Chapter 62 Chapter 62 Hongli
Chu Xian wanted to go to the Jiangning Weaving House to visit Uncle Cao, but when she thought of the tragic end of the Cao family, which was soon after Yongzheng ascended the throne, she couldn't help but burst into tears.
Historically, the Jiangning Cao family was destroyed by Emperor Yongzheng, and Uncle Cao was also forced to lose all his wealth, his family was broken up, and he died with hatred.
But now she can't even protect herself, how can she protect the Cao family?
Chu Xian was unhappy, but suddenly she felt something warm under her knees. She looked down and saw a little prince wearing a cute tiger-head hat hugging her knees and calling her "Ene".
Chu Xian felt a lump in her throat and leaned over to hold the little prince in her arms.
If that person didn't nod in agreement, no one would dare to teach the little prince to speak Manchu.
Did he hate her or love her? She didn't dare to understand, nor did she want to understand.
"Ernie, go play with Hui'er and Ama."
"Hui'er, your father is busy, so I'll take you to... watch people wear wedding clothes! Watch people get married!"
Listening to the man's gnashing tone, Chu Xian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Some people are destined to hold a grudge against her forever for choosing to remarry on that person's birthday.
"Ene and daddy also have wedding dresses with beautiful flowers and peacocks." Xiao Huier spoke vaguely with unclear pronunciation.
"..." Yinzhen covered his son's chattering mouth with his hands in grievance.
Chu Xian lowered her head and suppressed her laughter. It seemed that her love for Hui'er was not in vain. She even knew to argue with his father and protect his mother.
"Hey, little prince, your father and mother's wedding dresses are even more beautiful. After we return home, Suanda will take you to see them."
Su Peisheng changed the subject, chuckled, picked up the little prince, and carried him on his shoulders. "Look, young master, there's a egret over there. Su Anda will take you to see it."
"Nara, what's wrong? You must be disappointed that you can't get married with someone else today." Seeing that she was distracted, Yinzhen finally broke his energy-cultivating skills and started to tease her.
Faced with the man's sarcastic tone, Chu Xian pursed her lips and remained silent.
"Your Highness says so, then so be it. If you think so, there's nothing I can do." Chu Xian turned around and left angrily.
"Your Highness, Lord Cao comes to pay his respects."
When Chu Xian heard "Lord Cao", she stopped moving and followed the young eunuch Enpu's gaze. She saw Uncle Cao and Aunt Cao Li kneeling at the desolate ferry terminal.
Jiangning City had just experienced a cold autumn rain, yet Uncle Cao and his wife were hunched over and kneeling on the ground to greet them. Chu Xian looked at the man anxiously.
But he saw that the man had hurriedly got off the boat and personally helped Uncle Cao up.
She followed closely behind and helped Aunt Cao and Mrs. Li to get up.
Cao Yin was an outsider. Although he was worried about Xian'er's recent situation, he did not dare to communicate too much with Xian'er. He just looked at Xian'er with worry, and his eyes met with his wife Li beside him.
Li hurriedly helped Xian'er aside and talked to her in private, quietly asking her how she was doing.
Chu Xian didn't dare to make her elders worry, so she could only swallow her tears and pretend to be happy, pretending to be a harmonious couple with that man.
The group went to the Confucius Temple for a visit. Inside the carriage, Aunt Cao Li dismissed the servants and spoke in a low voice, "Xian'er, at the beginning of April, Tong Jia gave birth to a pair of unicorn boys. They're always trying to outdo you. Don't worry, your Uncle Cao and I have already taken care of those two children."
"The night before, the Second Prince Hongyan and the Third Prince Hongyun were already ill. Don't worry, they won't survive the beginning of spring."
Chu Xian was so frightened that her face turned pale. She never expected that Uncle Cao would attack the royal heir in order to consolidate her favor.
But Uncle Cao and Liang Amu both knew that Tong Jia was not the Fourth Master's concubine, but the prince's mistress kept in Prince Yong's mansion. Why did they still provoke the prince?
