Chapter 164.2: Jin Wang Dotes on His Concubine Ch 164 Pt. 2

Chapter 164.2: Jin Wang Dotes on His Concubine Ch 164 Pt. 2

Translated by gingercat

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He saw An Wang’s unease, Hui Wang’s anger, Dai Wang’s silence, Yong Wang’s attitude of waiting for an opportunity, and Lu Wang’s schadenfreude...

With an air of superiority and loftiness, he seemed to have returned to the cold and ruthless emperor again, no longer the anxious father who worried for his children and descendants.

Jin Wang walked in. His clothes were neat, without a single trace of messiness. His pace was steady, not hurried, but the soles of his boots were covered with a layer of dust.

“Where have you been? Zhen asked you to enter the palace. Your brothers are here, but you’re the slowest.”

“Erchen had something to do.” As he spoke, Jin Wang offered his greetings, then he stood still without saying a word as if he had no intention of explaining why he was late.

Emperor Hongjing was very angry with him. Only this fifth son of his never cared about what he thought and whether his words would offend him. He pursed his lips and was about to say something when Jin Wang continued, “Erchen has something to report.”

“What is it?” asked Emperor Hongjing automatically.

Jin Wang stopped talking again. He appeared to dislike the number of people around him and didn’t want to speak in front of them.

Emperor Hongjing angrily stood to his feet and wavered a little, but he immediately grabbed onto Li Dequan’s elbow.

“Follow Zhen.”

They went to Xinuan Pavilion and Emperor Hongjing sat down on the bright yellow mattress on the Kang under the south window. He beckoned towards Jin Wang, “If you have something to say, just say it.”

Jin Wang did not answer him directly. “Erchen wonders how Father Emperor plans to deal with second brother and seventh brother?”

This sentence stunned Emperor Hongjing. “How Zhen plans to deal with them, does Zhen need to tell you?”

She didn’t say anything and only gave him a look.

Under her gaze, he couldn’t help feeling ashamed of himself and had a sudden flash of insight- she knew everything.

She knew she was scheming, and she even knew why she was scheming. She was very clear about the bad habits ingrained in his bones. She knew everything, but she didn’t care. She didn’t care about anything, not even death. The only thing she probably cared about was the Shen Family and him...

The two pairs of eyes overlapped, and Emperor Hongjing’s eyes trembled.

“Zhen won’t do anything to him.” At first, his voice was the same as usual, but then it became a little weak as he said, “Zhen’s only assigning him to guard the imperial mausoleum.”

Jin Wang nodded, and said, “If old seventh wishes to divorce his wife, erchen hopes Father Emperor won’t stop him.”

“Divorce his wife? Divorce what wife?” Emperor Hongjing quickly came to a realization, and said unpleasantly, “You really like to meddle in other people’s business.”

“The woman from erchen’s family is worried.”

Emperor Hongjing was angry again. “You’re really promising! You don’t even try to hide it at all! You’re a dignified qinwang yet you let a woman ride over your head.”

Jin Wang ignored him. “If there’s nothing else, erchen will withdraw.”

“Get out, get out now!”

So Jin Wang left.

However, Jin Wang did not leave the palace immediately but went to the place where Qing Wang was imprisoned.

When Jin Wang arrived, there was no sound coming from inside. Qing Wang was curled up in a corner of the room, and the man hugged his knees with his head buried like a child.

“Have you seen her?”

“Fifth brother, I’m sorry...”

“Fifth brother, I’m sorry, I let you down.” Qing Wang held his head and cried bitterly, “I’m a bastard, I’m a fool, I’m a white-eyed wolf... I’ve been immersed in self-pity all day long. I feel that everyone in the world owes me something, and it’s only right for everyone to treat me well... I hate myself for being so weak. I always think to myself: one day when I’m strong, I’ll be able to put all this aside. But I can’t. I’m strong on the outside, but on the inside, I’m still the same me who could only cover my head and hide in the corner and cry...”

Back then, when Jin Wang reunited with Qing Wang at the Ganxi Institute, he found him just as he said, covering his head and hiding in the corner crying. He didn’t even dare to cry loudly.