Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved
Chapter 405: Manman Adores You Wholeheartedly

Chapter 405: Chapter 405: Manman Adores You Wholeheartedly

Murong Man’s unease peaked.

She tried to appear calm as she looked at the Second Prince and Yun Weiwei, "Your Highness, wasn’t sister still under house arrest? How come she is here with you today?"

Yun Weiwei immediately sneered, "Oh, sister Manman, we were all so tragically deceived by you. If Guard Shi had not fled out of guilt today, we would still be unaware of the illicit affair between you two!"

Murong Man exclaimed in shock, "What are you talking about, sister? I don’t understand? What happened to Guard Shi?"

"Your beloved has already run away! Someone saw him leaving the city this morning, and by now he has long since vanished without a trace!"

Hearing that Guard Shi had not been captured yet made Murong Man’s panic subside slightly. Although she didn’t understand why Guard Shi would run away, or how Yun Weiwei knew about her affair with Guard Shi, without him here to confront, there was no evidence.

She stopped looking at Yun Weiwei and instead knelt down to the Second Prince,

"Your Highness, Manman does not know where such utterly absurd rumors came from, but Manman has a clear conscience and fears no shadow. No matter who wants to frame me, Manman can withstand an investigation! I implore Your Highness to thoroughly investigate and restore my innocence!"

Ever since she had been favored again, the Second Prince had not made her kneel, as he carried guilt and remorse for the miscarriage she had suffered while kneeling.

She knelt now, hoping to arouse the Second Prince’s pity and remind him of the past misunderstanding concerning her.

However, the Second Prince remained silent.

Murong Man grew increasingly nervous. She carefully lifted her head, only to meet the Second Prince’s cold gaze, so chilling it seemed murderous.

Why is the Second Prince looking at me like that!

Murong Man was baffled!

The affair between her and Guard Shi was known only to the two of them, plus Guard Shi’s comatose mother, which could also be framed as a set-up against her.

Such matters, without being caught in the act, carried no evidence.

Besides, she had never given Guard Shi any tokens of affection; their affair consisted only of face-to-face sweet nothings, and she had long since secretly destroyed any gifts from Guard Shi.

Therefore, she felt both frantic and perplexed inside.

"Harlot!"

The Second Prince suddenly slapped her, sending her head spinning, her cheek stinging intensely.

Murong Man fell back in distress, instinctively shielding her belly with a hand.

"Your Highness, you may strike me as you please, but our child is still vulnerable, please spare your strength, Your Highness! This child was hard-won for us!"

She had thought her plea might awaken the Second Prince’s anticipation for the child, quelling his rage.

Instead, the Second Prince’s expression turned even darker, and he cruelly aimed a kick at her belly.

She hastily curled up to protect her stomach, and the Second Prince’s kick landed heavily on her back.

Having been seated in the wheelchair for too long, the strength in the Second Prince’s good leg was not what it once was, the muscles even atrophied, but the Second Prince put all his force into that kick, revealing the depth of his fury. Murong Man’s head plunged toward the ground, striking the stone tiles. As she did, the Second Prince pulled a concealed weapon from his wheelchair, and a sharp blade flew toward her, a dart embedding itself in her arm.

"Your Highness! Even if you want to kill me, you must give me a reason!"

Murong Man’s arms ached and her stomach also throbbed with a dull pain, yet she still did not admit to her affair with Guard Shi.

"Reason? You despicable woman, the child in your belly couldn’t possibly be mine! Even if you haven’t been with Guard Shi, it would have been some other guard! I thought you were a good person and cherished you, holding you in the highest regard, and this is how you repay me?"

The Second Prince was not appeased; his glare was fierce, thinking Murong Man had made a fool of him.

"I didn’t! I really didn’t!"

Yun Weiwei held onto the Second Prince’s arm, urging him not to be angry and harm his health.

She turned to Murong Man and said, "Concubine, there’s no need to pretend anymore. In fact, after you lost the first child, you colluded with The Third Prince, didn’t you? The oil in the kitchen was replaced by The Third Prince’s men early on, but you already knew that. So you had relations with someone else, carrying an illegitimate child, making His Highness believe it was his!"

Murong Man could not comprehend what she was saying. What did changing the oil in the kitchen have to do with anything?

The confusion on her face was genuine; she immediately tried to swear to the Second Prince that she had no collusion of any kind with The Third Prince.

Of course, the Second Prince would no longer believe her and just glared at her through clenched teeth, "You’re so cruel, you actually wanted to end my lineage, making me raise an illegitimate child!"

"How could that be possible! Your Highness! It’s impossible for me to do such a thing!"

"Still arguing! Concubine, you colluded with outsiders to replace all the oil Prince regularly consumes with tung oil. Today, we caught a spy within the estate who was The Third Prince’s agent; he confessed everything!"

"I had no idea of the harms of tung oil! Your Highness, please believe me! How could Manman wish to harm you!"

At that moment, Murong Man finally felt fear.

She hadn’t realized there was a scheme behind the scenes, and that it had ensnared her as well!

She only wanted more children to make the Second Prince obey her, discard Yun Weiwei, and ascend to the position of Princess Consort.

Indeed, she no longer loved the Second Prince. Everything she did was for wealth and luxury, for revenge and to settle old grudges.

But truly, the fact that the Second Prince was infertile had nothing to do with her. It was because she noticed that there was no movement in her belly and none of the other consorts were conceiving either that she turned to Guard Shi.

Unexpectedly, she soon became pregnant.

She had thought the Second Prince’s inability to sire children was retribution for the child lost in her womb and never speculated on other matters.

"Your Highness, not a single word the Concubine says can be trusted. She has colluded with outsiders, a crime punishable by death. Why not give her poison wine and send her on her way?"

Yun Weiwei said to the Second Prince, not wanting to drag the matter out, fearful that Murong Man might overturn the situation again.

Today’s credit for uncovering the spy went to her, and that’s why the Second Prince brought her along. She must insist on a permanent solution so no one could ever challenge her position again.

"No! Your Highness! Manman is innocent, I’m truly innocent! Tung oil or not, how could any oil cause someone to lose their fertility? It’s impossible! The child I carry is yours!"

Upon hearing Yun Weiwei wish death upon her, Murong Man scrambled desperately towards the Second Prince’s feet, prostrating herself before him.

"Your Highness, Manman has always adored you with all my heart and never changed. Why won’t you believe me!"

The Second Prince, watching her weep bitterly, wavered in his heart.

Yun Weiwei said urgently, "Your Highness, don’t forget, today you questioned Miao Wuxie, it was he who personally deduced it! Therefore, the child in Murong Man’s belly must be illegitimate! Perhaps The Third Prince is even waiting to laugh at you!"

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