readytorunbook Chapter 352 The Princess Wants to Play Badly 48
Chapter 352 The Princess Wants to Play Badly 48
It was not until November 28th that a rare heavy snow fell in Huadu.
It fluttered like goose feathers, and in less than half an hour, the Flower City was dressed in new clothes.
The sky is covered with white snow.
The vendors packed up and went home early, and there was silence all around.
But the plan was soon interrupted by a team of hurried guards, and sedan chairs were carried into Prince Ning's mansion.
At that time, Mingnan and Xie Wuyu were sitting under the corridor, drinking wine, watching the snow, and chatting about everything under the sun. When they were talking about something interesting, Zhou Xingzhi walked over quickly.
Xie Wuyu's smile faded slightly, he put down the wine glass in his hand, and asked softly, "What's the matter?"
After greeting, Zhou Xingzhi said in a deep voice, "There's news from the palace that half of the Imperial Hospital staff have gone to Prince Ning's mansion. Prince Ning - I'm afraid she's about to give birth."
"Should we send an order for Haobai to take action?"
Xie Wu Yu looked at Ming Nan.
Ming Nan took a sip of the warm wine, and her throat and stomach felt warm. She squinted her eyes in satisfaction and said, "Let them prepare and wait until the baby is born before taking any action."
Xie Wuyu was puzzled: "Why?"
"She's going to have a baby, she can't run away, why should we rush? The baby is innocent, let's give birth to it first."
"Yes."
Zhou Xingzhi agreed and turned around to pass on the message.
Xie Wuyu looked at the heavy snow outside the corridor and sighed, "God has his way. The evil deeds they have planted have finally paid off."
Mingnan put down his wine cup and held his hand. "Once this matter is over, I will submit a petition to go to the fiefdom. By then, the sky will be high and the sea will be vast, and no one will be able to restrain us."
Xie Wuyu looked back and smiled, "Okay."
……
At noon, a loud baby cry was finally heard from Prince Ning's bedroom in Prince Ning's Mansion.
The midwife smiled and said, "It's born! Congratulations, my lord! It's a daughter!"
Ming Jin, who was lying on the bed, was sweating all over, his face was pale, he had no strength at all, his eyelids were heavy, but he forced himself to say, "Quick, let me see——"
The nurse wrapped the baby up and brought it to her to see, "It looks very beautiful."
The baby in the cradle still had a little red on his face, but his eyes and brows still looked very delicate.
Ming Jin smiled with satisfaction, "It's worth all the hard work I put in for the pregnancy. My dear child, you've done a great job."
The house was filled with laughter and joy.
Cui Qing, who had been wandering in the corridor, wanted to go in and take a look, but he was hesitant to take a step.
The attendant guarding the door could not help but ask, "The king has given birth. Isn't the king's wife happy?"
Cui Qing came back to his senses and raised his hands to cover his face. "Happy, I am just too happy. I don't know what to do for a moment."
The attendant did not think much about it and said with a smile: "This is your and the king's first daughter, and also your majesty's first granddaughter. She is very noble and has a bright future."
Cui Qing slowly put down his hand, lowered his head and murmured: "Yes...what about the first child..."
He took a deep breath, and when he raised his eyes again, they were bloodshot with a faint flash of water.
"You stay here and I'll go to the kitchen to see if the ginseng soup is ready."
After Cui Qing finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the heavy snow.
Before the servant could say anything, he disappeared out the door.
She scratched her head and muttered, "At least take an umbrella with you. This is too hasty."
……
Cui Qing walked out of the yard, and the servant who came to look for him quickly opened his umbrella and ran over, "Master, why did you come out?"
Cui Qing took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice, "Has the person I asked Cui Zhe to keep an eye on made any move?"
Cui Zhe is a manager of the Cui family, specializing in handling matters that are not easy to make public.
The servant looked around and whispered in Cui Qing's ear: "That's what I came here to say. Here comes the man!"
"What?!" Cui Qingxin felt like he was tied to a rock and sank to the bottom of the water.
He clenched his hands and asked through gritted teeth, "Where is it?"
