The Beloved Imperial Consort

Chapter 4

The hour of hai. The Palace. Sixth prince's study.

Zhong Zheng Lin finished writing the memorial. He slowly walked toward the window to watch the mottled shadows of threes and the far-away sky, which appeared to be gloomy due to the coming rain. There were no stars shining, only large and dark clouds. The air also felt stuffy.

Very good. It matched well with the scenery. A storm was approaching......

In a place nearby table, Wei Zhen was quietly giving a report about information gathered by secret agents. His gaze laid upon his Highness who was standing there upright, with hands behind his back. As his Highness didn't interrupt him nor ask questions he knew his Highness has already made up his mind.

Zhong Zheng Lin listened to Wei Zhen's reports while musing about the situation in imperial court. He felt a strong necessity to fall ill after this case with the provincial governor of Qingzhou was completely finished, to avoid the coming storm. It didn't make sense to do all crown prince's work and then rush to him to act as his shield.

Even though the crown prince overpowered the first prince in Qingzhou's case, but none of them were doormats. The first prince suffered a defeat this time simply because he was framed. Any perceptive person could see who was standing behind Zhong Zheng Lin's back.

Based on the first prince Zhong Zheng Chun's temper, he will certainly use any possible means to exact revenge later on. Crown prince had too many suspicious private matters. It was impossible to cover them all and get away with it.

Zhong Zheng Lin didn't fear the intimidation of others. If the first prince, in the heat of the moment, stopped by to make a fuss, even better. It would just make Yuanchen emperor see, how much was his obedient son wronged for running crown prince's errand.

However, it was necessary to instruct the spies planted in each residence to cease their actions for a while and just monitor.

After finishing matters in the study, chief steward respectfully asked, "Would you like to take a rest in the inner yard, your Highness?"

He certainly wasn't fond of controlling his highness's inner yard affairs. His Highness left for half a month. Upon arrival, he has rested in the study for two consecutive days. Her ladyship consort Shu has already revealed her dissatisfaction. She was speculating, whether those two concubines were of liking to her son or not.

When she recalled about those two, consort Shu thought that she had exclusively selected them for her son.

Lady Kong was pretty and also physically attractive. Young men loved beauties. They were more willing to be intimate with women possessing an enticing figure. As a consort-mother, she would naturally be glad to see that happen. At this moment, consort Shu wasn't the tiniest bit worried that her youngest son would indulge himself in lustful desires as Zhongzheng Lin had shown an admirable self-discipline and restraint since he was a child.

On contrary, lady Wu was well-behaved and dutiful. She had a voluptuous figure, ideal for producing children. As a weak-willed person, it was unlikely for her to compete with lady Kong, which would then result in committing misconducts in the inner yard. Such arrangements couldn't be wrong. Yet, it seemed that things didn't go the way consort Shu planned. It made her puzzled. Was it possible that.......her son's taste changed?

Alright, your ladyship. You're a bright person to start worrying about your son's preferences so soon. If that person wasn't special, your son wouldn't happen to get fooled by demoness Mu Xi Yao. Of course, these were all after stories.

But consort Shu didn't know. She was still contemplating. With her son's temperament, she won't be able to get anything from him. Eventually, she was at her wit's end. Now, she only looked forward to having a sweet pillow-talk with the emperor, asking him to grace her son with two good-looking maidens from good families. With the increased number of people, there will be naturally someone to attract Zhong Zheng Lin's eyes.