Chapter 1537: 1532: Secondary Consort Li Playing the Victim

Chapter 1537: Chapter 1532: Secondary Consort Li Playing the Victim

“Would you believe in something for me, please?” Rong Yun’s cheeks blushed as she planned to do something shameful.

Qin Muyan looked at her with curiosity in his eyes, “What is it?”

“I…I will grow up.”

Under the covers, Rong Yun pulled Qin Muyan’s hand and placed it on her body, her voice was filled with an eager challenge, “Do you…do you see, if there’s…any growth?”

“Boom!”

A string in Qin Muyan’s mind tensed up, and he quickly withdrew his hand, “Hm… It has grown a bit.”

He then perfunctorily turned over and went to sleep.

Having received his confirmation, Rong Yun buried herself in the covers, letting out a silly giggle, muffled yet somehow unknowingly stirring.

Qin Muyan resisted for a long time before he stopped himself from turning over to look at her and tried to keep a bit of distance, not getting too close.

All night long, Qin Muyan pondered, doubting the realism of what he felt.

Though it was just a touch, he could feel the softness and tenderness, certainly not as flat as it had appeared before.

That feeling, with its strong temptation, ignited flames in his heart, over and over again.

Before dawn the next day, he could no longer bear it and ran out first.

Having run out, it seemed he remembered something, and turned back to cover Rong Yun properly with the blanket.

Qin Muyan found it amusing to think that he had been taking care of Rong Yun like a daughter for the past year.

On his way to the early court session, his face couldn’t help but reveal an unconscious smile, which left all the court officials surprised, with some of them having the flames of gossip burning all the way to the great hall.

Inside the Council Hall, Qin Rulie could see the barely concealed smile on Qin Muyan’s face and coughed, “Muyan, what joyous event has made you so happy?”

Having just taken a secondary consort, his mood is so good. It seems this secondary consort has some wonderful uses.

The court officials also knew about Qin Muyan’s marriage to a secondary consort, and they congratulated him in droves, even urging him to hold a grand feast and have the secondary consort make an appearance, all eager for an opportunity to behold the legitimate daughter of the Li family.

However, Qin Muyan was not happy for that reason and truthfully said, “Imperial Brother, your servant was just distracted by thoughts of the still young Princess at home.”

“The Princess of Scarlet Flame King is touted as the treasure of Beiling City! On the day of Your Highness’s grand wedding, we were fortunate enough to see her; indeed, she resembled a celestial being descending to earth!”

“Speaking of which, in our Great Wei Dynasty, there are no women more beautiful than the Princess of Scarlet Flame King!”

“The Princess must be growing more and more graceful by the day? Your Highness is truly the envy of us all!”

The entire assembly of civil and military officials envied Qin Muyan. High in status and power, with the Emperor’s favor, and having two noble and beautiful women for his main and secondary consorts, was something most men couldn’t even dream of in eight lifetimes.

Qin Rulie remembered that his own birthday banquet was approaching, and he placated the excited court officials, “My dear subjects need not envy Muyan. In two months at my birthday banquet, you all will naturally get to see Muyan’s Princess. Muyan, don’t hide away at home then.”

He joked with Qin Muyan, causing the civil and military officials to laugh in succession.

The atmosphere in the royal court was excellent.

Qin Muyan didn’t say he would refuse.

It was his Imperial Brother’s birthday banquet, and naturally, he would attend with Rong Yun.

However, he vaguely remembered that there was another major event within the next two months.

He couldn’t quite recall it when Qin Ge called him over to their imperial grandmother’s side.

Qin Ge certainly knew that he had punished Li Yunshu, and she had summoned him to scold him.

Qin Muyan never opposed Qin Ge; he usually understood her, so he honestly listened to Qin Ge scold him, “What were you thinking? On the very first day after the secondary consort joined your household, you gave her contraceptive medicine right after sharing her bed, and in front of the Princess, you made her kneel for two hours. Do you realize how great a humiliation that was for her? She is the legitimate daughter from the Duke Li’s family!”

She was the close niece of her late husband’s family, and therefore Qin Muyan’s niece too!

Qin Muyan hadn’t left any face for her at all!

It was really too much.

The Empress Dowager watched Qin Ge constantly scolding Qin Muyan; the boy listened obediently without any rebuttal, and the towering man even looked a bit pitiful.

After Qin Ge finished scolding, the Empress Dowager beckoned to Qin Muyan, “Come, Mu Yan, tell your imperial grandmother what actually happened. You’re not an unreasonable child.”

Qin Muyan approached the Empress Dowager, and before he could speak, Qin Ge said again, “Mother, no matter the reason, he couldn’t give Yunshu the contraceptive medicine! Isn’t the reason we allowed him to take Yunshu as a secondary consort to ensure he has a child soon?”

How important this matter was, who in the court and beyond didn’t know?

Qin Muyan himself had agreed!

But he ended up doing such a thing.

“Don’t be so anxious; the child has not yet spoken, and you scold him like this. He’s my dear grandson, and my heart aches for him!”

The Empress Dowager glanced at Qin Ge, with an air of authority, implying that Qin Ge should stop speaking.

Qin Muyan first apologized to Qin Ge, and then told the Empress Dowager, “This grandson may have been slightly prejudiced in his punishment, but the secondary consort acted recklessly indeed. The contraceptive medicine was given by me. As she just entered the prince’s mansion, she shouldn’t overstep the Princess. Yet, she not only ignored advice but also fought in the Princess’s room, wounding her maid, nearly injuring her. Grandmother, do you think my punishment was wrong?”

The Empress Dowager, a kind and benevolent old lady, became stern upon hearing this, “Li Yunshu is so unruly! I think you didn’t punish her wrongly at all. Making her kneel for two hours is too light!”

The Empress Dowager looked towards Qin Ge, her voice carrying dignity, “Is this the girl you meticulously chosen? Claiming how much she admired Mu Yan, yet look at her actions, on her second day in the prince’s mansion, she dared to hurt people around the Princess. Does such a person know how to act as a secondary consort?”

The Empress Dowager’s stern reprimand made Qin Ge kneel in alarm, “Mother, please calm your anger, your son had no idea… had no idea that this was the actual situation!”

Li Yunshu, embracing her swollen knees, came to her complaining, but did not tell her that she initiated the fight with Rong Yun’s maid, nearly hurting Rong Yun. Qin Ge had thought Rong Yun was bullying her, but now, it was clear that Li Yunshu was at fault!

She quickly apologized to the Empress Dowager, “It’s your son’s bias that was at fault, mother please do not let anger affect your health.”

“The state of my health is not important, but Rong Yun’s well-being is! Not only is she Mu Yan’s Princess, but also the princess of Beiling, the pearl cherished by the Emperor of Beiling. Should the news reach the imperial palace of Beiling that the princess, just a year after her marriage, was insulted by the secondary consort, how could Great Wei retain its face? If this leads to hostilities between Beiling and Great Wei, can you bear the responsibility? Can that secondary consort bear it?”

Every word of the Empress Dowager was laden with pressure, heavily weighing on Qin Ge’s heart, and she bent even lower.

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