readytorunbook Chapter 390 Determined
Chapter 390 Determined
The princess was weak, but she slept for a long time during the day. Afraid that she would suffer from insomnia at night, Shen Tang and Xie Guimo stayed with the princess for a while longer.
When they were about to leave, the prince came back from the palace, and just as Shen Tang had expected, Concubine Ye was causing trouble.
Xie Yan and the King of Qi have already had physical contact, so one has to marry the other even if he doesn't want to, but what status to give Xie Yan is a problem. Although Xie Yan is the daughter of the prince, she is not born to the princess, but just a concubine's daughter. Her status is a little lower for her to be the princess of the King of Qi.
Concubine Ye did not object to Prince Qi giving Xie Yan the title of principal wife, but the prerequisite was that Xie Yan had a legitimate status and married as the legitimate daughter of Prince Jingyang.
The princess's face was filled with surprise. "Your Highness, are you going to elevate Concubine Jiang to a co-wife?"
Prince, “…”
The prince knew that the princess was deliberately trying to anger him, "I won't elevate my wife."
"Go ahead. I'd rather Your Highness raise a concubine than have two daughters," the princess said firmly.
The prince's brows were furrowed into a shape of a "川" (Chuan).
The prince looked at Xie Guimo, hoping that Xie Guimo would persuade the princess not to act on impulse, but the prince had really chosen the wrong person by looking for Xie Guimo. How could Xie Guimo not side with the princess and think about the prince?
That was purely a collision with Xie Guimo's gun.
Xie Guimo said, "Father, please listen to Mother. Concubine Jiang is actually a co-wife, and Mother doesn't mind giving her the title of co-wife. Is Father still reluctant?"
After saying this, Xie Guimo took Shen Tang away.
If he doesn't walk faster, the prince will throw him out.
This was unpleasant to hear, but that was how it seemed to the princess and Xie Guimo. Concubine Jiang was the prince's cousin, and because of this status, she had never taken the princess seriously. Other wives might not have lived as comfortably as Concubine Jiang.
Whether or not Concubine Jiang is given the status of a co-wife, she will always be like this. Why should the princess make things difficult for herself and have more daughters under her name?
As for giving Xie Guiyin the status of a legitimate son, the prince only has two sons. As long as Xie Guimo is alive, Xie Guiyin has nothing to do with it. If anything happens to Xie Guimo, even if Xie Guiyin is a bastard, the title will be inherited by him, so there is no difference.
If Prince Ning had not brought the poison doctor to help her detoxify today, she would have died without a doubt. At this critical juncture, when Xie Yan and Prince Qi were in trouble, the princess always tolerated Concubine Jiang, but that didn't mean she knew nothing. Few of these dirty calculations were really accidents, they were all conspiracies.
Concubine Ye insisted that Xie Yan marry as the legitimate daughter, which was just a roundabout way of asking the prince to make Concubine Jiang his legal wife.
She just wanted to tell them that even if she was alive, she wouldn't care, let alone say she was dead.
After a near-death experience, the princess had become more open-minded. "Thanks to the prince for taking care of me these days, I'm fine now. Whether you want to move back to the study or to Concubine Jiang's place, I'll have the maid move your things there."
Thank you...
These two words were so unfamiliar to the prince that he felt a chill run down his bones.
The prince looked at the princess and asked, "Do you really have to do this with me?"
The princess said, "I have died once, and I don't want to do anything that goes against my conscience again."
Looking at the princess's pale face, the prince said softly, "House rules do not allow elevating a wife..."
"That's not one of the family rules."
The prince said, "I'll write it down and it will be there!"
The princess said, "That's the prince's business. I have no say in it. But I won't allow another daughter whom I don't like to be born. This is my right as the legal wife. The prince can also take it back and divorce me. I don't mind making room for Concubine Jiang."
In short, this matter is not negotiable.
She was fed up with being forced to do things she didn't want to do, and she would live only for herself from now on.
In fact, the relationship between the prince and the princess has been very good these days, even better than in the past twenty years. The princess does not want to spend the remaining days with the prince with any grudge, and deliberately forgets all the unpleasantness. The prince accompanies the princess whenever he is free, unless there is an emergency in the military camp and he has to go, otherwise he will accompany the princess.
After the princess was detoxified, the prince thought that he would be able to live like this for the rest of his life. However, on the day of the detoxification, such a terrible thing happened. Not only did the relationship they had for these days disappear, but they became even more distant than before.
Because of anger and disappointment, the princess coughed a little and her face became even paler. The princess had just recovered from a serious illness, and the prince did not dare to argue with her and turned away.
But as soon as he left, the princess said, "Send the prince's things to Concubine Jiang."
Mother Yun wanted to persuade the princess, but she didn't dare.
Not only did they not dare to persuade the princess, they also did not dare to touch the prince's things, because the prince's voice came, "Let me see who dares to move it and try."
The prince didn't come in, but it was enough to intimidate everyone except the princess.
The princess couldn't even get off her sickbed, so she couldn't move it herself.
Besides, as soon as Shen Tang and Xie Guimo returned to Chenxiangxuan, news of the quarrel between the prince and princess came out.
Shen Tang looked at Xie Guimo, "Don't you care about this?"
Xie Guimo said, "As the younger generation, we shouldn't interfere in the affairs of our father, the king, and the queen."
Shen Tang, "..."
"When did you realize this?" Shen Tang asked.
"just."
"..."
Black lines piled up on Shen Tang’s forehead.
Xie Guimo reached out and pulled Shen Tang into his arms, "No matter what decision my mother makes, I will support her."
There is no doubt about this.
As Xie Guimo's biological son, he decided to stand by and watch, so Shen Tang was even less likely to get involved. However, in her two lives, this was the first time she saw the princess being so persistent. Whenever it came to matters related to Concubine Jiang, the princess always let it go.
The prince went to the Peony Courtyard to discuss things with the princess and then have dinner with her, but they ended up not discussing anything, had a quarrel, and didn't even have dinner, so he had to go back to the front yard.
The meal was really unpleasant. After handling official business in the study for a while, Concubine Jiang sent someone to invite the prince, but the prince ignored her and returned to the Peony Courtyard.
The princess ignored the prince, but when the prince wanted to go to bed, the princess refused.
The prince wanted to take a tough approach, but the princess was even tougher, so she gave the bed to him.
The prince said angrily, "You won't even let me sleep in the bed?"
"Aren't I letting you do this?" the princess said resolutely.
The prince was so angry that veins popped on his forehead.
But even so, the prince did not leave. He sat on the small couch for a long time and finally fell asleep on it.
It would be too cramped for the prince to sleep on the small couch given his size, but the princess was not soft-hearted. He could sleep in the study or at Concubine Jiang's place. It was the prince's own choice. If he wanted to sleep on the small couch, she would not stop him.
The princess lay down to sleep.
Two stubborn people, one didn't shout, and the other actually slept on the small couch all night.
The next day, the news that the prince and the princess had a quarrel and slept on a small couch spread throughout the Jingyang Palace.
Hearing about this——
Shen Tang, "..."
Xie Guimo, "..."
Shen Tang suddenly understood where Xie Guimo's occasional stubborn nature came from.
It's clearly like the prince.
Xie Guimo looked at the small couch, curious about how his father slept there and even slept for the entire night.
Shen Tang teased him, "Why? You want to sleep on the couch too?"