Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved
Chapter 281 Treating His Princess Consort as a Treasure

Chapter 281: Chapter 281 Treating His Princess Consort as a Treasure

"Yes, he was brought into the palace by a managing eunuch. If I hadn’t heeded your concerns and ordered a strict search, he would have slipped through,"

Murong Jiu was astonished, "How could it be so easy to sneak a fake eunuch into the palace? I remember the scrutiny for eunuchs entering the palace is stringent, layer by layer. The other eunuchs surely couldn’t have all been bribed. They couldn’t possibly have that much influence, could they?"

She was indeed curious. In her former life, when Imperial Noble Consort Qi was in trouble, she had heard talks of fake eunuchs, but she had thought it was guards who infiltrated by donning eunuch’s attire. She hadn’t expected them to be "real" eunuchs.

Jun Yuyan was on the verge of speaking, then stopped.

Murong Jiu asked, "What is it, Prince? Is there something you can’t say?"

"It’s not exactly that. It’s just that I’m afraid speaking of it might sully your ears. You only need to know about this matter. The Emperor was furious, executing many eunuchs and ordering a strict investigation in the palace to not let even one slip through the net. This way, the person behind it all won’t be able to frame Mother Consort again."

The more he said, the more curious Murong Jiu became.

She couldn’t understand what method could deceive everyone, and how it could taint the ears? She tugged at his sleeve, urging him to tell her.

"Come on, tell me, I’m really very curious," she implored.

Seeing he could not dissuade her, Jun Yuyan said, "Among the common people there are all sorts of individuals, and some entertainers know tricks to shrink their bones and flesh..."

Before he could finish, Murong Jiu, comprehending, widened her eyes in shock. Her cheeks flushed red in an instant. No wonder Jun Yuyan was worried about sullying her ears—it was such a "divine skill"...

She coughed twice and hastily reached for some water to drink. Jun Yuyan held her hand, "Don’t drink that, it’s cold. I’ll pour you a fresh cup."

Holding the freshly poured hot water Jun Yuyan had given her, she took a couple of sips and looked up to find him smiling at her, his eyes dark and deep as if he wanted to devour her. Perhaps her blushing face appeared particularly enticing?

She hurriedly said, "What if someone like that sneaks in again in the future?"

"There are not many who know such skills. It must have taken the person behind it a great deal of effort to find even one. Moreover, the Emperor is truly livid. He doesn’t like anyone challenging his authority and detests even more being cuckolded. In his earlier years, before he ascended the throne, when a disregarded concubine in the Crown Prince’s Residence dallied with a guard, and he found out, both of their families were wiped out," he explained.

Murong Jiu shivered, thinking that he had begun exterminating entire clans even before he became Emperor. Those two might have deserved punishment, but wasn’t their penalty excessively severe?

Jun Yuyan patted her back and then cradled her in his lap, his voice gentle, "There won’t be a second incident like this. The Emperor won’t let it happen again, so Ah Jiu need not worry."

Murong Jiu nodded, indeed feeling less concerned. Although there might still be other conspiracies in the future, the recent unmasking of a fake eunuch must have disrupted the adversary’s plans.

It definitely wasn’t the Emperor trying to frame Imperial Noble Consort Qi. According to what Jun Yuyan said, the Emperor would never allow his women to betray him, so it must have been the Second Prince’s doing.

Of course, The Third Prince couldn’t be excluded either.

The current Third Prince was no longer the unfavored prince he once was. Hence, he also had such capabilities.

Lost in thought, she suddenly felt a warm kiss on her cheek, a familiar breath caressing her face as if the air itself had warmed.

It must be the brazier burning too fiercely, she thought.

Jun Yuyan’s breath mingled with hers, their foreheads touching, his voice deep and low, "Ah Jiu, I asked Uncle Zhai this morning, and he said your health has largely recovered, so we can..."

Murong Jiu’s ears heated up as she chided, "Why did you ask my master about that!"

"Uncle Zhai understands, we are husband and wife, brimming with youthful vigor."

Murong Jiu blushed and covered his mouth.

She thought to herself it was no wonder that after breakfast, her master came to take her pulse and said she was recovering quite well, but she needed to be careful to moderate sexual activities and to avoid catching a cold, and she must complete a full one hundred days of postnatal confinement.

Jun Yuyan pecked at the hand in his, gazing at her affectionately, "Our child has already been born for forty-nine days, Ah Jiu, I won’t tease you, I promise to be gentle."

The appealing and profound depths of his eyes seemed to carry a few threads of pleading, and with the two of them sitting so close together, Murong Jiu could clearly feel his desire.

In fact, as soon as he had returned to the Capital City, Murong Jiu was aware of it, in the deep of night, when she felt him toss and turn, she would ask in a whisper, imperceptible in the dark, whether he needed her help.

Jun Yuyan held her hand and said it wasn’t necessary, as her belly was so large at the time, large enough to fill Jun Yuyan with concern, and he couldn’t bear to have her exert herself even a little bit.

So, he had abstained for two or three months.

Murong Jiu’s body had indeed recovered now, although she lost a lot of blood during childbirth, she didn’t suffer any tearing injuries, and in the nearly fifty days since, she had been nourishing her blood with medicinal food and was frequently treated with acupuncture by her master; her health had long been restored, and the lochia was also cleansed half a month ago.

But it’s been so long since they were fully intimate that despite their mutual affection, the interactions became somewhat awkward and more filled with shyness.

Facing his expectant, pleading gaze, Murong Jiu blushed and nodded, then she added, "But you haven’t had dinner after returning from the Old Duke’s place."

Having gained her consent, Jun Yuyan immediately cheered up and scooped her up, "There’s something tastier right in front of me, why bother with dinner?"

The next day, Murong Jiu slept in until the sun was high up, and when she woke up, Jun Yuyan had not yet returned from the palace.

He was favored by the Emperor, who intended to choose between him and the Second Prince for the role of the Crown Prince, hence he too had to start attending the morning court, supervising the government affairs alongside the Second Prince, and dealing with the court’s politics after the morning court was over.

"Hiss!"

"Princess Consort, are you awake?"

Chun Tao, who was waiting just outside the bed curtains, immediately pulled them open and caught sight of the tiny red plum blossoms under the Princess Consort’s white undergarment.

On her neck, collarbone, chest, and even the lifted wrists, were all marked!

Chun Tao, remembering how she and Hong Yi had stepped out of the room the previous night, still able to faintly hear the sounds from within, couldn’t help but blush with embarrassment and also feel a pang of sympathy, "Princess Consort, would you like some ointment? The Prince really... You are still in your postnatal confinement, how could he tease you like this?"

Murong Jiu’s face flushed pink, she pulled her collar tight and said to Chun Tao, "It’s fine; I don’t feel any pain. I’m hungry though; ask the kitchen to make some shredded chicken porridge, and stir fry some persimmon and eggs for me. I’ll dress myself."

After Chun Tao left, she looked down and saw that even her legs and the top of her feet were all marked...

When she had hissed earlier, it wasn’t from pain but from soreness. Her body had been moved this way and that, how could it not feel sore?

Jun Yuyan was like someone who had just tasted something sweet; he had been very gentle, careful and treasuring her like a precious gem. Was this why he left his mark on every part of his treasure?

Next time, she definitely couldn’t indulge him like this again.

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