"Aunt, the two children of Tong Jia are not..."
"Xian'er, although they are not the heirs of Prince Yong, they are authentic royal blood. You should make plans for Hui'er."
"If the Crown Prince ascends the throne in the future, those two children will never be able to appear in public. Tong Jia will definitely instigate the Crown Prince to suppress Hui'er and allow her offspring to seize the throne that should belong to Hui'er."
Li's face was solemn as she approached Chu Xian and said, "Xian'er, if Prince Yong is blessed with great fortune and can achieve further success in the future, and Tong Jia has the support of Tong Banchao behind her, Hui'er will lose more than just the position of Crown Prince. Do you understand?"
Chu Xian was stunned. She didn't expect that Crown Prince Yinreng was still sitting firmly in Yuqing Palace, and Uncle Cao and Liang Amu had already begun to plan for Hui'er's position as crown prince.
"Aunt, Prince Yong is in his prime. He will have more children with his concubines in the harem. How can we kill them all?"
"I selfishly don't want Hui'er to be the emperor. I'd rather let him be a leisurely prince, living a carefree life without worries."
The candidate for crown prince that person suggested was the son of Concubine Nian.
He had a total of ten sons and four daughters, and Concubine Nian alone gave birth to three sons and one daughter. During the ten years that Concubine Nian was favored by the prince, she gave birth to all of that man's children and was almost the only one favored by him.
Even the name of the child born to Concubine Nian was different from that of her other children.
That man even personally raised the eighth prince Fuhui, born to Concubine Nian. If Fuhui had not died young, Hongli would have been the emperor.
And if Concubine Li of Qi had not died, she could have given birth to three sons and one daughter for him.
Even the Song family gave birth to two little princesses for that man in history.
He would have more children with other women. Perhaps the man would condone killing the children born to Tong Jia, because they were not his own flesh and blood after all.
But what if she attacked Nian's child? That person would probably have torn her and Hui'er into pieces before she could even make a move.
"How do you know you can't kill them all if you don't kill them? The most urgent thing right now is that you need to give birth to more legitimate sons, so that Hui'er and his brothers can help each other in the future."
Li's eyes flashed with a fierce look. "As for Tong Jia, don't worry. Prince Yong is eager for someone to help him clean up the mess. The Crown Prince is so arrogant that he even allowed Tong Jia to get pregnant again. She is already four months pregnant."
"Ah? Four months pregnant? It's only the end of October now, and didn't Tong Jia give birth to twins in early April? She got pregnant again less than two months after her confinement. How could her body handle it?"
Chu Xian was dumbfounded. Tong Jia was really desperate. She couldn't wait to get pregnant again not long after she finished her confinement. In ancient times, the infant mortality rate was extremely high. She was already weak in qi and blood after giving birth to twins, yet she dared to get pregnant again in such a short time.
Li sighed, "How can a woman decide on matters related to bearing children? If the Crown Prince wants Tong Jia to bear a child, how can she dare to refuse?"
"I heard that she is pregnant with another little prince."
"What!" Chu Xian's eyes were filled with shock.
If Tong Jia replaced Concubine Qi Li, then the little prince in her belly would be...the third prince Hongshi.
After the third prince Hongshi, came the fourth prince Hongli, the future Emperor Qianlong.
That’s Emperor Qianlong!!
Chu Xian was eager to make a move. If she was not destined to have only Hui'er as her child in this life, she would have given birth to Hongli by any means necessary.
While feeling melancholy, I also felt sorry for the man, who was being bullied by the prince.
"But... Prince Yong went south to the Yangtze River at the end of the first lunar month, and Tong Jia became pregnant at the end of May. How can this be justified?"
Chu Xian felt mixed emotions. That man was truly pitiful. He was in Jiangnan but he loved being a father...
Li sneered, "With the Crown Prince secretly mediating, they've only told the public that the Tonggiya clan secretly went south. Who wouldn't know better than to expose the lie?"
"As long as Prince Yong is willing to admit it, it doesn't matter what others say."
