Chapter 446
Finally, King Zhao ordered Concubine Liu to be sent back to recuperate, as for Ji Yunqing.
After much persuasion from everyone, she was punished by being grounded for three days.
Concubine Liu became so angry when she heard this that she almost opened her eyes to argue.
Ji Yunqing beat me up, is just three days of house arrest enough?
Hearing this punishment, the princess sighed: "If Concubine Liu hadn't deliberately provoked her, Concubine Ji wouldn't have been so angry and made such a big mistake. I wonder how the prince plans to punish Concubine Liu?"
Concubine Wen followed up with, "If I hadn't heard that Concubine Liu was beaten, I wouldn't have come here in such a hurry. Your Majesty, you must have delayed a lot of things because of this matter, right?"
"If that's true, Concubine Liu must be feeling very uncomfortable when she finds out that she has delayed His Majesty's important business. If Your Majesty doesn't punish her, will Concubine Liu feel guilty and uncomfortable?" Concubine Xu spoke up.
"Of course it will be like this. Concubine Liu has always been gentle, sensible and considerate. She might blame herself to the point of getting sick."
"Probably not?"
Ji Yunqing followed and spoke quietly in the crowd: "If Concubine Liu had been thinking about the prince, how could she act so rashly? When she deliberately provoked Concubine Ji, didn't she think that it would cause trouble for the prince?"
Everyone looked at Ji Yunqing with strange expressions. Do you have to be so obvious about this?
You even call yourself Concubine Ji. How could you come up with that?
Being discovered by others, Ji Yunqing smiled shyly and lowered his head as if nothing had happened.
Others were speechless.
King Zhao glanced at Ji Yunqing, who was feeling uneasy, with a half-smile in his eyes. "In that case, then I will punish Concubine Liu as well, and confine her to her house for three days."
Everyone: "..."
Is three days enough time for Concubine Liu to recover from her injuries?
Judging from the severity of her injuries, even for another six days, Concubine Liu probably won’t go out, right?
After being confined for three days, Ji Yunqing did not feel any discomfort and just took it as a rest at home.
The eldest son Ruirui even came back specially to play with his mother, and the mother and son had a very happy time.
But others don't think so.
After King Zhao sent Concubine Liu back and left, Concubine Liu suddenly sat up.
She gritted her teeth, but the slightest movement caused her to tear the wound: "Ji Yunqing!"
When she has accomplished her great task, she will definitely bring Ji Yunqing to her and give her a good beating.
And there was that old thing, Prince Zhao. Concubine Liu pounded the quilt covering her body with her arm. She wished she could cut the old thing into pieces right away.
If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have suffered such humiliation.
It was not until she thought that her plan was about to be implemented and that Prince Zhao would not live long that Concubine Liu felt relieved.
But before that, she had one more thing to do.
Concubine Liu looked at the maid beside her with a fierce look in her eyes: "Go and find out who leaked the conversation between the prince and I yesterday?"
Originally, she didn't want to confront Ji Yunqing directly, but she really didn't expect that under King Zhao's nose, that woman would actually dare to attack her?
And those women in Prince Zhao’s mansion, were they all poisoned by Ji Yunqing?
Why are everyone talking to her?
Between the two of them, who is the one who casts the curse?
One of the maids standing nearby immediately responded: "I will check it out right away."
There were only a few people who heard the two masters talking yesterday, so it was easy to find out the truth.
One of the maids couldn't help but sway, inevitably a little flustered.
After the maids went out, a figure sneaked in.
"master"
The maid Fang Tang walked cautiously to her master's bedside and began to express her loyalty: "The prince clearly favors you more, but today the prince had to punish that little bitch, Concubine Ji, so lightly, all because that little bitch has a child!"
"The concubine Ji is relying on her having an heir, so she doesn't take you seriously, my master."
"Master, in my opinion, although this concubine Ji is not very good on the surface, she is actually a strong rival!"
Concubine Liu frowned when she heard this, "What nonsense are you talking about? The prince only likes me." How could the poisonous insect she cultivated with her own hands have no effect?
Moreover, before leaving, King Zhao specifically explained to her, who was still in a "coma", that the reason why he did not punish Concubine Ji so harshly was because of her.
Ji Yunqing is a bastard who dares to attack her at will. What if she really gets angry and stabs her twice one day?
She doesn't seem like a nice person.
Concubine Liu agreed with King Zhao's explanation and despised him even more in her heart for not being able to control a woman.
When she gets Ji Yunqing in the future, she will definitely raise him into a well-behaved and obedient kitten.
Now Concubine Liu does not have a well-behaved and obedient little cat, but only a maid who is talking nonsense beside her bed.
She interrupted the maid impatiently and asked directly, "What do you mean by that?"
Seeing that her master looked unhappy, the maid Fang Tang quickly said, "Master, you have endured such humiliation because you have no offspring.
I don’t think Concubine Ji will easily hand over the Fourth Young Master to you for upbringing. Besides, the Fourth Young Master is getting older and has forgotten everything, so he is not a good choice.”
"It's better to pick a younger partner who is easier to control, so that she can be filial to you."
Listening to what the maid said, Concubine Liu looked at her with a scrutinizing look in her eyes: "Oh? You mean, choose a younger one?"
The maid Fang Tang quietly raised her pretty face and said: "The best is easy to control. If the child's biological mother can be loyal to the master, it would be the best."
“It’s not easy to find this candidate!”
"Why is it so hard to find?"
Seeing that his master was finally moved, Fang Tang was overjoyed and continued, "If there is no child, then giving birth to one, wouldn't that be best?"
Like her.
"Master, this is all for your own good. You are weak and cannot bear children, but you cannot live without a child."
Seeing that her master had no objection, the maid became even bolder: "What do you think?"
She actually wanted to actively seduce the prince so that she wouldn't have to show her loyalty in front of her master.
But ever since the prince glanced at her that time, the master never asked her to come forward whenever the prince came.
It was the news from yesterday, which she had to go through great lengths to hear, and which she had deliberately spread.
Just to force the master.
Concubine Liu was thinking of finding a scapegoat to hold the others back. She looked at the ambition in the eyes of the maid in front of her and smiled silently.
“You’re right.”
The maid Fangtang was instantly surprised.
Concubine Liu continued, "I am weak and cannot serve the prince. I always feel overwhelmed. It would be great if I had a loyal maid to help me."
"Master, rest assured, I am the most loyal servant."
"That's good. Thank you for helping me." Concubine Liu stretched out her hand and gently patted the maid's shoulder with a very kind attitude.