PDLP Chapter 224: The Women in the Eastern Palace Are Shocked to Hear About the Twins
Chapter 224: The Women in the Eastern Palace Are Shocked to Hear About the Twins
Eunuch Fu bowed and replied,
"Replying to the Crown Princess, the little grandson and the little princess are twins born to the Crown Prince and Concubine Fang. They are now eighteen months old."
"What? Twins, boy and girl?"
"What? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really has a child?"
Five sharp exclamations rang out.
The women seemed to have been struck by a bolt from the blue. Their faces turned pale, and they staggered back several steps.
Fortunately, the senior palace maids around them came to their senses and supported them one by one.
Eunuch Fu looked at the expressions on the faces of the few people, and they suddenly became like a colorful palette with indescribable horror and weirdness in the colorful colors.
He shook his head slightly, not knowing how sad and angry they were feeling at the moment.
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Crown Princess Zhao Yaxue was the first to lose her composure, as if she had been betrayed, with tears streaming down her face.
All the strength in his body seemed to be drained away as he leaned on the two senior palace maids.
"No! No! I don't believe it. It's impossible. My cousin the Crown Prince won't fall in love with someone else. He won't. No. I'm so beautiful! Wuuuuu..."
Zhao Yaxue's fingers unconsciously touched her own beautiful face, as if she had lost her mind.
"Crown Princess? Crown Princess!"
Qiulan screamed when she saw the chief palace maid Xia He's collapse.
Zhao Yaxue suddenly woke up from her trance and said to Eunuch Fu stubbornly with sobs,
"I want to see the prince, and I must see him today. Go and tell him immediately."
After Zhao Yaxue finished speaking, the voices of Li Liangdi and Lu Liangyuan also rang out.
"Yes, Eunuch Fu, we all want to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Eunuch Fu, we won't leave until we see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Eunuch Fu was overwhelmed by the sobbing and chattering in his ears.
I thought to myself, it is said that men who have women on both sides are as happy as gods. Look, these are all difficult to deal with. If you want them, take them away quickly! But don't be harsh on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
His mind was in a state of flux, and he still had to do his best to fulfill his duty. He bowed and said,
"I'm sorry I can't pass on the message. I think the Crown Princess knows the importance of your Highness's order. You should go back first!"
At this time, Zhao Yaxue's mind was clearer than ever before. She said calmly,
"Go back? What if I say no? Since they are the Crown Prince's children, I, as the Crown Princess, am their legitimate mother.
Doesn't the prince want his mother to come visit his child?"
Facing the Crown Princess's unreasonable demands, Eunuch Fu didn't want to talk any more. But the footsteps guarding the door showed no sign of retreating.
For a moment, the scene was eerily quiet.
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The elf who was watching the show on the wall was furious. What stepmother? What was her child?
How did those babies suddenly become her children?
The elf was so angry that his sharp teeth were exposed, and he kept breathing down at the women.
The Crown Princess Zhao Yaxue was completely unaware of what was happening on the wall and was still calling her "stepmother" in an aggressive manner.
Suddenly, the elf dropped from the sky with a meow, pretended to pounce on Zhao Yaxue and the others, and then ran away without a trace.
"Ah? What is that?" There were a few more exclamations from the five women who had originally united together, trying to force Eunuch Fu to open the door.
They were frightened by the white ball that suddenly rushed down from the top of the wall and ran away screaming.
Eunuch Fu was stunned for a moment, then he smiled helplessly and shook his head, and said to Xiao Douzi and Mrs. Liu at the gate,
"Close the gate. Go back."
"Yes, Eunuch Fu."
Then, with a creak, the gate of Yiqiu Courtyard was closed.
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By the time the frightened palace maids had helped their masters to steady themselves, they looked up and found that the gate of Yi Qiu Courtyard had been closed.
Zhao Yaxue was so angry that she screamed "Ahhh". She stamped her feet, and her chest, which had not yet healed from a fracture, felt like it was stabbed several times. She was in so much pain that she couldn't breathe.
The two senior palace maids, Xia He and Qiu Lan, cried out when they saw that something was wrong.
"Ouch, Princess, did your ribs break again? Let's go back quickly."
As they spoke, like a gust of wind, two senior palace maids helped Zhao Yaxue back.
*
Outside the courtyard, Concubine Zhang and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Concubine Zhang, shall we?"
The concubine Qian Min'er asked unwillingly.
Li Liangdi and Lu Liangyuan were also waiting for Concubine Zhang's answer.
Concubine Zhang, who was trying to remain calm, glanced at the three of them and slowly spoke,
"My dear sisters, the four of us came here today to accompany the Crown Princess. Now that the Crown Princess has gone home, there is no need for us to stay here. Let's go back!"
She knew in her heart that she would not be able to see the prince today.
They were also shocked to hear that the Crown Prince and Concubine Fang were already pregnant. The shock was too great, and they all needed to go back and digest it.
"Okay." Lu Liangyuan and Concubine Qian nodded quickly, and followed Concubine Zhang's footsteps and left in a hurry.
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But Li Liangdi didn't want to leave. She stared at the closed door of Yi Qiuyuan with her beautiful eyes and gritted her teeth. She was so angry that she was unwilling to leave!
They are both the Crown Prince's concubines, so why can that vixen Fang Qingge occupy the Crown Prince's place?
Why did the prince allow her to have a child but not himself?
Why?
Li Liangdi was so angry that her nails dug into her flesh without her realizing it.
My mind is full of questions like "Why?"
"Liang Di, shall we go back too? Concubine Zhang and the others have all left."
The reminder from the head palace maid made Li Liangdi, whose face was distorted, retract her angry gaze.
With a crisp "slap" sound, the senior palace maid received a big slap on the face.
"Ah?" The senior palace maid cried out in pain and covered her face with her hands, her eyes red.
Li Liangdi said angrily,
"You tactless, disgraceful servant, help me back quickly."
"Here."
The head palace maid was trembling with fear, and forced back her tears. She reached out to support Li Liangdi, and the two of them hurried back.
The few people who were overly frightened by the explosive news that the prince had a child,
No one even thought deeply about how Fang Qingge, a young lady who was selected through numerous rounds of selection, became the mother of the child.
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Let's say,
The Crown Princess returned to the Zhaoling Palace, looking very embarrassed as soon as she entered.
Her wet nurse, Madam Yun, was startled and hurried over to ask anxiously,
"Hey, what happened to your princess? You were fine when you went out, why are you back like this?"
"Madam Yun, please stop asking questions and let the Crown Princess lie down quickly."
"Oooooo."
After a flurry of activity, Zhao Yaxue lay on her side on the bed and only then did she feel alive again.
As soon as she saw Nanny Yun's anxious and worried expression, her tears started to flow again.
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