Concubine Shu's resentment was not without reason. Concubine Zhao was not yet forty, so it was possible for her to have another child. She already had two sons. If she gave birth to another child, where would they find a place in the harem of the Great Zhou Dynasty? Moreover, the Third Prince's wife was pregnant again. She might be pregnant with His Majesty's grandson. The Third Prince, the lord of the Eastern Palace, would surely be the last one to be born.
But the Third Prince got married three years later than the Second Prince. But there was no movement in the Second Prince's mansion. Concubine Shu was usually worried to death, but the Third Prince's mansion had no one but a maid, so Concubine Shu had always been able to keep her composure. But on this day, she couldn't keep her composure anymore. Not only that, she couldn't keep her composure. All her worries and resentment over the years burst out.
This rebellious son...
Concubine Shu gritted her teeth and didn't let herself yell. She was not Concubine Zhao. She didn't have such a noble family background. She didn't have such a charming face. She made a big fuss in the harem. She could turn around and make the emperor go around in circles. So she had to endure it all along. For herself, and for her son. That rebellious son who made her love and hate...
"Mother," Zhong Ming'e came out of the Buddhist temple half an hour later. He dragged his legs, which were already stiff and numb from kneeling, into the warm room. He lowered his head, not even looking at Concubine Shu, then slowly walked to the couch and knelt down with a "thump", "Mother, please beat me to death..."
"Beat you to death?" Concubine Shu sneered, staring at Zhong Ming'e's sweaty face. Concubine Shu felt distressed and disgusted. "Do you think I have never thought of beating you to death?!"
"Mother!" Zhong Ming'e sniffed hard, slowly raised his head, and met Concubine Shu's gloomy eyes. When he spoke again, his voice was filled with tears, "Mother, I know I deserve to die! I know I have embarrassed you! I know I am unfilial! But mother, what do you want me to do..."
"What should I do?" Concubine Shu's chest was heaving violently with anger. She grabbed Zhong Ming'e's chest and said through gritted teeth, "Zou is such a beautiful woman, why don't you want to touch her? Why can't you touch her?! You have been married for seven years, and you haven't even touched the hem of Zou's skirt. Fortunately, Zou is a person of dignity, otherwise you, the second prince, would have the nerve to go in and out of the palace every day?!"
"Mother! I don't want to be like this either! But I was born like this, what do you want me to do?!" Zhong Minge's tears burst out, his face full of tears. He stiffened his neck and looked at the Concubine in front of him with tearful eyes.
"Scream a little louder, it would be better to let everyone in the palace know that you are abnormal!" Concubine Shu said angrily, but seeing Zhong Minge's tearful appearance, she finally slowed down her voice, "You are already a 25-year-old man, but you cry like a child."
Zhong Ming'e was sad and upset. Concubine Shu was so angry when she heard the good news about the second prince. Was he feeling this way? Didn't he want to have children? Didn't he want to be the first to give birth to this important grandson?
But what use is he?!
Zhong Ming'e suddenly hugged Shufei's legs, fell on her legs, and cried, "woohoo". Shufei's heart was broken, just like the fragments on the ground. Over the years, she was really exhausted for this son whom she loved and hated.
After crying enough, Zhong Minge sat on the other side of the couch, staring at the broken porcelain pieces on the ground in a daze.
"Is it really impossible?" Concubine Shu was speechless for a long time. After a while, she slowly turned her head, looked at Zhong Minge, and asked in a low voice.
Zhong Ming'e didn't say anything. After a long while, he slowly shook his head, sighed softly, wiped his face vigorously with his hands, and sighed: "It's all my fault. I'm useless."
"Then... what about using medicine?" After a pause, Concubine Shu said with some difficulty, "Isn't it said that there are many places outside that have that kind of... that kind of magical medicine?"
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