After several days of travel, the Fourteenth Princess Consort, Lady Wanyan, finally arrived at the Fuyuan General's Mansion in Uliastai at the hour of Wei (1-3 PM) on this day. The soldiers at the gate, seeing a woman dressed in fine clothes who clearly disregarded them and loudly banging on the door, dared not stop her and quickly let her in.
Disregarding her image, Wanyan rushed directly to the Fourteenth Prince's main room. Upon entering, she looked around and, finding him absent, angrily roared at the maidservants standing in the room, "Where did the Great General go?"
The servants and maids trembled with fear and whispered, "The General is currently in his study!"
Having received confirmation, Wanyan turned and left the main house, heading straight for the Fourteenth Prince's study along the veranda. However, she stopped at the doorway.
"General, how is the medicine working?" Zhu Wanqing asked. "General, you are now the commander-in-chief of an army. Don't always lead the troops and train them personally. Let the subordinates do the work. Look, your old wounds haven't healed yet, and new ones have appeared. It pains me to see you like this!"
Zhu Wanqing was applying her specially made ointment to Fourteen's back to repair sword wounds. Fourteen sat in the armchair, half-undressed with his back to her, and said with his eyes closed, "It's just a minor injury, don't worry about it."
Hearing their sweet talk, Wanyan's face turned red with anger, and she pushed the door open and entered forcefully.
The Fourteenth Prince and Zhu Wanqing were taken aback by the sudden appearance of Lady Wanyan. They quickly straightened their clothes and stood up.
Zhu Wanqing was taken aback for a moment, then secretly glanced at the Fourteenth Prince, only to find him equally surprised, apparently unaware of what his wife had said. Zhu Wanqing quickly curtsied and said, "Wanqing greets the Prince Consort!"
Her greeting not only failed to quell Wanyan's anger, but instead enraged her completely. Wanyan pointed at Zhu Wanqing's nose, her face full of disdain: "You shameless woman? You secretly climbed into our master's bed, and still dared to dream of staying by the prince's side?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Wanqing straightened up, took a deep breath, and said, "Your Highness has misunderstood. Wanqing and the General were discussing military affairs!"
No sooner had she finished speaking than, with a "smack," Lady Wanyan raised her hand and slapped Zhu Wanqing across the face, the blow landing squarely on her cheek. Zhu Wanqing was utterly humiliated and prepared to retaliate, but was grabbed by the Fourteenth Prince.
Zhu Wanqing glared at Fourteen with a resentful look and said, "Your Highness! Look for yourself, this is not something I did to offend her!"
The Fourteenth Prince said to Zhu Wanqing in an unquestionable tone, "You may step down!"
Zhu Wanqing persisted, looking at the prince hoping he would give her an explanation, but the prince simply repeated, "Wanqing, you may leave now!"
Zhu Wanqing was furious. She glared at Wanyan Shi and then turned and left.
Seeing that the Fourteenth Prince had dismissed Zhu Wanqing, Lady Wanyan felt somewhat relieved and said, "My lord, give me an explanation. Are you really with this disreputable woman? Now the whole capital is laughing at me..."
Fourteenth Prince did not want to argue with Wanyan here, so he could only try to persuade her gently: "Madam, you have misunderstood..."
Wanyan laughed and said, "Misunderstanding? When you came in, your clothes were disheveled. How could I misunderstand?"
The Fourteenth Prince explained, "She was just tending to my wounds. We're just business partners, not what the Princess Consort thinks!"
Unaware that Zhu Wanqing hadn't gone far and was listening outside the door, Fourteenth Brother heard what Fourteenth Brother said, and a hint of disappointment flashed across Zhu Wanqing's face before she stopped listening.
But Wanyan Shi inside the room didn't believe it. She stared into Shi Si's eyes and asked, "Cooperation? But everyone outside is saying that she's the woman you had in the military camp, and that you and she... you and she have a child!"
After speaking, Wanyan's eyes welled up with tears, and she looked extremely aggrieved. Fourteen was shocked, not understanding what Wanyan was talking about. Fourteen always disliked rumors and gossip disturbing people's peace of mind, and asked, "Where did you hear these rumors?"
When Wanyan saw that the Fourteenth Prince denied it, she stood up and cried, "Yinzhen, don't deceive me. Have you already had a son with that woman?"
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