The Beloved Imperial Consort

 

Zhong Zheng Lin’s back! You guys don’t know how tempted I was to describe his facial expression as “whipped” because omg,  he is whipped! Would you guys be annoyed if I translated him like that someday? HAHA.
Also, I really hate the struggle of “qie” and “this concubine”, low-key I gave up and used me, lmao, sorry.
—Bambi.

 

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Chapter 152: Your Highness

 

 

“Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the Sixth Prince’s Principal Consort.
She is in good health.” The Imperial Physician truthfully reported the results of his careful pulse diagnosis.

Consort Shu’s fingertips moved slightly as she looked at the three Imperial Physicians in front of her with satisfaction.

“Trouble the three adults, this trip was hard work for you all.
A small thank you, don’t refuse.” After waving to someone to reward them, Consort Shu finally let go of the stone in her heart.

This matter was really unreasonable.
Sending the Imperial Physician away, Consort Shu pondered over and over again but still couldn’t figure it out.

Things got so noisy yet it turned out to be just slander.
Could it be that all of this was just to cut off He Lian Wei Rui’s entry to the mansion? Was this the work of He Lian Min Min or Mu girl?

Consort Shu couldn’t understand where the weirdness of this matter came from, so she could only think of it as the bitter tricks of the two women in Zhong Zheng Lin’s mansion.

As for the women in the harem who vouched for He Lian Wei Rui when they got the diagnosis, the relief they felt was like seeing “the clouds open and the moonlight shine” [1].
If He Lian Min Min was fine, at least it meant that the He Lian family had been wronged, and as the people who were enthusiastically pushing for He Lian Wei Rui, they finally didn’t look bad.

Completely different from the women in the harem, Emperor Yuancheng had a grim face.

Putting down the secret report from the Supervision Department, Emperor Yuancheng stared far away, then lowered his eyes to consider for a while, summoned Gu Chang De, and delivered an special order for the Imperial Hospital to go out of the palace and check the pulse of the sixth prince’s consort again.

This time he was making an exception.
The two physicians of the Imperial Hospital he sent were for the exclusive use of the Empress Dowager and the concubines and princes above the second rank.
Today he only sent them because the matter involved the heirs of Zhong Zheng Lin and whether the He Lian family was truly loyal to him.
Emperor Yuancheng needed to be clear on this matter.
Zhong Zheng Lin’s lack of di children had long been bothering him, and if there was truly something wrong with the Principal Consort, he needed to deal with it with decisiveness.
The princes of the Great Wei dynasty, how could they be deceived by a mere woman? The more Emperor Yuancheng thought about it, the deeper he frowned.

Gu Chang De led the physicians and hurried to the Sixth Prince’s Mansion to see the surprised He Lian again.

Mu Xi Yao was not interested on He Lian Min Min’s affairs.
When she got the news, she only raised her eyebrows and counted the days of Zhong Zheng Lin’s return with her fingers.

In the afternoon of this day, the two physicians frowned and went to the Imperial Study to answer.

“Reporting to the Emperor, the condition of the Principal Consort is not abnormal.
However, according to the ministers’ observation, there is indeed an extremely slight sign of weakness.
Now the Principal Consort is using a prescription for conditioning the body and there are several herbs in her medicine that somewhat affect her pulse.
In this way, the pulse alone, this moment, really can’t diagnose.
If one wants to know the true condition of her body as soon as possible, it is best to stop all the prescriptions, so that her body can return to her original form, after which the pulse can be read clearly”.

The two physicians had discussed for a long time, but they really didn’t dare to speak nonsense about things that could not be determined for the time being.
The abolition of the Principal Consort was not to be done casually.
This matter concerned His Highness the Sixth prince and no one wanted to offend this awe-inspiring, cold-faced master.

“If the medicine is stopped, how many days will it take to recover and see a doctor again?”

“Three days, at most five.
As long as the Principal Consort stops using the medicine following the ministers’ orders, it can be diagnosed.”

Emperor Yuancheng nodded.
Swiping the two of them back, he called Gu Chang De to come closer again.

“Understood? Go do it quickly.” One order was enough for such a trivial matter as stopping the medicine.
“Tell He Lian-shi, I’ll wait to see the result.” If she dared to take medicine in private and interfere with the imperial physician’s diagnosis, he didn’t need to investigate further.

He Lian Min Min sent Eunuch Gu out with a stiff body, and when she came back, her face was taut.

