CH 82

Jin Wang Dotes on His Concubine Ch 82

Translated by gingercat

Edited by gingercat

Yaoniang looked at Ah Xia’s face, and the other party’s face turned pale in an instant.

Ah Xia didn’t expect that Jin Wang would even tell Yaoniang about this sort of thing. Yaoniang had left the manor in secret and it was even with a coachman who was well acquainted with her.

Back then, Xiangcao spoke to her a lot about Zhou Sheng and it was obvious that she wanted to matchmake them. She thought to herself that Su Yaoniang was such a hypocrite. Despite her relationship with His Highness, she still involved herself with a coachman.

Before she went to Zhaohui Hall, she thought about it in her heart. Regardless of whether Su Yaoniang had left the manor in secret for Xiaobao, no man who knew this would be able to bear it.

Yet Jin Wang not only endured it but even brought her back! As soon as Ah Xia knew that Yaoniang was coming back, she fell into a fright. But she wasn’t overly panicked. His Royal Highness was indifferent by nature. Even if he treated Madam a bit differently, it was unlikely he would tell her how he found out she was leaving the manor.

She was only a lowly maid. Not someone worthy of notice.

But Jin Wang actually told Yaoniang about her and perhaps even added some other details. His words caused Yaoniang, who had always been gentle, to drastically change her attitude and even want to throw her away.

What did His Highness say? Did he call her an evil-hearted person with ill intentions?

She just didn’t want His Highness to be deceived!

In fact, Jin Wang didn’t say much. He only briefly mentioned this matter. After coming back, Yaoniang saw how Ah Xia was still in Rongxi Courtyard and understood Jin Wang’s meaning.

She must take care of this person herself.

“Leave,” said Yaoniang with a solemn expression.

Hong Die stepped forward to pull Ah Xia away, but Ah Xia started to struggle.

“Based on what can you look down on me like this? The one who’s actually harbouring ill intent here should be you! A woman who had been defiled by others still has an affair with His Highness in secret and is involved with a coachman on the surface. Zhou Sheng is so infatuated with you that he’s willing to wait for you without even asking anything… Su Yaoniang, Su Yaoniang, a lowly and dirty woman like you should be like a mouse, hiding away in the dark. Why…”

Before Ah Xia could finish the rest of her words, she was gagged by Yuchan and several others then dragged out. Originally, Yaoniang meant to return her to Old Lady Xue, but now, Ah Xia perhaps wouldn’t even be able to remain in the manor. Jin Wang had said before that whoever dared to mention this matter would be silenced.

Yuchan looked at Yaoniang anxiously, “Madam, don’t listen to her nonsense…”

Yaoniang’s face was a little pale. She smiled and shook her head, “I’m fine.”

She was fine. Despite her sullied body, she was known for seducing Jin Wang in both her lifetimes. The number of times she has been scolded both openly and covertly was countless. Perhaps there were too many fleas that she could no longer feel any itch. She only felt a bit downcast. Ever since she entered the manor after her rebirth, her nerves were high-strung. The lively and cute Ah Xia gave her a lot of joy, but she didn’t know when her heart began to change.

Until it became unrecognizable.

Jin Wang walked in from the outside with his eyebrows furrowed. On the way here, he ran into Ah Xia being dragged away.

He seemed to know what just happened. Once Yuchan retreated, he pulled Yaoniang to sit down beside him and said, “This prince asked someone to pull out her tongue.”

“There’s no need. The mouth grows on other people¹.”

Jin Wang snorted coldly. Here, there was no such thing as a mouth growing on other people. Whoever dared to speak should be prepared to have their tongue plucked out. This way, no one would dare to speak about it in the future.

But he wouldn’t say this to Yaoniang.

“Your Highness…” Yaoniang said suddenly.

Jin Wang looked at her.

She smiled, “It’s nothing. I was about to ask you what you wanted to eat for lunch, but then I realized that since we’ve returned to the manor, there’s no need to worry about what to eat.”

Jin Wang did not speak, but his eyes were soft.

