips twitching as she silently grumbled. There, a eunuch occasionally glanced towards Nanmo Pavilion.

When he saw Su'er approaching, his eyes lit up. However, he then noticed that there was no one behind Su'er. Immediately, his face fell.

"Miss Su'er," the old man called out, almost in tears.

Upon seeing this, Su'er paused, and a smile slowly appeared on her face: "Eunuch, I just reported to the Prince, but the Prince said that if the Emperor takes out something, he might consider releasing that lady."

After saying that, Su'er gestured for him to speak: "Eunuch, I have already said what I have to say. Please go back and tell the Emperor so that he can make his own decision."

Upon hearing this, the old man was taken aback, seemingly not yet understanding what Su'er meant.

He paused slightly, then turned to look at Su'er: "What did Miss Su'er mean just now?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Ahem, well, what our Prince means is that if His Majesty wants to take the Lady out, he should offer something in return. After all, there's no such thing as a free lunch. This Lady openly insulted our Princess in public. The Prince, out of respect for His Majesty, has already done more than enough by not punishing her. If His Majesty wants to take that Lady away without losing anything, that's impossible. So, please leave, Eunuch." As they spoke, the two had already reached the main gate. The steward was standing to the side, and upon hearing Su'er's words, even he, unusually, twitched the corner of his mouth.

Only then did the father-in-law understand.

It seems that Prince Qi is asking the Emperor for money again.

With a slightly embarrassed expression, the father-in-law didn't say anything more to Su'er and immediately left the palace and headed towards the imperial palace.

"Miss Su'er," the steward called out after the eunuch had walked away. He wiped the sweat from his brow.

"Mm," Su'er responded, turning around and focusing her gaze on the housekeeper.

"Um, will the Princess Consort be staying at this residence tonight?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the steward wanted to slap himself. He really wanted to ask if those words were truly spoken by the Prince; after all, it was such a twist of fate. If the Princess had meant it, he would have believed it, but...

The steward silently imagined the usually aloof prince in his mind, and suddenly looked at Su'er with a calculating expression and said that he wanted to ask the emperor for compensation.

"That scene is just too beautiful; he'd better not think about it."

Hearing the steward's words, Su'er rolled her eyes at her, bewildered. "When did the Princess stop having dinner at the manor?" she said, about to leave. But then she saw the steward's brow twitch as he thought: "Last night, the Princess didn't come back for dinner, and she even gave him a taste of the feeling of being shot with cold arrows by the Prince."

As if knowing what the steward was thinking, Su'er turned back around and looked at him: "Last night was just an accident. The princess was just out for too long and didn't have time to come back for dinner, so she ate outside before returning. Didn't you see that the prince brought the princess back to the manor together in the end?"

With that, Su'er ignored the housekeeper and left on her own.

The steward, standing behind her, glanced silently at her back and opened his mouth as if to say, "Who didn't know yesterday that the Prince and Princess had a falling out?" But thinking of the Prince's coldness over the past few days, he swallowed his words.

"Your Highness, the matter has been settled. The Emperor should send word soon." Upon returning to Nanmo Pavilion, Su'er relayed the news to Wei Jingnan.

"Okay, you go down and wait. See when they arrive, and report back when they do," Wei Jingnan said, looking at Ruan Mozhu, who was rolling around on the bed.

"Yes." Su'er responded and withdrew.

After Su'er left, Wei Jingnan walked to the bedside and looked at Ruan Mozhu, who was rolling around incessantly, her eyes closed, and her face contorted with various emotions. He curled his lips with interest.

"Ruan Mozhu, since you still have those silver notes left, why are you still unhappy?"

"You don't understand," Wei Jingnan said, and then Ruan Mozhu's muffled voice came from under the covers.

He raised an eyebrow: "Yes, I don't understand. Then you have to tell me what you're trying to do. Look at you, where is your princess demeanor?"

Wei Jingnan offered kind and gentle advice.

"Mind your own business! Get out of my way! I'm in a bad mood right now, don't bother me!"

"You really can't get up?"

"No"

"You're not getting up when Father is coming later?"

"I'm not getting up, what did you say?"

Feeling depressed, Ruan Mozhu suddenly stood up from the bed.

She looked at Wei Jingnan, blinked nervously, and asked, "What did you just say?"

I asked you if you wanted to get up.

"No, not that sentence."

"Hmm," Wei Jingnan raised an eyebrow, "Father will be here later."

“Yes!” Ruan Mozhu’s eyes widened, her pupils darting around. Wei Jingnan could tell just by looking at her that Ruan Mozhu was up to something mischievous again.

With a slight twitch of his lips, Wei Jingnan feigned ignorance and casually asked, "Why are you so excited about Father's visit?"

