Reborn to be without his father but with his son, the prince shouted, "I'm not dead!"

Chapter 158 Why was he scolded by the emperor?
When the Queen learned that Ji Yunchu was missing, she frowned subconsciously and rubbed her tired brows.

"Madam Mei, please don't make this public. Take people to look for her." The queen looked at the window blown by the wind, hoping that nothing would happen to the girl.

About half an hour later, Nanny Mei hurried back to the Queen's room.

"Empress, something happened! Ji Yunchu and the Second Prince were caught having an affair. The scene was simply unbearable to watch. The Imperial Concubine even wanted to execute Ji Yunchu, but was stopped by Wei Luoyan, Shen Jing and others who came over."

Kong Wanhan sat up from the bed in shock, "How dare they be so bold!" She quickly got up and put on her coat, thinking that Cao Lingru must have suffered a big blow at this time.

At this moment, Cao Lingru was sitting on the ground with blood all over her mouth. She covered her chest with her hands and stared at Ji Yunchu who was forced to his knees by the palace maid with a deathly look on her face, leaning on Yuan Niang.

Yuan Niang secretly wiped away her tears and stared at the imperial physician who was giving acupuncture to Cao Lingru.

The imperial physician looked at Cao Lingru's eyes and shook his head helplessly, "There is no hope. He will not survive tomorrow. The Duke's Mansion should prepare for his funeral."

"Mother! Save me!" Ji Yunchu's clothes were disheveled. She struggled to break free from the palace maid who was holding her arm and attempted to crawl to Cao Lingru.

Shen Jing put his arm around Ji Anyu's shoulders, letting her lean on him so she wouldn't have to stand so hard. He looked at Ji Anyu with worry in his eyes, fearing that she would faint from worrying about her biological mother.

Ji Anyu had no idea what Shen Jing was thinking. She looked at everything in front of her with her deep eyes, and it was impossible to tell what emotion was in her.

The imperial concubine sat on the stool that had just been brought over with an arrogant look, wishing she could tear Ji Yunchu, who had defiled her son, into pieces. Occasionally, her eyes would glance at Shen Jing with murderous intent.

Wei Luoyan clenched his hands in his sleeves. He never dreamed that Ji Yunchu would be related to the Second Prince. In their previous life, Ji Yunchu and the Second Prince had nothing to do with each other, so why were they together in this life?

Now that this kind of thing has happened, with so many eyes seeing the Second Prince and Ji Yunchu being together, there is no way he can marry Ji Yunchu as his principal wife, but he is unwilling to let Ji Yunchu be the Second Prince's concubine.

The second prince stood beside the imperial concubine with his head down, looking as if he had done something wrong, secretly hating the bad luck of being discovered today.
He had had affairs with people in the palace many times before, but was never caught. Where did all the people who hid in the dark and helped him watch out go?

He glanced left and right, then moved his eyes to Ji Yunchu's pitiful face.

The second prince couldn't help but wonder. The woman who had an appointment with him was clearly Concubine Shu, but for some reason the woman who entered the room turned out to be Ji Yunchu.

As soon as he touched her, he knew she was not Concubine Shu. He just wanted to vent his anger at that time, so he pulled Ji Yunchu onto the bed without thinking too much. When he looked at Ji Yunchu's face carefully, he found that she was the former legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion, the woman his good brother had never married before. He became even more excited.

He had been looking at Ji Yunchu, but he didn't expect that Ji Yunchu not only did not reject him, but went crazy with him. Then he didn't care about anything. Later, when the Queen's people came, he suddenly came to his senses and went out with a reluctant heart.

Although Ji Yunchu's figure is not as good as Shufei's, she is young and young. It is okay to keep her in the backyard as a concubine, but the Duke's Mansion may not agree.

When the imperial concubine saw that her son's mind was on Ji Yunchu, she secretly cursed Ji Yunchu as a vixen. She had been in the palace for many years and had seen all kinds of vixens.

It was obvious that Ji Yunchu saw that she could not become the Crown Princess, so she was thinking about her son's position as the Second Prince's Consort. She even seduced her son. How despicable!

Less than a month after the Duke's death, Ji Yunchu couldn't wait to sever ties with him. She didn't observe mourning and was eager to get married. It was obvious that she was not a good person. The more the imperial concubine looked at Ji Yunchu, the more disgusted she became.

