Chapter 188 The old concubine is dead
madman!
He is a lunatic!!
Nanny Jiang stared wide-eyed, in so much pain she wished she could faint. She sobbed and screamed, her heart filled with boundless regret.
How could she believe that such a vicious person could actually truly love her girl? Why did she feel that he was despicable back then because he was confused for a moment, and that he made the mistake because he liked her girl too much?
Thinking of the fate of the three girls who were engaged to Prince Cheng, Nanny Jiang bit the food in her mouth tightly, shaking with pain, and refused to speak.
"You are shameless!" King Cheng said with cold eyes.
The man who was stepping on Nanny Jiang stepped hard on her ankle, and she suddenly jumped up, her eyeballs bulging in pain.
He grabbed her other hand and twisted it hard. The person who was struggling frantically and screaming "wuwu" suddenly stopped and collapsed to the ground.
The whimpering sound stopped, and the man who had done it looked down.
"My Lord, the person is fainting."
Prince Cheng looked at Nanny Jiang, who was lying on the ground like a puddle of mud, and said coldly, "No need to ask."
"But Princess..."
"If Rong Yue didn't know something, this old woman would rather die than speak."
The old woman surnamed Jiang was deceived by him into plotting against Rong Yue, but she was loyal to Rong Yue. Except for the time when Rong Yue gave birth and she was frightened and had a difficult labor, Nanny Jiang was forced to "help" him once. She has never done anything for him over the years and never accepted any benefits from him.
The old woman had kept the fact that Rong Yue had contacted Gu Helian a secret. Now she would rather be tortured than speak. Rong Yue must have known something that could affect her own safety. If he knew, it would definitely endanger Rong Yue...
Prince Cheng felt a chill in his heart.
Is it about Gu Helian back then?
Or Xie Yin?
Or something else...
Prince Cheng was getting a little restless. He had clearly kept this a secret for so many years, and it was clear that that idiot Rong Yue was deeply in love with him and had never had the slightest suspicion of him, but why did she suddenly know things she shouldn't know?!
Prince Cheng's face looked extremely ugly. He glanced at Nanny Jiang, who was lying limp on the ground, with a cold look in his eyes.
"Rong Yue can't stay."
The man in the room's expression changed slightly: "But the princess is returning home tonight, everyone knows..."
If something unexpected happened in the house, it would be impossible to conceal it.
Prince Cheng said coldly, "Of course I won't let her die directly."
Rong Yue still has value, so Song Tangning and Xiao Yan still have to rely on her to keep them in check. Since it is impossible for her to reconcile with him and keep her for future use, he has to squeeze her dry and then send her on her way, and he also has to leave Prince Cheng's Mansion clean.
"You go..." King Cheng opened his mouth and was about to give the man an order when he heard the sound of something falling to the ground in the inner room behind the screen.
Rong Yue suddenly returned home with Xiao Yan's men. Prince Cheng knew how powerful the group of tyrants around Xiao Yan were. He was interrogating Nanny Jiang elsewhere but was afraid of alerting outsiders, so he brought her to the old concubine's room.
All the servants in the room had been sent away long ago, and Prince Cheng stayed here alone in the name of attending to the sick. When he heard the sound inside, Prince Cheng suddenly stood up, walked quickly around the screen, and saw that the old concubine who was supposed to be unconscious had woken up at some point.
Her face turned red, no longer as pale as before, and she held onto the edge of the bed and tried to stand up.
"Mother?" Prince Cheng stepped forward and said, "You're awake!"
Seeing the old concubine's face flushed, he wanted to support her, but she grabbed him.
The old concubine said in a hoarse voice: "Seventh Brother, don't make any more mistakes."
Prince Cheng had not heard the old empress dowager call him like this for a long time. Ever since Emperor An ascended the throne and he was crowned king, Prince Cheng almost forgot that he was once the seventh prince.
He helped the old concubine sit back on the bed and smiled: "Mother, you are sick and confused. I have done nothing wrong. Please rest quickly. I will go get a doctor..."
"I know A Yin is not Rong Yue's child."
The smile on King Cheng's face froze instantly.
The old concubine seemed to have recovered from her illness, and the cloudiness in her eyes had also dissipated a little. She was no longer as close to death as before when she coughed up blood. Instead, her spirits were abnormally good. She looked up at the uncertain Prince Cheng in the candlelight and whispered softly:
"I know he's not Rong Yue's blood, but Rong Yue has treated him like her own son over the years."
"You and that man were having an affair to begin with. You've already betrayed Rong Yue with this child. Rong Yue has done nothing wrong to you. You've wasted her time for so many years because of your own selfish desires. Now she's pregnant with your bloodline. You can't hurt her anymore."
The word "illegitimate" made Prince Cheng's face change constantly. He loosened his grip and asked, "When did mother know about this?"
The old concubine whispered, "That night when you married Rong Yue, that man came to see you..."
She still remembers the shock she felt on the night of Prince Cheng's wedding when she saw the woman who shouldn't have been in their house, embracing Xie Tianyu.
There were crowds of guests outside, and the prince and his ministers were all talking and laughing, but her son, who should have been toasting at the banquet and being affectionate with his new wife, was wearing a bright red wedding dress and hugging another woman in the backyard of the prince's mansion, having sex.
