CHAPTER 576: CHAPTER 576: SENDING LETTERS

Su Jin did not respond.

After all, Lady Chi is the Prince’s concubine, and Princess Nanzhang is the head mistress, so it’s inappropriate for her to be overly protective.

She had already conveyed the Prince’s intentions.

If the Prince did not intend to keep the child in Lady Chi’s womb, he would have dealt with it long ago.

Princess Nanzhang did not speak; if she were not mindful of the Prince, Lady Chi’s child would have been gone by now.

The Old Madam fiddled with the Buddha beads in her hand and said indifferently, "Go and brew a bowl of abortion pill."

Mrs. Wang looked at her, "Old Madam...".

Princess Nanzhang glared coldly at Mrs. Wang, the threatening look in her eyes was self-evident.

Su Jin only felt a chill in her heart.

Lady Chi had done nothing wrong.

Is it just because she is a Nanliang person that she shouldn’t be allowed to be pregnant?

Besides, it wasn’t the Prince that she had knocked unconscious and dragged into the room.

Moreover, the Old Madam, who clings to her Buddha beads every day, chanting prayers for blessings.

With her hands stained with so much blood, how blind would heaven have to be to protect her?

Prince Zhenbei Mansion.

The Prince rode back at full speed, with Manager Li following closely behind.

Su Jin did not let Caiju and Lu Qiao accompany her to Peony Garden.

If she could not get Lady Chi out, she would let them find Manager Li and have the Prince come to rescue Lady Chi.

The two maids naturally could not order Manager Li around, but since they were sent by Su Jin, Manager Li dared not disobey.

The Prince was in the barracks, and with nothing important to attend to, Manager Li mentioned that lives were at stake, so he rushed back.

As soon as he entered the Prince Mansion, he saw the maids and servants looking at him with odd expressions, and the Prince realized that Lady Chi’s pregnancy had been exposed.

He hurried to Qihao Hall.

No one noticed that when the Prince entered Qihao Hall, a snow-white dove was circling overhead.

Finally, the Prince arrived.

Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

But she hadn’t relaxed for long before her heart was on edge again.

The Old Madam and Princess Nanzhang were determined not to let Lady Chi have the child.

Moreover, their words were particularly insulting.

"A mere concubine, even if she gives birth to one illegitimate son, seven or eight, I won’t care!" Princess Nanzhang said coldly.

"But she is from Nanliang!"

"Nanliang has ulterior motives. Who knows what they were plotting when they sent a concubine to the Prince? If the Prince feels he lacks sons, I’ll prepare some maidservants right now to give birth as many as he wants!"

The Third Madam and the Second Madam exchanged glances.

Unable to tolerate even one, let alone ten or eight, the Prince Mansion would probably never know peace.

This was banking on the Prince not doing so, hence the audacious words.

If the Prince really acted on a whim and added a few concubines to the backyard, let’s see how they would handle it.

The Prince looked at Princess Nanzhang, "Do you have evidence to prove she is a Nanliang spy?"

Princess Nanzhang choked, gritting her teeth, "I don’t, but it doesn’t mean she isn’t!"

Accusing someone without evidence.

Su Jin could only marvel at the audacity.

She was about to speak a few words in defense of Lady Chi when the Old Madam interrupted, "Prince, have you forgotten Princess Jiuling?"

The Prince fell silent.

Princess Jiuling, sent to marry in Nanliang, became pregnant, but the child was not accepted by Nanliang and was aborted with an abortion pill.

Princess Jiuling, after marrying for fifteen years, has yet to bear a child, only adopting a daughter whom she cherishes dearly.

If Nanliang treated Princess Jiuling this way, how much more so Lady Chi?

It was this very incident that made him hesitate about whether to let Lady Chi give birth.

The Prince sat there, looking at Lady Chi.

Lady Chi was teary-eyed, full of plea.

Su Jin didn’t know that Lady Chi’s pregnancy could be tied to Princess Jiuling, no wonder Xie Jingchen was not optimistic about it when Lady Chi was found pregnant.

"Even Nanliang cannot tolerate the royal bloodline of a princess; does my Prince Zhenbei Mansion need a child with Nanliang bloodline?" The Old Madam spoke emphatically.

"Can you keep it hidden from the court officials and the Empress Dowager?"

"The bigger the child grows, the more harmful it is to the body to terminate it."

The Prince’s head throbbed.

Lanzhi brought over the brewed abortion pill.

The speed was so fast; apparently, the medicine had been prepared beforehand; otherwise, there wouldn’t have been enough time to procure it in such a short time.

Lady Chi struggled, unwilling to take the medicine, but two maids held her while Lanzhi poured the medicine into her mouth.