After saying this, Li pulled out a vermilion pill from her sleeve and dissolved it in tea. Suddenly remembering something, she asked cautiously, "Xian'er, have you shown any signs of pregnancy lately?"
Chu Xian shook her head firmly. She had not had her period since her lactation stopped, so it was impossible for her to get pregnant.
Historically, Empress Nara only gave birth to one son, the eldest prince Honghui, and never had any other children in her lifetime.
Even if she wanted to give birth, she couldn't.
Therefore, she dared to act recklessly and not drink the contraceptive soup.
Li's eyes were full of joy as she held the medicinal tea in front of her.
"Xian'er, you don't look well. Take this Yangrong Pill quickly."
Aunt Cao is good at health preservation and gives Chu Xian many health-preserving items every year. The medicine of the Cao family is better than that of the imperial pharmacy.
Chu Xian raised her head and drank the medicinal tea: "Thank you, Auntie."
After Chu Xian finished drinking the medicinal tea, she took the preserved fruit handed to her by Aunt Cao and picked up a cup of flower tea to suppress the bitterness in her mouth.
"Xian'er, the medicine you took today contains some extra fertility aids. You must work harder and give birth to the prince's second legitimate son as soon as possible."
"Puff..." Chu Xian didn't have time to wipe her mouth and hurriedly reached out to scratch her throat.
"This elixir melts in your mouth. Child, it is the right thing for women in the harem to give birth to more children. Xian'er, just give birth to a legitimate son. You, Liang Amu, and the Cao family will take care of the other trivial matters."
When Chu Xian heard Aunt Cao's sinister tone, she was so scared that she waved her hands repeatedly.
"Aunt, please stop killing people for me and Hui'er. You can't kill them all, and I don't want to kill anymore..."
Chu Xian was disappointed: "If he wants to give birth to someone, how can I stop him? Should I kill all the concubines in the harem?"
Li was surprised. "Xian'er, your idea is too extreme. Why would you kill those concubines in the harem? They can serve Prince Yong when you are not in a position to receive his favor, so that he won't go out hunting for other women."
"They are your helpers, not your enemies. Your enemies are their offspring."
"Auntie teaches you to let them have as many children as they want. When they grow up, you can identify which one is a good seedling and then kill him, leaving behind a bunch of fools. This will help your legitimate son stand out as smart and clever."
"Taking care of your backyard is like pruning flowers and plants. If you don't have weeds in your garden, other people's yards will never be filled with flowers."
"There must always be lively children in the harem. Otherwise, others will criticize you for being incompetent and lacking the talent to manage the household. You just need to make sure that your children stand out among a group of fools and are impeccable."
"Once Hui'er gets what he wants, there's no need to keep idle people." Li placed her hand on her neck, hinting at wiping it.
Worried that the Cao family would be dragged into the strife and infighting in the harem, Chu Xian gritted her teeth and took on the heavy responsibility of ensuring the Fourth Master's extinction: "I know. Thank you for your advice, Auntie."
"If you need medicine, just write to me." Li nodded meaningfully to Chu Xian.
"Thank you, Auntie."
Chu Xian was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. It seemed that she had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of being the captain of the abortion team.
As for offspring? In this life, she would only have Hui'er as her child, and there was no way she would get pregnant again.
It was after lunch the next day when we returned to the ship from the Confucius Temple. The generous gifts sent by the Cao family had been moved into the ship late at night.
"Fujin, this is a gift from Madam Cao. Please take a look."
Chu Xian looked at the thick gift list and couldn't help but shed tears.
"Ene, give me a hug." Xiao Huier came running over.
"Why don't you take a nap?" Chu Xian held the little guy in her arms.
Xiao Hui'er usually takes a nap at this time, but today for some reason he came to see her with tears in his eyes.
"Please forgive me, Madam. The young prince insisted on taking a nap with you, and we servants were really helpless." Su Peisheng spread his hands.
"Eh, let's go to sleep." The little guy twisted his body out of Chu Xian's arms and held on to her clothes tightly.
