Chapter 154: Sea of Bitterness
When the Sixth Princess received the decree of marriage, she was almost shocked.
After she realized what was happening, she rushed to the Imperial Concubine's bedroom and said, "Mother, I don't want to marry Wu Yaoming! He's so ugly, I feel sick just looking at him. How could the Emperor appoint me to him?"
The imperial concubine hugged her and sighed deeply.
"If you don't marry him, you have to marry King Beituo. If you marry him, you can divorce your husband and find another one. But if you marry King Beituo, what can you do?"
"Your father was forced to grant you marriage."
"If you don't like him, just ignore him after you get married. The Princess's Mansion is yours anyway, so you can just not let him into the bedroom."
The Sixth Princess shook her head desperately.
"I don't want it. My eldest, second, and third sisters' husbands are all handsome men, but Wu Yaoming looks like a toad. There's no man uglier than him in the whole capital. They will laugh at me!"
"It would be better for me to die than to let me marry Wu Yaoming!"
The imperial concubine's face darkened.
"If you hadn't asked Wu Yaoming to kidnap Feng and gave him evidence, would he have had the guts to go to the Ninth Prince of Beituo and talk nonsense?"
"The imperial decree granting the marriage has come down. If you don't marry him and he reveals the kidnapping, what good will it do to you?"
"If you're really that stubborn, then just kill yourself. I won't stop you."
The Sixth Princess cried out "Wow".
"I, I just don't want to marry a foreign prince, why do I have to marry Wu Yaoming..."
The imperial concubine patted her on the back.
"You are a princess, unlike ordinary women. It's not easy for ordinary women to get divorced after marriage, but you can divorce your husband at any time after marriage. It's just a ceremony. Once the Northern Expedition delegation leaves, you can divorce Wu Yaoming and find a satisfactory husband."
Sixth Princess: o(╥﹏╥)o
She cried for a while, then gritted her teeth in hatred: "Wu Yaoming dared to take advantage of me, I will make him pay if we get married!"
If she doesn't torture Wu Yaoming to death, she won't be worthy of the surname Zhao!
"Princess, the prince consort has fainted. Please take a rest first."
In Princess Yongning's mansion, Eunuch Wang advised.
"It's really not worth a fight."
Princess Yongning snorted, dropped the whip in her hand, and walked straight out of the bedroom without even looking at the man who was beaten and bleeding on the ground.
The servants stepped forward and hurriedly carried the man to another courtyard.
"Young Master!"
After the attendant left, the servant exclaimed.
"Princess, why did you beat you like this again? It's too much!"
Qu Mingzhang slowly opened his eyes and said weakly, "She's been having a hard time lately, so naturally she can't bear to see me at ease."
"You can't be so cruel."
The servant applied medicine to him while feeling sorry for him.
"You are her consort, not her servant. How can you whip and abuse me at will? You beat me to death every time. Only your face is left intact..."
Qu Mingzhang sneered: "Who in this world is not a slave of the Zhao family? There is no difference between a consort and a servant."
The servant sighed, "If only the princess hadn't taken a fancy to you, young master."
Their son was born in a marquis's mansion. Although he was a concubine's son, he was diligent and studious. He won the third place in the imperial examination before he even reached adulthood and had a bright future. He was chosen by Princess Yongning as her husband.
Not only was his official career cut short, but he was also often scolded and abused by Princess Yongning, living a life worse than a dog.
In ordinary families, couples could divorce if they beat each other, but the imperial prince consort could only be divorced.
As long as Princess Yongning doesn't stop, their young master will not be able to escape.
It's so miserable.
Qu Mingzhang had long stopped making meaningless assumptions.
As soon as the medicine on his wounds took effect, he got up from the bed, changed his clothes, and left the house with the servant.
Ever since Princess Yongning's face was disfigured by ants, she would take her anger out on him every two or three days. It took him longer and longer to recover from his injuries, and it became increasingly difficult for him to leave the palace.