The servant whispered, "Manager Cui sent someone to pretend to be delivering a letter and quietly told me that the man heard the noise and left in a carriage. Our people followed carefully all the way and saw the carriage stop at the west corner gate. We estimate that he should have entered the mansion now."
Cui Qing’s eyes went dark, and the last glimmer of hope was shattered by reality!
After receiving the letter, he did not question Mingjin directly, but sent a letter to his family first, asking them to help investigate. He was afraid that someone was instigating discord, and if he rashly confronted Mingjin, it would hurt the relationship between husband and wife.
It would have been better if I hadn't checked. Once I checked, I found out that these two people had been in cahoots with each other for a long time!
According to the time when Mingjin was pregnant, the two did meet during that period, and Mingjin even stayed overnight at Lu Feiyu's place.
Mingjin gave birth earlier than expected, and it is very likely that she lied about the month at the beginning.
And going back further, Mingjin didn't touch him at all during that period of time.
After she became pregnant, Ming Jin rarely went to his yard. Most of the time she either slept in the study or went to see Lu Feiyu.
It is obvious who the child belongs to.
Thinking back to the time when I had run around for Mingjin and begged at the palace—
Scenes flashed through his mind quickly, and Cui Qing felt pain and hatred in his heart.
He could accept Mingjin taking a concubine. If she liked, she could just bring him back. Why did she lie to him?
He was made to believe that the child was his, which made him happy for a long time, but in the end he was just making things difficult for others.
He treated Mingjin with his heart like a fool. When she had no money, he used her dowry to subsidize her. When she had no one, he asked the Cui family for help.
He tried his best to support her, but she said nice things to him and then turned around and threw herself into the arms of someone else.
What does she think of him and the Cui family?
A dog that comes and goes at her call?
Cui Qing closed his eyes and sighed tremblingly.
Seeing this, the servant said worriedly, "Master, don't get angry yet. If you get angry and make yourself sick, won't that make things worse for them?"
Cui Qing slowly loosened his hand, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes were extremely firm.
He lowered his eyes and said to the servant, "Tell someone to keep an eye on him. If Lu Feiyu comes, don't stop him. Just let him in to keep Mingjin company. If he wants to leave, say he's an assassin and arrest him."
The servant agreed and asked, "What about you, Master?"
Cui Qing walked away, saying resolutely: "Enter the palace."
……
He secretly collected evidence of Mingjin's factional activities. Of course, this was not enough to completely overthrow her. The most fatal thing was that Mingjin privately raised her own soldiers and intended to rebel.
Mingjin could hide the truth from others but not from the person beside her, especially since she had used a lot of Cui Qing's dowry.
How could Cui Qing be unaware of this?
He took the evidence and rode into the palace to meet the emperor.
At that time, the emperor was watching the snow with Mingjin in Fengjun Palace. When he heard the report, he thought that Mingjin had encountered an accident and quickly asked someone to come in.
As a result, Cui Qing came in, knelt down, kowtowed heavily, and said in a deep voice: "I am guilty, please punish me, Your Majesty!"
The emperor and Feng Jun were both stunned.
The emperor asked, "What crime have you committed?"
Cui Qing fell to the ground, choking with sobs, and said, "I want to expose Prince Ning's conspiracy and private raising of personal soldiers with evil intentions. Here is the evidence, please take a look, Your Majesty!"
The emperor's face suddenly darkened. Before he could say anything, someone came in and reported that the crown princess had important matters to discuss with His Majesty.
The emperor said in a deep voice: "Let her——"
Feng Jun said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, Xin'er would not ask for an audience without a reason. There must be something urgent. Call her in to ask her, so as to avoid any mistakes."
The emperor thought the same and let the crown princess in as well.
The Crown Princess was obviously stunned when she saw Cui Qing, and Feng Jun coughed lightly to remind her.
The princess immediately came back to her senses, knelt down and said, "Your son greets mother and father."
"No thanks, tell me, what's the matter?"
The emperor was unhappy and his tone was not very good.
The Crown Princess immediately said solemnly: "I want to expose the fact that Prince Ning privately raised personal soldiers and privately built weapons. I have caught a witness and will report to the confrontation immediately!"
Emperor, Feng Jun: “???”
Cui Qing: “…”