Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty
Chapter 165 - 165: Loyal Maid Who Died Because of Beauty (35)

"This servant knows this servant's mistake," Lu Ming's nanny answered with remorse, as if she had really understood and would correct the mistake that she had made before.

"These imperial grandchildren would get sick easily, and Ai Jia is very worried about it," the empress dowager said. "Only when Your Majesty's heirs are sufficient can they finally flourish physically, growing strong and healthy. Now is the New Year. In this new year with a new atmosphere, all of you, who are as beautiful as flowers and jade, should take a step up so that the emperor will be able to have more heirs. Your Majesty, is what Ai Jia said right?"

"What the imperial mother said is right," Lu Heng answered in a half-serious and half-perfunctory tone.

The harem concubines wanted to say that it was not that they did not want to give birth to the emperor's heirs, but that it was the emperor who did not want to. They were really going crazy just to think of a method to seduce the emperor so that he would want to stay the night.

However, the key was that the emperor was not willing to give them that chance. So, how could they give birth alone if the emperor did not come to them? Not to mention that they could even hardly see the emperor's face alone, unlike Noble Consort Yue.

Yue Ran did not care about what these people—the emperor and, more specifically, the empress dowager—were talking about. She was looking at the thin and frail Lu Ming, the eldest prince, from a distance and felt a little distressed.

Such a young child lost his biological mother so early on, so what should he do alone in the imperial palace that was more like a man-eating dungeon? He must have lived a really hard life until the day he stood here today.

Lu Heng looked at his beloved woman, who was not paying attention to himself at all, and said a little jealously, "What is Ran Ran looking at with such a focused gaze?"

"It is nothing much," Yue Ran said. "I was just looking at the eldest prince's cute appearance. How could he voluntarily play and roll in the snow in this bitingly cold winter? It does not seem to make sense."

Hearing what Yue Ran had just said, the eldest prince's servant grew a little nervous and could only hope in her heart that the noble consort did not notice anything wrong.

Lu Heng looked at Yue Ran's distressed gaze at Lu Ming. He only thought that his beloved found his eldest son pleasing to her eyes, and thus beckoned Lu Ming to come over.

"Lu Ming, come here," Lu Heng said.

When the eldest prince walked over, Yue Ran pulled over a corner of Lu Ming's clothes and looked at it. The cloth inside was dirty and old, not to mention that his little hands were cold.

"Why are the eldest prince's clothes so thin and old?" Yue Ran asked in a doubtful tone. "And his hands are also so thin and cold; is the eldest prince not afraid of freezing?"

It was the first time for Lu Ming, who had had no biological mother since he was born, to be faced with someone else's care. It was the first time someone had cared about him so much like this, so much that his eyes turned slightly red and his nose was sore.

"Thank you for the noble consort's concern. This imperial son is fine."

Lu Heng also finally noticed it, thus pulling Lu Ming over and looking at him carefully from head to toe. The young emperor immediately found that the outer clothes looked fine, but the inner clothes were old and did not look like they had been washed for a long time.

Now, Lu Heng only felt complicated. No matter what happens and no matter how much he does not care about his own children, Lu Ming is still his eldest son and a member of the imperial family.

"How do you servants usually do things?" Lu Heng spoke angrily. "If you do not even know how to take care of the eldest prince, then what else can you servants do?"

The servants who took care of the eldest prince were so frightened that they knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

"Your Majesty, please calm down your anger. Your Majesty, please calm down your anger. It is the eldest prince who always makes himself dirty, so we servants also do not know what to do about this. Is that not right, eldest prince?" A servant spoke as her gaze focused on Lu Ming.

The threatening eyes of the servants who served him were all locked on him, so Lu Ming subconsciously shrank his neck back in fear.

Yue Ran looked at the eldest prince, who looked a little scared, and said in a gentle and caring tone, "Your Highness, you can just say what you want to say. You will not be wronged since your imperial father is right here."

Hearing Yue Ran's cue for him and saying this thing about himself, Lu Heng instantly felt that he was really a great man who was full of justice.

With a hot heart, Lu Heng instantly said, "Yes, what Ran Ran said is right. Lu Ming, you can just say what you want, and I will make a decision for you."

Suddenly, the palace maid, who was standing beside the empress, took a small step back nervously, and her eyes glanced at the scene with fear. Unfortunately, no one noticed her little actions at this time except Yue Ran, since they were all focused on the eldest prince.

Yue Ran has long known that this thing is related to the empress. So does she want to seek justice for the eldest prince? No, of course not. She does not have so much leisure time, and the word "justice" does not suit her character. She only does things with a goal in mind.

Not only will she get the eldest prince's trust like this since she has plans for him, but she can also watch a good show. Not to mention that her reputation will also get better for helping the eldest prince seek justice from his evil servants.

"Imperial father," Lu Ming started as soon as he gathered his courage. "These servants usually do not let this imperial son eat enough food."

Now everyone was in an uproar. Unexpectedly, the dignified eldest prince could not even eat enough at his daily meals!

Lu Heng's face turned dark. He did not expect that his eldest son would not even have food to eat. In his eyes, not having enough to eat is basically equivalent to having no food to eat at all. There was no difference between the two.

"What is going on?" Lu Heng asked in a tone full of anger. He inexplicably remembered his situation in the past. Could the past repeat itself again, only now with his eldest son instead of himself? "Lu Ming, tell me the situation carefully."

Lu Ming pursed his lips before he took a deep breath and said, "The nanny would eat my everyday food whenever it was sent to my palace and then let this imperial son eat the food that belonged to them. Even so, they would still cut this imperial son's food, and only this imperial son can eat a little bit every time. The servants said that it would be bad for this imperial son to eat too much. But in fact, this imperial son eats very little, and this imperial son would always goes to bed hungry every day. This imperial son is not full at all."

When Lu Heng heard this, his face turned livid. To think that his eldest son would actually eat the servant's food, which was of low quality and also in low quantity. This was too much!

"The charcoals used in winter were not allowed to be used by this imperial son. Moreover, the quantity of charcoal has been halved, so all the charcoals that should have been mine were immediately moved to the second imperial brother's room," Lu Ming continued. "The servants said that the second imperial brother is the future crown prince, and this imperial son is just a useless prince. This imperial son feels very cold and hungry at night, and this imperial son has fallen ill several times. The servants also did not change, wash, make, or order new clothes for this imperial son, and they asked me to wear old and dirty clothes because it was troublesome to wash one or to make and order new clothes for this imperial son.

Hearing the eldest prince's words, Yue Ran hugged the child into her arms with distress in her eyes. What Lu Ming had said only showed how difficult it was for imperial heirs to live without their biological mothers. Adoptive mothers may or may not make things better.

Lu Heng was so furious that he smashed the teacup that he had taken from the table toward the servants who served the eldest prince.

"Do you servants have so much guts that you dared to deceive me and the eldest prince like this?" Lu Heng asked, enraged. "You servants do not even want to live anymore, do you?"

"Your Majesty, please spare this servant's life!"

"Your Majesty, please spare this servant's life!"

"Your Majesty, this servant did not intend to do this."

Seeing that they were at a dead end, they could not hide things anymore.