At that time, she was still the imperial concubine and the late emperor was still alive.
Once this matter is discovered, Xie Tianyu will be completely ruined. Not only will the woman's entire family be implicated, but even her own family will be implicated.
She was extremely shocked and horrified. She hurriedly dismissed all the servants in the backyard and arrested and silenced those who witnessed the incident with her. Even though she was angry, she covered up the incident for them.
Later, when the woman was in a high position, she thought they would break up this illicit relationship and that Xie Tianyu would settle down and live a good life with Rong Yue, but who would have thought that they had never completely broken up.
The old concubine did not dare to expose them, and was even more afraid that their relationship would be exposed in front of others. She tried her best to cover it up. Facing Rong Yue's sincere and filial piety, she felt extremely guilty and angry at her for being so stupid.
She clutched Prince Cheng's arm tightly and said, "No one knows about your affairs. You've also kept A Yin's life story a secret. Even if Rong Yue knew you lied to her, she can't do anything about it now that things have changed."
"Since you don't like her, then let her go. Let her take the child and go far away. Don't commit murder again..."
"Killing sin?" King Cheng's expression was slightly cold. "If I don't commit murder, do you think Rong Yue and the others will let me go?"
"She won't..."
"She will!"
Prince Cheng interrupted in a deep voice, "Rong Yue has no tolerance for any injustice, and her niece is even more vindictive. Look at what happened to the Duke of Song's mansion, and the Lu family. If she knew that I had been deceiving Rong Yue for so many years, she would never let it go."
"Furthermore, if it weren't for Rong Yue, how would I have found the support to force my brother to release me? Does mother want me to be trapped in this Prince Cheng's mansion for the rest of my life, like a useless person with no chance of recovery?"
The old concubine took his hand and said, "What's wrong with being an idle prince?"
She lowered her voice, feeling her previous energy fade away, and fought back the fatigue that surged over her.
"You are the late emperor's biological son, His Majesty's younger brother. As long as you behave yourself, even His Majesty cannot do anything to you easily."
"His Majesty can't keep you trapped forever. Once he calms down, he'll naturally release you. Then you can learn from Prince Huan. Isn't it good enough for him to be in charge of the Imperial Clan Affairs Office? Why does he need to interfere in government affairs..."
"Why?!" Prince Cheng violently pushed the old concubine away and said, "That useless Prince Huan is willing to guard the clan residence, but I am not!"
"My mother also said that I am the late emperor's biological son and the grandson of the emperor's son. When Xie Tianzhao died and the Eastern Palace was vacant, I was the one that my father had chosen, and I was the one who should have taken that position. If I hadn't been careless for a moment, how could he have become the emperor?"
He was more popular than Emperor An, and he was more appreciated by his father than him. He also had connections with the Rong family, and he could have competed for the throne. But who knew that an accident happened, and his good brother used the Lu family to plot against him, causing him to miss the throne.
Prince Cheng's face was grim: "I have already handed the throne to him, and now he has to live in a small palace and can't even get involved in government affairs. How can I have any status in the capital in the future?"
"Seventh Brother..."
"That's enough. I will make the final decision on Rongyue's matter. Mother, just take good care of yourself."
Prince Cheng didn't want to say any more to the old queen dowager, so he stood up and prepared to leave.
"Tianyu!"
The old concubine was anxious and wanted to pull his sleeve: "Don't make the same mistake again. After all, Rong Yue has been married to you for many years, and she even has your child..."
"This king does not lack that child."
"But you owe her this..."
"How have I ever owed her anything?" Prince Cheng interrupted the old concubine coldly, "She is stupid enough to believe in the so-called love at first sight. She is stupid enough to jump into this pit of fire that I have set."
"Xie Tianyu..."
“That’s enough!”
Prince Cheng was getting impatient with the old concubine, and seeing that she was pulling his sleeve tightly to prevent him from leaving, he waved his sleeve to brush her away, and the force made the old concubine fall back to the bed with a "bang".
He said angrily, "I can't stay in the mansion forever, and I can't let her, this troublesome person, stay here. That bastard Xiao Yan used my brother's order to trap me in the mansion. Only by using Rong Yue can I force him and Song Tangning to compromise. Only then can I get a chance to break free from this shackle..."
The old concubine leaned over the bed rail, slumped over and said nothing.
"Mother, please take a good rest and just take care of yourself. I have my own plans for Rong Yue's affairs, so don't worry about it."
The room was still silent, and the old concubine did not move.
"Mother?"
Prince Yin of Cheng, who was originally planning to leave, did not hear the argument and looked at them in confusion, but the old concubine beside the bed was still lying there motionless.
His face suddenly changed, and he walked over quickly and stretched out his hand to help the old concubine, but as soon as he touched her body, he saw her fall to the ground along the bed as if she had no bones.
The old concubine's forehead was covered in blood, her eyes were wide open, and the red gold hook that hung the green gauze curtain beside the bed was also stained with blood.
"Mother!"
Prince Cheng quickly squatted beside the old concubine, reached out his hand to feel her breath, and the next moment he fell to the ground with a pale face.
The old concubine is dead.
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