"What are you doing here?" Yinti couldn't help but ask.
“Prince Zhi, where has our princess gone? We’ve been staying there with our young master, and we haven’t seen her for a long time,” Zhuoma said in broken Chinese.
Yinti was still in a state of extreme confusion. He was unable to explain the current situation to Jueluo Shi, nor could he answer Zhuoma's questions.
"It seems the Prince has also married a princess?" Jue Luo said angrily. It turned out that early that morning, Jue Luo was having breakfast in the main courtyard when a maidservant came to report that two women of foreign ethnicity were at the gate requesting an audience with the Prince Consort.
"Shufang, take the child downstairs and feed him," Yinti said to the First Princess Consort.
"The master's child should naturally be taken down and properly cared for." Jue Luo gave a wink to the nanny beside her.
The old woman was originally part of the First Princess's dowry, so she naturally understood what the First Princess meant. She quickly told two maids to go to Zhuoma's side to take the child.
"No, this is our princess's child!" Zhuoma said, protecting the child in her arms.
“Miss, this child is our master’s child. Please let us take him away!” the nanny said.
"Prince Zhi, where did our princess go?" Zhuoma asked, holding the child tightly.
"Granny Wu, quickly take the child back! You all come with me to the study, and we'll leave the child in their care!" Yinti said.
Zhuoma and Jinyang refused to let go of the child, but they couldn't resist the force of Wu Mama and several others who took the child out of their arms.
Jue Luo Shi, supported by her maid, walked towards her bedroom. She glanced at Zhuoma and Jin Yang a few times, but refused to look at Yin Ti again, and returned to her bedroom.
Zhuoma and Jinyang were invited to Yinti's study. These two maids of Baoyue were absolutely loyal to her; both were from the grasslands and had straightforward personalities. They had lived in Baoyue's quarters for over half a year, but Baoyue still hadn't come. Therefore, they came to the capital and went directly to Yinti.
“Your princess is gone, you should hurry back to the grasslands. The child can stay, I will send someone to take good care of him, he is also my son,” Yinti said.
“No, our princess once instructed us to protect our young master. We cannot leave him!” Zhuoma said.
Yinti looked at Zhuoma and Jinyang, unsure of how to deal with them.
The most important thing now is to explain things clearly to Jue Luo Shi.
"Master, the master is here!" the maid Mingrui whispered to Jue Luo Shi.
"Let him go and settle his own son properly. What is he doing here?" Jue Luo said calmly.
"Shufang, can you listen to what I have to say?" Yinti was already standing at the door.
"Since Your Highness wishes to speak, I will listen attentively!" said Lady Jue Luo. At this moment, she truly did not want to face Yin Ti; she only wanted to reflect on whether she had been giving her heart in vain all these years.
Yinti waved to the maids in the room, signaling them to leave.
The maids glanced at the princess but remained silent, then curtsied and left.
"Shufang, listen to me slowly!" Yinti then began to tell the First Princess Consort in detail about his affair with Baoyue.
"What! She was once the Emperor's concubine!" Lady Jue Luo suddenly stood up from the embroidered stool.
Yinti knew that the mistake he had made was too big. If Kangxi found out, his future would be over, and not only that, the entire Prince's Mansion might also be implicated.
"Your Highness! You, you, you have utterly astonished me! All your actions may bring disaster to the entire palace and to all your children!" Jue Luo was trembling with rage.
Yinti knew that he had made a huge mistake, so he still chose to tell Jueluo Shi, hoping that his wife could help him keep it a secret!
"Shufang, I know I was wrong! I really know. She's dead, no one will ever know anymore."
“Aren’t those two maids human? Isn’t that child human?” Jue Luo Shi rebuked.
"Send the two maids out. If you really don't want to raise that child, send him to the estate to be cared for by the servants." Yinti was now only thinking about not leaving a bad impression on Kangxi.
Lady Jue Luo looked at Yinti as if she didn't recognize him. How could he be so cold-blooded and heartless towards his own child? Was he still the same eldest prince? Although the child wasn't hers, Lady Jue Luo still felt a pang of heartache.
“Shufang, now is the perfect time for me to fight for this position, and we can’t let this matter hinder us. Shufang, once we’re in that position, you can be angry as much as you want.” Seeing Jue Luo Shi looking at him with suspicion and astonishment, Yinti felt inexplicably panicked. It turned out that all these years he had relied on this woman’s unconditional support! Now that he found that she was also beginning to doubt him, Yinti felt he couldn’t accept it.
Jue Luo forced herself to calm down, knowing in her heart that she couldn't argue with him at this time. They were bound together by fate, sharing both glory and loss! They had long been in the same boat!
“Those two maids must be silenced. They are both from the grasslands, and it’s obvious to everyone that they are not of our kind. If they reveal what you’ve done, the consequences will be unimaginable. The children are still young, and as long as they are properly guided, they will be safe.” The thought of her two princesses being implicated because of his absurd actions hardened her heart.
"Alright, those two maids absolutely cannot be kept alive! They must be eliminated quietly. As for the child, who should we entrust him to? He's already a year old, and it's not appropriate to report it to the Imperial Archives!" Seeing that Lady Jue Luo was still protecting her, Yin Ti felt much better.
"You still want to be included in the family genealogy? Your background is unclear, and you look somewhat like an outsider. How can you not arouse suspicion?" Jue Luo frowned.
Yinti quickly asked, "What does the Princess Consort mean?"
Although Jue Luo felt uncomfortable, she could only swallow her anger and say, "Send him back to my family home. I have a cousin who is married to a woman but they have no children. They have a good relationship and my cousin refuses to take a concubine, so they have no children!"
Yinti felt that Jueluo was subtly mocking him, and felt a pang of discomfort before saying, "Alright, let's do as the Fujin wishes! With the Fujin's family looking after the child, he certainly won't be mistreated!"
Jue Luo then instructed her dowry maid to handle the matter, saying that she had found it on the road and was giving it to her cousin from her maternal family to make a good connection!
As for Zhuoma and Jinyang, it was Yinti himself who sent people to do it! Taking the lives of two maids was far too easy. They probably never imagined that Baoyue was killed by the Prince Zhi's men, so they never expected to die here under such mysterious circumstances!
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