Chapter 49 The Taste of Blood
Wu Chun was idle in Kunning Palace, and Xie Sui did not allow her to walk around, as if she was imprisoned.
Every day, Xie Sui handled official business during the day and came to Kunning Palace at night.
That night, Xie Sui hugged her and asked, "It's been so long, and there is no movement in your stomach?" They
had just finished bathing, and both of them had the same faint scent of soapberry. The heat rolled along Xie Sui's skin and passed to Wu Chun. Wu Chun felt warm, but still curled up with her back to him unwillingly.
"I fell into an icy lake when I was a child and got sick. Since then, I've been afraid of cold and my health hasn't been good."
This is true, but she hid from him that she had an abortion once, and she was afraid that it would be even more difficult in the future. But Wu Chun didn't want to have a child so early, and didn't want to have a child with Xie Sui. Let's talk about the future later.
Xie Sui's breath fell on her neck, "I'll ask the imperial physician to check you tomorrow."
Wu Chun turned around and stared into his dark eyes, "I don't want to have a baby so early. Girls have to suffer too much when giving birth. When I was young, I studied medicine in southern Xinjiang and saw too many women who died during childbirth. Even if they gave birth safely, their physical condition in the future would be much worse than before."
"When a girl gives birth, a man only needs to do a few things, and then wait for nine months to hold a big fat boy. He doesn't have to suffer at all. He can also leave the task of taking care of the child to the woman under the guise of being busy with official duties and having to earn money to support the family. If the child is raised well, the credit goes to the father, because the father taught him well; if the child is not raised well, it's also because women usually take care of the children, and women are short-sighted and lack virtuous virtues."
"Why should I have a child?"
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Xie Sui listened quietly, chuckled, and said with a bit of displeasure, "Do you really think I will be the same as those men? Will I let you suffer alone? Will I ignore our children?"
Wu Chun said: "Why not? Oh, that's right, you are the king of a country, of course you can't raise your children casually."
She always managed to make him angry very accurately, misunderstood his intentions, and said so badly about him. Xie Sui rubbed his eyebrows and suppressed his anger, "It's still early now, there is a long way to go, and there is still time. While I am alive, this country must belong to the Xie family."
"You can also expand your harem and marry more concubines... But I think too many people means too much trouble. I can give the power to manage the six palaces to others, but I want to bear the title of empress, and everyone must bow respectfully when they see me..."
Before he could finish his words, his nose was scratched by Xie Sui unexpectedly. His words were almost ground out between his teeth, with intense anger, "Do you really want to see me marry so many women? You want to be empress, but you don't want to be in charge of things, and you want everyone to respect you. Why do you get this great opportunity?"
Wu Chun's black eyes were like grapes. She looked at him without saying a word.
Xie Sui's anger gradually disappeared, "Forget it, I don't have the heart to take a harem now. It seems that when I come to Kunning Palace at night, I have to press your dumb hole first. As soon as you open your mouth, I will get angry."
Wu Chun turned his back again.
Xie Sui's hands were not honest, making Wu Chun unable to sleep well. She kicked him hard in the stomach out of shame, but her foot hurt. "Get out!"
"Only you dare to mess with the king of a country." Xie Sui smiled, hugged Wu Chun again, leaned on her neck to breathe, looked at her skin so white that the meridians under the skin could be seen, his eyes seemed to be a pool of water stirred by the petals of a lotus flower, and said morbidly, "You said... is your blood also fragrant?"
Wu Chun shrank her neck and said strangely, "Are you a man-eating monster?" It was simply sick.
Xie Sui hugged her tighter, "You are so brave. I can break such a thin neck with two fingers, and you still go against me everywhere."
Wu Chun shrank tighter, fearing that he would get sick again. She didn't want to be pinched by him.
But he smiled hoarsely in her ear, "Stay, stay in the imperial capital, and stay with me in the future."
He lay on her like a big cat, and hooked her with his tail to prevent her from leaving. Wu Chun simply couldn't stand this sick man. She didn't want to continue wasting her life in the imperial capital, so she remained silent.
While she was silent, the smile on Xie Sui's face gradually faded, his expression became cold and sinister, and he said calmly, "You have no choice."
"Get lost!"
This night was ultimately an unpleasant one. Wu Chun struggled and struggled, and when she was tired, she beat Xie Sui's chest to vent her anger. Xie Sui looked at her indifferently. Wu Chun's tears wet half of his shoulders, and he fell asleep due to sleepiness.
When he woke up again, there was no one around him.
Wu Chun squinted his eyes and saw the sun rising above the branches. He packed up and wanted to inquire about Zheng Zhou's whereabouts.
Not surprisingly, he asked several servants, but they all said they didn't know. It was obvious that Xie Sui had told them to do so. Wu Chun could only ask how the former King Ze'an was doing now.
"The eldest prince of the previous dynasty was imprisoned by His Majesty. His Majesty said that as long as the eldest prince is willing to submit to the Xie family, he can spare his life for the sake of their old friendship, but he will never be allowed to set foot in Ningzhou again and can only be exiled to a remote place. The eldest prince of the previous dynasty may
be imprisoned for another month or two before being released." It's good that the person is still alive. Shen Heng's temperament is not in line with his position in this chaotic world, and this is his fate. If he encounters a peaceful and prosperous era, he might be able to do something.
Wu Chun asked again, "How is the second lady of the general's family?"
The servants looked at each other, all with an embarrassed look.
