N-A-A Chapter 403 Compassion
Chapter 403 Compassion
The man who had an affair with the eldest princess was none other than Ahanna.
He was a Sogdian, but also the adopted son of the Wolf King of the Northern Sands. He was initially chosen because of his good looks.
Regardless of gender, good looks are a valuable asset, a truth that holds true throughout history.
Because Ahanna was trained by the Wolf King of Beisha from a young age, she was very good at serving people and had an extraordinary ability to understand people's hearts. Although the news that the eldest princess was expelled from the palace and imprisoned in a Taoist temple was blocked, it was still leaked to Beisha.
Ah Han was after the eldest princess. If he could marry her, he would have the right to enter and leave the palace and meet the emperor. Even if he didn't receive any rewards from the emperor, he would still have the right to get close to those blueprints.
The Wolf King of the Northern Desert was ambitious; he not only wanted to exterminate the King of the Southern Desert, but also wanted to invade the Central Plains with his powerful weapons.
This is a dazzling world, a paradise on earth.
Ahanna was imprisoned in the dungeon, and Cen Yin interrogated him personally.
Ahan's face was covered in blood, a broken beauty about him. He stubbornly said, "No matter what methods you use, I won't confess. If you want me to confess, let your queen interrogate me!"
Cen Yin lashed out with the whip, "Dream on!"
Ahhan couldn't withstand the torture and eventually confessed.
During the interrogation, the eldest princess was taken aside to listen. She overheard that Ah Han's approach to her was neither out of love for her, nor out of affection to marry her and stay with her for life, nor out of any intention to help her brother seize power. He was simply using her as a tool because of the two weapons on the emperor's arm. The eldest princess was so angry that she went into labor and fainted.
Li Yuanke was so angry he was practically a pufferfish. He wasn't concerned about his daughter, nor did he think she had disgraced the royal family. He was simply not the kind of person who cared about face.
He simply felt he had been cheated.
How to put it? It's like a farmer who sows seeds and expects to harvest rice, but ends up with wheat. And to make matters worse, it turns out to be a stalk of wild oats that wreaks hay in the fields.
Li Yuanke is the kind of person who will never reflect on himself. He doesn't think it's because he lacks manners; he only thinks that the Du family's land is poisonous.
Seeing Xihe cheered him up considerably, and he called out to her, "Come here, let Daddy give you a hug!"
Xihe ran over and jumped into her father's arms. "Daddy, do you want a kiss, a hug, and to be lifted up high too?"
After saying that, she kissed her father on the cheek and giggled.
Wangshu was playing with Fuguang when she saw her father hugging her sister and got jealous. She ran over, stretched out her hands, and looked at her father with pleading eyes, looking aggrieved. "Hug, Daddy, no, sister!"
It means don't hug your older sister.
Li Yuanke was delighted. He picked up his youngest son, one daughter on one side and one son on the other, his heart melting. "Daddy will hold them both. Daddy is strong, so I can hold Wangshu and my sister."
Wang Shu nestled into her father's arms, taking up most of his chest, and looked at her sister smugly.
Xihe poked his forehead. "Wangshu, you're so naughty. You always want to have your father all to yourself. He's not your father alone."
Wang Shu pouted as if about to cry, but Xi He quickly said, "Alright, alright, I won't say anything more, okay? I'll let you have Daddy all to yourself, okay? You brat!"
She slipped down in a flash.
Wang Shu threw herself into her father's arms, wrapped her arms around his neck, gave her older sister a smug smile, and imitated her, "You naughty sister!"
Xiao Yang is exactly like Shen Shixi, and she's really wicked.
Xihe cried out in alarm, "Mother, Mother, come quick! Wangshu has started swearing!"
Dongjun ran over, shouting, "How should I scold you? How should I scold you?"
He teased Wang Shu, "Come on, curse your brother, let your brother hear it!"
Wang Shu buried her head in her father's arms, looking like a cute little kitten; it was so amusing.
Li Yuanke no longer remembered the eldest princess, that wretched daughter, and couldn't be bothered to care.
When Lady Du died, he didn't think of posthumously granting her a title, and Shen Shixi naturally didn't remind him. He let Consort Xian and Consort Shu handle the funeral arrangements, and she was buried as a talented woman in the imperial concubine's mausoleum.
Shen Shixi sent Jiang Lingyou and Bai Kui to deal with the unborn child in the eldest princess's womb. The eldest princess wanted to see her, but Bai Kui said, "Her Majesty the Empress has no time to see you."
