freenovelworld Chapter 184 How can anyone be so lucky?
Chapter 184 How can anyone be so lucky?
Li Ce was silent.
The silence at this moment seemed longer than any time before.
Jiang Wanyue waited patiently.
She didn't know how long it had been before she heard Li Ce suddenly sigh.
"This matter is also a scandal of the royal family..."
Jiang Wanyue calmed herself down, stretched out her hand and held his fingers.
I felt inexplicably relieved.
Li Ce didn't notice her emotional change and was still thinking about how to start talking about this matter.
This matter is not because of anything else, it's just that it's really hard to talk about.
Li Ce hesitated for a long time before continuing.
But what he was talking about was not anyone else, but Princess Yurong who had lived in Xuandu Temple for a long time.
"My second sister has been used to doing whatever she wants since she was a child. She never listens to anyone. She relies on the fact that her biological mother once saved my father's life. She always does what she wants and must get what she wants."
As soon as Li Ce opened his mouth, his tone was very bad.
"I used to think that Yu'er was a little willful because of her mother's raising her, but compared with Li Zheng, Yu'er is simply the most obedient daughter."
Seeing Li Ce comparing himself to Li Chengyu, Jiang Wanyue almost laughed out loud.
She endured it and felt that she still had to say something fair for Li Chengyu.
"You can't say that. Yu'er is kind and obedient by nature."
"That was now." Li Ce waved his hand. "Two years ago, she was raised by Lu Qingshuang and became a little too willful. It's good that you've taught her now."
Jiang Wanyue did not show modesty in response to Li Ce's affirmation, but asked him.
"So this time...what did Princess Yurong do?"
Li Ce's face suddenly turned ugly.
He almost gritted his teeth as he spoke the next sentence.
"She keeps a male lover in the Taoist temple!"
Jiang Wanyue already knew about this, but still pretended to be surprised.
"What? But, isn't that a Taoist temple? How could the people in the Taoist temple allow such a thing to happen?"
Li Ce let out a breath.
"Xuan Du Temple is remote and not in a busy place. It is built in the mountains and is sparsely populated. In addition, Buddhist temples have become more popular in recent years, so fewer and fewer people go to the Taoist temple. The people in the temple all rely on Li Zheng for their livelihood. Who dares to care about her? Not only do they not care, they also diligently choose people for her!"
As soon as he opened his mouth, the awkwardness in Li Ce's heart immediately turned into anger towards Li Zheng.
"She was afraid that she would be discovered if she looked for people nearby, so she specifically ordered people to go to places farther away to specifically search for those young talents."
Jiang Wanyue opened her mouth, not knowing how to comment for a moment, and finally just said one sentence.
"Ahem... well, a rabbit doesn't eat grass near its burrow... so what now?"
"Now, something has happened." Li Ce raised his hand to support his forehead. "I just found out not long ago that she was pregnant. She wanted to have an abortion, but she has taken a lot of medicine in the past few years. If she continues to take medicine, it may endanger her life. The doctor advised her to give birth to the child."
Jiang Wanyue clasped her hands together in front of her chest.
"So was it born?"
After saying this, she felt that her tone was too bland, so she added another sentence.
"I feel that after all, it is a life. If it is born, it is better to find a good family to raise it well. After all, he is your nephew, Your Majesty."
She deliberately used the word "nephew" to indicate that she didn't know the child's gender.
Li Ce had no doubts either.
"It was born, a daughter."
Jiang Wanyue breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Li Ce.
"Where is the child? To whom did you give him, Your Majesty?"
Li Ce turned his head, stared at Jiang Wanyue without blinking, and suddenly said.
"I've seen it, and you've seen it too."
Jiang Wanyue's heartbeat suddenly quickened.
She tried hard to keep the confusion on her face, and then heard Li Ce say that.
"That child was born to Concubine Rong."
Jiang Wanyue opened her mouth, stunned.
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? How could the little princess born by Concubine Rong be Princess Yurong's child?"
She thought this was her best acting moment.
Li Ce grabbed her hand.
"It was wrong of me to hide this from you, but the situation was urgent at the time. Plus, Concubine Rong had someone behind her, so I came up with this idea."
Jiang Wanyue blinked.
"I am getting more and more confused by what you said. How is this related to Concubine Rong? Although she used to..." She paused and did not finish her words, "but she has been behaving herself in the past few months and has not done anything out of the ordinary! I think she is a simple person, not someone with deep thoughts."
Li Ce sneered.
"Just because she has a simple mind doesn't mean others do. Did you know that the Wei family disappeared not long after they left Beijing?"
Jiang Wanyue's heart skipped a beat.
This time she was really surprised.
"Three months ago, the doctor who was treating her at the time, Dr. Tan, suddenly had something to do and couldn't come. A doctor named Yao came instead. Dr. Yao checked her pulse, and within ten days, he suddenly resigned and returned home."
Jiang Wanyue's eyes flashed.
She didn't know about this.
She had originally asked Doctor Tan to help Wei Fuxue with her pregnancy. Doctor Tan owed her a favor. In the past few months, when Doctor Tan was unable to come due to some matters, he would recommend other colleagues, including Doctor Yao and others.
There was nothing abnormal about the performance of these imperial doctors, so Jiang Wanyue did not pay too much attention to it.
Now hearing what Li Ce said, she immediately realized that something was wrong.
"Then Doctor Yao...is he dead or alive?"
Li Ce shook his head: "No one knows. I sent people to his hometown to look for him a few days ago, but they didn't find him. The inner guards went to the Imperial Hospital to search secretly. Do you know what they found?"
Jiang Wanyue had no idea.
Li Ce didn't really want her to guess.
"The inner guards found the desk that Imperial Doctor Yao had used. They discovered a very deep ink stain on the wooden board of the desk. They asked someone to copy the contents on it and found a secret recipe."
Li Ce's eyes were as cold as ice in winter.
"A secret recipe that can ensure that a woman will conceive a son."
Jiang Wanyue's face changed.
The first thing she thought of was the prescription she bought from the pharmacist when she first entered the palace.
But no one should know the recipe now.
The last person to know was Guan Rou, but she was already dead.
Moreover, the medicine lady's prescription cannot guarantee whether the baby will be a son or a daughter.
Jiang Wanyue pinched her fingers.
"Your Highness."
She was confused and subconsciously called out the old name.
Li Ce didn't think much about it, thinking that she was just too worried, and patted her hand.
"You also know how Wei Fuxue got the baby in her belly. Logically, it was only that one time, and she had a miscarriage a month ago, so it was impossible for her to get pregnant so soon. But she got pregnant, and it was a son."
"I thought she was lucky, but how could anyone be so lucky? It wasn't until recently that I realized that all this was planned by someone."
A cold look flashed across his face.