After lunch, the two went back to the room for a nap. They didn’t do anything but simply laid there beside each other.

Jin Wang couldn’t fall asleep nor could Yaoniang. Lying in Jin Wang’s arms, she suddenly asked, “Your Highness, does it bother you?”

Does it bother you? Yaoniang carried this phrase with her for two lifetimes. Although Jin Wang doesn’t know about her previous life, this matter had always been there, at the bottom of her heart. In this lifetime, that incident happened. Jin Wang never mentioned it and Yaoniang also pretended that everything was fine.

But in the end, this wasn’t something that could be buried forever.

Does it bother you?

Jin Wang waited for this question for a long time. He waited for her to ask this so he could tell her that it didn’t bother him at all. Even though that wasn’t what he actually thought in his heart.

“What’s there to be bothered about? When this prince knew you, you already had that brat. Go to sleep!”

Then Yaoniang fell asleep.

When Yaoniang woke up, Jin Wang had already left.

It was only shenshi². Hong Chou asked Yaoniang if she wanted to get out of bed, but Yaoniang didn’t want to get up. Instead, she asked for Xiaobao to be brought over.

The mother and son were the only two people in the bedroom. Yaoniang half leaned on the bed while Xiaobao sat beside her playing with the metal rings. His little finger fiddled with the toy and people who didn’t know his age would assume he knew what he was doing.

“I originally said that we’ll leave the manor soon, but now that doesn’t seem possible.” Yaoniang’s expression was a little complicated. “He’s lonely and domineering by nature, but he’s a man of his word… mother doesn’t ask for anything…except… …”

Xiaobao didn’t even raise his head. He looked as if he didn’t understand her at all and he continued to play with his metal rings. In fact, what couldn’t he understand? His mother was reluctant to part with Jin Wang but she also felt sorry for her son and feared that he’ll feel wronged.

To be honest, that person wasn’t that bad. At least he was willing to change for his mother.

Wasn’t it good to make changes?

Hong Die came in and reported that Side Consort Hu was here.

Yaoniang wasn’t in the mood to see people right now, much less see Side Consort Hu. So she said that she hadn’t settled down yet after returning and that she would pay her a visit on another day. Using these words, Hong Die turned Side Consort Hu away.

It was later shown that Yaoniang’s decisiveness allowed her to avoid a disaster because Side Consort Hu died after returning from Rongxi Courtyard.

Side Consort Hu had died of poison.

This event wasn’t a small matter. The newly-replaced servants of Liuchun Pavilion were not reliable. Whenever something went wrong, they would rush to Siyi Courtyard to make a report. After making a lot of noise, everyone in the manor knew…

Consort Jin went there personally.

Yaoniang was also called in because Side Consort Hu had gone to Rongxi Courtyard right before she died.

By the time Yaoniang arrived, the various side consorts and concubines were all there. Jin Wang wasn’t there yet, but the consort had already ordered someone to send him the news. Since he hasn’t arrived yet, he must’ve been held up by some matter.

Side Consort Hu was a master after all, so she was placed on the bed after her death. Yaoniang only glanced at her from a distance and didn’t dare to look again.

Side Consort Hu had bled from all seven orifices. Terrifying was the only way to describe it.

Yaoniang felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. For some reason, she thought of herself in her previous life.

She was also poisoned to death in her last life. Although she couldn’t see what she had looked like, she must’ve been no better than Side Consort Hu.

The consort led people to sit in the main hall, Yaoniang also followed them out of the bedroom.

At first, she couldn’t understand why so many people came after Side Consort Hu died. Shouldn’t this be a taboo matter? Only after hearing Side Consort Xu’s intention to say a few words, did she understand the consort’s meaning.

She was doing this to avoid suspicion.

Since Jin Wang wasn’t here, if Consort Jin came forward to deal with this incident on her own, it would only lead to suspicion in the future. There were many people present at the moment. With only a few words, Side Consort Xu had already caused the crowd to inevitably link Side Consort Hu’s death with Consort Jin.

“Side Consort Xu, if you can’t speak properly, shut your mouth.”