Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 23 - You’re Actually Curious About a Woman
Chapter 23: Chapter 23 You’re Actually Curious About a Woman
“A letter? What letter?”
Murong Jiu asked in confusion.
She thought to herself that it was no wonder he had sent the maid away, it turned out he had a private letter for her.
But she couldn’t think of anyone who would entrust him with a letter for her.
“Your master’s letter.”
Jun Yuyan took out a small roll of paper tied up from his sleeve, which must have been just taken off a carrier pigeon.
A letter from her master!
Murong Jiu was filled with joy, and instantly forgot the awkwardness she had felt in front of Jun Yuyan just moments ago.
She took it, opened it, and on the not-so-large piece of paper was her master’s familiar scrawled handwriting.
“Silly girl, your master is going into the mountains to collect herbs. When I return to the capital, I’m going to give you a big surprise.”
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Not many words, but in the tone she knew so well.
She felt a sting in her nose, and tears began to fall.
As a child, life had been hard for her on the manor. With no one to care for her, the servants bullied her, beating and scolding her, so she lived a life even worse than their children. Dogs were fed better than she was. If not for her wretched yet resilient life, she might not know how many times she would have died.
At the age of five, she met her master.
The old man was unkempt, reeking of alcohol, and was lying on the ground, fast asleep.
When she found him, several dogs were gathered around, tugging at something, and she was petrified, thinking a person’s intestines had been torn out by the dogs.
She didn’t know where she found the courage, but she picked up a stick to beat the dogs, fiercely hitting them, and woke the man up.
“Ouch, what’s with this brat? Can’t a man get some peace and sleep!”
The old man sat up, and only then did she realize that it wasn’t intestines, but a woman’s belly band.
Because the old man had several meat buns in his arms that attracted the dogs with their scent.
Latter, those meat buns ended up in her stomach.
And after that, the people who bullied her became fewer and fewer because everyone on the manor “fell ill”.
She had such a good master, but in her last life, she couldn’t see him even once more before she died.
Unexpectedly, not long after her rebirth, Jun Yuyan brought back a letter from her master.
Her master said he was going to give her a surprise.
Did her master go into Lanan’s great mountain for her?
Could it be that, in her past life, her master also went to Lanan?
But why didn’t she know anything about it, and why didn’t her master return to find her?
Was there danger in the mountains?
In her past life, did her master die in the mountains for her?!
She looked up at Jun Yuyan, “Prince! Can you send someone to follow my master? I’m afraid he will encounter danger in the mountains!”
Her eyes brimmed with tears and her gaze was filled with sorrow. Jun Yuyan could see deep sadness in her eyes as if she had experienced some profound loss.
He frowned deeply in concern and replied to her:
“I have already sent someone to accompany him into the mountains.”
Murong Jiu breathed a sigh of relief. Good, very good, in this life, surely nothing would happen to her master.
“Thank you, Prince. If it weren’t for you, my master, he…”
“Why are you so certain he will face danger?”
She mumbled, “I… I’m just worried.”
Fortunately, Jun Yuyan didn’t ask further and told her to drink her porridge before it got cold.
She held the small bowl and took a few sips, only then noticing the small dish on the table.
“Is this the pickled vegetable from Drunken Fairy Tower?”
Did Jun Yuyan buy it especially for her?
Jun Yuyan: “Yes, it was a gift.”
Murong Jiu touched her nose, feeling a bit embarrassed. She had almost made a fool of herself.
After finishing the morning meal, Jun Yuyan left.
Chun Tao came in to clean up, her face beaming with smiles, full of vitality.
“The prince is so kind, and he even accompanies the young miss for meals every day. Knowing Miss has a poor appetite, after she ate a bit more pickles yesterday, he brought back all the small pickles from the Drunken Fairy Tower.”
Murong Jiu looked in the direction where Jun Yuyan had left, her lips unwittingly curling up into a smile.
The prince, well, he was quite awkward.
“The prince is just seeing that the young miss has medical skills, so he’s trying to win her over. Young miss, please don’t fall for it.”
Zhen Zhu immediately said.
Fearing that Murong Jiu would be grateful to Jun Yuyan.
Murong Jiu’s smile disappeared from her face, and she said nothing.
Chun Tao was a bit displeased and glared at Zhen Zhu.
Zhen Zhu, however, thought her words had enlightened Murong Jiu and felt a secret triumph.
Having heard that Cai Yun was beaten to death, now she was the only one left for the Second Prince. She was a bit fearful of Prince Ling but the temptation the Second Prince offered was too great – she couldn’t stand being a maid for life.
As a child born in a family like hers, any children she had would also be lowly servants, forever the underlings of the Marquis Mansion, just as her parents were servants and she was fated to be a maid from birth.
To change her fate, she had to make Murong Jiu willing to do anything for the Second Prince.
She must not let her fall for Prince Ling!
She would have to inform the Second Prince that Murong Jiu still had him in her heart; she was just too proud to admit it.
When Zhen Zhu had the opportunity while attending to Murong Jiu, she found a moment to go out and pass the message to a servant boy from the Prince Mansion.
The servant boy also relayed a message to her: “The Second Prince wants you to tell the Princess Consort that it was him that night, he asks if she is pregnant, and to give her this letter.”
Zhen Zhu couldn’t believe it, the Princess Consort pregnant?
No wonder the Princess Consort’s appetite had been poor lately, and she had been somewhat sleepy. Could it be because she was pregnant?
Her first reaction was to take pleasure in the misfortune. So what if she became the Princess Consort? Even if Murong Jiu wanted to be her, there was no going back now. Would Prince Ling want a woman carrying another man’s bastard?
She knew that the man that night was not the Second Prince at all because it was she and Cai Yun who had helped the Second Prince set Murong Jiu up, letting her consort with a strange man.
The Second Prince sending this message to Murong Jiu was merely a ploy to better control her.
“Don’t worry, I will deliver the letter to the Princess Consort.”
Zhen Zhu clutched the letter tightly, looked around to see that no one was watching, and slipped away quietly.
The servant boy wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and suddenly knelt down in the direction behind him: “Prince, I have delivered the message to Zhen Zhu.”
Jun Yuyan and Su Kai emerged from behind the rockery.
Su Kai, fanning himself: “Get up. Continue to pass messages for the Second Prince, act as his spy, but you must report every move to me, got it?”
“I understand, I understand.”
“You may go.”
The servant boy hurriedly took his leave.
“Brother Yan, what are you thinking now?” Su Kai scratched his head, feeling that things were becoming more complicated.
Keeping the servant boy alive was Brother Yan’s idea, but Su Kai really didn’t understand why he would allow the Second Prince to keep in contact with Murong Jiu.
How much Murong Jiu used to like the Second Prince was nearly common knowledge, and even if her feelings had changed now, there was no guarantee they wouldn’t rekindle.
Moreover, Murong Jiu claimed that the child in her womb wasn’t the Second Prince’s, but that was just her word. Whether it could be believed was another issue.
Jun Yuyan said indifferently, “She deliberately lets this maid connect with the Second Prince. I am very curious to see what exactly she intends to do.”
Su Kai clicked his tongue a few times: “Brother Yan, it’s unlike you to be curious about a woman.”
“Shut up.”
Jun Yuyan frowned and turned away.
Su Kai followed nonchalantly: “Hey Brother Yan, don’t get mad!”
