madman!
He is a lunatic!!
Nanny Jiang stared with her eyes wide open, she was in so much pain that she wished she could faint, she sobbed and screamed, her heart filled with endless regret.
How could she believe that such a vicious person could actually truly love her girl? Why did she feel that he was despicable back then because he was confused for a moment, and that he made the mistake because he liked her girl too much?
Thinking of the fate of the three girls who were engaged to Prince Chen, Nanny Jiang bit the food in her mouth tightly, shaking with pain, and refused to speak.
"You are shameless!" King Cheng said with cold eyes.
The man who was stepping on Nanny Jiang stepped hard on her ankle, and she jumped up suddenly, with her eyeballs bulging in pain.
He grabbed her other hand and twisted it hard. The person who was struggling frantically and screaming "wuwu" suddenly stopped making any sound and collapsed to the ground.
The whimpering sound stopped, and the man who had done it looked down.
"My Lord, the person is fainted."
Prince Cheng looked at Nanny Jiang, who was lying on the ground like a puddle of mud, and said coldly, "No need to ask."
"But Princess..."
"If Rong Yue didn't know something, this old woman would rather die than speak."
The old woman surnamed Jiang was deceived by him into plotting against Rong Yue, but she was loyal to Rong Yue. Except for the time when Rong Yue gave birth and she was frightened and had a difficult labor, Nanny Jiang was forced to "help" him once. Over the years, she has never done anything for him again and never accepted any benefit from him.
The old woman had kept the fact that Rong Yue had contacted Gu Helian a secret. Now she would rather be tortured than speak. Rong Yue must have known something that could affect her own safety. Once he knew about it, it would definitely endanger Rong Yue...
Prince Cheng felt cold in his heart.
Is it about Gu Helian back then?
Or Xie Yin?
Or something else…
Prince Cheng was a little impatient. He had kept it a secret for so many years. Rong Yue, that idiot, clearly loved him deeply and had never doubted him at all. But why did she suddenly know things that she shouldn't know? !
Prince Cheng's face looked extremely ugly, and he glanced at Nanny Jiang, who was limp on the ground, with a cold look in his eyes.
"Rong Yue can't stay."
The man in the room's expression changed slightly: "But the princess is returning home tonight, everyone knows..."
If something unexpected happened in the house, it would be impossible to conceal it.
King Cheng said coldly: "Of course I won't let her die directly."
Rong Yue still has value, so Song Tangning and Xiao Yan still have to rely on her to keep them in check. Since it is impossible for her to make peace with him and keep her for future use, he has to squeeze her dry and then send her off, and he also has to leave Prince Cheng's Mansion clean.
"You go..." King Chen opened his mouth and was about to tell the man something when he heard the sound of something falling to the ground in the inner room behind the screen.
Rong Yue suddenly returned home, and brought Xiao Yan's people with her. Prince Cheng knew how powerful the group of tyrants around Xiao Yan were. He was interrogating Nanny Jiang elsewhere for fear of alerting outsiders, so he brought her to the old concubine's room.
All the servants in the room had been sent away long ago, and Prince Cheng stayed here alone in the name of attending to the sick. When he heard the sound inside, he stood up suddenly, walked quickly around the screen, and saw that the old concubine who was supposed to be unconscious had woken up at some point.
Her face became rosy, no longer as pale as before, and she held onto the edge of the bed and tried to stand up.
"Mother?" Prince Chen stepped forward and said, "You are awake!"
Seeing the old concubine's face flushed, he wanted to support her, but he didn't want to be grabbed by her.
The old concubine said in a hoarse voice: "Seventh Brother, don't make any more mistakes."
It had been a long time since Prince Chen had heard the old empress dowager call him like this. Ever since Emperor An ascended the throne and he was crowned king, Prince Chen almost forgot that he was once the seventh prince.
He helped the old concubine sit back on the bed and smiled: "Mother, you are confused because of your illness. I have done nothing wrong. Please take a rest. I will go get the doctor..."
"I know that A Yin is not Rong Yue's child."
The smile on King Cheng's face froze instantly.
The old concubine seemed to have recovered from her illness, and the cloudiness in her eyes had also dissipated a little. She was no longer as on the verge of death as before when she coughed up blood. Instead, her spirit was somewhat abnormally good. She raised her head and looked at the uncertain Prince Cheng in the candlelight, and whispered softly:
"I know that he is not Rong Yue's blood, but Rong Yue has treated him like her own son over the years."
"You and that person were not having an affair in the first place. You have already betrayed Rong Yue with this child. Rong Yue has never done anything wrong to you. You have delayed her for so many years for your own selfish reasons. Now she is pregnant with your blood. You cannot hurt her anymore."
The word "illegitimate" made Prince Cheng's face change constantly. He loosened his grip and asked, "When did mother know about this?"
The old concubine whispered: "On the night you married Rong Yue, that person came to see you..."
She still remembers the shock she felt on the night of Prince Cheng's wedding when she saw the woman who shouldn't have been in their house, embracing Xie Tianyu.
There were many guests outside, the princes and the courtiers were all talking and laughing, but her son, who was supposed to be toasting at the banquet and being affectionate with his new wife, was wearing a bright red wedding dress and hugging another woman in the backyard of the prince's mansion, having sex.