"Okay, mother will accompany you to rest." Chu Xian followed the little guy's footsteps and walked towards the cabin of the ship.
"Young master, I'm here." Su Peisheng used the small windmill to coax the young prince in a mean way, and the young prince immediately turned around and walked towards the east wing.
Xian Rong looked fierce and snatched the tool from Su Peisheng's hand, but it was too late.
The concubine had been dragged into the east wing by the young prince.
Chu Xian realized something was wrong when she stepped into the room. She turned around and saw the door slam shut.
The young prince dragged her behind the curtain and said, "Enemy, go to sleep."
"..." Chu Xian gritted her teeth in anger, wishing she could tear Su Peisheng into pieces.
That bastard Su Peisheng must have secretly instigated the young prince to act as a peacemaker between her and that man.
Behind the curtain, the man seemed to be asleep, but she knew that he was not asleep at all.
He is a light sleeper and will wake up immediately at the slightest movement.
He even hid a dagger in his porcelain pillow before sleeping for self-defense, so he was always ready for battle.
It would be strange if he could sleep with Xiao Huier and her making so much noise.
Suppressing her anger, she reluctantly lay down, deliberately placing the yawning Hui'er between them.
Chu Xian was overjoyed with the sweet and soft little prince in her arms, and she slept soundly with the child in her arms.
The deep breathing sounds of mother and son were heard, and the man lying outside the bed suddenly opened his eyes.
He picked up the copper bell beside the couch and rang it gently. The door opened a narrow crack. Su Peisheng tiptoed to lift the curtain and carried the sleeping little prince away.
There were only a couple in the room. The man was lying on the innermost side of the bed with his back to him. If he turned over, he would fall off the bed.
Yinzhen was angry and reached out to pull the hateful woman into his arms.
The sleeping woman snuggled intimately in his arms. Only when she was asleep could she be clever and obedient to him.
But why, despite her unforgivable sins, could she sleep soundly and peacefully, while he, the victim, could not sleep?
Why was he the only one who couldn't sleep or eat? The more Yinzhen thought about it, the angrier he became, and he tore off Nara's pajamas.
No tenderness at all, straight to the point.
Chu Xian was sleeping soundly when she suddenly felt a swelling and foreign sensation, and a familiar feeling of oppression came over her.
Chu Xian opened her eyes in shock, and sure enough, her eyes met that man's.
"You...shameless..."
Yinzhen was completely enraged by Nara's shameless words and became even more ruthless in his war.
...
As the setting sun melted gold, Chu Xian pushed the man away with a red face, but it was too late. The man had already vented his anger inside.
"Madam Chun, prepare the contraceptive soup!" she urged anxiously.
I'm afraid the fertility drugs I took would take effect and create more ties with that person.
She was destined to have no other children, and even if she became pregnant, she would not be able to give birth.
Nanny Chun and Su Peisheng looked at each other.
The wife's menstrual period never came, and she had to take contraceptive soup after sleeping with him.
I thought I would have to persuade Fu Jin to take the contraceptive soup today, but unexpectedly, Fu Jin couldn't wait to take the contraceptive soup on her own initiative.
Nanny Chun picked up the contraceptive soup she had prepared, lowered her head and pushed the door open to walk in.
In a flash, the tray was suddenly overturned to the ground. The prince overturned the tray with anger on his face and left the house in a disheveled state.
"What do you mean? If you are worried that I will give birth to a bad child, why don't you let me drink the contraceptive soup?" Chu Xian was so angry that she grabbed the porcelain pillow and threw it at the man.
Unexpectedly, the man did not dodge, and the porcelain pillow hit him hard on the chest.
The man staggered for a moment, covered his chest and left without saying a word.
"Fujin! The master has an old wound on his chest. He must be seriously injured from the blow just now. Don't you want to go and see the prince?" Nanny Chun was worried.
"He... who told him not to dodge..." Chu Xian said casually, feeling uneasy.
His heart was in his throat. The man had an old injury on his chest and was kicked hard by the prince. The imperial physician said that his chest must not be seriously injured by external force again, otherwise his life would be in danger.