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. "Go ahead, I won't tell His Majesty."
"To answer your majesty, Miss Cheng has been bothering His Majesty several times in the past few days."
Wu Chun's eyebrows wrinkled, "Why?"
The little palace maid considered, "You don't know, His Majesty can find clues about you, Miss Cheng is the key person. His Majesty promised that if you come back safely, he will keep her alive. After you come back, His Majesty arranged a marriage for Miss Cheng, and the target is Jiang Xuanning, the former Shaoqing of the Dali Temple and the current Dali Temple Minister."
"The Dali Temple Minister will naturally abide by any arrangement made by His Majesty, but Miss Cheng is not happy about it and has to go to the palace to argue with His Majesty," the maid couldn't help but comment, "She is also very courageous. Lord Jiang is an upright person and holds a high position, so he is more than a good match for her. I used to think Miss Cheng was gentle and demure, but now it seems that she is just a coward who loves power and is afraid of death."
Someone by the side pulled the maid's sleeve, and the maid suddenly came to her senses and slapped herself in the face in panic, "I am a sly-mouthed servant and said something I shouldn't have said. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
Wu Chun waved her hands as if nothing had happened, "No problem, you can say anything in front of me."
Wu Chun thought about it, it seems that the problem was with the letter, that letter should have been sent to General Cheng's house, and then Cheng Jingyi saw it, and asked Xie Sui to give her a place to live.
But... Cheng Jingyi wanted to marry Shen Heng in her previous life, and she wanted to marry Xie Sui in this life. She used to think it was strange. If a person didn't know about the past and present life, how could the two lives be so different? Now she understands that Cheng Jingyi just wants to climb up the ladder, and it doesn't matter who the target is.
But... how did she know that Xie Sui would be in a high position in the future?
At that time, no one was optimistic about the third prince. Cheng Tong naturally couldn't tell his daughter about the rebellion.
There is only one possibility, Cheng Jingyi may be like her, reborn, or know something about the past life.
Wu Chun's heart seemed to sink into an icy lake, and her whole body was chilled.
Would Cheng Jingyi reveal something to Xie Sui? Would she tell Xie Sui about her past life?
But soon, Wu Chun felt relieved again.
She didn't owe Xie Sui anything in her past life - not only did she not owe him anything, she even wanted to give him her heart - even if Xie Sui knew, what would happen?
Looking up, she saw the window walls covered with Sichuan pepper. Winter had arrived, and the branches were twisted and withered. Perhaps one day, she would be like these brown and yellow dead branches in this imperial city, with no vitality left.
Wu Chun seemed to have thought of something again and asked, "Does anyone recognize Granny Zhou who used to do the sweeping work in the cold palace?"
The palace maids were silent for a moment, and a girl with thick bangs came forward, "I recognize her, I recognize her, Madam, what do you want to see Granny Zhou for?"
It seems that she is still alive. Wu Chun said, "I want to pass a message to Shen Ying. She is the only one who can be used in the cold palace."
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Last time, she asked Agui to find connections in the palace to get some abortion medicine. Granny Zhou helped her a lot because she had a good relationship with a concubine in the cold palace. Now that concubine should have been killed because of the change of dynasty.
Now Granny Zhou should be serving Shen Ying.
Wu Chun really wanted to pass on the message, and she also wanted to say a few words, that the abortion she had in the past must not be heard by Xie Sui.
...
Wu Lei, who was waiting in the palace of Nanjiang, was very anxious. It had been more than a month since he last received a letter from his sister. Even if he could only walk one mile a day in Tiansheng Mountain, his people should have received her long ago.
Now the people waiting at the foot of Tiansheng Mountain came back to pass on the message, saying that they still couldn't see anyone, and they were afraid that something had happened to the princess, so they came back to report and act according to the orders of the prince.
Wu Lei found an excuse to put down the task in his hands and ran to the foot of Tiansheng Mountain. On the way, he learned that Jiang Shan of Daliang had changed his surname three months ago, and the news had only just reached here.
The monarch of that land was his brother-in-law.
The prince of Nanjiang immediately had a bad idea.
He dressed up as a Daning person, crossed Tiansheng Mountain, and asked them who the current queen was.
They said that she was the princess who came from Southern Xinjiang to marry into the royal family. It seemed that Southern Xinjiang and Daning would have good relations for generations.
It would be great to have good relations with them!
Wu Lei thought so. His
sister was only a short distance away from Southern Xinjiang, but was kidnapped by the man surnamed Shen, no, surnamed Xie. He remembered that his sister wrote in a letter that she was not living well in the palace, so he tried his best to escape back to Southern Xinjiang.
As a brother, he couldn't bear to see his sister suffer a little. Wu Chun was the little princess he had raised in his palm since she was a child. If she was not living well, he would also have trouble sleeping.
In his anger, Wu Lei wrote a memorial to his father, asking for permission. The new emperor of Daning ascended the throne, and Nanjiang needed to show goodwill. The prince of Nanjiang led a convoy to Nanjiang to pay tribute of 500 taels of silver, five boxes of jade and jewelry, and ten boxes of rare herbs.
After half a month of preparation, Wu Lei led a convoy and entered Xie Sui's land.
He wanted to see his sister and see how the man who was "worse than beasts" in the letter treated Ah Chun. Even if he was an emperor, what did it matter? As long as he couldn't let his sister live happily, he would find a way to take his sister back to Nanjiang!
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