Chapter 102: The old concubine of Prince Cheng is seriously ill
"My daughter is as fierce as a tiger. Tang Ning, you are scaring others." Princess Cheng teased.
Nanny Jiang and the others in the room all laughed out loud. Song Tangning pouted, "Auntie!!"
She didn't!
Seeing Princess Cheng slumped on the pillow with a smile on her face, Song Tangning stamped her feet and said, "It was obviously my brother who lied. He said yesterday that he wanted to recuperate in the mansion. I promised Sister Qin that I would take good care of him!"
Who could have imagined that he would send someone to ask for leave and then sneak into the palace while she was sleeping.
Tang Ning said with puffed cheeks: "Aunt, I'm going to go next door."
"Go ahead."
Princess Cheng waved her hand and let the little girl go to "trouble" Xiao Yan. Seeing Song Tangning trotting away with Hua Wu, holding up her skirt, Princess Cheng couldn't help but lean on the pillow and said with a smile, "This girl, she really treats him like a brother and protects him. This attitude is even closer than she used to be to that person from the Song family."
"That's because Governor Xiao is kind to the girl." Nanny Jiang said with a smile.
When she first moved out of the palace with Princess Cheng, she was always worried and was extremely wary of the powerful Governor Xiao.
After all, Jiyun Lane was Xiao Yan's place, and he was rumored to be cruel and murderous. She was afraid that Xiao Yan was as difficult to get along with as the rumors said, and that he would control the princess and the girl to do something. However, after really coming here and spending a few days together, Nanny Jiang found that although this Governor Xiao had a cold temper and looked intimidating, he was extremely thoughtful in his actions.
Although he was a eunuch who was despised by everyone, he always exuded dignity and was very tactful in dealing with people. He was not at all arrogant and domineering as others said.
Nanny Jiang couldn't help but sigh, "I originally thought that Governor Xiao was a difficult person to get along with, but in reality, he is quite different from the rumors. Although I have lost a brother, Governor Xiao is a better person than the eldest son of the Song family. If I put myself in his shoes, I can't blame you for protecting him in every way."
"You're right, Xiao Yan is a good person."
Princess Cheng also felt the same way. Who would have thought that the eldest son of the Song family, who seemed gentle and elegant in the past, was actually a bastard, and that Xiao Yan, who was ferocious in the eyes of outsiders, doted on Tang Ning like a treasure. Not to mention that they were just sworn siblings, even if they were biological siblings, they would probably be no more than this.
She thought for a moment and said to Nanny Jiang in a gentle voice, "I have a blood ginseng plant there. Send it to the next door."
Xiao Yan treats Tang Ning well, so naturally they should appreciate it.
Nanny Jiang quickly agreed: "I will go right away."
Seeing Princess Cheng leaning on the pillow in a good mood, reaching out to play with the two peach blossoms she had picked that morning in the white porcelain vase, Nanny Jiang paused as she was about to leave, hesitating for a moment before saying, "Princess..."
"Hmm?" Princess Cheng turned her head and saw that she was about to speak but hesitated, so she asked casually, "What's wrong?"
Nanny Jiang hesitated and whispered, "The prince sent a letter early this morning saying that the old concubine is ill."
Princess Cheng's expression remained unchanged: "She always gets sick several times a year. She has people from the palace and the Imperial Physician's Office to take care of her. What use is there to me?"
Her relationship with the old concubine was not harmonious, not because that person made things difficult for her. Xie Tianyu was not the kind of person who obeyed his mother in everything. On the contrary, there seemed to be some rift between the mother and son, and they only maintained the appearance of loving mother and filial son.
Princess Cheng just felt that the dowager's eyes were always strange every time she looked at her, and she had an indescribable malice towards her.
In the past, when she was in the palace, except when she had to discuss something with someone, she rarely set foot in the old concubine's courtyard. The relationship between the two was lukewarm, so she naturally didn't care.
Nanny Jiang whispered, "This time is different from the past. They say the old concubine is seriously ill, and the prince is also in a very bad condition recently."
Princess Cheng paused.
Nanny Jiang hesitated and said, "His Majesty has banned everyone in the palace, and the prince has lost all his jobs in the court. The old concubine became ill from anger and has been bedridden since then."
"The prince said that the prince would put on a brave face during the day to take care of the old concubine, but at night he would often pass out drunk in your room. I secretly met Huayue and heard her say that when the prince was drunk, he would always mutter the princess's nickname and cry while holding the small portrait he had painted for you."
Princess Cheng lowered her eyes upon hearing this: "You're still crying at such an old age, aren't you ashamed?"
"After all, the prince still cares about you."
Nanny Jiang saw through the softening of her expression beneath her cold words and couldn't help but ask, "Princess, you've been in Jiyun Lane for quite some time now. Are you really not planning on returning to the palace?"
Princess Cheng fell silent upon hearing this. Are you not going back?
Xie Tianyu's face flashed through her mind, and she was a little hesitant.
She had been married to Xie Tianyu for more than ten years and had been devoted to him. If she had not really loved him, she would not have insisted on marrying into the palace despite her father's dissuasion when she had so many choices.
Although not everything went smoothly in Prince Cheng's Mansion these years, and she encountered some bad things occasionally, Xie Tianyu treated her really well.
Even if she occasionally disrespected the old concubine and got into conflicts and disputes with others due to her temper, he always stood by her side without hesitation to protect her.
She and Xie Tianyu have always had a harmonious relationship. Unlike other powerful couples who got together through marriage and later became strangers with respect for each other, they lived a loving life like ordinary couples, facing each other day and night, and being affectionate all the time. Those happy and joyful days were not fake.
Even if Xie Tianyu lied to her, after the most angry moment, how could she forget the love between husband and wife for more than ten years?
What's more, there is Xie Yin in the middle...
Princess Cheng pinched the peach blossom stem in her hand and said, "Grandma, do you think I should go back?"
Nanny Jiang hesitated: "Do you want to go back?"
"I..." Princess Cheng pursed her lips and shook her head: "I don't know either."
She had feelings for Xie Tianyu, and she couldn't bear to see Xie Yin being blamed for their separation. Moreover, her marriage to Xie Tianyu involved the royal family. If she really planned to leave, it would not be that easy. The royal relatives would not tolerate her hurting the royal family's reputation. If a quarrel really broke out, neither she nor Xie Tianyu would benefit.
Princess Cheng lowered her eyebrows and looked at the peach blossom in her hand. She knew that it was unlikely that she would really break up with Xie Tianyu, but she felt unwilling to go back like this.
She could not forget how Xie Tianyu acted calmly in front of her that day in the palace, how he smiled and was intimate with her while lying to her, and even treated Tang Ning's safety as a joke. This matter was like a thorn in her flesh, making it difficult for her to let it go, and it was difficult for her to go back to the past with him.
Princess Cheng pinched the blooming peach blossoms and said, "I haven't figured out how to treat him yet, Grandma. I can't forget the way he lied to me."
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