Chapter 79: The Concubine's Delight

  "Oh, it's Young Master Qingming, he caught a chill yesterday."

  "It's all right?"

  "The Young Master of Qingming is indeed a divine doctor; the prescription he wrote for himself should be able to cure his illness."

  Xia Tian nodded, "Is Xiao San here?"

  Zhou Song was stunned again, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "The prince just left."

  "In the summer, one foot stomped and said with a scowl: 'How did he run away again! Is this person a long-legged monster? How can we catch up to him no matter how hard we chase?!'"

  Zhou Song's mouth curled up slightly, and under the heavens, there probably isn't a second person who can speak to Your Highness like this.

  "Where did he go again?" He rushed out and didn't have time to put on his coat, now he feels a bit cold.

  This time, Zhou Song was really in a dilemma. To tell the truth or not to tell the truth, neither was feasible. Seeing Xia Tian hugging her arms, she hastily said: "The princess should first go to the front hall to avoid the wind, I'll let someone get a cloak for the princess."

  "Never mind, you quickly tell me where Xiao San is, I have something to ask him."

  Hesitating for a moment, Zhou Song stole a glance at Xia Tian's face and stuttered: "Your Highness said when leaving that he was going to see... Lian Ji Furen."

  The fragrance of jasmine tea wafted through the air as Luo Qi leaned against Rong Longqiao's side, wearing only her undergarments. She wrapped her arms gently around his waist and rested her head on his chest, coquettishly saying: "Luo'er thought that Your Highness had forgotten about Luo'er! During these days when Your Highness went missing, Luo'er couldn't eat or sleep well, worrying about Your Highness for so many days."

  "Don't let Lu'er suffer." Yuan Longqiao's expression was calm and collected as he subtly pulled her away from his side.

  "Your Highness!" Luoji stuck closer again, "Your Highness still has feelings for Luo, Luo knows."

  Yuan Longqiao didn't hesitate, and helped her to the bedside. "Since you're not feeling well, rest properly. I'll send someone to invite the imperial physician to examine you carefully. Rest now, I'll leave first and come visit you another day."

  When she heard that he wanted to leave, Luoji was unwilling to comply. She bent her knees and pretended to be dizzy, rushing forward, and Yuan Long was caught off guard by her sudden movement, the two of them tumbling onto the bed in a heap.

  "Whoosh!" The door was pushed open from the outside, "Xiao San!" Xiatian called out as she walked around the screen. Behind her followed two bewildered maids.

  "Madam, Princess Wang insisted on coming in, and we servants did not dare stop her."

  The two people on the bed turned their heads simultaneously. Yuan Longqiang's heart skipped a beat, and Lian'er's face changed immediately: "You scoundrel!"

  Thud! Thud! The two maidservants knelt down in fright, knocking their heads like pounding garlic: "Your Highness spare our lives! Madame spare our lives!"

  Staring blankly at the entwined couple in front of him, Xia Tian seemed to have been cast with a petrification spell. The woman's clothes were half-untied, her hair disheveled. The man was supporting the woman's waist from below, his large hands with prominent joints still resting on her waist.

  Anger, humiliation, heartache. The person who was still sleeping with me this morning is now embracing another woman in his arms. A strong sense of jealousy suddenly rushed into my nostrils, and my eyes turned red uncontrollably. "Yuan Longqiao, you bastard!"

  He only saw her long hair drawing a beautiful arc at the screen, and her figure disappeared in front of him. He pushed away the Luo girl who was pressing on his body, jumped up from the bed, and instinctively chased after her, but... stopped at the door.

  Luo Qi fell back onto the bed, her hand covering her mouth, staring at the screen in disbelief, with tears and hatred in her eyes.

  Xiatian rushed back to her room in one breath, throwing herself on the bed and crying uncontrollably. Xiuniang was startled and hastily followed her in. "Your Highness, what happened?"

  With tearful eyes, she gazed at the embroidered peony pillow with the pattern of blooming flowers and wealth, but all summer felt suffocated in her heart. Suddenly enraged, she threw all the bedding on the bed to the ground and said: "Take all these away and burn them!"

  "Is it burnt?" Even if Xiao Niang was clever, she couldn't help but be stunned.

  "Yes, burn them, tear them up as you like, just don't let them appear in front of me again."

  "Your Highness, this..."

  My heart aches with unbearable sorrow. In the summer, I sit on the smooth bed board, hugging my knees and burying my head between my arms, tears flowing uncontrollably.

  "Your Highness, what's going on? What injustice have you suffered?"

  Xiu Niang's words caused Xia Tian's grievances and sadness to amplify infinitely, "Get out, I want to be alone for a while." She habitually buried her head and curled herself into a small ball.

  The young girl didn't dare ask again, picked up the bedding from the ground and walked out with three glances back.

  After much hesitation, Yuan Longqiao still returned to Jingmo Xuan.

  The little eunuch inside Xuan's residence saw him return and hastily ordered the kitchen to send up dishes and a jug of fruit wine.

  Yuan Longqiao didn't move his chopsticks, but instead poured himself a cup of wine and drank it down in one gulp. After thinking for a moment, he pointed at one of the eunuchs who looked particularly clever: "Xiao Zhongzi, go take a look at what the princess is doing."

  "Yes." The eunuch who was called Little Zhongzi bowed and backed out of the room, running swiftly towards Moluo Pavilion.

  He drank two more cups, and Yuan Longqiao was visibly impatient. The little eunuch standing beside him couldn't help but shiver, his hand shaking as he held the jug. It wasn't until they heard footsteps approaching from afar that Yuan Longqiao's brow finally relaxed. The little eunuch's heart also loosened up, but unexpectedly, the jade jug in his hand "clattered" onto the table.

  "Ah! Your Highness spare my life, I deserve to die."

  Yuan Longqiao didn't have the mood to care about him, his eyes always gazing in the direction of the door.

  Xiao Zhongzi was caught off guard, with one foot inside the door and one foot outside. He looked at his companion kneeling on the ground in surprise, then glanced at Yuan Longqiao's stern face, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous. After composing himself, he hastily stepped forward to respectfully reply: "Reporting to Your Highness, I just discreetly found out that the princess had a fit of rage as soon as she returned, ordering the burning of her bedding and quilts, and now she has driven everyone out, leaving herself alone in the room..." He stole a glance at Yuan Longqiao's expression, hesitating before adding: "Alone in the room, seemingly crying!"

  Inside the palace, no one spoke again, and the silence was so stifling that it made people feel short of breath. Two small eunuchs, one kneeling and the other standing, both held their breath with their heads bowed low, their hearts racing wildly.

  He closed his eyes, and Yuan Longqiao stood up slowly and walked to the window. The scorching sunlight at noon shone on him, but he didn't feel any warmth at all.

  Xiao Zhongzi didn't know whether the previous conversation was good or bad luck, but only that Xiuniang aunt had specifically instructed him to say so, and he didn't know if the prince would be angry, and also dragged himself into trouble. And at this moment, the silence was like the calm before a storm, making people even more uneasy. For a long time... until his heart was already numb with fear, he suddenly heard a very long and inexplicably heartbreaking sigh!

  Let's take a look at something else first.