“What is the need to stop the medicine for an ordinary pulse check?” Looking at Feng momo, He Lian Min Min seemed to be seeking comfort.
Her original confidence also wavered.
Emperor Yuancheng’s oral order had shaken her.

Feng momo didn’t have any ideas at this time, she stood trembling and speechless.
In the aristocratic family, everyone knew that repeated pulse diagnoses like this couldn’t be good.
This clearly meant that things had changed.

He Lian Min Min knew that this question was unnecessary.
The only thing she could hold onto was the He Lian family.
Everyone was on the same boat, it was best if they could come up with a countermeasure.

One day passed, and there was only news from the family telling her to “be safe and be patient”.
The famous doctor she asked for was nowhere to be found.
He Lian Min Min’s heart was icy cold, and she was thinking wildly when she saw Feng momo’s excited face as she lifted the curtain and announced the good news loudly with a breathless voice.

“Mistress, His Highness is back!”

 

“Ah!” Mu Xi Yao was awakened from her afternoon nap, and when she opened her eyes, she fell into a pair of deep-colored phoenix eyes.
The woman who was not yet awake screamed out in fright and raised her hand to beat the person in front of her.

“Really turning the heavens upside down!”, Zhong Zheng Lin’s gentle face instantly darkened as he accurately grabbed Mu Xi Yao’s wrist and slapped her plump derrière twice.

“Ugh~~” The pain gradually brought Mu Xi Yao back to her senses and when she wrinkled her small nose, the familiar light ink fragrance lingered on the tip of her nose.

Zhong Zheng Lin was about to lecture her when he saw Mu Xi Yao’s expression slowly clearing up and then she rushed towards him with a whoosh.
Her arms wrapped around his neck in an instant, the little head thumped on his chest, and she dawdled in his arms in a disorderly manner.

“Your Highness~” Mu Xi Yao’s eyes sparkled as she looked up at Zhong Zheng Lin, and his heart suddenly turned soft.

“I’m home, is Jiao Jiao just greeting me like this?” This woman became unruly, not at all gentle as usual.
Especially when getting up, her anger was particularly easy to provoke.

Mu Xi Yao shuddered when she recalled the heroic actions she made while she was half asleep and half awake.
She almost beat up the boss!

“Your Highness, it hurts~~” She quickly changed the subject.
This blunder should be wiped away with some sloppy acting.
Mu Xi Yao immediately had tears in her eyes, her small mouth pouted, and she acted coquettish to Zhong Zheng Lin with a look of grievance.

Blass it! You just came back to play the bully, right? It’s just not recognizing the person, was there a need to be this dramatic? In her heart Mu Xi Yao was complaining yet on the surface she was delicate and soft, looking rather lovely.

Zhong Zheng Lin leaned over to kiss her on the forehead.
Embracing her with his big hands, he stopped her from stirring, “Did Jiao Jiao miss me?”

Mu Xi Yao secretly rolled her eyes.
Every day she needed to hand him corny letters as homework, hell, how could she miss him!

Lord Boss could write his family letters every other day, but she had a busy schedule.
Every day she was asked to write an emotional composition, and not a day passed without a struggle.
Each afternoon, Mu Xi Yao had to rack her brains and scratch her ears and cheeks to write him a letter.
In this situation, all the people who served her turned their heads and looked sideways, they really couldn’t bear to look directly at her.

Hui Lan once secretly whispered to Mo Lan that when the Mistress replied to His Highness she had a terrifying expression on her face.
Mu Xi Yao heard these words by chance, and she deliberately corrected her demeanour with a guilty conscience for several days.

And now Zhong Zheng Lin still had the nerve to ask if she missed him! Mu Xi Yao wished she could grab the boss by the neck and fix him severely.

A pity that Mu Xi Yao’s courage was short lived, and her favourite strategy when dealing with his sixth Highness was to act cute. 

She was a bit late when replying and so caused the Boss face to become a bit dark.
This woman was really heartless!

“This concubine missed His Highness a little bit more than His Highness missed me.” The Boss must be satisfied with this kind of flattery.

Sure enough, the corners of Zhong Zheng Lin’s lips were raised, and his phoenix’s eyes were full of brilliance. 

He leaned over, captured her lips, and buried his head in a passionate kiss.

 

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▲ Footnotes

[1] 有种云开月明的轻松, literally “there is a kind of ease in the clouds and the moon”.
China Highlights: “Watch till clouds part to see the moonlight” means that “Every cloud has a silver lining” or trouble will pass.
/ Mandarin HQ: Things may seem bad or uncertain at the moment but they will get better eventually.