Chapter 1538: Chapter 1533: The Cruelty of Heaven

This time the Empress Dowager was angered, and Qin Ge was also punished as a result, kneeling in the Empress Dowager’s palace for two hours, punished for not disciplining Li Yunshu strictly enough. Qin Ge wholeheartedly accepted the punishment.

Qin Muyan accompanied Qin Ge as she knelt in the palace. After two hours, he first sent Qin Ge back to the Princess’s Manor. After inviting the court physician to check on her, he then returned to his own mansion, taking some nourishing supplements that the Empress Dowager had given to Rong Yun.

When he was sending Qin Ge back to the Princess’s Manor, he heard that Li Yunshu was there. He asked Qin Ge if he should take Li Yunshu back with him. Qin Ge shook her head, "You go back first, I want to have a few words with her."

Qin Muyan nodded, "Then I will return to the prince’s mansion first. Today I did not intend to implicate my mother; I hope my mother does not blame Rong Yun and takes good care of her health."

"It’s my fault. Yunshu grew up by my side, I understand her, but this time she truly made a mistake. I fully supported her, and now that something has happened, I must also bear the consequences. When you go back, comfort Rong Yun well, tell her not to be afraid, I will ask Yunshu to apologize to her," Qin Ge said earnestly.

Qin Muyan nodded, "Mother, rest assured, Rong Yun is pure and lovely, she was just frightened, just comfort her. She doesn’t understand the intricacies of the inner court of the mansion and naturally won’t hold grudges."

This statement was originally meant to reassure Qin Ge, but after a moment of relief, her heart became tense again.

She is also a woman, though dignified as the Eldest Princess, but how could she not know, what sort of situation a naive person would face in the inner court of the prince’s mansion?

More importantly, she is a mother, the mother of Qin Muyan, and she always hopes that the mistress of her son’s harem is a capable and responsible person.

Thus, seeing that Rong Yun was not up to the challenge, she hurriedly had Li Yunshu enter the Scarlet Flame King’s mansion.

Unexpectedly, Li Yunshu was too reckless.

"Madam... Madam." A trembling voice came from behind the screen; Li Yunshu walked up to her with a nervous expression, "Madam, why didn’t you let me return with Your Highness? I wanted to spend more time with him, so I could have the chance..."

"Kneel down!"

Qin Ge rebuked.

Anger was clear on her majestic face.

Without hesitation, Li Yunshu immediately knelt down on both knees, heavily kneeling in front of Qin Ge.

She might disregard Rong Yun and act arrogantly in front of her, but she could not act disrespectfully towards Qin Ge!

Externally, Qin Ge is the highly respected Eldest Princess, the mother of Qin Muyan; internally, she is also the daughter-in-law of the Li royal mansion. Although her uncle passed away many years ago, and she has been living alone in the Princess’s Manor, she still holds considerable prestige in the Li royal mansion.

Her mother had sent her to Qin Ge’s side from a young age with the hope that Qin Ge would take a liking to her and support her in the future.

Previously, Qin Ge had always been good to her and seldom lost her temper with her, but now...

Li Yunshu gritted her teeth and admitted her mistake, "Madam, this time it was Yunshu’s rashness. I really couldn’t bear the suffering from that contraceptive soup. I had just entered the mansion and that Princess Beiling wanted to cut off my future descendants, it was utterly outrageous!"

She was honored and respected from a young age, considered even higher than a princess by the noble girls of Beiling City. But now, Rong Yun has taken the lead, not only turning her into a secondary consort in the prince’s mansion, but also giving her a contraceptive soup the next day—it’s like slapping her in the face. How could she endure this?

She must complain to Qin Ge first!

But who would have thought, this matter would be brought up in front of the Empress Dowager!

"She is too bullying. Are you saying you did nothing wrong?" Qin Ge has always treated her kindly, so his tone was particularly harsh, "When I sent you to the mansion, I warned you. Even though you are of noble status, you must show respect towards the Princess. If you were dissatisfied with the contraceptive soup she gave you, you could simply not drink it; or you could have drunk it and then come to me. I would have consulted the court physician for you and defended you. But what did you do? You fought in front of the Princess. Are you trying to rebel?"

"I wouldn’t dare..." Li Yunshu lowered her head and gritted her teeth. Though she said she wouldn’t dare, in her heart, she only regretted not striking Rong Yun more harshly and letting her fall into Qin Muyan’s arms.

"Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking. If you really hurt Rong Yun, I would punish you first! Haven’t you seen that Mu Yan has already taken a liking to her?" Qin Ge’s eyes shot cold light straight at Li Yunshu.

She watched Li Yunshu grow up; how could she not know what she was thinking?

Li Yunshu was shocked, her whole body slumped to the ground, "What? Your Highness...how could Your Highness fall for her? Doesn’t Your Highness’s heart belong only to Su Yingxue? Rong Yun just came over a year ago!"

"You don’t understand Mu Yan, and you still don’t trust your aunt?" Qin Ge’s fine eyebrows conveyed solemnity, "Initially, Mu Yan took care of her out of consideration for his wife, the nominal Princess. But where a man’s heart is, his steps will involuntarily follow. Didn’t you say that Mu Yan went to Rong Yun first thing yesterday morning?"

People always desire the new over the old, especially members of the Imperial family and nobles as distinguished as Qin Muyan. They only involuntarily go to someone when their heart truly belongs to that person.

Li Yunshu’s eyes filled with despair. She looked at Qin Ge and burst into loud cries, "Aunt, can I truly never win the heart of Your Highness again? I’ve loved him since I was young; he didn’t marry for many years because of Su Yingxue, and I waited for him for years! But now, Rong Yun seized the opportunity first. After struggling so hard to become his secondary consort, he...he fell in love with Rong Yun!"

Where does she have a chance now!

Li Yunshu covered her heart, crying heart-wrenchingly, "Why is heaven so cruel to me!"

Why let her love Qin Muyan for ten years, but always miss out on being with him!

Why!

Knowing her true feelings, Qin Ge helped Li Yunshu up, letting her lean on her lap, and gently stroked her head, "Child, your aunt also feels sorry for you, but feelings are beyond one’s control. Now that Rong Yun has Mu Yan’s love, she has it. No one can take it away. But listen to your aunt, don’t do anything foolish and do not strike Rong Yun like that again."

Qin Ge spoke earnestly, all for Li Yunshu’s sake.

But how could Li Yunshu listen to her!

On the way back, Li Yunshu crushed a pearl bracelet on her wrist, bitterly saying, "Rong Yun, I won’t let you go!"

Chun Xing quietly said to Li Yunshu, "Should the secondary consort return to the Chancellery Manor? The second master’s wife and the master will support you in whatever you face in the prince’s mansion."

"No! I’m not that useless yet!" Li Yunshu threw away the crushed beads in her hand and fiercely wiped her face, "My mother taught me not to act rashly. Rong Yun just married the prince a year before me, right? Let this secondary consort inquire about everything in the mansion this past year, I refuse to believe I can’t outsmart that girl!"

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