However, Lady Chi, in her determination to protect her child, knocked her head over, spilling the medicine from Lanzhi’s hand.

With a bang, the bowl hit the ground, and the aroma of the medicine filled the air.

"Go brew another bowl!" Princess Nanzhang’s eyes flashed with murderous intent.

She gave Hong Ying a meaningful look.

This scene was noticed by Su Jin.

Princess Nanzhang intended to use the opportunity of an abortion to take Lady Chi’s life.

The medicine soon arrived again, but this time a man in black attire accompanied Lanzhi.

He was dressed in tight black clothing, expressionless and intimidating.

He stepped forward and handed a bamboo tube to the Prince.

This was a message just delivered by carrier pigeon from Nanliang.

The Prince had been waiting for news from Nanliang; the Hidden Guard knew this.

Fearing an urgent matter, he opened the message to take a look.

The content of the message was so important that he dared not delay reporting it.

The Prince’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.

He took the letter from the Hidden Guard.

The letter contained only a few words but shocked the Prince so much that he stood up.

Lanzhi was about to feed the medicine to Lady Chi when the Prince swiftly stepped forward, grabbed her hand, and flung it aside.

A clang echoed as Lanzhi fell to the ground.

Princess Nanzhang’s face turned ashen, "Is the Prince protecting Lady Chi?!"

The Prince turned and said, "If our Daqi cannot tolerate even a concubine’s child, on what grounds can we criticize Nanliang?"

Beautifully said!

Su Jin praised inwardly.

Why didn’t the Prince say this earlier?

Did he suddenly change his mind after reading the letter?

Su Jin was very curious.

"Send Lady Chi back," the Prince ordered.

Caiju and Lu Qiao quickly helped Lady Chi leave.

The Old Madam looked at the Prince and said, "Do you really intend to keep the child Lady Chi is carrying?"

"That child must be kept," the Prince declared firmly.

After saying this, the Prince strode away.

Princess Nanzhang nearly ground her silver teeth to pieces.

What exactly happened to make the Prince suddenly change his mind?

The Prince stepped out of Qihao Hall and took out the letter from his palm to read again.

It read: Prime Minister Zhao used Xiang Shang’s head to guarantee that the Princely Heir’s biological mother is still alive and is in the Capital City.

Earlier, in the room, the Prince only glanced at it briefly, fearing now that it was all a dream.

The Hidden Guard followed the Prince out, hiding in the shadows.

The Hidden Guard saw the Prince’s determination to find the Princess Consort when he saved Lady Chi earlier.

Once the Princess Consort is found, her status as Princess Hengyang of the Nanliang Donglin Prince Mansion will be undeniable.

The fact that the Princely Heir carries Nanliang blood will also become public knowledge.

If they can’t even protect the child in Lady Chi’s womb, then the Princely Heir surely can’t keep his position as the Princely Heir either.

The Prince looked at the letter for a long time before putting it away and heading towards the outer courtyard.

After a few steps, thinking of Lady Chi, he went to Qingqiu Garden.

Summoned by Princess Nanzhang, Lady Chi felt uneasy and took a fetus-preserving medicine before leaving.

Back in her room, Caiju asked, "Should you take another fetus-preserving medicine?"

"Go ahead," Xique said.

She rolled up Lady Chi’s trouser legs and saw her knees were bright red.

Su Jin entered with Xingxing following closely behind, noticing this, and said, "Did Princess Nanzhang punish Lady Chi to kneel again?"

"Why is she so fond of making others kneel?"

"It’s a pity the Young Master’s mother isn’t here, otherwise she could have made Princess Nanzhang taste the punishment of kneeling too!" Xingxing said fiercely.

Su Jin looked at Xique and asked, "What exactly happened?"

Xique shook her head, "I don’t know either, Princess Nanzhang called Madam over, saying she wanted to listen to some music and asked Madam to play a couple of tunes for her."

"But as soon as Madam touched the qin, the strings broke."

"Mrs. Zhao said the qin was a gift from the Empress Dowager to Princess Nanzhang, and since the gifted item was damaged, Madam was made to kneel and reflect."

The maids in Qingqiu Garden were few and all crowded in the room.

No one noticed when the Prince entered.

With her back to the Prince, Xingxing snorted, "There’s no good person in Peony Garden, Mrs. Zhao even broke the fragrant ointment the Young Lady sent to Princess Nanzhang, just now the Prince ran so fast, otherwise he should have severely punished Mrs. Zhao to vent for Lady Chi."

Lu Qiao peeked and saw the Prince, quickly gave a bow of respect, "Greetings to the Prince."

Xingxing, "...."