"Ji Yunchu is committing an insubordination, keep on beating me!"

The queen rushed over and saw that Ji Yunchu's back was covered in blood. She shouted angrily, "Wait, who allowed you to abuse lynching?"

The imperial concubine was surprised that the queen would personally come out to stop it. She sat on the stool without getting up, and raised her nail-painted hand to support her chin provocatively.

"Empress, if the person Ji Yunchu seduced today was the prince, would you still defend her like this? Let me tell you, such an ignorant bitch shouldn't be allowed to live in this world." Kong Wanhan smiled faintly and looked at the imperial concubine meaningfully. Isn't the ignorant bitch the imperial concubine? When the emperor was drunk, the imperial concubine took the opportunity to seduce him, and that's how the second prince was born.

"Wei Yangxi, are you sure you want to bring this up in front of the Emperor? Besides, it takes two to tango. As his mother, don't you know what kind of person the Second Prince is? Yunchu is the adopted daughter of the Duke's wife. Since she is already entangled with the Second Prince, I will make the decision to grant her to the Second Prince as a concubine."

"A concubine? Is she worthy of this? Being a noble concubine is already a compliment to her!" Wei Yangxi tightly grasped the handle of the stool, "I don't agree! Ji Yunchu did such a shameless thing, so she can only be a lowly concubine!"

Ji Yunchu was stared at by the imperial concubine like a snake and scorpion. She lowered her head and trembled, then looked at Cao Lingru pitifully. From the corner of her eye, she saw Ji Anyu standing not far away watching the show, and her pretentious behavior froze.

When Cao Lingru heard that the imperial concubine wanted her daughter to be a concubine, she swallowed the blood in her mouth and forced herself to kneel down and beg the imperial concubine.

"My Lady, Yunchu is the adopted daughter of our Duke's Mansion. How can she be a concubine?"

Cao Lingru secretly hated the Second Prince for bullying her daughter. If the Second Prince had not intervened, the daughter she had carefully raised would never have become someone else's concubine!

God knows she saw her daughter being pinned down by the second prince, and that scene deeply hurt her heart. If she had sent someone to look for her daughter earlier, this would not have happened. Cao Lingru regretted it so much that her body became colder and colder.

The Imperial Concubine was dissatisfied with Cao Lingru using the Duke's Mansion to put pressure on her. Didn't she know that the Emperor hated the Duke's Mansion? The Duke's Mansion didn't even have a Duke, and yet it dared to challenge her.

"Madam Guogong, you should be careful with your words. Words can cause trouble. If Ji Yunchu wasn't your adopted daughter, she would have been beaten to death long ago."

Cao Lingru glanced at her shivering daughter, raised her head and puffed out her chest and said, "The Duke's Mansion has always been loyal to the emperor and the country, and has also served the emperor. If Yunchu becomes a humble concubine, wouldn't it chill the hearts of loyal officials all over the world?"

Suddenly a strong voice broke the deadlock.

"What a chilling move on the hearts of loyal ministers all over the world!"

Everyone was shocked and bowed quickly, "Greetings to the Emperor."

Wei Yangxi hadn't seen the emperor for a long time, and she stood up excitedly to adjust her hair.

Shen Weixiao glanced at Ji Yunchu with cold eyes, then looked at Wei Yangxi with affection, then glanced at the cold-faced Kong Wanhan, and finally his eyes fell on the embarrassed Cao Lingru, a hint of complexity flashed across his eyes.

"Second!"

Shen Yijun hurriedly forced a smile and walked in front of the emperor, but he was slapped in the face by the emperor unexpectedly. He covered his face which was tilted to the right in grievance. There were so many outsiders around, but they didn't give him any face at all.

Shen Weixiao saw through Shen Yijun's thoughts and sneered coldly, "Are you still afraid of being embarrassed? I thought you were thick-skinned and didn't know what shame was! Do you know you are wrong?"

Shen Yijun was right to criticize him, and Ji Yunchu was willing to follow him... but he didn't dare to show it, so he knelt down and admitted his mistake.

"I know I was wrong, and I won't do it again in the future."

"If this happens again, I will order someone to break your legs!"

After hearing this, Shen Yijun hated Ji Yunchu from then on. It was clearly a consensual thing, so why did he get scolded by the emperor?

(End of this chapter)