Wei Jingnan had expected Ruan Mozhu to decline before answering yes, but to his surprise, she said no. For a moment, Wei Jingnan's interest was piqued.

"Then, my beloved, what do you mean?" he asked.

“Of course it’s money. This is our first time meeting Father after our wedding, or rather, our first time meeting him. How could he not give us a red envelope or a change of address fee? If he really doesn’t give us any, wouldn’t that be too rude?” Ruan Mozhu originally wanted to say that it was shameless, but thinking that he was, after all, an emperor, she stopped herself and changed her words to “not rude.”

However, since Ruan Mozhu changed the words, Wei Jingnan, seeing Ruan Mozhu's expression, knew what she originally wanted to say.

I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

In fact, Ruan Mozhu was right this time. Although she wasn't there to give red envelopes, she was still there to give money.

Seeing her dreamy expression, Wei Jingnan touched the bridge of his nose, walked to the table next to him, picked up the book on it, and started reading.

Ruan Mozhu, however, remained immersed in her own fantasy.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, we have found out that the Drunken Spring Pavilion was indeed bought by Princess Qi."

"Oh, have you found out what Ruan Mozhu wants to do with Zui Chun Lou?"

"I've investigated, and in the past few days, Princess Qi has hired repairmen and bought a lot of timber and glass, but I don't know exactly what she's going to do with it."

"Hmm," Wei Jingye turned around, his dark eyes fixed on the kneeling man in black. "Several days have passed, and you're telling me you still haven't figured this out."

There was already a hint of anger in his words.

The man in black was startled and quickly lowered his body: "Master, please calm down. Although we have not found out what Princess Qi bought the Drunken Spring Pavilion for, we saw yesterday that Princess Qi's maid beat up Princess Jin's mother on the street. She was later taken away by Prince Qi. Today, our people saw the chief eunuch of the Emperor's side go to Prince Qi's residence, but he came out alone after a short while."

"Hmm?" Wei Jingye paused in confusion.

"The people sent by the Emperor failed to bring back Princess Jin's mother."

"Yes, master."

Upon hearing this, Wei Jingye slowly stepped to the window and looked up to see Wen Caiqian carrying a food box, followed by several people walking towards the study.

He immediately waved to the people behind him: "You leave first, and make sure you keep a close eye on Princess Qi and the Drunken Spring Pavilion."

"Yes," the man in black replied in a deep voice, then vanished in a flash.

Wei Jingye took a deep breath, slowly walked to the table and sat down, just as the study door opened.

Looking at Wen Caiqian's beautiful face, Wei Jingye sighed inwardly, "Wen Caiqian is getting bolder and bolder. She doesn't seem to care about him, the Crown Prince."

Despite his thoughts, Wei Jingye still wore a warm smile on his handsome face as he looked at Wen Caiqian: "Caiqian, why did you suddenly decide to come today? It's been quite a while since you've been to my study."

he said.

Wen Caiqian smiled faintly, "These past few days I've been thinking about how to win that person over, but I couldn't come up with any ideas. So I went to the kitchen and had some pastries made to discuss it with you." As Wen Caiqian spoke, her hands continued to work.

After taking out all the exquisite pastries from the food box and arranging them properly, Wen Caiqian sat down, not caring that Wei Jingye hadn't answered her earlier.

“Your Highness, what do you think we should do next? Every time Ruan Mozhu leaves the mansion, she is always surrounded by many people. It is impossible for us to even say a few words. I guess before we can say two words, Wei Jingnan will come looking for us.”

As Wen Caiqian spoke, she took a piece of osmanthus cake and brought it to Wei Jingye's lips.

Wei Jingye took a mouthful, chewed slowly, and swallowed it before saying, "Let's not worry about that for now. We just received news that Ruan Mozhu offended Princess Jin's mother, so Wei Jingnan has imprisoned that lady in the Prince's mansion. The eunuch from Father's side went there just now, but returned empty-handed. Can you figure out what they're up to?"

Wei Jingye asked, his eyes fixed on Wen Caiqian.

Wen Caiqian paused, then said, "Father."

"Yes."

Even the people sent by the Emperor were turned away by Wei Jingnan.

"nature."

"Could Wei Jingnan have made a request to the Emperor regarding that lady?"

Wen Caiqian asked tentatively.

After all, if Wei Jingnan and his group had acted normally, he would have returned the eunuch as soon as he appeared, and Wen Caiqian and Wei Jingye probably wouldn't have realized that something was wrong with them. But now, Wei Jingnan is acting out of the ordinary.

"As for the request, even if it is a request, what does Wei Jingnan want? He can't possibly ask Father for the throne. At this moment, this is probably the worst that Wei Jingnan can get. However, I believe that Father can distinguish between what is important and what is not. Between a woman and the throne, Father can't possibly choose the woman."

This book originated from Kanshuwang.