At that time, she was still the imperial concubine and the late emperor was still alive.
Once this matter was discovered, Xie Tianyu would be completely ruined. Not only would the woman's entire family be implicated, but even her own family would be implicated.
She was extremely shocked and horrified. She hurriedly dismissed all the servants in the backyard and captured and silenced those who had witnessed the incident with her. Even though she was angry, she still covered up the matter for them.
Later, when the woman was in a high position, she thought they would break up this illicit relationship and that Xie Tianyu would settle down and live a good life with Rong Yue, but who could have thought that they had never completely broken up.
The old concubine did not dare to expose them, and was even more afraid that their relationship would be revealed to the public. She tried her best to cover it up. Facing Rong Yue, who was truly filial to her, she felt extremely guilty and angry at Rong Yue for being so stupid.
She grabbed King Cheng's arm tightly and said, "No one knows about your affairs. You have kept A Yin's life story a secret. Even if Rong Yue knew that you lied to her, she can't do anything because of the changing circumstances."
"Since you don't like her, then let her go. Let her take the child away and go far away. Don't commit murder again..."
"Killing sin?" King Cheng's expression was slightly cold: "If I don't commit murder, do you think Rong Yue and the others will let me go?"
"She won't..."
"She will!"
Prince Cheng interrupted in a deep voice: "Rong Yue cannot tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes, and her niece is even more vindictive. Look at the fate of the Duke of Song's Mansion and the Lu family. If she knew that I have been deceiving Rong Yue for many years, she will never let it go."
"Moreover, if it weren't for Rong Yue, how would I find help to force my brother to let me out? Does mother want me to be trapped in this Prince Cheng's mansion for the rest of my life, like a useless person with no chance of recovery?"
The old concubine took his hand and said, "What's wrong with being an idle prince?"
She lowered her voice, feeling the energy she had just felt fade away, and she fought back the exhaustion that was surging.
"You are the late emperor's biological son, His Majesty's younger brother. As long as you behave yourself, even His Majesty cannot do anything to you easily."
"His Majesty can't keep you trapped forever. When he calms down, he will naturally release you from house arrest. Then you can learn from Prince Huan. Isn't it good for him to be in charge of the Imperial Clan House? Why does he need to interfere in government affairs..."
"Why?!" Prince Cheng pushed the old concubine away fiercely: "Prince Huan, that rubbish, is willing to guard the clan residence, but I am not willing!"
"My mother also said that I am the biological son of the late emperor, and I am also the grandson of the emperor's son. When Xie Tianzhao died, the Eastern Palace was vacant, and I was the one that my father had chosen. I was supposed to be in that position. If I hadn't been careless for a moment, how could he have become the emperor?"
He was more popular than Emperor An, he was more appreciated by his father than him, and he also had connections with the Rong family. He could have competed for the throne, but who knew that an accident happened, and his good brother used the Lu family to plot against him, causing him to miss the throne.
Prince Cheng's face was grim: "I have already handed over the throne to him, and now he has to live in a small house and cannot even get involved in government affairs. How can he have any status in the capital in the future?"
"Seventh Brother..."
"That's enough. I will make the decision on Rong Yue's matter. Mother, just take good care of yourself."
Prince Cheng didn't want to say any more to the old concubine, so he stood up and prepared to leave.
"Tianyu!"
The old concubine wanted to pull his sleeve anxiously: "Don't make the same mistake again. After all, Rong Yue has been married to you for many years, and she even has your child..."
"This king does not lack that child."
"But you owe her this..."
"How have I ever owed her anything?" Prince Chen interrupted the old concubine coldly, "She is stupid enough to believe in the so-called love at first sight. She is stupid enough to jump into this pit of fire."
"Xie Tianyu..."
"That's enough!"
Prince Cheng was getting impatient with the old concubine dowager, and seeing that she was pulling his sleeve tightly to prevent him from leaving, he waved his sleeve to brush her away, and the force caused the old concubine dowager to fall back to the bed with a bang.
He said angrily, "I can't stay in the mansion forever, and I can't let her be a nuisance. Xiao Yan, that bastard, trapped me in the mansion with my brother's order. Only by using Rong Yue can I force him and Song Tangning to compromise. Only then can I get a chance to get out of this shackle..."
The old concubine leaned over the bed rail, slumped over and said nothing.
"Mother, please take a good rest and just take care of yourself. I have my own plans for Rong Yue's affairs, so don't worry about it."
The room was still silent, and the old concubine did not move.
"Mother?"
Prince Yin of Cheng, who was originally planning to leave, did not hear the argument and looked at them in confusion, but the old concubine beside the bed was still lying there motionless.
His face suddenly changed, and he quickly walked over and stretched out his hand to help the old concubine, but as soon as he touched her body, he saw her fall to the ground along the bed as if she had no bones.
The old concubine's forehead was covered in blood, her eyes were wide open, and the red gold hook that hung the green gauze curtain beside the bed was also stained with blood.
"Mother!"
Prince Cheng hurriedly squatted beside the old concubine, reached out his hand to feel her breath, and the next moment he fell to the ground with a pale face.
The old concubine is dead.