Chapter 165.2: Jin Wang Dotes on His Concubine Ch 165 Pt. 2
Translated by gingercat
Edited by gingercat
Yaoniang was still wondering what moles was he talking about, but Xiaobao understood. His mouth dropped open in surprise. He didn’t even realize it until Yueyue asked, “Xiaobao Gege, do you want to eat?”
Erbao also approached him and reached out to touch his mouth. Only then did he come back to his senses.
By then, Erbao had put his tiny finger into his brother’s mouth, poking and prodding around. His poking around hurt Xiaobao, so he immediately shut his mouth, startling Erbao.
He seemed to be thinking where were his fingers? Erbao was stunned for a moment before erupting into loud cries.
Earthshattering cries!
Yaoniang didn’t even have a chance to be shocked at what she realized before picking up Erbao into her arms. Erbao hugged his mother, rubbed his face aggrievedly in Yaoniang’s chest, and then pointed to Xiaobao.
“Erbao wants to say that brother bullied you?”
How could a child at his age understand this? He only knew that his mother mentioned his elder brother. Seeing Xiaobao’s look of embarrassment, Erbao grinned, exposing his teeth and not even his eyes could be seen.
“This Side Consort Han is so daring to have an affair with someone.”
Jin Wang looked at Yaoniang. Just speak if you want to speak. Why did you have to look at me when you said that?
He squinted his eyes, and Yaoniang immediately showed an ingratiating smile.
At this time, Xiao Shunzi walked in. Jin Wang had also given him a task.
“Your Highness, I found a midwife to take a look at the corpse. The midwife said that this woman had never given birth to a child.”
Yaoniang’s eyes lit up and she understood what Xiao Shunzi meant.
Take her for an example. After giving birth, even with the number of people helping her and taking care of her, she still had a few faint white lines on her belly. Yaoniang had also seen the bellies of other mothers before such as her mother, Zhu-shi, and her sister. For those who didn’t properly maintain themselves, the lines were even more obvious.
For example, her mother, even after decades, still had some light brown markings on her belly. Side Consort Han gave birth to Cheng Ge’er about a year ago. If she had given birth, the midwife would definitely be able to tell.
“But why did she do this? Could she not get pregnant?”
The only person who could answer that was Side Consort Han herself, but she was already dead.
As for how Side Consort Han had deceived everyone and brought in Cheng Ge’er from outside, this likely had something to do with the head steward Fu Xi. Although Cheng Ge’er obviously wasn’t her own, Side Consort Han still cared for him so much. Either it was because she grew some feelings for him after raising him for so long or something else.
Who knows?
It’s just that Qing Wang was likely already feeling pretty awful. If he was told that the son he had raised for over a year was not his own, it would be another heavy blow. Then Yaoniang thought of Consort Qing, Zhuzhu, and Yan Ge’er, and immediately stopped feeling bad for Qing Wang. If it weren’t for him being so enamoured, how could so many things happen?