Chapter 158 Having the Crown Princess entertain Young Master Gu

Princess Ning's voice trembled with anger: "Tang'er examined my pulse and performed acupuncture on me, that's her way of being a filial daughter-in-law to me, her mother-in-law! What is Chu Shi? Is she also your mother? Does my daughter-in-law have to be filial to her? A concubine dares to ask the head mistress to treat her, aren't you afraid of shortening her lifespan!"

Xiao Qingyuan fell silent. It was indeed inappropriate to have Shen Wantang, the Crown Princess, treat Chu Yanluo, a concubine. It would be better to ask the imperial physician to examine her.

But he didn't want to leave, afraid that Chu Yanluo would be bullied here alone, and wanted to stay with her.

Princess Ning saw through his thoughts at a glance. She coldly told him to leave: "What are you still standing here for? This is the inner quarters. How can a man like you be surrounded by women? A man should be studying, practicing martial arts, and making achievements. The Crown Princess has already arranged and handled all the affairs of the manor for you. From now on, you should focus your attention on serious matters and do your job properly!"

Xiao Qingyuan holds the title of Assistant Commander, but he is used to being carefree and never goes on duty.

Before he met Chu Yanluo, he would still go to work on the job, but after he met Chu Yanluo, he stopped going to work on the job altogether.

Although Princess Ning did not expect her son to achieve great things, she did not want him to continue to be so decadent. She gave Granny Quan a look, and Granny Quan then asked Xiao Qingyuan to leave.

Chu Yanluo never expected that Xiao Qingyuan would leave like this. What difference is there between leaving her here alone and throwing her into a wolf's den?

She's still kneeling, and nobody's telling her to get up!

Her knees ached from kneeling, and when she tried to stand up, two old women who appeared out of nowhere pressed her down.

The pale-faced old woman glanced at her sideways: "Did the Princess and the Crown Princess call you to get up? You can't get up if they didn't call you. Don't you even know this basic etiquette?"

The dark-faced old woman spoke in a somber tone: "Wearing white clothes every day, who are you mourning for? Our Prince Ning's mansion is perfectly fine, no one needs you to wear mourning clothes, you are not allowed to wear them anymore!"

Chu Yanlu was scolded, and her shoulders were sore from being pressed.

In her previous life, she hadn't experienced any of this. She thought becoming Xiao Qingyuan's concubine would be an easy thing, since Xiao Qingyuan had said he would protect her in the future. But she never expected that becoming a concubine would be worse than not becoming one at all!

Princess Ning was filled with hatred at the many broken rules here, and secretly vowed to kill everyone in this room in the future.

Moreover, she was supposed to serve Princess Ning with Shen Wantang, but in reality, Shen Wantang only sat for a short while before leaving, leaving her all alone!

Princess Ning would make her copy scriptures to pray for blessings one minute, then make her stand by the suffocating stove to brew medicine the next, and then complain that she was not well-behaved and had the two old women, one black and one white, teach her manners. She was just tormenting her in all sorts of ways!

Chu Yanlu was so angry she almost vomited blood. She looked at a pair of scissors that were polished to a shine in the basket and almost couldn't control her impulse. She almost picked up the scissors and stabbed a hole in Princess Ning's heart!

She finally made it to noon, but the imperial physician arrived late.

This ruined her plan to fake fainting.

The imperial physician took her pulse, prescribed a formula to nourish her body, and was explaining the precautions to her when Xiao Qingyuan arrived.

When Chu Yanluo saw him, she almost burst into tears, but Xiao Qingyuan didn't notice her distress. When he saw that the imperial physician had actually come and was actually treating Chu Yanluo, a smile appeared on his handsome face.

"Mother kept her promise and actually invited the imperial physician to treat Yanluo. I thought Mother was lying to me!"

Princess Ning glanced at him and said coldly, "I have no place in your heart anymore. You've been sneaking around outside all morning, as if you're afraid I'll bully her. Since that's the case, then take her back!"

Xiao Qingyuan was overjoyed to see that she was finally willing to let him go. He pulled Chu Yanluo away and said, "Then Mother, please rest well. We're leaving now."

Princess Ning watched them leave and asked the imperial physician, "How is Lady Chu's health? Is she really ill?"

"Your Highness, she is not ill."

"Hmph, I knew she was faking it!"

"However, she didn't take care of her body after her last miscarriage, so she was somewhat depleted and her blood and energy were not very sufficient."

"With her restless nature, it's no wonder she has poor blood circulation! What medicine did you prescribe for her?"

"They are all medicines that replenish qi and nourish blood."

“I think she’s very energetic and doesn’t need any tonics or blood-nourishing medicine. Change all her medicine to a contraceptive decoction.”

Without asking a single question, the imperial physician immediately replied, "Yes."

He quickly wrote down the new prescription, then picked up his medicine box and went out.

Granny Quan put away both prescriptions, intending to show one to the young master and use the other to get medicine for Chu Yanluo. She naturally understood the princess's thoughts: anyone could have a child for the young master, but Chu Yanluo was not an option, otherwise the royal family would be completely ruined in the future.

Princess Ning had been tormenting Chu Yanluo all morning, but her mood hadn't improved. Her voice even became a little hoarse: "Did you see, Granny? Chu Yanluo kept staring at that pair of scissors. Judging from her posture, she wanted to stab me to death with those scissors."

"This old servant saw it. This old servant was afraid that she would harm the Princess, so I kept an eye on her! But Princess, don't worry, Chu Yanluo wouldn't dare to really lay a hand on you, otherwise the Crown Prince would not let her off! She herself knows that if she really stabbed you, the Crown Prince would definitely kick her out, so she held back."

Princess Ning smiled bitterly: "If it were before, I would have had that confidence, but not now. That scoundrel is like he's been bewitched. No matter what Chu Yanluo does, he can forgive her. Even if Chu Yanluo really stabbed me, he probably wouldn't blame Chu Yanluo, but would blame me for putting scissors here!"

Granny Quan quickly advised her, "Your Highness, how can you think like that? The Prince wouldn't do that. No matter what, you are still his mother. He knows what's more important."

Princess Ning shook her head and said nothing more.

So what if he is his own mother? There are plenty of sons in this world who forget their mothers after marrying their brides. That's why Dafeng promulgated very strict laws, stipulating that sons must support their parents in their old age and see them off in death. If they are unfilial, they will be whipped, and officials will lose their positions because of it.

She was just glad again that she hadn't gone along with her son's wishes and actually let him marry Chu Yanluo as his principal wife.

Princess Ning was in a bad mood all day. As evening approached, the torrential rain that had been pouring down for days subsided a little. At that moment, Gu Qianhan arrived.

Princess Ning was in no mood to entertain him: "Granny, just say I'm sick and that Gu Qianhan doesn't need to come see me. Tell him to go find that scoundrel."

"I'm afraid the young master won't even see the second young master Gu. Last time, the second young master Gu took Chu Yanluo away, and the young master is still angry about it."

"Then let Tang'er entertain you!"

Princess Ning couldn't help but complain, "This child is too unreliable. He had already taken Chu Yanluo away, but that scoundrel Yuan'er managed to take her back. I think he and Yuan'er are equally bad, neither of them is smart."