9 Chapter 9

◎Digging a hole◎

Mother Chao didn't sleep all night. She was so worried that she said to Nanny Fan, "The young prince is injured and asked for water twice. I can't say anything."

Originally, Mother Chao did not want to make it public, but after all, Nanny Fan knew about it, and so did Concubine Wu.

The Concubine Dowager is the young prince's grandmother. Since the death of Prince Wu and Princess Wu, Concubine Dowager Wu has been the young prince's only relative. She now lives in Jianye and usually lives with Prince Wei's mother, Concubine Dowager Wei.

But the new princess Zheng was too much. If she didn't know that the young prince's shoulder was injured at first, didn't she notice it when they had sex? She thought she was a caring person, but she didn't know that she looked like a foxy woman.

Madam Fan smiled and said, "Madam Chao, you don't have to worry about what happens in the little prince's bedroom. They are newly married, and talking too much about some things will only backfire."

Hearing Nanny Fan say this, Mother Chao thought to herself that of course you are hoping for this. If Concubine Wu can get hold of something against the new princess, she can send Concubine Wu's niece to the young prince.

This time, the young prince's marriage was arranged by the King of Wei for the purpose of forming an alliance with the Marquis of Zhaojie of Jizhou. It was a political marriage through and through. Otherwise, Concubine Wu wanted to marry her niece, Xun Rou, Li Cheng's cousin.

Xun Rou had been with Concubine Wu since she was seven years old. When Princess Wu was still alive, she also wanted to marry her niece Cui to her. But after Princess Wu passed away, she never mentioned it again. If the King of Wei had not arranged a marriage with the King of Huaiyin, I'm afraid that Li Cheng would have married Xun Rou.

But Mother Chao and the others are different. Their wealth is almost entirely tied to the little prince, so they must care more about him.

Not to mention these two people, even Zheng Deyin was quite proud in the East Palace at this time. The Crown Prince rewarded her with colorful silk treasures, but the Crown Princess gave her very few. Today, she said she wanted to come to her place, and she felt more and more that she had made the right choice.

Lianzhi and Yunzhi were also happy. Lianzhi said, "The kitchen has brought your ginseng soup over. The little girl asked what you would like to eat. Just tell the kitchen."

Yunzhi said, "Miss, once you give birth to a grandson, our East Palace will be bustling."

Taisun, her sister Huiyin in her previous life became the Empress Dowager because she gave birth to a son. Speaking of Huiyin, she asked the servants: "I'm afraid the second young lady has already married and moved to Xuzhou by now?"

Lian Zhi nodded: "I think it should be here soon."

"Miss, the Prince of Huaiyin originally wanted to marry you, but was missed by the second lady." Yunzhi said hurriedly.

Deyin smiled but said nothing. She would always remember that after she got married in her previous life, she was ignored for many years and ridiculed by people. Li Cheng came back with injuries. Mother Chao secretly told her not to have sex, otherwise if the concubine knew about it, she might be scolded like Daji and Meixi, which would be bad for the young prince. Deyin also listened to her.

During Li Cheng's convalescence, she began to manage the palace, but was framed again and was sent to Jianye without any explanation.

It was a den of dangers, and Li Cheng was a man who could not tell right from wrong. He had no feelings for her, unlike Li Heng who doted on her to the extreme. She had to bear the consequences of this marriage. No, she couldn't think like that. Although Ji had done many evil things, Huiyin had done nothing after all.

Speaking of the new house, Li Cheng heard Huiyin say this and said, "Of course I treat you as my wife."

Huiyin knew that she and the other party were not very familiar with each other yet, so it was impossible to ask the other party to swear an oath of eternal love with her right away, but she had to express her attitude. Seeing that Li Cheng's response was considered to be a response to her, she did not bother to argue and just smiled and said, "Then let's rest early."

The dragon and phoenix candles must not be blown out all night. Huiyin never sleeps very well when there is light, but because she has been tossed around several times today, she is also very tired. She turned over and fell asleep.

When she woke up the next day, Li Cheng was no longer by her side. She rang the bell and asked the servants to come in and wash and dress.

Unexpectedly, Chao's mother also came in. She looked unhappy. Huiyin glanced at her and didn't know what was going on. But she didn't need to ask, so she just pretended not to know. If she really asked for advice with an open mind, she would be taken advantage of.

Mother Chao saw several of Zheng's maids surrounding her, combing and applying powder. She still had some respect for the princess. When Huiyin's makeup was almost done, she said, "Little princess, I have something to tell you."

Huiyin then pretended to understand and frowned, "I see that Madam is hesitant to speak, but do you have something to say to me?"

"Yes, I have something important to tell you." Mother Chao even emphasized the word "important".

Huiyin finally understood and asked the servant to leave before saying, "I wonder what you want to talk to me about? Please take a seat, mother."

Mother Chao smiled and said, "My little princess has come from a long way. Originally, you should have gotten married in Jianye. That way, you could have met the Queen Mother of Wu and the relatives of the King of Wei. But my little prince is stationed in Xuzhou. I am sorry for you."

"Mom, what are you talking about? As the saying goes, if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. It's true, but don't worry, I don't feel wronged at all." Huiyin smiled, knowing that Mother Chao was using courtesy before force.

As expected, Mother Chao praised, "The princess is so sensible, and we, the old people around the young prince, are also very relieved." She changed her tone and said, "It's just that the young prince is injured now and needs to rest. We can't let the two of you squeeze in here, right? If you do that, neither you nor the young prince will be able to sleep well."

Mother Chao felt that she had spoken very tactfully.

Huiyin frowned after hearing this: "Yes, the little prince was injured on his shoulder, and I couldn't bear to see it. Then you can talk to the little prince. It doesn't matter where he wants. I have no objection. In fact, I told him yesterday that I will sleep on the couch and he will sleep on the bed."

"How can I tell this to the little prince?" Mother Chao rejected it without even thinking.

Huiyin knew that was the case at first glance. Why didn't she go and tell Li Cheng if that was the case? But Li Cheng himself didn't move. It was unbelievable that she, a wife who had just met him for one night, would shut her husband out.

Therefore, Huiyin directly threw the problem to Mother Chao and said, "Anyway, you should do the things that will offend people, don't treat me as a fool."

Mother Chao glanced at Huiyin and saw that she didn't say anything. She realized that this was a trap. You are just a wet nurse, you only fed the baby for a few days, how can you interfere in the affairs of the little prince and the little princess?

What if the little prince wants to be intimate with his wife?

Huiyin smiled and said, "Mother Chao, it's settled then. You go and tell the little prince. By the way, we didn't have a grand wedding a few days ago, and if I don't give you a proper gift, it won't go smoothly. Today, I specially prepared a generous gift for you."

Mother Chao glanced at Huiyin and thought that this little princess was quite powerful.