As he spoke, Su Peisheng's voice, tinged with tears, could be heard: "Fujin, Master vomited blood when he returned to the study just now, and he refused to allow the imperial physician to see him. Please go and see Master... Wuuwuwuwu... Master has been drinking every day these days, ignoring his illness, and has been on the verge of death several times. If you don't come back, Master will..."
Su Peisheng cried and wiped his tears.
When he raised his eyes, Fu Jin had already rushed out of the house.
"Fujin, you haven't changed your clothes yet, and you haven't put on your shoes and socks yet. It's freezing cold, you absolutely can't walk barefoot!"
Nanny Chun chased after her, carrying Fu Jin's shoes and socks.
Su Peisheng blinked and was shocked to find that the concubine had disheveled hair and was only wrapped in a fox fur coat. She was running wildly towards the study in the south. He was so scared that he ran after her.
Chu Xian rushed to the study door anxiously.
"roll!"
A weak and angry shout was heard from the study, and the imperial doctors walked out dejectedly.
When everyone looked up, they saw the concubine running towards them with disheveled hair and bare feet. They were so scared that they crawled on the ground and dared not peek.
Chu Xian was shivering with cold and rushed into the study.
The study was filled with the smell of alcohol. The man was curled up on the couch, drinking heavily with his head tilted back. The blood on his lips had not yet dried.
She was angry and anxious, and snatched the wine jar.
"Where is the imperial physician? Come in quickly and take the prince's pulse!"
"Nara, you..." Yinzhen glared at her, and after seeing her attire clearly, he sat up angrily.
"Narah! You have no shame!"
Yinzhen was so angry that he wrapped her fair legs in a fox fur coat. She was completely naked except for the fur coat. From the house to the study, there were no less than a hundred steps, and there was a guard every ten steps. At least ten servants saw her in such a disheveled state.
"They are all eunuchs, why are you angry?" Chu Xian wrapped herself in the fox fur coat tightly, feeling guilty. Sometimes his mind was smaller than a needle tip.
Without bothering to continue arguing with him, she hurriedly reached out to unbutton his shirt.
The man's face turned pale. He grabbed the blanket and reached into the fox fur coat, wrapping her tightly.
"Where is the imperial physician?" Chu Xian was extremely anxious.
"You have no shame! Don't move!" Yinzhen was choking with anger. He hid her pair of jade feet, staggered to his feet and lowered the curtain.
Seeing his hesitant look, Chu Xian was angry and anxious. She turned around and took out the python robe behind the screen and put it on.
"I'm dressed, I'm dressed. Doctor, please come in quickly." Chu Xian took two steps at a time and returned to the man.
The imperial physician bowed his head and went inside.
When Chu Xian saw the bloodshot marks on the man's chest, she was immediately scared to death.
But he was still in a bad mood and refused to let the imperial physician apply the ointment. Chu Xian took the ointment with tears in her eyes and applied a ball of it on his heart.
Noticing that he tensed up and frowned in silence, Chu Xian put her lips to the wound and blew carefully.
Four stubborn ones!
I didn't even cry out when it hurt, and every time I had to guess what he was thinking by looking at his expressionless face.
After carefully applying medicine to him, Chu Xian stood up to leave, but was suddenly pulled back to the bed. The man grabbed her feet and held them in his arms.
"Why...why are you grabbing my feet?"
Chu Xian was so angry that she wanted to kick him, but when she saw his pale and bloodless face, she softened her heart and restrained herself.
He said nothing, but just lowered his head and rubbed her frozen feet until the soles of her feet were warm, and then he let her go without saying a word.
Chu Xian wanted to escape, but she was worried that if she didn't keep an eye on the man, he would drink recklessly and harm his health. After hesitating for a long time, she lay nervously beside the man.
Although they shared the same bed, she turned her back on him and ignored him.
Unable to see him and worried about his injuries, she finally softened her heart and turned around to take a peek at him.
When she turned around, she happened to meet his gloomy eyes.
