Chapter 133 Princess Ning's Heartbreak

"What did you say?!"

Princess Ning exclaimed incredulously, "You're going to take her as a concubine just to go against me? Do you even know who she is? She might be in cahoots with the thief who almost killed you! Taking her as a concubine will bring endless trouble!"

Xiao Qingyuan completely disagreed with her: "If she were in cahoots with that thief, she wouldn't be so afraid of him! Besides, if they were in cahoots, why didn't Mu Ge kill me after staying in the manor for so many days?"

"She not only didn't harm me, but she even helped me. I don't think there will be any problems if I take her as a concubine. She's just a pitiful and weak woman. What trouble could she possibly cause? Mother is worrying too much!"

"Or is it that you dislike Mu Ge because she's willing to help me? And you're deliberately trying to get rid of her?"

Princess Ning was trembling all over. She was filled with anger and pain. She pointed at her son, but couldn't utter a word for a long time.

She thought that after Chu Yanluo left, her son would gradually realize what kind of person she was and would become more sensible. She never expected that the gap between her son and her would become even deeper!

After a long while, she asked in a sorrowful tone, "In your eyes, are they all good people, and only I am a bad person? Are you blaming me for letting Chu Yanluo leave today because you are talking back to me like this?"

Seeing her like this, Xiao Qingyuan realized that he might have gone too far today, but he felt that he also had his reasons: "Mother, you know how much I like Yanluo, but you still won't help me keep her. You don't care about your son at all!"

Princess Ning said angrily, "Liking someone can't put food on the table! You're not a child anymore. You should know what kind of person you should like and what kind of person you shouldn't like!"

"Of course I know that Yanluo is the one I should love! If you really care about me, you should grant my wish! Instead of marrying me a princess consort, which prevents me from fulfilling my promise to Yanluo, forces me to make her a concubine, and leaves me in a terrible situation!"

Princess Ning's heart shattered instantly, and tears streamed down her face: "So you really are blaming me. I poured my heart and soul into your marriage, choosing such a wonderful princess for you, and instead of thanking me, you think I've ruined you. How could I have a son like you? What sins did I commit in my past life to deserve such suffering in this one!"

"It's Mother's own fault for asking for trouble. I've already said I only want Yanluo, I don't want any other women, but you insisted on making me marry someone else, and now you've ruined two women!"

As Xiao Qingyuan spoke, he grabbed Mu Ge and said, "And her too. Mother had better not kick her out while I was out, or I'll search the ends of the earth to bring her back!"

After he finished speaking, he pulled Mu Ge away.

Princess Ning watched him leave with his men, feeling that his words seemed strangely familiar.

She thought for a while before she remembered that when he insisted on marrying Chu Yanluo, she had planned to have someone send Chu Yanluo away far away. At that time, her son seemed to have said something similar.

Princess Ning felt an excruciating pain in her chest and a stabbing pain in her head. For a moment, she didn't know where to cover herself to stop the pain.

She managed to say with difficulty, "Granny, go...go and call..."

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, then her vision went black and she collapsed.

"princess!"

Granny Quan was shocked. While supporting the princess and trying to help her catch her breath, she hurriedly ordered Qiu Shui, "Quickly go and fetch the Crown Princess. Tell her that the princess has fainted again because of the Crown Prince. Go now!"

Qiu Shui's face was also pale. She hurriedly ran out of Shaoguang Courtyard and rushed into Wutong Courtyard at her fastest speed.

"Princess Consort, the Princess Consort has fainted again from anger caused by the Prince, and she even vomited blood! Please go and save her!"

Shen Wantang was both shocked and annoyed. What was wrong with Xiao Qingyuan? Was the princess in good health? She had finally managed to cure the princess's headache, and he had managed to make her faint again!

She called for Dujuan, took her silver needles, and hurriedly went to Shaoguang Courtyard.

Upon entering the room, one sees Princess Ning lying there, her face as pale as paper, her breathing becoming very weak.

Shen Wantang hurriedly raised her wrist and solemnly took her pulse.

Prince Ning also walked in at this moment. When he saw his wife's appearance and then looked at the pool of blood on the ground, he immediately understood what had happened.

Last time, when Xiao Qingyuan knew that Chu Yanlu was pregnant with a bastard child, he still insisted on marrying her as his crown princess. His wife was so angry that she fainted and vomited blood. This time, she was so angry that she was like this again!

Prince Ning was furious: "That bastard! He's been quiet for a few days, and now he's gone crazy again! Yancheng, go and tie that bastard up and bring him here. I'm going to beat him to death today!"

The guard whispered, "Your Highness, the young master has already left the residence."

"Then go outside and bring him back to me! He angered his mother like this, and he still has the nerve to go out? You won't find another unfilial son like him in the entire capital!"

The guard obeyed and left.

Meanwhile, Shen Wantang had already finished taking the pulse and began administering acupuncture to Princess Ning.

This acupuncture session lasted much longer than the last one, but with the addition of more silver needles, Princess Ning's pale complexion improved considerably.

Prince Ning breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but look at Shen Wantang.

Initially, he disagreed when his wife chose Shen Wantang to be his son's crown princess. He felt that her background was too low, and she was an illegitimate daughter, not good enough for his son.

But now, he would never underestimate this little illegitimate daughter again. She was a master housekeeper, managing everything inside and outside the house perfectly. Everyone under her trusted her, and there were far fewer slackers and cheaters in the mansion.

Furthermore, she took incredibly good care of her mother-in-law, and what shocked him even more was her remarkable medical skills!

Whenever the princess felt unwell, there was no need to call the imperial physician. She could simply summon Shen Wantang to take a look, and he would be cured in no time, after just two doses of medicine.

If it weren't for the need to avoid too much contact with his daughter-in-law and to avoid suspicion, he would have stopped using the imperial physician long ago and just let his daughter-in-law take care of him—it would have been so much easier and more reassuring!

When the imperial physicians were summoned, they would only use the safest prescriptions and the lowest possible dosages of medicine, which were indeed safe, but the illness was cured too slowly and was too torturous.

He caught a cold a few days ago and had been coughing non-stop. The medicine prescribed by the imperial physician was not very effective, and he coughed for half a month without getting better. Later, the princess asked Shen Wantang to prescribe some medicine for him. He drank it twice and then stopped coughing.

The daughter-in-law's medical skills are truly remarkable, yet she is also very humble and low-key. She never becomes arrogant because she cured her parents-in-law. She is also very filial, coming to pay her respects every day. If she receives anything delicious or useful, she always sends it to Shaoguang Hospital first.

So much so that Prince Ning now feels that it's not that the other person is unworthy of his son, but that his good-for-nothing son is unworthy of the other person.