Chapter 953 Offspring (Part 3)
It was early summer, and even the bedroom, which was chilly to the core, was inevitably tainted with a bit of dryness, so the maids who were walking back and forth changed into fashionable palace dresses.
The timidly tightly bound waist and the unrestrainedly wrapped chest and hips, the one with bare hands tied in a bun, revealing a piece of jade-like pink lotus root; the one with a faint smile and lowered head, revealing two white and plump spots, although there are hardly any men around her, she is not willing to be inferior to others in terms of elegance.
The only exception was probably the Crown Princess who was sitting alone in front of the window, leaning on the railing and gazing out.
Because Zou Qingyun was ordered to go to the west wing to deliver a message, a palace maid calculated the time and came in with a pot of freshly brewed almond tea.
The maid quietly replaced the old tea and was about to bow and leave, but she caught a glimpse of sweat on the Crown Princess's forehead and could not help but stop.
Biting her thick lower lip, she hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but say, "My lady, would you like me to fetch some hot water for you to wash up?"
The Crown Princess did not react at first. After a while, she came to her senses. Her cheeks were suddenly flushed. She stood up from the stool at a loss, shaking her head like a rattle, "No... No, no, no!"
After saying "no" several times, she realized that she had lost her composure. She tried to calm the ups and downs in her heart and said softly, "You go down first. If I want to wash up, it won't be too late to call you later."
Although the palace maid was puzzled, her status was very different from that of Zou Qingyun, and she was not comparable to Zou Qingyun's confidants, so she did not dare to ask anything. She just responded respectfully and bowed her head before leaving the room.
When the palace maid disappeared outside the door, the Crown Princess felt relieved, but the heat on her face did not diminish .
She stood in front of the window in a daze for a moment, and then her watery pupils looked out the window again - although the window faced north and south, her gaze drifted towards the West Garden as her thoughts went on.
After an unknown amount of time, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly broke the silence of the palace, followed by the prince's angry growl: "What do you mean by this? Didn't I say before that if you want to keep your position as crown prince, you must..."
"Your Highness."
The Crown Princess withdrew her gaze from the window, but did not turn to face the Crown Prince. Instead, she lowered her head and said softly, "Even if you cannot ascend to the throne, you may not be unable to enjoy wealth and honor."
"shut up!"
The prince became more and more angry. He stepped forward and grabbed the princess's left arm, gritting his teeth and questioning: "Do you want me to kneel at the feet of that yellow-mouthed child and be a coward who lives in shame? No, never!"
As he spoke, he raised his hands above his head and screamed crazily: "I am destined to be the emperor. No one can take my throne away from me!"
The prince's roar echoed in the bedroom, but after a long time, there was no response at all.
Looking at the Crown Princess who was bowing her head in silence in front of him, some cruelty flashed in the Crown Prince's eyes. He raised his hands several times and wanted to bring them down fiercely, but he held back in the end.
It's not that he still cares about the relationship between husband and wife, but because he knows in his heart that the Crown Princess is gentle on the outside but strong on the inside. If he wants to force her to agree to such a ridiculous thing, it will probably backfire.
Finally, the prince sighed heavily, took the initiative to reach out and hold the princess's hand, and said softly: "After all, you are my first wife. If there is any other choice, how can I let you be humiliated?"
Although these words were meant to deceive the Crown Princess, they were not entirely lies.
During the six months that Sun Shaozong was on a diplomatic mission to Liaodong, the prince also tried other methods.
However, I don’t know if it’s due to preconceived ideas or because I’ve experienced too much debauchery, but the results have always been disappointing.
In addition, the prince had always been thinking about how to tie up Sun Shaozong, the right-hand man mentioned in the prophecy, so after hearing that the delegation was about to return to the capital, he decided to restart the original plan.
A few days ago, I told the Crown Princess about this in a roundabout way. Her reaction then was the same as it is now, with her head bowed and remaining silent.
The prince thought she had agreed, but he never expected that when the time came, such a mistake would happen.
Stop talking nonsense.
He held the Crown Princess's hand and told her his difficulties. Seeing that she did not respond, the Crown Prince suddenly changed the subject and became tough again: "I would rather die than be inferior to others. If that bastard gets the throne, he will naturally not tolerate you and me. By then, your family will inevitably be implicated..."
At this point, he tilted his shoulders and tilted his neck, stared into the eyes of the Crown Princess and said, "I heard that your newly married sister-in-law is now pregnant? I wonder if the fetus in her belly still has a chance to grow up."
The Crown Princess' chest, wrapped in a goose-yellow dress, rose and fell sharply for a few times. Finally, she could not help but speak: "Everyone knows that Your Highness is ill. Even if you have a child, how can the Emperor believe it? How can the officials believe it? How can the people of the world believe it?!"
"These orphans have already planned this."
The prince was somewhat proud of himself, and thought that since the princess had spoken, he must have persuaded her, so he grabbed her wrist again and urged her, "My beloved, you will know the truth when you arrive at the West Garden."
As he was speaking, he felt the fair wrist struggling, and the prince's hand slid down involuntarily. He originally wanted to exert force to hold it in his palm, but he never expected that the tender wrist was covered with a layer of fine sweat, making it even more slippery. He didn't check for a moment and she broke free completely.
The prince frowned, looked her up and down, and suddenly walked to the door and shouted, "Come here, bring the bathtub in quickly and help the queen bathe and change clothes!"
The maidens outside responded in unison, and soon brought in an oval bathtub, fetched hot and cold spring water, and mixed it with many flower petals.
Originally, after the prince gave the order, he wanted to wait outside, but when he had one foot in the door and the other out, he suddenly remembered that he would only be able to see a shadow through the cowhide, and he might not be able to sketch out many details by relying on his imagination alone.
It is better to take a closer look at it first and have an outline in mind so that you can focus on it later.
So he turned around and went back into the palace, staring at the Crown Princess without blinking.
Several palace maids had no idea what was going on and thought that he was just in love [although they were powerless at best], so they were all very surprised. If the Crown Prince had not been right next to them, they would have surrounded him and congratulated the Crown Princess on regaining favor.
Only the Crown Princess felt mixed emotions.
In fact, her inner rejection of what happened between her and Sun Shaozong was not as strong as she showed - otherwise, she would not have blushed with embarrassment when the little maid mentioned bathing just now.
But she never expected that the prince would personally bathe and change her clothes for her, and then send her...
"That's right."
At this time, the prince suddenly asked, "My beloved concubine, do you have any thin, fitted dresses? The one you are wearing now is really old-fashioned and out of date."
“Yes, yes!”
Before the Crown Princess could respond, a maid at the side rushed to say, "I made a Tang-style floral skirt a few years ago. It's very fashionable from the inside out!"
The prince was overjoyed when he heard this, and without even asking the princess whether she agreed or not, he quickly ordered someone to bring it and prepare it.