"Your Highness, can you please talk to me?" Chu Xian mustered up her courage and decided to talk to him.
"Why...why won't you let me go? If I return the eldest prince to you, will you let me go?"
After spending a month together, Chu Xian was convinced that he would be a good father, and she no longer had any worries about leaving Hui'er with him to raise.
"Nara!"
"I'm here." Chu Xian trembled slightly. She was most afraid that the man would call her Nara, because it would definitely be something bad.
"Why are you leaving? What have I done wrong? How could you be so cruel as to abandon your husband and children?"
She kept calling him a strange servant. Yinzhen suppressed his grievances and sadness and questioned her coldly.
Sure enough, the man opened his mouth with a life-threatening question. Chu Xian simply gave up and let go of all the grievances and helplessness in her heart.
"My Lord has done nothing wrong. It is my wishful thinking. I am narrow-minded and cannot tolerate sharing my beloved with another woman. If I have to share, I would rather die alone."
When talking about sad things, Chu Xian turned her back and cried silently. She knew that he couldn't understand what she said as an outsider.
"I don't want you to have other women around you. If there are, I would rather choose not to have you."
"I'm domineering and jealous, and I won't change. I won't change in my lifetime. You don't have to be with me, do you? My heart aches when I think about you having other women around you..."
Chu Xian choked and bit her lip, tears streaming down her face.
"Forget it, Your Highness, you and I... let it be like this. I don't want to run away anymore. I only ask that if Your Highness finds a new love in the future, you and I can separate in a dignified manner. I will not argue or get jealous, and I will not quarrel or make a fuss. We will treat each other with respect."
"If Your Majesty does not value his life, then at worst I will be buried alive with Your Majesty. That is all I have to say, and I will take my leave."
Chu Xian clutched her chest in agony. Just thinking that his destined beloved woman was Concubine Nian, her heart was torn as if by a thousand arrows.
"Neither you nor I are the type to give in to the other. Why force it? It will only hurt both of us."
"I didn't expect that in the end, there would only be endless hatred between you and me."
Her back suddenly felt warm, and the man hugged her tightly from behind.
Chu Xian cried bitterly: "Prince, you are young and promising, and you hold a high position of power. You will definitely meet a better woman. Please let me go... Please..."
"I don't want anything, nothing..." She covered her face and cried bitterly.
"Sir...I have an urgent secret report from the capital, eight hundred miles away." Su Peisheng interrupted the noise inside the house while standing outside the door.
Chu Xian took the opportunity to release the man's hands that were shackled around her waist and fled without looking back.
Suddenly, his waist tightened and his feet suddenly flew into the air.
She was carried on the man's shoulders and gently thrown onto the soft bed.
"explain!"
"The two young princes of Xiyuan were infected with the epidemic and died last night."
There was a dead silence in the room. Chu Xian suddenly felt guilty and lowered her head, not daring to look at the man.
She knew very well how the two little princes born to Tong Jia died.
"Oh. There's no need to report the matter of the Western Garden anymore. Just inform Yuqing Palace to handle it. I don't have time to meddle in the affairs of other people's wives and children."
Feeling the man approaching from behind, her back hit against his solid chest. Chu Xian pulled the quilt over her head and pretended to be dead, as she always felt that the man had something else to say.
Don't you know that it was the Cao family who did this?
She had said everything she should and shouldn't say tonight, and she no longer had any secrets in front of him.
She was instantly at a loss, not knowing how to face him.
Since she couldn't face it, she chose to escape and give up. She decided to completely abandon her childish thoughts.
Rather than being one of the emperor's many women, she actually wanted to be the emperor's biological mother.
It’s a pity that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t get the future Emperor Qianlong into her belly, otherwise she would have been shameless and would have tried as much as she wanted.
If Emperor Qianlong was her son, Hui'er would have no worries about food and clothing in the future.
Emperor Qianlong...
A terrible thought came to her mind and she couldn't get rid of it. She wanted to leave her mother and son behind...
Realizing her own evil thoughts, Chu Xian felt extremely ashamed.
