Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 196 Belated "Motherly Love"

"The Queen asked you to go to Fuyan Palace. What are you doing..."

The eunuch was a eunuch from Fuyan Palace, and he came to Taihe Palace to look for the fourth prince on the orders of Concubine Zhen.

But when he saw the Fourth Prince, he noticed his pale face and deep eye sockets, and he looked physically weak.

Ji Qingkong smiled frivolously: "Recently, my father gave me a batch of 'Gold-Eroding Powder' as a reward. It made me so comfortable that I forgot the day. It has been a long time since I went to pay my respects to my mother."

The eunuch was an old man around Concubine Zhen, so he was not too respectful to the Fourth Prince. He said tactfully: "Your Highness, that 'Erosion Gold Powder' is not a good thing. Your Highness should not indulge in these things and make the Queen sad."

"You old fellow, why do you have so much to say?"

Ji Qingkong kicked him and scolded him with a smile: "Lead the way!"

The eunuch patted the footprints on his butt, shut up angrily, and then walked out with Ji Qingkong.

Ji Qingkong followed behind him, deliberately falling a few steps behind him, his eyes fell on his own shadow, and he said softly: "Guard the house well."

As soon as he finished speaking, his shadow seemed to twitch for a while, and then a black shadow like a small snake "split" out, coiling and twisting as it swam towards the hall.

……

"Why is my son's life so miserable?"

As soon as Ji Qingkong entered the gate of Fuyan Palace, he heard sobbing sounds coming from inside the palace, full of resentment.

As he quickly stepped into the hall, he saw Concubine Zhen sitting on a low couch in the hall, wiping her tears with a white embroidered handkerchief with gold edges in her hand.

She was surrounded by a group of palace maids and eunuchs, all whispering comfort to her.

The entire hall was immersed in a sad atmosphere.

"Your Highness is here."

I don't know who shouted, but Concubine Zhen, who was originally wiping her tears with her head down, hurriedly raised her head. When she saw Ji Qingkong standing at the door of the palace, she seemed to have found her backbone and stood up and walked towards him.

"My prince, my prince..."

She cried so much that her makeup was smudged, her rouge was washed away by her tears and turned into black tear marks on her face, and the golden hairpin on her head was even messed up.

Ji Qingkong chuckled and wiped the tears from her face: "Mother, what is it that makes you so anxious? It's nothing serious, tell me slowly."

Concubine Zhen was about to speak when tears started to flow. She sobbed for a long time before she stopped crying. She choked and said, "You have no conscience. Your sister has suffered a great disaster. How can you still smile?"

Sister?

Ji Qingkong was confused. He had met his brother-in-law a few days ago and knew that his sister, Princess Yuzhen, was ill.

Therefore, he said nonchalantly: "I met my brother-in-law a few days ago and knew that my sister was ill. How could this happen? Could it be that her illness has become more serious?"

"What's wrong with her? She's crazy!"

Concubine Zhen tightly grasped Ji Qingkong's sleeve and cried, "She must have been harmed by a traitor, otherwise why would she go crazy for no reason? If not... I would have been kept in the dark until now."

If not what?
Ji Qingkong's eyes fell on a eunuch standing beside him.

The eunuch couldn't help but shiver when he was stared at like that, and answered honestly: "This year, the summer rent of the imperial land has not been delivered to Fuyan Palace. The queen sent a servant to the palace to see His Highness Yuzhen..."

An old maid at the side added: "The queen has sent people to the princess's mansion many times, but they were always turned back by the people in the mansion."

The eunuch who had just spoken took over the conversation again: "This time, the Queen asked me not to come back until I could see Her Highness Yuzhen. The people in the princess's mansion reluctantly told me that the princess was seriously ill and was sent to the palace for treatment." Another palace maid took over the conversation and said: "It was not until the Queen personally went to ask to see His Majesty that we found out that Her Highness Yuzhen was crazy and that even the Fifth Marquis could not cure her!"

"My poor child..."

Concubine Zhen burst into tears again, her cry was so deep and deep that those who heard it were moved and their eyes turned red.

But Ji Qingkong just thought it was ridiculous.

If mother really cared about Le Yao so much, why did she only know about this now?

After all, it was because this year's summer rent had not been delivered to Fuyan Palace that she thought of Le Yao.

But what can he say?
So why isn't he?
Once upon a time, he and Le Yao were siblings who could talk about anything and had a very good relationship.

Since when did he stop caring about how Le Yao was doing?
Ji Qingkong's hands gently grasped his chest, and he felt a heart-wrenching pain, as if something was gnawing at his heart.

This is not an illusion, there is really something gnawing.

Because he broke the precepts!

Ji Qingkong took a few deep breaths and suppressed his emotions.

He smiled again: "Since the Fifth Marquis has taken action, I believe Le Yao will be cured."

Concubine Zhen shook her head and said, "The Fifth Marquis said it would take at least ten years, and even if he is cured, he won't remember anything from before."

She clutched Ji Qingkong's sleeves again, leaned forward, and said anxiously: "My prince, do you think Qi'an will know that Le Yao cannot be cured? What if he wants to divorce?"

"As for the imperial fields, I sent people to inquire about them, and they said that the princess's mansion had already collected rent. But why didn't Qi'an come to the palace to tell me, and he didn't send the money..."

She panicked.

But she was not panicking because of Yu Zhen's matter, nor was she worried about Yu Zhen's madness.

What she was worried about... was whether she would lose her current life of luxury!
What should she do if she lost the support of the Zhao family and the harvest from the imperial fields and farms that should have been Yuzhen's dowry?
The supplies allocated by the palace alone were not enough to buy a bracelet on her hand in a year!
She was so busy crying about her own problems that she didn't notice that the eyes of the "Emperor" in front of her had turned cold.

Ji Qingkong's heart wasn't the only thing aching anymore; even his five internal organs felt as if they were being gnawed.

Sometimes, he really envied his mother.

Just relying on her pretty face, she was trained by her grandfather since she was young to be presented to Emperor Tianwu. That is why she knew nothing.

It’s good to not know anything, so she can still cry, laugh, and care whether she has added one more piece of jewelry. Her biggest worry is that she has no new clothes to wear or new jewelry to wear.

He originally thought that Le Yao would have the same good fortune as her mother, and would continue to live in ignorance.

Don't be like him. He knows everything and yet has no happiness at all.

However, something happened to Le Yao...

Ji Qingkong still had that indifferent smile on his face, and he even tried to comfort Concubine Zhen: "My brother-in-law definitely has no intention of divorce, otherwise he would have proposed it long ago. Don't worry, mother, wait until the prince goes to see my brother-in-law in person..."

……

Ji Qingkong stayed in Fuyan Palace for a long time and did not leave until the next day.

But after leaving, he did not immediately go to the princess's mansion, but went to the Yangxin Palace.

He wants... to see Yu Zhen with his own eyes!
(End of this chapter)