Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 177 - Wait for Me to Carry the Imperial
Chapter 177: Chapter 177 Wait for Me to Carry the Imperial Grandson
Chapter 177: Chapter 177 Wait for Me to Carry the Imperial Grandson
At the palace banquet, the news that Yun Weiwei was unable to conceive quickly reached Murong Jiu’s ears.
She was ecstatic.
Since the Emperor and the Empress both longed for a grandson, once she became a Concubine, she planned to get pregnant earlier. In this way, she was sure to make the Emperor and Empress love her more because of the Imperial Grandson, and perhaps they would even overlook her currently tarnished reputation due to Lady Wang’s involvement.
Murong Man was unaware of the affair between the Third Prince and Consort Jing Pin; the Second Prince, though he liked her, would not share such significant information with her.
She just felt that time would reveal the truth, and eventually, the Emperor and Empress would realize she was different from Lady Wang, a good Consort for the Prince, capable of bearing him many children.
Thinking of this, she became even more excited.
If she bore the first son, and one day the Second Prince ascended the throne, she might, riding on her son’s prestige, be made Empress at the time of his ascension.
Such incidents had happened before; it wasn’t exclusive for principal wives to become Empresses. If Yun Weiwei remained barren, and she kept giving birth one after another, how could the Second Prince not favor her?
By then, the court ministers would surely support her becoming the Empress.
So what if she was a Concubine now? It was yet to be seen who would prevail in the end.
However, her hatred for Murong Jiu was growing stronger.
It would have been so good if Yun Weiwei could not give birth for five more years, yet Murong Jiu had to step in and prescribe a remedy for Yun Weiwei.
But luckily, it did not affect her much, after all, Yun Weiwei had to take the medication for at least six months.
Six months were enough for her to get pregnant.
“Manman sister, I should head back now, you should return soon too; your wedding is in a few days, you need to prepare,”
said Miss Li in the teahouse, a former acquaintance of Murong Man.
“Thank you, Little Sister Li. If you ever need my help in the future, don’t hesitate to ask,”
Miss Li, who had attended the palace banquet yesterday and rushed early today to disclose Yun Weiwei’s situation to Murong Man, said.
Murong Man knew well that Miss Li’s family wasn’t prominent; they barely had the qualifications to enter the palace with their parents yesterday, and they all wanted to foster a good relationship with the Second Prince through her.
In the past, Murong Man disdained Miss Li, but times had changed. Those previously arrogant young ladies looked down on her because of her malicious mother, Lady Wang, fearing that further association would tarnish their reputations.
Moreover, she had changed from a principal wife to a Concubine, a category even legitimate daughters disdained.
Being a Concubine might sound nice, but bluntly put, she was just a mistress.
Murong Man watched Miss Li leave, feeling fairly good; the news that Yun Weiwei could not conceive was enough to thrill her for a long time.
She and her maid exited the private room, preparing to leave.
At that moment, the waiter stopped them with a smile, “Miss Murong, you haven’t paid yet.”
Murong Man’s expression stiffened for a moment. Miss Li had invited her out but hadn’t paid for the tea?
How could Miss Li know she was so strapped for cash that she couldn’t even afford the tea? Besides, the teahouse was chosen by Murong Man because she felt embarrassed about inviting Miss Li to the modest courtyard she rented.
Murong Man’s expression returned to normal as she smiled and asked the waiter, “How much is it?”
“You ordered our finest pre-rain Longjing tea, which totals up to five silver coins.”
Five silvers!
In the past, Murong Man could have easily produced that amount and would have scoffed at tea water costing only five silvers as beneath her status, but now, parting with five silvers was as painful as cutting her own flesh.
You should know, those five taels of silver could buy so many meat buns!
The waiter didn’t dare to offend her, after all, even if the Marquis Mansion was stripped of its nobility, Miss Murong was still the future concubine of the Second Prince; they were not people he could afford to offend. The manager had just said that if Murong Man had no money, she could put it on a tab.
Seeing that Murong Man was in a difficult position, he quickly spoke up, “Miss Murong, our shop can provide a tab, otherwise…”
Before he could finish speaking, Murong Man grimaced and immediately pulled out five taels of silver from her purse and threw them on the table.
“I, Murong Man, never buy on credit!”
Once the people had left, the waiter just pursed his lips, handed the silver to the manager, and went back to work.
When Murong Man returned home, she hadn’t even entered when she heard quarreling inside; people were pausing outside to listen to the commotion. Seeing her arrive, the crowd around dispersed.
As soon as she entered, a teacup almost smashed onto her head, it grazed her hair and broke into pieces against the door.
“How dare you serve me such awful tea, you useless bunch! All of you are useless!”
The Old Madam was sitting on a recliner, forcefully pointing and scolding her son and daughter-in-law, the ground was covered with the tea she had spilled.
Murong Man remembered that she had spent two taels of silver on this tea. Although it was last year’s old tea, it was still of good quality; she had bought it only because her grandmother was used to drinking high-quality tea, despite its high price.
“Grandmother, if you don’t want to drink it, just don’t drink it, but how can you waste it!”
She became angry, her expression darkening.
“You still have the face to come back! All the money is in your hands, you go out and indulge yourself, but don’t care about the whole family, is that it!”
The Old Madam pointed at her nose and scolded, “If it wasn’t for your wicked mother, when would we have ever lived like this! It’s all your mother’s fault; you should be asking the Second Prince for silver to subsidize us properly and get us a new mansion!”
The Old Madam now looked at her as if she were neither a nose nor eyes, her hatred for Lady Wang also extended to Murong Man; if it hadn’t been for Lady Wang, how could they be living these days?
Now, several of her great-grandsons couldn’t even go to school; how would they take exams to become Graduates or Top Scholars in the future?
The Old Madam’s two daughters-in-law also glared at Murong Man with shared hostility.
Not to mention the younger brothers and sisters below.
Murong Man’s expression grew even uglier.
After the incident, hadn’t she taken on the responsibility for this family? Weren’t it for her selling her jewelry, they would have been homeless! Yet they showed no gratitude, only hatred!
Even if Lady Wang was at fault, that fault belonged to Lady Wang; Murong Man’s surname was Murong, not Wang, why should they shift their hatred onto her?
If they had the guts, why didn’t they settle accounts with Murong Jiu?
Was it Murong Jiu who had ruined their family, wasn’t it?
She had the servant close the door.
Then she coldly looked at the whole family, “This is the situation in our family now. Some of you are young and strong, why don’t you go out and find work? Since you can’t swallow your pride and are relying entirely on me, you’d better behave yourselves!”
“Oh, look at that, is this something a granddaughter should say? Now that you are about to get married, your wings are hardened, and you dare to talk back to your elders!”
The Old Madam deliberately shouted loudly.
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Murong Man’s face looked even worse, and she spoke in a deep voice, “Grandmother what are you doing, do you want to ruin my reputation? I’m about to get married soon, Yun Weiwei cannot have children, once I conceive an Imperial Grandson, won’t you all have enough silver to spend?”
At these words, the whole family was stunned.
Even Murong Jian came out from inside the house, “Manman, are you saying that the Second Prince’s Principal Consort can’t have children?”