In the end, she became a part of the cruel feudal society and an executioner who exploited innocent people.
"What are you thinking about?"
In a trance, Chu Xian subconsciously said: "I want to go to Muliu..."
Suddenly, she covered her mouth in fear. She didn't know why, but lately she always felt confused and listless, and her reactions were much slower.
In addition, she had become accustomed to relying on that man, so she always let her guard down in front of him.
It’s over... Trouble comes from the mouth, how can I justify myself?
Chu Xian bit the bullet and made up a lame excuse: "I was thinking that the rabbits I raised had too many offspring. I wanted to kill the mother and keep the offspring, and roast the fat rabbits to eat. But I didn't take the rabbits with me."
The excuse was so blunt that she instantly felt extremely stupid.
He was very scheming and could see through her poor acting. Even if she made up a perfect excuse, it would not escape his eyes.
No matter, he can believe it or not.
Lifting her eyes and seeing his playful smile, Chu Xian was choked with anger. She simply made up her mind and blurted out, "I'm thinking of killing the mother and keeping the child. If any of the concubines in the prince's harem get pregnant in the future, I will kill the mother and keep the child."
"I am not a good person. Your Majesty should have known my true face long ago."
After saying that, Chu Xian stood up, turned around and left angrily, her sleeves drooping and she could no longer move.
"I didn't say you can't go to the mother-son relationship."
Yinzhen smiled bitterly. Her jealousy was beyond his imagination, but when he heard that the mother would be killed and the son would be kept, he felt inexplicably happy.
Even if she was willing to stay with him and stop making trouble, he would be willing to kill her son.
Chu Xian became even more angry when she heard what the man said. His meaning was obvious.
If he has affairs with other women in the future, she will be generous enough to help him clean up the mess.
"Your Highness, I will never harm innocent people in the grudges between you and me. Don't worry."
She didn't want others to be involved in the feud between her and him and harm innocent people.
The servants outside the door looked at each other in bewilderment. Fu Jin was so bold that she even talked about killing the women in the harem.
"Xian'er, those women are just tools for you to reproduce and share the pain of childbirth with you. Why do you have to hold a grudge against them?"
Yinzhen softened his tone and used gentle words to comfort the person in his arms.
"Why do you never consider me? If I had few children, I would inevitably be ridiculed. How could you bear to see me being criticized and laughed at?"
Chu Xian was speechless. How could she not know that she was the only outlier in this world?
Every word he said was correct. It was she who was wrong. She was out of tune with this world.
Noticing that her body was no longer tense and defensive, Yinzhen smiled triumphantly.
"Xian'er, I'm already twenty-one, but I only have one legitimate son. The harem is in turmoil, and I don't have many children. Whose fault is this? Others will definitely criticize you for not fulfilling your duties as a legitimate wife."
"Xian'er, could you please encourage me and Hui'er to be a good wife to Prince Yong, supporting your husband and raising your children, and managing the household?"
Chu Xian felt bitter and suffocated in her heart. He was using the person he loved most to break her spine and tame her last bit of dignity.
It turns out that what he wanted from the beginning to the end was just a docile and obedient wife.
She has become a complete burden and a joke.
At this moment, she was completely disheartened.
"Your Majesty, the position of Prince Yong's wife is very noble, and there are many people vying for the position. Why won't you let me go?"
Chu Xian knelt down with tears in her eyes and prostrated herself at the man's feet: "Prince, please let me go. Just treat me as if I were dead. Take Hui'er back home and treat me as if I were dead, okay? Please..."
"That's enough! Apart from being unreasonable, what have you ever done for me, for Hui'er, and for the palace?"
Yinzhen was furious. She was good in every way except that she was extreme, stubborn and incorrigible.
He said it in anger, but when he saw her covering her face and sobbing with the broken finger, he instantly regretted that he had said it too harshly.
She cried heartbrokenly, and he also felt like there was something stuck in his throat. He leaned over with heartache, hugged her trembling shoulders, held her in his arms, and whispered to comfort her.
"Xian'er, I was wrong."
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