Consort of a Thousand Faces

Chapter 504 (1): This Prince Loves Her (unedited)

“We will need to check the household registry and records of the various provinces. This subordinate doesn’t have the power to do so; we’ll need to ask Prince Hao.”

Su Xi-er nodded. “I’ll let him know.” She then boarded the horse carriage and headed straight for the Prince Hao Residence.

When she arrived at the Prince Hao Residence, she learned that something had happened in the Dragon Heaven Palace, and Pei Qianhao had entered the palace. When night fell, a heavy rain poured, but he was yet to be back.

Getting anxious, Su Xi-er immediately ordered for the guards to prepare a horse carriage for her to rush to the imperial palace.

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Meanwhile, at the Commandery Prince Residence, Xie Yun already had his arm bandaged, and he was currently reading a book. It was neither about military strategies nor philosophical classics; it was a play script from among the commoners. There were various stories of men and women’s joys and sorrows, as well as their partings and reunions.

One of the stories at the beginning was about a wealthy young miss and an impoverished man. After reading more than 10 pages, his gaze landed at a particular part, and his fingers stiffened. The man resorted to doing things by force, and the women subsequently committed suicide, causing the man to be in extreme pain and grief.

Xie Yun’s breathing hitched. Silly Zhen Yu, could she have...

At that thought, he could no longer remain seated. He immediately called for a horse carriage and avoided Pei Qianhao’s covert guards as he rushed into the mountains that night.

Inside the wooden house, Zhen Yu was lying in bed and fast asleep. The nourishment from the past consecutive days had resulted in her cheeks to become much rosy. However, her eyebrows were scrunched up in her slumber.

Xie Yun stood beside the bed for a long while. His heart felt a twinge of pain when he saw her furrowed eyebrows, and he carefully helped her to smoothen them out.

“Brother Hu, Brother Hu...” Zhen Yu suddenly called out in her sleep.

The person standing before her is me, yet she’s calling another man’s name. Zhen Yu, why can’t you let Brother Hu go? I have already found out that after Brother Hu left Peach Blossom Village, he came to the capital and worked as a temporary worker at a rice store.

As long as we go to that rice store, we’ll be able to more or less discover some traces about Brother Hu. I even know that Su Xi-er went to that rice store. I could have stopped her, but I didn’t.

“Zhen Yu, what’s so bad about following this Prince? This Prince will give anything you want.” Xie Yun sat beside the bed and took her hand, kissing it very gently and carefully, afraid that he would hurt her again.

A noise came from outside the door, prompting Xie Yun to furrow his brow and carefully tuck Zhen Yu’s hand back under the quilt.

He softly walked out of the door and closed the door behind him before asking the physician, “How has her body been with the nourishment the past few days?”

“Commandery Prince, the nourishment has been going quite well. These few days will be the best period for the young lady to get pregnant.”

Xie Yun immediately knew what he meant. “This Prince understands.”

Then, he instructed the guards, “Pass down this Prince’s verbal edict that I’m not feeling well for these few days, and I’ll be recuperating in the residence and not attending the court assembly. You’re not allowed to let anything leak to the Commandery Princess. Guard the Li Courtyard and don’t allow her from leaving.”

“This subordinate obeys the order.” The guard acknowledged the order and turned to leave.

Not long after, Xie Yun entered the wooden house and sat at the edge of the bed, silently watching Zhen Yu for the whole night before lying against the bed pillar and falling asleep himself.

When Zhen Yu woke up the next morning, she didn’t expect to see Xie Yun sleeping against the bed pillar right after she opened her eyes.

Zhen Yu immediately picked up her dress from the inner side of the bed and dressed herself. It’s very dangerous for me to be lying in bed.