Chapter 336 Male Concubine
"Yuan Zhen, you're getting more and more outrageous!"
Inside the princess's residence, Princess Pingyuan coldly stared at Mu Yuanzhen, then grabbed a teacup from the table and smashed it heavily at her feet.
Scalding hot tea splashed all over the floor, a few drops landing on the back of Mu Yuanzhen's hand. The burn made her instinctively pull her hand away, and she angrily and sadly yelled at Princess Pingyuan:
"Mother, your daughter has been bullied. It's one thing if you don't stand up for your daughter, but why do you take it out on her!"
Upon hearing this, Princess Pingyuan's anger flared even more: "Shut up!"
Her voice was colder than ever before, and the disappointment in her eyes stunned Mu Yuanzhen: "Mother..."
"Don't call me 'Empress'!"
Princess Pingyuan raised her hand to interrupt her, her tone filled with disappointment:
"I placed you under house arrest before so you could reflect on your actions, but as soon as you were released, you caused trouble, making trouble for that Sheng family member in front of all the noble ladies at the Marquis of Yongyi's residence. Do you even have a brain?!"
Mu Yuanzhen was stunned by the scolding, and looked at Princess Pingyuan with an utterly unfamiliar gaze.
No matter how much trouble she caused in the past, her mother never disciplined her.
This time, I was just trying to cause trouble for that bitch. The slap didn't even hit her face, but my mother still scolded her for it.
Does her mother no longer love her?
Princess Pingyuan immediately saw what her foolish daughter was thinking, and was so angry that her head throbbed with pain.
She rubbed her temples and pointed towards the gate: "Go back to your courtyard. Without my order, you are not to step out of the gate even once!"
"Mother!"
Mu Yuanzhen stared wide-eyed in disbelief, unable to comprehend Princess Pingyuan's actions: "What did I do wrong that you want to keep me locked up in the mansion and not let me go out?"
Princess Pingyuan had no intention of explaining to a fool, and coldly ordered Wei Ming, the head guard at the gate: "Send men to guard her courtyard at all times. If anyone lets her out of the mansion, execute him!"
Wei Ming: "Yes, Your Highness."
Princess Pingyuan waved her hand irritably, and two guards came in and took the defiant Mu Yuanzhen away.
The atmosphere in the room was oppressive; the maids kept their heads down and dared not utter a sound.
Wei Ming maintained his cold expression, standing quietly in an inconspicuous corner as usual.
Princess Pingyuan's gaze fell on his face, and she slowly exhaled a breath of stale air: "I only have one daughter, Yuan Zhen, and now she has grown up to be so arrogant and stupid. Don't you think I have failed in my duty to raise her?"
Wei Ming bowed and said, "Miss is straightforward and innocent. It's not too late for Your Highness to correct her slowly."
These were clearly not the words Princess Pingyuan wanted to hear, but she didn't make things difficult for Wei Ming: "You may leave."
After Wei Ming left, Princess Pingyuan dismissed everyone else, leaving only her wet nurse, who had served her for many years and whom she truly trusted.
The wet nurse's surname was Li. She was originally Empress Wei's trusted maid and was extremely loyal to her. She accompanied her from a lowly concubine of the crown prince to the empress who ruled the country.
Later, when Princess Pingyuan was born, Empress Wei assigned Granny Li to take special care of her.
Having been together for decades, the mistress and servant were closer than family. Princess Pingyuan trusted Li Mama implicitly, a trust that even her own daughter, Mu Yuanzhen, couldn't match.
Granny Li stepped forward, standing behind Princess Pingyuan, and reached out her mottled hands to massage her temples.
“Your Highness, Wei Ming is right. The young master is still young and needs Your Highness to teach him slowly.”
Princess Pingyuan shook her head, a hint of weariness in her voice:
“She’s already twenty years old. When I was her age, I already controlled half of the court, and she’s still fighting over a man.”
After saying that, she lowered her eyes and reached her hand to her lower abdomen: "If I hadn't injured my body to give birth to her back then, I wouldn't have relied on her."
Granny Li's face was full of pity: "Your Highness has suffered."
Princess Pingyuan looked out the window at the colorful butterflies fluttering on the flower branches and murmured, "Did I do something wrong?"
If, back then, she had taken advantage of her father's serious illness and disregarded her mother's objections to eliminate her brothers who were vying for the crown prince position, forcing her father to write an abdication edict and pass the throne to her, would everything have been different?
Unfortunately, she was too young then and not ruthless enough, which is why she had to settle for supporting the person who sits on the dragon throne today.
Although she became the first princess with a fiefdom since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, she was still subject to others' control and would not miss out on Jiang Lang, ultimately becoming strangers.
Now that the Sixth Prince has been deposed and is a useless pawn, and none of the other princes are any good, they don't trust their aunt much, so it's unlikely that they would use them to stir up trouble.
Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable for her, and that the price she would have to pay to take that position was immeasurable, she was not entirely confident.
Princess Pingyuan grew increasingly resentful, hating her younger self and Emperor Jinghe, who had been wary of her for years.
Granny Li didn't know what to say, so she could only continue her work in silence. She dared not advise her princess to let go of her obsession and live a peaceful and happy life as her eldest princess, enjoying wealth and honor for the rest of her life.
Confined to her quarters, Mu Yuanzhen could neither leave the manor to cause trouble for Sheng An nor find amusement to relieve her distress. So she ordered her male favorites, whom she kept in a separate courtyard, to be brought to the princess's manor for pleasure.
One of the male concubines looked three-tenths like Xu Jinnian, but his tone and mannerisms were a perfect imitation. He was the most favored by Mu Yuanzhen, who summoned him to his bedchamber for half a month in a row.
That afternoon, the two were drinking and listening to music indoors.
Unbeknownst to him, Mu Yuanzhen had drunk too much. His eyes, blurry with intoxication, stared at the man beside him, his bloodshot face slurring out extremely vicious words:
"Xu, Xu Mingyu, what do I lack compared to that bitch? You, you won't even look me in the eye! I will kill that bitch, I will definitely kill that bitch, and her bastard child too..."
The male concubine had also drunk quite a bit. Seeing her so drunk, he staggered to his feet and gently helped her up.
"Qinqin, don't be sad. You are the only one in my eyes and heart. No other woman can catch my eye."
Mu Yuanzhen was pleased by his coaxing and, following her male concubine's lead, got up, cupped his face in her hands, her flushed face filled with infatuation: "Xu Mingyu..."
The male concubine agreed as he helped the man to the bed.
Just as he was about to instruct the maid to fetch some hangover soup from the kitchen, Mu Yuanzhen pulled him onto the bed and pinned him down.
The male concubine let out a cry of surprise, which quickly turned into soft sobs.
The maids, unfazed by the sight, tacitly stepped forward and pulled down the curtains to conceal the erotic scene inside.
The commotion inside the room lasted for a long time. The maids guarding the door silently calculated the time, inwardly marveling at their mistress's good taste, as each of the male concubines she chose was more and more impressive than the last.
This one inside is especially powerful; it always shouts extra loudly when its master is around.
Once the room was completely quiet, a maid went to the small kitchen to fetch hot water.
Soon, the door opened, and the male concubine walked out with a satisfied look on his face, instructing the maids:
"The master is tired and won't wake up for a while. Be quiet and don't disturb him."
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