The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

Chapter 248 King Jing's Fighting Spirit

Xie Run looked at Concubine Sun seriously, not wanting to say anything blunt and hurtful, so he simply said, "Just blame me if you want."

"Nothing is more important than the princess's health and well-being right now."

Concubine Li looked at Xie Run curiously, and suddenly she didn't dislike Xie Run so much anymore.

She wanted to say these words too.

But she had no weight or power, and if she spoke up, Concubine Sun would stop her, which would only make it easier for her to get into trouble.

Waiting is the most tiring thing, but Xie Run is calm and has no great desires, so he is the most stable.

At the end, both Concubine Li and Concubine Sun kept glancing back, and they were obviously a little anxious.

The imperial physician was invited in overnight and hurried in.

After a while, some trivial sounds were finally heard.

Ting Shuang came out with a smile on her face to announce the good news, "The imperial physician has already given him acupuncture, and he's fine now. He just needs to recuperate well."

"Thank you for your hard work, Concubine Sun, and Concubine Li."

Xie Run stood up and said decisively, "Since the princess is alright, we won't bother you any more."

"If Taotao doesn't see me when she gets up in the middle of the night, she'll probably cry."

Concubine Sun was reluctant to leave at first, after all, Prince Jing was still here.

After being glanced at by Xie Run, they had no choice but to leave together.

Tingshuang was surprised that Xie Run came and left so quickly.

Afterwards, I told the princess about it. While drinking medicine to protect her pregnancy, she simply said, "She is a very clear-headed person."

Mother Li snorted softly, "Concubine Xie is knowledgeable and interesting, but Concubine Sun is good at pretending."

"I thought she was a quiet person a while ago, but tonight, when the master was a little unwell, she showed her true colors."

"You're not feeling well and should be resting. But she wants all the concubines to come to Qingsong Courtyard. It will be a mess, and who will take advantage of the situation?!"

"Ting Shuang went to tell you she's safe, but she's still reluctant to leave. Is she trying to stay here and seduce the prince?"

"I'm afraid that having her in charge of the household these past few days, coupled with the prince's favor, has made her lose her composure and forget who she is!"

Mother Li's words are always harsh, but she can always point out people's little thoughts in a sharp way.

The princess used to have the patience to correct Mother Li.

Now that she had just gone through something, she had no energy and was too lazy to talk much.

Ting He was applying medicine to the princess and whispered, "Mom, please stop talking. The master never likes to hear these things. You might as well tell her something happy."

Mother Li paused and calmed down a bit.

The news that the princess's pregnancy was unstable spread throughout Prince Jing's mansion the next day.

Many people were secretly happy, while others had already started to have evil thoughts.

Then Prince An and Prince Jing were reprimanded by the emperor at the same time.

Prince An went to the palace every day to act as a filial son. Occasionally, he would hug the emperor's thighs and cry, trying to soften the emperor's cold heart.

King Jing was quite capable, acting like a rebellious son.

As soon as the emperor scolded him, he went to the palace and asked the emperor to exile him outside the imperial city.

As expected, he was scolded by the emperor again.

Since the emperor did not punish him, King Jing packed up his things himself and used his power to exile himself to Yunzhou.

She looked like she was angry with the emperor.

The completely different reactions of Prince An and Prince Jing caused those in the capital who were vying for the throne to change their minds.

Judging from his actions today, King Jing is impulsive and immature.

Are you still angry with others at your age?

Although Prince An is weak-willed, it is beneficial for him to be able to be humble.

At least at the critical moment of the struggle for the throne, he stayed in the capital, but King Jing was exiled to Yunzhou because of his momentary anger.

As the situation in the capital was changing, some rumors came out.

It is said that Concubine Jing was sentenced to death by the emperor simply because she was not pregnant with the emperor's child.

When the emperor learned the truth, he was furious and ordered the execution of Concubine Jing.

This news was so outrageous that it was not widely spread in the capital and few people believed it.

It was only because Xie Run asked Chunjuan to watch outside every day that he had the opportunity to catch this news.

The news was said to be outrageous because the palace was strictly controlled. If Concubine Jing was not pregnant with the emperor's child, then whose child was it?

What Xie Run was thinking was, if it was true, how did the emperor know that Concubine Jing was not pregnant with his child?

She remembered that the cause of this incident was that the emperor and the empress had a big quarrel and fell out.

Thinking of this, Xie Run couldn't help but think more.

She had always been puzzled by one thing.

The current emperor is lustful. Although he creates an affectionate persona and only favors Concubine Chen, it does not affect his favoritism towards other people.

Since the birth of Concubine Chen's eighth prince, no one in the harem seems to have become pregnant.

In the past ten years, only recently did Concubine Chen and Concubine Jing become pregnant at the same time.

It was precisely because the two became pregnant at a similar time that no one suspected anything.

In the early days, it could be said that the emperor was too old to make a woman pregnant.

But both Concubine Chen and Concubine Jing were pregnant, so the fact that they had no children for more than ten years was really a cause for concern.

Xie Run had two bold guesses in his mind.

First, the emperor was old and his sperm quality was poor, but he had recently taken some magic medicine that allowed Concubine Chen and Concubine Jing to conceive.

Second, the emperor had actually been infertile for a long time, and the children that Concubine Chen and Concubine Jing were not pregnant with were his children.

That's why he suddenly became furious and ordered Concubine Jing to be executed.

This also fits Xie Run's previous guess that Concubine Jing's death was ignominious.

In addition, Concubine Chen became pregnant outside the palace, so it is really possible that the baby was not the emperor's.

Of these two speculations, the former is fine, but the latter... Xie Run thought to himself that it was outrageous.

Of course, this is just Xie Run’s guess.

To know the truth, Xie Run thought he had to see how the emperor treated Concubine Chen.

She just asked Chunjuan to continue to find out the news.

Prince Jing was willful and wanted to leave the capital, and the backyard of Prince Jing's mansion was also in turmoil.

On March 20th, Xie Run saw that the weather had suddenly improved and the sun was out, so he excitedly asked someone to find a kite and prepared to take Taotao to the small garden to fly a kite.

Just as I put Taotao on the ground and wanted him to take a few steps, Dantao hurriedly delivered the message.

"The prince went to Songyayuan."

Xie Runxiao watched his son staggering and learning to walk, and said calmly: "Concubine Fang's business skills are getting stronger and stronger. The prince has punished her. Sooner or later, he will go to his courtyard."

Dan Tao shook her head: "Master, this is not right."

"I heard that Concubine Fang sent someone to the front yard to deliver a letter, saying that she wanted to see the prince."

"I don't know what she said, but the prince immediately went to Songya Courtyard."

She lowered her voice and said, "Master, you know that the prince has been fighting with the emperor every day these days. He has no intention of entering the backyard and has been resting in the front yard. Sometimes even Concubine Sun went to invite him, but was met with rebuff."