Jiang Lingyou couldn't help but glance at Bai Kui. They had interacted several times over the past year, and his impression of her could be summed up in one word: fierce.
"Isn't she Father's principal wife? Isn't she the legal mother of all the illegitimate sons and daughters? Aren't I under her jurisdiction? Why won't she see me?"
The eldest princess experienced the biggest setback of her life and became extremely depressed.
They also have a lot of hostility.
Bai Kui said, "So what if it is! You are a princess who angered your own mother to death, extremely unfilial. Even the Empress's order to kill you is not excessive. What more do you want?"
"This servant doesn't have much time. I've come by imperial decree to ask the eldest princess just one question: do you want to keep the child in your womb or not? If you want to keep it, then keep it; if you don't, then drink this abortion soup. It's up to you!"
The eldest princess was extremely surprised. "Is this what Mother means? She's willing to let me keep the child?"
Shouldn't she have taken advantage of the chaos and even risked her own life?
Bai Kui said, "What the eldest princess said is really interesting. You have reached the age of marriage. You are the birth mother of the child in your belly. Of course you have the right to decide whether to stay or leave."
However, before her death, Consort Du begged the Empress to spare your life, and the Empress agreed. The Empress's intention was to consider the princess's future and health, and she advised you not to stay, though she did not force you.
This is the Empress's greatest mercy.
The Empress Dowager's people arrived, and Qingruo, who had overheard this at the door, came in and said, "The Empress Dowager was so angry upon hearing this that she vomited blood. She ordered the Empress to severely punish the eldest princess. Furthermore, the child in the eldest princess's womb must not be kept."
The eldest princess looked at Bai Kui with a mocking expression, as if to say, "Didn't you just say that the Empress said I could stay? Look, should I listen to the Empress or the Empress Dowager?"
To everyone's surprise, Bai Kui said, "Oh, then I won't concern myself with this matter; I'll leave it to Aunt Qingruo!"
She bowed and prepared to leave.
With the Empress Dowager in charge, the Empress's life is much easier.
The eldest princess panicked and hurriedly said, "Stop! Didn't you say that the Queen Mother said I could stay? I want to stay."
Bai Kui said, "Princess, if you have the ability, then stay. Let me remind you, what does it have to do with Her Majesty the Empress whether you stay or not? Even though Her Majesty the Empress is the legal mother, you still caused the death of your birth mother."
It means that you are beyond redemption, and the world will not criticize the Empress because of you.
Jiang Lingyou, seeing Bai Ping's sharp tongue, felt relieved. Shen Shixi's mouth was a hundred times more venomous than Bai Kui's. He hadn't been fooled into joining the Imperial Hospital.
After making peace with his past self, he felt much more relaxed.
During the Spring Festival, his parents came to Beijing and kept urging him to get married. He was under a lot of pressure, but he didn't want to marry just anyone. His gaze fell on Bai Kui, and her willow-like waist made him blush again.
"What are you thinking about?" Bai Kui glared at him, like a little tiger, fierce and menacing.
Jiang Lingyou immediately focused his attention. "No, I wasn't thinking about anything. Um, this year the palace is releasing another batch of maids. You're already over twenty-five, I wonder if you have any plans to leave the palace?"
Bai Kui immediately became alert. "What do you want to do?"
Jiang Lingyou looked around to make sure no one was watching, then mustered his courage and said, "I am not young anymore and am planning to get married. If you don't mind, I would like to propose marriage to you."
Bai Kui was terrified. She looked around to make sure no one was there, cursed "lecherous scoundrel," and ran away.
She was certain that Jiang Lingyou had been looking at her body just now, and she was flustered, feeling both ashamed and secretly delighted.
It is the joy brought by the primal desire to conquer when a person of the opposite sex, whom you don't dislike, is attracted to you.
Jiang Lingyou was stunned. What had he done to be a lecher?
As soon as Bai Kui returned, Shen Shixi could tell from her expression that things had progressed. Ever since Bai Kui stirred things up in front of her that time, she knew that Bai Kui and Jiang Lingyou were probably attracted to each other.
Whenever she had the chance, she would send two people to act together.
Bai Kui was somewhat distracted when reporting things; once she finished a sentence, she couldn't remember what to say next.
Shen Shixi and Bai Ping exchanged a glance, and Bai Ping asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you speaking incoherently? Did something happen?"
Shen Shixi chimed in, "You've been with me for many years now, and I absolutely will not allow anyone to bully you. Whoever offends you must tell me."
Bai Kui said, "It's all because of that bastard Jiang Lingyou. He actually, actually..."