Chapter 532 Acting on Behalf of Heaven
Two years into their marriage, and having finally produced an heir for the Zhuang family, Fang was very fond of the child in her womb. She had already consulted the imperial physician to confirm that it was a boy.
"Wanjun, why are you sitting here looking so anxious? Do you want to go and take a look at the main kitchen in the Prince's mansion?"
Fang lay on the small couch and asked the maid to lower the bed curtains. Since becoming pregnant, she had been feeling drowsy every day and could not sleep more than an hour a day. She was never comfortable.
Fang looked down on Zhuang Wanjun from the bottom of her heart. She was not a well-bred lady from the capital, but came from the north and had never seen the world. However, Zhuang Wanjun was Zhuang's niece from her maternal family. Fang knew that her mother-in-law liked Zhuang Wanjun very much. In order to please her mother-in-law, she had to take care of this silly sister-in-law and give her advice from time to time.
"Yes, I want to go and take a look."
Zhuang Wanjun hesitated for a moment, but decided to follow her heart. She had no resistance to those beautiful and exquisite foods and wanted to go to the kitchen to see how Lin Yuesha made them.
Zhuang Wanjun was truly impressed by the skillful hands that required to assemble a fruit platter into a dragon boat.
"Alright, if I stop you, you'll only become more rebellious. Since you want to go, just have your maid accompany you and make sure she doesn't run around."
Instead of being a proper young lady from a respectable family, she insisted on going to the kitchen to get involved in the mundane affairs of cooking. Fang Shi was speechless at Zhuang Wanjun. At this moment, she just wanted some peace and quiet, so she took the opportunity to send her away.
With such a stupid, pig-like brain, how could the mother-in-law possibly hope that Zhuang Wanjun would be favored by a high-ranking lady? That lady must be blind.
Fang Shi harbored resentment in her heart but did not show it. After dismissing Zhuang Wanjun, she lay down.
In her dazed state, she noticed someone entering the room, but assuming it was her maid, she paid no attention.
"Jasmine, what time is it?"
Fang was feeling groggy, thinking she had slept too long. She had to attend the banquet later that evening, and she was going to introduce Zhuang Wanjun to the ladies and young women. This was her mother-in-law's instruction: to make good friends with the young ladies in the capital.
Footsteps could be heard inside the room, but no one answered.
"Are you deaf or something?"
When Fang received no reply, she rubbed her eyes and saw a blurry figure in front of her, but it was not her maid, Jasmine.
"Who are you?"
When an outsider entered, Madam Fang suddenly came to her senses and asked, "What are you holding in your hand?"
"I am a maid in the Prince's mansion. When the Prince learned that you were pregnant, he was worried that you would not have enough to eat, so he asked me to bring you an extra portion."
Yu Zicheng held the tray and deliberately spoke in a high-pitched voice.
Fang was his last target. As long as he could use the fetus in Fang's womb as a medicinal ingredient, his beloved would be saved. He was only one step away from success.
The man was imprisoned in Taipingfang, and the courtyard was guarded by the soldiers of the Five Cities Garrison. However, no one knew that there was actually a secret passage leading from the cellar to the courtyard. After he had done his job, he quickly used the fetus to make soup and sent it to his beloved.
After searching for many years, Yu Zicheng finally found someone he truly loved. He wouldn't give up; he would even kill everyone in the capital just to save that person's life.
Only a man as gentle and kind as the breeze and the bright moon, upon learning of his past, comforted him with tenderness and gentleness, and never looked down on him for his ugliness.
For him, anything is worthwhile; now only one last step remains.
You're lying!
Fang quickly noticed something amiss from Yu Zicheng's words: it was impossible for the Prince of Luo to send her food!
Twenty years ago, her aunt, Consort Fang, framed the entire Qi family. Prince Ping, the elder brother of Prince Luo, was a close friend of Lord Qi. For this, he disobeyed the imperial order and was imprisoned in the imperial prison, eventually disappearing.
Some say Prince Ping is dead, while others say that even if he is not dead, his fate is likely grim, since his aunt, Consort Fang, is very powerful and could very well have secretly eliminated him and made it public that he had disappeared. To this day, this matter remains an unsolved mystery.
The old princess almost cried herself blind. However, at that time, Prince Luo, Xiao Chengyu, was still very young. Only by pouring her heart and soul into this son could the old princess forget her pain.
Although no one mentioned it, the relationship between the Fang family and Prince Luo was not good; they were at least not enemies. How could Prince Luo possibly care about her?
"Who exactly are you?!"
Fang was perceptive and immediately noticed something unusual. She propped herself up on her elbows and quickly sat up, looking at Yu Zicheng who was coming towards her with horror.
What do you think?
Yu Zicheng wasn't in a hurry. He casually placed the tray on the table and laughed, "I advise you not to shout, or you'll only die faster."
The two maids guarding the door had been sent away by Yu Zicheng, who said that there was something that Zhuang Shi needed the two maids to do.
What do you want to do?
The visitor seemed hostile. Fang sensed the sinister smile on the other's face, and her hair stood on end. Cold sweat broke out on her back from the tension.
I want the baby in your belly.
Yu Zicheng was very direct; this was his purpose, simple and clear.
Yu Zicheng had put in a lot of effort to infiltrate the Prince's villa, but he did not expect things to go so smoothly. It was as if even the heavens were helping him.
It seems that even God couldn't bear to let him continue to be alone, nor could He bear to let him be separated from the person in his heart for too long.
"So they were trying to kidnap the child."
Fang breathed a sigh of relief. Where did this mentally ill person come from? Her child hadn't been born yet, and no one could take him away from her.
Thinking this, Fang felt a sudden tightness in her chest and stammered, "Could it be..."
In recent days, pregnant women have been going missing in Beijing, and some have even had their abdomens cut open, with rumors circulating that their fetuses were taken away to be used in soup.
The Five Cities Military Command blocked the news. Fang heard the rumors circulating in the city, but she didn't really believe them. Those people hadn't seen it with their own eyes, and they believed everything they heard. There were even rumors that the Yan family's young lady stitched up the pregnant women whose bellies had been cut open, which sounded very far-fetched.
"It means exactly what you think."
Without further ado, Yu Zicheng took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and stuffed it directly into Fang's mouth. He then quickly tied Fang's wrists to prevent her from struggling or screaming.
"Waaaaah..."
Fang looked terrified. Hadn't that murderous maniac been caught yet? What kind of background did he have to be able to infiltrate the Prince's mansion?
"I can give you money, there are so many pregnant women, go find someone else, boohoo..."
Fang was gagged and unable to speak, but she tried her best to express her meaning to Zicheng.
With enough money, you can find anyone, so why target her when you have no grudge against her?
"Who told you we had no grudges against each other?"
Yu Zicheng sneered. He had seen the Fang family's upbringing firsthand; they only cared about their own interests and never considered other people's lives as human lives.
His father said that back then, Consort Fang plotted against Lady Qi, forcibly removing the nine-month-old fetus through cesarean section. Now that he has removed the child from Consort Fang's womb, wouldn't that be considered acting on behalf of Heaven?
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