But he was afraid he wouldn't be able to endure it if he didn't go out of the house to get some fresh air.
Therefore, even though his body was covered in wounds, he still endured the pain and went to Qinxiang.
He has a shop in Qinxiang, and all the Leiqin sold in the shop are made by him himself.
Making zithers was his only pastime after his official career became hopeless.
However, his injury today was really serious. He didn't even have the strength to plane the wood. He could only sit in front of the piano table to test the sound and tune the strings.
A slightly plump young man in a long gown walked into the piano studio.
After examining the zithers hanging on the wall one by one, she sat down across from him and said with a smile, "The zither your husband made is becoming increasingly unrefined. Have you been living in luxury for so long that you can't even hold the planer steadily?"
Qu Mingzhang: “…”
"Are you here to buy a piano or to cause trouble?"
The slightly plump young man smiled and said, "I'm here to help the prince consort escape from his suffering."
Qu Mingzhang: “…”
"Where is suffering? Where is the sea? How come I don't know I'm in the sea of suffering?"
The slightly plump young man glanced at his high collar and said, "So the prince consort is enjoying it. I'm sorry for being so presumptuous. I didn't know the prince consort had a masochistic fetish."
“Zheng——”
He almost broke the strings of Qu Mingzhang's zither.
He looked at the young man in front of him with a cold look in his eyes: "Who are you?"
Princess Yongning always hit him physically but not in the face. Outsiders didn't know that he was being abused in the princess's mansion. He had clearly never seen the young man in front of him, so how could he know the secrets of the princess's mansion?
The slightly plump young man smiled: "As I said before, I am here to help the prince consort cross the sea of suffering. As for whether to go ashore or not, it depends on the prince consort..."
The young man left the piano studio after he finished speaking.
Qu Mingzhang looked at the empty piano bench opposite him and felt that he was probably hallucinating because of excessive pain.
Otherwise, how could I hear such a magical proposal?
He tilted his head to glance at the servant who was polishing the piano beside him: "Did anyone come here just now?"
Servant: "Yes."
"Who?"
"A round-faced, slightly plump young man."
Qu Mingzhang let out a long sigh.
It turns out there really is such a person.
But the suggestion that person made...just listen to it.
After tuning the zither in his hand, he closed the zither workshop and returned to the princess's mansion with the servant.
At night, he was tossing and turning in pain, unable to fall asleep. He thought of the suggestion of the slightly plump young man, and the string in his mind suddenly broke.
I'm almost dead anyway, so why not give it a try?
Eunuch Wang also advised Princess Yongning in the same way.
"Princess, this is a new scar removal cream made by the Imperial Hospital Director. Please try it. What if it works?"
Princess Yongning slapped it away.
"It stinks! I won't try it!"
Eunuch Wang sighed.
"As long as it works, what does it matter if it smells a little?"
Princess Yongning sneered: "Give it to Qu Mingzhang to try first, and see if it works."
Eunuch Wang had no choice but to send him to Qu Mingzhang's courtyard.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the courtyard, a servant winked at him.
He called the attendant outside and asked, "Do you have something to say?"
The attendant whispered, "There's a woman hiding in the Prince Consort's room."
Eunuch Wang: “!!!”
Does Qu Mingzhang have the courage to do this?
"You must be seeing things, aren't you?"
The attendant said firmly, "I've seen it several times. I'm absolutely not mistaken. The woman once caught me watching and immediately hid herself."
Eunuch Wang frowned.
Qu Mingzhang wants to die?
How dare you keep a woman in the princess's mansion?
If the princess knew about this, she would probably break all his bones.
"I understand," he said to the attendant. "Don't tell anyone until I find out."
The attendant nodded.
Qu Mingzhang went out with his servant, and Eunuch Wang brought the scar removal cream to his room. After putting it down, he looked around and actually smelled the fragrance of powder.
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